Nick_S Posted June 15, 2014 Share #41 Â Posted June 15, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) The Vario-Elmar-R 21-35 mm f/3,5-4 ASPH looks appealing in the context of a camera like this that works better with more telecentric lenses than most Leica M wide-angle lenses. Â Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted June 15, 2014 Share #42 Â Posted June 15, 2014 Got myself a Sony 55 1.8 Zeiss stock lens.....Sharp as........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankap Posted June 15, 2014 Share #43 Â Posted June 15, 2014 Not so very wide: jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted June 16, 2014 Share #44  Posted June 16, 2014 Not so very wide: jan  True. That's why I mentioned the WATE. My Sony FE 35/2.8 lens doesn't seem to be de-centered and delivers stunningly sharp images as well on the A7R. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted June 16, 2014 Share #45 Â Posted June 16, 2014 True. That's why I mentioned the WATE.My Sony FE 35/2.8 lens doesn't seem to be de-centered and delivers stunningly sharp images as well on the A7R. Â K&H I just bought yesterday the FE 55mm 1.8 and can't believe how sharp that lens is on the a7r......I guess it's a case of horses for courses Have now gone off he idea of playing mix match and will stick with Sony on Sony and Leica on Leica Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted June 16, 2014 Share #46  Posted June 16, 2014 K&H I just bought yesterday the FE 55mm 1.8 and can't believe how sharp that lens is on the a7r......I guess it's a case of horses for coursesHave now gone off he idea of playing mix match and will stick with Sony on Sony and Leica on Leica  Good move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns_ng Posted June 17, 2014 Share #47 Â Posted June 17, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Good move. Â The 55 FE is a great lens. Not only sharp but excellent rendition in the oof areas. I used this lens plus the WATE, 19 mm R, 35-70 VE and 180mm R during my Ethiopian trip. Many of my street and portrait photos were captured with the 55 FE. Zenfolio | N.S. Ng | Ethiopia April 2014 Â The 19 R 2ver is a great lens with the A7r. It is larger and heavier than the uwa M lenses, but perfectly usable with excellent results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanJW Posted June 17, 2014 Share #48 Â Posted June 17, 2014 Sorry I am late to this discussion but FWIW, I had an A7r and it was okay, but just okay, and definitely not okay as a backup for a M240. I prefer the ergonomics of the old fashioned M to the Sony bells and whistles -- even though Sony did a good job cleaning up menus and submenus and controls on the A7 series vs the Nex series. Besides egnomonics: Â -the clang of the A7r shutter is ridiculously loud and the shutter slap means extra care must be taken on anything handheld. Especially with 36mp. -focusing manual Leica lenses via focus peaking is not so easy. Maybe for a f/1.4 but I had difficulty discerning what was focused with a f/4 WATE. Stop down from f/4 and things only get harder because of the inherent DOF. I was mostly relegated to focusing wide open and stopping down to the desired f/stop. Shades of 1960s "preset" lenses and no way to work quickly. I did have some success with the 135mm APO Telyt on the Sony, and for the way I work, longer lenses are easier than wides to frame and focus. My aging eyes are perhaps as much of a problem as the Sony was, -some Leica adapters made for Sony E mount are problematic; I tried three different ones before settling on an expensive Novoflex as the one that worked. Â So I ended up with using the Sony solely with the 55mm Zeiss, which is a fine lens and then selling it. I'm now using a Leica T and having much more success and enjoying it more even though it does not have focus peaking. The image quality is excellent, it is quiet (hooray!) and it is fun to use. It still is not a backup for the M. I consider it a supplement. It is nice to have AF sometimes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulianLuttrell Posted June 17, 2014 Share #49  Posted June 17, 2014 I have a few Leica and Voigtlander M mount lenses I use on my Sony A7. Although the wider lenses are more likely to suffer from smear and colour shifts in the corners, it is not just focal length.  Looking at some of them, one by one, the further the rear element of the lens extends beyond the M mount bayonet, the worse the problem seems to be.  CV15 - rear element protrudes a lot, approximately 7mm beyond the mount/13mm beyond flange - bad smearing and magenta colour shift CV Ultron 28/1.9 - 3mm/9mm no/minimal smear or colour Lux 50 - rear element within bayonet - no problems CV Nokton 50/1.5 - rear element well within the mount bayonet - no problems  It would be interesting to hear from other people about which lenses perform well and which badly, and their matching measurements.  Julian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted June 17, 2014 Share #50 Â Posted June 17, 2014 I'm now using a Leica T and having much more success and enjoying it more even though it does not have focus peaking. The image quality is excellent, it is quiet (hooray!) and it is fun to use. It still is not a backup for the M. I consider it a supplement. It is nice to have AF sometimes.I tried my mates Leica T at the same time as trying the Sony and to me the T is just a gimmicky camera with a little dinky crop sensor. Comparing a T to the a7r is like comparing apples to a combine harvester Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 17, 2014 Share #51 Â Posted June 17, 2014 But then your profession involves clunky and clattery machinery.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted June 17, 2014 Share #52 Â Posted June 17, 2014 But then your profession involves clunky and clattery machinery....lol....nice on jaaap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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