A Week with the Sony A7: First Impressions

<p>like the photo of mother and baby in hospital. but it showed lot of noise.</p>

<p>Thanks for the details on the Sony A7!<br>

I am definitely teetering between the A7 and the Fuji TX1 now.</p>

<p>BTW, i agree on the Nikkor 50mm f2.8 being a stunning performer. Heres a recent pic from this lens on my NEX3N</p><div></div>

<p>Its a pity there aren't more small dedicated lenses yet. Frankly I see little benefit in buying a smaller, light body if I have to use big heavy lenses with it, and the effect on bag weight would be rather small- I may as well get a Canon 5Diii and continue to use my Canon L lenses. I'm quite keen to reduce the weight and size I carry, the question is whether I should wait that long for Sony to act, or take a Canon upgrade that's ready now and would be cheaper. And then it seems like the 70-200 Sony have launched is as big and slightly heavier than my Canon 70-200 f4 IS. I wonder if Sony are going to be able to see this concept through properly, and if I wait am I still likely to end up with the Canon anyway, because Sony just don't get around to making a wide range of quality lightweight FE lenses? </p>

<p>David, you might check out the NEX 6 or new A6000 for real compactness and weight saving. As a life long EOS guy, it shifted my paradigm with a jolt. Especially when I discovered the image quality from the Sony sensors was better (to my eye). I use very small AF primes with the NEX 6 and using mostly MF Canon FD lenses with the A7 and they are plenty small and light. Olympus OM, Pentax K and rangefinder lenses are even smaller. Of course it's understandable that some folks don't like manual focusing. It works fine for much of my work. Using legacy lenses on a decent full-frame platform<em> is</em> one one the prime reasons to get this camera.</p>

<p>That said, Sony and Zeiss are filling in the lens chart and soon, especially with the new A7s out, third party makers ( like Mikakon) will be chipping entries to the lens field. Heck, with near Otus-like performance in an AF lens, I'm considering the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens myself.</p>

<p>I still have my EOS kit, and it's still is nice gear, but I have barely touched it of late. I carry a camera <em>constantly</em>. The Sony's have made a difference.</p>

<p>Im so excited seeing this. I can't wait for my FD to Emount adapter,.... My EF to E mount Metabones IV works great. With old FD in the mix I feel vindicated from the old film days. <br>

Great stuff and thanks for sharing</p>

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