Luke Forrest

Love your work!

The EM10 Mark III seems like the natural backup to your camera. Similar ergonomics and operation. They are pretty cheap now, at least relatively speaking. A used EM10 Mark II is also worth ...

It seems to me like you just want to buy a new lens. How much difference will there be between the 12-35 and 12-40? Not a lot I imagine. If you really want to buy a new lens, why not get something ...

It's good to hear that your dog is doing well now. Hopefully you won't have to take your dog to the vets again any time soon, but if you do, you won't have to wait in the car.

Love number 3. Generally prefer the black and white ones.

Sony a6400 with sigma 30mm 1.4 perhaps.. same mount as your a7 might be a bonus.

Zeiss 50mm 1.5 C Sonnar. It's a modern lens with modern coatings but the design is based on a 1930's Sonnar. It's a simple design with a classic rendering. This is the one I'd go for if you really ...

Yes, perhaps but the OP has a A7RIV. Plenty of pixels to crop if need be. Portrait yes but not environmental portrait. A 35mm 1.4 would be better but that's another quite big lens. It depends on ...

I'm not a landscape photographer but I've read that many tend to use an ultra wide angle lens and a telephoto lens as their main lenses. The middle focal lengths being considered less interesting ...

I looked at the 40mm as well. For general photography it might be a better all round focal length. However I want to do some portraiture and I think 50mm is better suited for this. The focal ...

Yes, I agree. I'm still figuring out what is best for me.

Does IBIS steady the EVF? I didn't know that. I haven't had the A7 that long, so I don't plan on upgrading yet. With a 50mm lens I don't find the viewfinder to be too jumpy. I imagine it would be a ...

I've just been practicing with it. It's much better than peaking. Sony should have promoted this "feature" ha. Thanks for the link.

That's good to know. Thanks.

Apparently the optical formula is the same, so there shouldn't be any difference in IQ. They will be lighter weight and cheaper. Prices have already been released in Japan: 35mm 1.2 = 106,200 yen. ...

I thought about this too. The 50mm version doesn't come out until July though unfortunately and used prices of the current versions are still cheaper than the new version will be. I decided I ...

Does it work when you only shoot RAW or does the sharpness settings only affect Jpegs? This is very useful, thanks for sharing your experience.

I focus on whatever aperture I'm on. It's easy on any aperture. I don't rely on focus peaking for accurate focus but it gets me close. I then double tap fn1 button to quickly magnify and I adjust ...

If I had some up this lens in one sentence it would be the lens with the best compromises. Of course it's purely subjective and everyone looks for different things, so it might not be for everyone ...

Yes, I'll give her a print. Thanks.