lastole

For what it is worth I own both lenses and each has its advantages.  But the 70-350mm has much sharper image quality at the long end.  The tamron is a bit soft. Indeed, once I push the tamron past ...

Not quite what you asked for, but Marc Alhadeff has an in-depth review of the 70-200 GMII with numerous jpegs at 100 percent crop both with and without 1.4 and 2.0 teleconverters. Maybe he’ll let ...

I'll second getting the 20mm/1.8.  I have it and it is my go-to wide angle lens. If you are budget constrained (or even if you are not), take a look at the Tamron 24mm/ 2.8.  I also own this and it ...

From the article: "The aspherical lens element in Sony's "G Lens" achieves much higher lens contrast than conventional spherical lenses. It effectively corrects spherical aberration, minimises ...

From the article, an Asperical element is a necessary condition, but not sufficient for the G badge.

Thanks for the article.  Looks like a necessary ingredient for a G lens is an aspherical element. Looking quickly at the 85/1.8 specs, I see that it does not have such an element. The absence of ...

I recently purchased the Sony 20/1.8 and have been thrilled by its build and image quality.  That got me looking at other Sony "G" lenses, but I noticed that some G lenses got so-so reviews while ...

There are two versions of the A7RIV.  You probably have the A7RIV-A given you recently purchased it.  The most recent firmware for that camera is 1.1.   The earlier version of the A7RIV (no "A") ...

I like my Tamron 11-20 more than my sony 10-18 which I found to be too soft in the corners at all apertures. My copy of the tamron 11-20 is great edge to edge from F4 to F8, but wide open at F2.8, ...

If you are going to buy the sony 10-18mm used, be aware that there is a lot of quality variation across copies of this particular lens. I bought two used - the first one I returned because it was ...

Probably an obvious point, but 60MP+ Is valuable feature if you come to full frame from apsc and already own some quality apsc glass (e.g., sigma 56mm, 16mm, Sony 70-350, tamron 11-20). These all ...

I came to full frame after first purchasing an a6400 and some nice APSC lenses, including the Sony 70-350mm, Sigma 16mm and 56mm. This past summer I also purchased the A7RIV-A (partly to make use ...

I have the tamron 11-20 which I use on my a6400. I also have an A7RIV-A, so here are a few photos on the 7RIV to satisfy your curiosity. The first is at 20mm, the second at 11mm.  Both are wide ...

Could you link the article that you are referring to?  Under DPReviews best cameras under $1000 for 2021, they list the Sony a6100 as the best buy.  And for each of the other categories (<$1500, ...

No, A7RIV-A.  Released yesterday, 6 December. https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/e-mount-body-ilce-7-series/ilce-7rm4a/downloads

The Sony A7RIV-A also got a minor stability firmware update, but not with any new features. I don’t think the A7RIV or A7RIII-A got similar updates, so interested in what exactly was improved that ...

Others have noted that Sony has significantly upgraded firmware for the A7C, but I also see that Sony has upgraded the firmware to the A7RIV-A. “Improves the overall stability and performance of ...

I understand you want primes, but you might also want to consider buying the a6400 with the 18-135mm Sony zoom kit lens. The lens will only cost an additional $350 instead of $550 separately. It ...

Unfortunately, Sony A7R IVA support was only added to PhotoLab 5.0.2. No support yet exists for DxO PureRaw.  Fingers crossed it will happen soon.

The A7R IVA is now supported in DxO PhotoLab 5.0.2 (at least the free trial I signed up for), but unfortunately it still remains unsupported under PureRaw 1.5.0.  My understanding is that PhotoLab ...