Sony Sony Breaks New Ground with A7 / A7R Announcement

That is exciting news! It makes me definitely reconsider my goal to purchase the D800E next year. If only Sony offered the same button-controls as Fuji... But probably I will able to live without. ;-)
 
Hmm. I am seriously considering going for the A7... If I can afford it.

Looks like a good match for my Leica M lenses. Think I will go for this rather than buying a used M9... But not sure.
 
Lots of mixed messages on M-glass so far, but if it turns out to be a good match, I'll get into this system sooner than I'd have thought. If not, I'll wait until Sony gets into some wider primes...

-Ray
 
More test shots w/ A7R:

Sigma 24/2.8
Sigma 2.8/24

Carl Zeiss Biogon 2.8/28
Carl Zeiss Biogon G 2.8/28

Minolta MD 2.8/35
Minolta MD 2.8/35

Canon FD 2/35
Canon FD 2/35

Carl Zeiss Planar 2/45
Carl Zeiss Planar 2/45

Carl Zeiss FE 1.8/55
Carl Zeiss FE f/1.8 55mm

Minolta MC 58/1.2
Minolta MC 1.2/58

Samyang 85/1.4
Samyang 85/1.4

Minolta MC 2.5/100
Minolta MC 2.5/100

Minolta MD Macro 4/100
Minolta MD Macro 4/100 Rokkor

Minolta MD 2.8/135
Minolta MD 2.8/135

Minolta MC 4/200
Minolta MD 4/200

Minolta 100mm f/2
third result A7R (18 pics) - Dyxum - Page 1
 
Yes, biogons are also not good w/ nex esp nex-7 so there is no surprise there... Planars 35g/45g are good w/ nex and same w/ A7/A7R. That is why Sony is going for Sonnar designs on 24mm 1.8, RX1(R), 35mm 2.8 & 55mm 1.8 and Zeiss went to distagon and planar design on the Touits. From NY reports, Zeiss knows this problem so they will be making mf A7/A7R lenses later... Also Sony will be releasing a Zeiss 16-35mm f/4 & 85mm lenses next year. Only problem w/ the new lenses will be most probably the bigger sizes compared to rf lenses but they will be matching to the new 36MP sensor. Currently Sony Zeiss 55mm 1.8 is better then the Leica 50 1.4 ASPH on A7/A7R. Ron (one of the previous tester) was saying that Leica most probably will be updating that lens with new higher MP sensors in the future. Other solution might be the organic sensors which might come in 5-10 years...

Cyan/Red shift on the 28/2.8 Zeiss Biogon G.
 
You can see the CV12 w/ apsc cut:

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We are using much bigger area on the lens, so it can work as 1.25-1.3x crop with some lenses w/ minimal correction eg CV 12mm should give 15-16mm usable image similar to leica m-8 ...
 
That's a bummer. I like the Biogon-M lenses a lot. Especially the 21 and 35.

dont worry:
1-these are very preliminary results. wait til the 'real deal' is out and tested. comparisons to nex line may not be accurate as sony reps said the 7R was given a different microlens array for the express purpose of optimizing use with legacy glass;
2-21s may always be iffy, they are on the m9, no? but i'll bet the 35 will work just fine, and it can work fine even if it turns out true that the 28 isnt.
 
There are more landscape images at below link w/ lenses including CV 12mm, 28mm, 35mm, Summicron M 35mm ASPH, Orion 15mm, Oly 18mm 3.5, CZJ 20mm, Pentacon 30mm:


Even dslr lenses struggle on the edges w/ 36MP which is expected as they are designed for old film bodies... You can correct the some of the shifts, vignetting, but not the smearing... CV12mm had 2+ vignetting on apsc lenses and it is approx. 3-4 stops on FF. I was reading even big Zeiss 21mm zf lens need to be stopped down for sharpness on D800(E) 36MP sensor compared to Canon 21MP sensor. I think newer lenses will behave better.
 
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