[Leica] Some wide angle M glass (CV) on the Sony A7Rii

[Frank Filippone]

A real bummer.... I was hoping for a miracle.  Soft in the edges really stinks....

I use WA lenses primarily... so I need to have that level of image quality on my sensor with WA lenses........  My favorites are the 24 and 35.. And since I have a Tri Elmar usually bolted in front, I ues the 28 a fair amount as well.

OTOH, if I could convince myself that the native lenses for the A7 are good enough for me, I would change systems in a snap....

Frank Filippone
Red735i at verizon.net


-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Paul Roark
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 7:54 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Some wide angle M glass (CV) on the Sony A7Rii

My Sony a7r2 arrived.  There are a lot of interesting good things on it, the smooth shutter being one of the most obvious and first things a previous Sony owner will notice.  The shutter sounds and feels much more like a Leica shutter.

As to the M wides, they no longer have magenta color at the edges and terrible fringing, but they are soft at the edges.  From what I've seen it's likely the WATE is the only M wide that will work as it should.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
wrote:

> I read one review that stated that since the sensor cover glass is the 
> same on ALL A7 cameras, there will be little difference in the 
> performance with WA lenses, especially Leica Glass...
>
> So the A7rII should be no better than the A7.... in this regard.....
>
> OTOH, how good, by comparison is the Zeiss Batis, Loxia, or co-branded 
> Sony-Zeiss glass to Leica M glass?
> THAT is the question I want to know the answer to....
>
> I tried the Nikon glass and that did not hold a candle to Leica..... ( 
> 50mm ASPH Lux compared to 5 different samples of 50/1.4 Nikkor in 
> various age categories, including most recent)
>
> Was it good enough?  Probably.... for MY purposes..... Which means I 
> could swap my Leica stuff for a bag of Sony + Zeiss AF ( or not) 
> stuff.... (and be dollars ahead....)
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
>
> My take: contrary to some gushing reviews the A7Rii is not the best 
> camera for shooting M mount glass on the planet.
>
> BUT It?s better than my M8. Both of these lens don?t work well on the 
> M8, especially the 15mm which has huge color casts in the magenta at 
> the periphery making it useless. I can produce examples.
>
> But it?s a lot better than the original A7R. I haven?t tried either 
> lens on the A7ii yet either.
>
> I was actually surprised they did so well!
>
> The widest Leica glass I have is the 35mm f2.0 aspherical which I?m 
> eager to try and compare with the Loxia 35mm f2.0.
>
> The Loxia has the advantage on the A7 of automatically zooming in to 
> aid focus - a feature my aging eyes appreciate.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
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