The Sony A73/A7R3/A7S3/A9 Thread
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Soldato
Around the same as what I'm seeing, is this with an A7III?
Well in summary I had Fuji the last 2 years and in my (same) use cases I get 2-3x the battery life. That's all I can tell you, and it seems many others are having the same experience. Your mileage, as always, may vary.
This is good to see - https://www.dpreview.com/news/0946193973/tamron-28-75mm-f2-8-di-iii-rxd-autofocus-issue
I think I will put an order in now - but imagine it'll take a month to get filled?
I think I will put an order in now - but imagine it'll take a month to get filled?
Associate
Yes that's correct.
Associate
Yeah that might be a little optimistic, I'm still waiting for my pre-order as I assume are most people.
In the short term you might want to keep your eyes open for returns but I don't think there's very much supply available anywhere.
Associate
Actually we can, 2 weeks or so they say: https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr5-tamron-28-75mm-fe-firmware-update-will-be-released-in-2-weeks/
If you read what those who actually own it are saying that doesn't appear to be the case, there's a consistent issue with video but other than that I wouldn't blow the issue out of proportion.
Yes, as I understand it the problem s limited to video.
Nope. Seen lots on forums with it missing focus altogether on stills or forward focusing on some shots. No consistency on what’s causing it. Some people have no issue at all.
Anyway, hopefully by the time m6 lens comes the firmware update is here.
Soldato
Unusable seems a little extreme. Coma is definitely present on the older Sigmas, but I guess it depends if you're pixel peeking or printing a large format as to whether it is an issue or not. As there's no perfect lens there are always tradeoffs. The Batis isn't as fast and is nearly twice the price.
Hoping to get the Sigma before my trip to the Outer Hebrides in a couple of weeks, but it is the worst possible time of the year for any astro photography up there!
Not even pixel peeping to see how bad the coma is on the sigma on other fornats. Yes the batis is slower but it has zero coma and much sharper across the frame Vs the sigma.
The new tokina 20mm f2 looks like it has potential. Like I said, I hope the sigmas are new lenses and not just their old lenses with a new mount on them otherwise the coma will still be there
The new tokina 20mm f2 looks like it has potential. Like I said, I hope the sigmas are new lenses and not just their old lenses with a new mount on them otherwise the coma will still be there
Caporegime
And optical traits the EF mount has, will be in the FE mount. Why? Because you can send in your EF or F mount to them to have it converted.
Do you do much research online? The information that they are not re-designed has literally been available for months. Read https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/ and https://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/Which was why I was hoping sigma had designed the lens from scratch for the FE mount
Caporegime
Which was why I was hoping sigma had designed the lens from scratch for the FE mount
There might be some in the future but it makes no business sense since the Art range is their latest and current range.
Agreed, it would have been a horrendous cost and time exercise for them to re-design every major current lense. They will likely wait until Canon and Nikon mirrorless solutions are released and established before gradually starting to release new designs.
Caporegime
Another thing, if its a different lens design then they would have to use a completely different series to differentiate them to the other mounts. People are jumping into these lenses because of their reputation already.
Hadn’t had time to research whether they were or weren’t. Was just saying I was waiting for them to be out and hoped they were. Not in a hurry yet, not Milky Way season till August.
You have time to post on forums but no time to quickly read and research camera websites for a couple of minutes per day or two? Ok, makes perfect sense.
