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Played at Yodobashi Camera today :)

Started Feb 16, 2017 | Discussions thread
ahaslett
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Re: Only one really responsive Sony FF

Bhima78 wrote:

tt321 wrote:

zuikowesty wrote:

I also picked up an A7 with a 24-240 or some such on it, and was appalled at how bad the focus was. It simply could not focus at ALL at the long end in the store, while none of the MFT lenses had any issues, even the 100-400 at the long end. The A7II with Zeiss 24-70 was better, but still slower than any of the MFT combos I tried.

I had this eye-opening (-watering?) experience myself with the A6000. Maybe newer cameras fare better? Or maybe after owning for a while you learn how to use them properly?

Yodobashi is an experience for sure.

I've tried quite a few FF Sony's in my local camera shop. The only one that actually felt as responsive as my m43's cameras was the A7Rii. The others just felt a bit pokey, with the original A7 being so dang slow, I'd probably just use adapted MF glass on it.

The A7R has a rather charming habit of giving up after a bit and reporting focus lock anyway.  Found the OOF shots a bit puzzling until this became obvious.

Andrew

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