The "New Gear/Willy Waving" thread

a1ex2001 · 30 Oct 2016 at 21:03

Raymond Lin said:
35 or 50

I find 24 is very wide for day to day shots.

Get yourself the m5 and the 22mm f2 Ef-m it is a ridiculously good bit of kit for the money tack sharp wide open and gives you that 35mm equivalent you want it finding myself reaching for my oricional eos-m and this lens do often that i'm considering cashing in my full frame gear for an m3. If canon would just put the 80d sensor in the original m body they would already have my money!

dannyjo22 · 31 Oct 2016 at 10:04

5DM3 here with 24-70mk2. Sadly they forgot the 82mm filter but not the end of the world. Won't post pictures as it's all been seen before 3 years ago

That's my last spend hopefully now for another 3 years. I have all the lenses I need.

jonneymendoza · 31 Oct 2016 at 11:03

Raymond Lin said:
35 or 50

I find 24 is very wide for day to day shots.

Sony have a great 35mm lens(2.8 or 1.4) and the 55mm is basically called the mini Otus.

Its that sharp and yes i know its 5mm extra but i doubt you will see the difference.

Do you have the sigma art 35mm 1.4? it works just like native in my A7r2 using the metabones adapter

a1ex2001 · 2 Nov 2016 at 00:21

jonneymendoza said:
Do you have the sigma art 35mm 1.4? it works just like native in my A7r2 using the metabones adapter

But it is absolutely massive and weighs a ton so why bother with a small body

Raymond Lin · 2 Nov 2016 at 00:52

a1ex2001 said:
But it is absolutely massive and weighs a ton so why bother with a small body

The Sony RX1R ii is almost the perfect travel camera for me...but that price tag is insane.

a1ex2001 · 2 Nov 2016 at 06:36

Raymond Lin said:
The Sony RX1R ii is almost the perfect travel camera for me...but that price tag is insane.

I know what you mean the lens sensor combination is spot on though maybe in 10 years time there will be enough competition to bring the price down in still surprised none of the other big brands have had a go at a competitor!

jonneymendoza · 2 Nov 2016 at 07:51

a1ex2001 said:
But it is absolutely massive and weighs a ton so why bother with a small body

its not massive or weigh a ton?

You cant beat physics. If you want low light high quality glass, go to the gym

Vertigo · 2 Nov 2016 at 08:07

jonneymendoza said:
its not massive or weigh a ton?

You cant beat physics. If you want low light high quality glass, go to the gym

Indeed the 35 is fairly light and compact.

If you want bonkers big have a look at the new Sigma 85!

jonneymendoza · 2 Nov 2016 at 08:13

Plus there's a tiny 35mm 2.8 Sony u can get too!

a1ex2001 · 3 Nov 2016 at 13:00

jonneymendoza said:
its not massive or weigh a ton?

You cant beat physics. If you want low light high quality glass, go to the gym

Vertigo1 said:
Indeed the 35 is fairly light and compact.

If you want bonkers big have a look at the new Sigma 85!

Sigmas 35mm art lend could hardly be described as compact and light I know it's not a 500mm f4 but it hardly suits a small light body like the sony a7.

jonneymendoza said:
Plus there's a tiny 35mm 2.8 Sony u can get too!

Which is my point exactly get a slightly slower compact lens for a compact body otherwise you might as well be carrying the big full frame slr! Just checked the price on this crikey Sony don't do cheap glass do they!

Greebo · 3 Nov 2016 at 14:49

The price and choice of Sony glass is the major reason I am not jumping ship to their side.

That and they hardly ever seem to release much new glass either.

Raymond Lin · 3 Nov 2016 at 15:35

a1ex2001 said:
I know what you mean the lens sensor combination is spot on though maybe in 10 years time there will be enough competition to bring the price down in still surprised none of the other big brands have had a go at a competitor!

For the same money I could get a new MBP with a Fuji XT2. It's how insane that is.

a1ex2001 · 4 Nov 2016 at 13:35

Raymond Lin said:
For the same money I could get a new MBP with a Fuji XT2. It's how insane that is.

A toy for the rich!

jonneymendoza · 4 Nov 2016 at 14:23

Greebo said:
The price and choice of Sony glass is the major reason I am not jumping ship to their side.

That and they hardly ever seem to release much new glass either.

the price of canon glass aint cheap either(The L lenses) just look at the new 16-35 f2.8 mk3. a joke of a price!

Sony have released loads of lenses this year alone. You are pretty much covered from 16 to 200 now.

a1ex2001 said:
Sigmas 35mm art lend could hardly be described as compact and light I know it's not a 500mm f4 but it hardly suits a small light body like the sony a7.

Which is my point exactly get a slightly slower compact lens for a compact body otherwise you might as well be carrying the big full frame slr! Just checked the price on this crikey Sony don't do cheap glass do they!

Dunno about you but to me the 35mm is compact. i can fit that in a man-bag.

Its not that heavy or bulky either for me.

a1ex2001 · 4 Nov 2016 at 14:43

jonneymendoza said:
the price of canon glass aint cheap either(The L lenses) just look at the new 16-35 f2.8 mk3. a joke of a price!

Sony have released loads of lenses this year alone. You are pretty much covered from 16 to 200 now..

The problem for me is the cheaper sony alternatives are not cheap, yes canon has some mighty expensive glass on offer but it also has cheaper offerings that are very very good where sony don't appear to.

jonneymendoza said:
Dunno about you but to me the 35mm is compact. i can fit that in a man-bag.

Its not that heavy or bulky either for me..

One man's heffer is another mans super model and all that but you're in a minority if you think the 35mm art is compact!

Greebo · 4 Nov 2016 at 14:55

jonneymendoza said:
the price of canon glass aint cheap either(The L lenses) just look at the new 16-35 f2.8 mk3. a joke of a price!

Sony have released loads of lenses this year alone. You are pretty much covered from 16 to 200 now.

Dunno about you but to me the 35mm is compact. i can fit that in a man-bag.

Its not that heavy or bulky either for me.

Problem is I am coming from MFT and the f1.7 35mm equiv on there is tiny and weighs 87g.

Will double check Sony again but when i was looking last night, there are very few specific lense for that specific camera body, they are just using lens for other sensor sizes or relying on adaptors and using other manufacturers.

I would be struggling to replace my existing lenses like for like plus they would be much much more expensive, larger and heavier.

squerble · 5 Nov 2016 at 10:13

Just invested in the Sigma behemoth, 150-600mm (Contemporary), and put it next to the 55-300mm kit lens I'd been using.

Don't know how to get the small versions from Imgur anymore, so here's the link:
https://imgur.com/a/Ww92w

Greebo · 5 Nov 2016 at 10:57

Wow are you trying to compensate for something?

Terminal_Boy · 5 Nov 2016 at 11:01

squerble said:
Just invested in the Sigma behemoth, 150-600mm (Contemporary), and put it next to the 55-300mm kit lens I'd been using.

Don't know how to get the small versions from Imgur anymore, so here's the link:
https://imgur.com/a/Ww92w

Does that come with a wheeled Zimmer frame to brace it on?

squerble · 5 Nov 2016 at 11:16

Greebo said:
Wow are you trying to compensate for something?

Yep, I just felt inadequate when I saw that everyone else's was bigger