I’ve been playing around with the Sony A7r a bit more now with the Zeiss Sonnar 35mm f2.8. I really am blown away. I’ve used primes before, but this one just seems different. It has this instant magic. The center is very sharp, and the edges fall off into this nice vignette. That can be good or bad for some people. I personally don’t mind vignetting on a lens like this.
Sony A7r With Metabones
I’ve also played with the Metabones EF to E mount mkiii adapter. I’ heard that it’s a bit slower at controlling auto exposure, but I see no noticeable difference. Mounted the Zeiss 35mm and the Canon 40mm. The exposure adjustments were identical. The only difference was that the autofocus spent a little more time making micro adjustments before focusing perfectly on the Canon lens. But that could just be the Canon lens. It was a 100-dollar lens, after all. I’ll have some time to do a video at the end of this week with a couple of different Canon lenses.
Update: After using the metabones adapter quite a bit, I’ve learned that auto-focus is almost useless. It’s just too slow to use in any shooting. And the A7r autofocus isn’t perfect enough for landscape photography, either. So it must be done by hand. Also, when the screws are loose on the back plate, the device will quit working. It would be best to constantly tighten them every few days to keep the Metabones functioning properly.
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The Big Day
Sony A7r
Zeiss Sonnar 35mm f2.8
ISO 100, f2.8, 1/125sec
