- though I find all my m42 lenses variously produce green sides on my sd Quattro and sd Quattro H. It's a known problem, though I'm not sure if it the deep Foveon sensor or the silver adaptor ring!
Probably coming from the lens. It's unlikely that a ring with no glass elements would affect this to a serious degree, as long as the flange distances are correct.
...Foveon is weird, it really doesn't play well with older adapted glass, it's highly sensitive to incidence angle. A silver adaptor can only make matter worse.
That aside, manual focusing is not really up to it with the low-res EVF (or LCD) even when zoomed in, so I don't think these are ideal cameras for manual focus glass. It can be done, but it's a chore.
I dunno, I read that the EVF wasn't great for color accuracy or brightness, but that it did okay for manual focusing as it's still a 2.36M dot panel.
...but the sensor delivers less to the EVF. The on-screen info is 2.36MP, but the res from the sensor isn't - it's upscaled. This was required to ensure fast enough processing from the sensor and keep battery drain, and heat, down.
The delivery res to the EVF is slightly more with the sdQ H than the sdQ (even though they have the same EVF res), so the sdQ H EVF rendering is just about acceptable, that of the sdQ not really acceptable.
Not OLED, but that it only an issue if you compare them side by side, as OLED has much deeper blacks and a faster refresh rate. I guess I'll find out soon enough though, worst case scenario I have an AF lens coming with it.
Yes you'll find out. I love the camera, and it's duel LCD on the back, and minimal button layout, but EVF quality is not a strong point, especially for manual focusing.
Anyway I settled on the Sigma ART glass, it's special, so why not embrace it.
For my sdQ H, the 50mm ART and 28mm ART are exceptional, they are alI I need on that camera, not just sharp, they have character and AF is the best of the Art line I have.
The problem I have with this is that the SDQH will probably be a camera I get out for special things, not at all my main camera. I am already invested in 2 other camera systems (Fuji and Nikon, having something like 8 cameras at home already, SDQH will be the 9th), and investing on expensive sigma glass that I wouldn't be able to use on any other camera system I have isn't really the move I think.
Welcome to the club, I have a few 'smaller' formats, a FF and a medium format GFX.
if I end up caving though, I'll probably get either the 18-35mm f/1.8 or the 50-100 f/1.8 (it will depends how good the 20-40mm f/2.8 EX goes)
I've got the 18-35mm ART, it's just about ok on my sdQ but not on my sdQ H, soft edges at the wide end and terrible AF misfocus issues (when it's good, it's good though). I've also got the 30mm ART, I'd pass on that as well, but it does the job. The 35mm ART was very very poor, worse than the 18-35mm and 30mm.
The 28mm ART and 50mm ART are glass that the sdQ H demands, they are top class.
From all my trials, the SDQ H is not a camera to adapt glass to, it needs the best ART glass. My GFX, well that works great with loads of varied FF manual lenses. I've excepted how this all is, hence investing in the prime ART glass for the sd.
