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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. | Sony A7 IV Pros: Af Cons: Poor hold at high ISO, hyperprice, robbery accessories and brainy menu all in Sony style Opinion: I've always hated Sony for its menus, ever since the days of professional cameras where they insisted on inserting the same menu as the 500,000 lire Handycams. But the company passed that and that I used. Given that I care less than zero about the video sector, since I argue that for that type of work the cameras are much more ergonomic (see Blackmagic Ursa), I do not explain why, given the trend, they do not produce the only photographic version and the video version, so they do not offer unnecessary features to buyers. I am sure that, with a software block to the video sector, they would sell much more, lowering the price by a few hundred Euros. It would cost them the work to write an extra line of code... A few years ago I took an A7II that I immediately resold for Fuji because really, with the menus I could not do it. Years have passed and they have still stubbornly maintained the same crap, indeed, now they have also included submenus. But with what I spent on optics this time (24-70 GM II, 16-35 GM and 200-600G) I'm fine. The reason I came back to Sony after years of Fujifilm was just the AF side. With this, finally, I found a decent focusing system. And it is the only point in its favor that makes me keep it. I start with the "cons" I detected: - High ISO: calling high ISO in 2022 800 (yes, 800, not 8000) ISO seems to me a blasphemy, but it is the limit beyond which I do not push this machine. I seem to be back on the Canon EOS 50D, where at 640 it was painful... I will opt for a 7SII or III used to make up for the high ISO deficiency. I looked at the photos taken with the A7II and at high ISO there is no comparison: better the old one (if I knew I kept it ...) - Expensive: they opted for this format of CFExpress type A which, compared to type B, costs more than twice as much and has lower performance. Go and understand why... Quality optics, but this applies to all Sonys, cost a kidney. Between camera, BG, batteries, 2 CFExpress and a 24-70 GMII, a 16-35 GM and a 200-600G I spent the equivalent of a car... - Menu: I spread a pitiful veil. It's unproposable, brainy and only Sony can keep (and make worse) such crap. Am I happy with my purchase? No! But I certainly don't sell it to lose money. sent on September 21, 2022 |
 | Venus Laowa 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D Pros: Price, lightness, build quality, image quality, angle of view, very limited distortions, possibility to mount filters of 49 mm (so not exaggeratedly expensive) Cons: A little soft at full aperture, lack of the chip to communicate with the camera body, nuts contrary to the standard to which I am accustomed, flare backlight Opinion: I purchased from 15 days this objective. I waited a long time in Italy, then I found myself in New York, I took a tour from B&H and it was love at first sight. Finally a lens as I like, all glass (to say the real bit, given the size) and metal, Lens hood included! Very small and light lens, but with a constructive quality definitely worth noting. The ring nuts are cut to the right point and that of the diaphragms is not free, but it makes its classics "clicks" in opening or closing. A little note on the ring nuts: compared to the standard I'm used to (Fuji) they rotate in the opposite direction, but just remember and make a hand. A lens entirely in manual focus: Pity that you miss the microchip to communicate to the camera EXIF data, but at that price (449 dollars) You can turn a blind eye! A little difficult to make the fire, given the huge scene framed, but working in hyperfocal you travel in peace and you do not miss a shot. I found myself making several shots, of which some at full aperture and others at F/8-11: A f/2.8, in addition to vignette a little, the image is quite soft, and then greatly improve towards F/8 (which is how I used it mainly in these 15 days). I reserve to try again at full aperture on my X-T3 and I will correct any opinions. Another nice thing is the possibility to mount filters on the front thread, since the front lens does not protrudes due to the caming, as on other wide angles. It also accepts filters of diameter 49 mm, so I could buy some excellent B + W ND without having to faze! The point, perhaps more painful, is the tightness to the backlight: given the peculiarity of this focal length is easy to have flares quite impressive in the frame. Pay attention and, if you can't avoid them, use them on your behalf! sent on October 28, 2018 |
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