[Leica] Kolari modified Sony A7

Paul Roark roark.paul at gmail.com
Wed Dec 2 08:40:54 PST 2015


See http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1392833/2#13289195 for the best
collection of comparison tests I've seen.

It seems that most M wides do dramatically better after conversion of the
Sony a7r.  However, the apo 50 and longer lenses may not.  The OEM FE
optics do better before conversion.  Sony and Zeiss, for their own lenses,
include the cover glass thickness in the optical formula.

>From what I can see, Sony's strategy is not to have the best camera for M
glass, but rather to have OEM glass that can beat the M glass.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 8:16 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:

> Must have, thanks
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> John McMaster wrote:
>
> >
> >Doesn't seem to say how the native lenses perform with the thinner
> >glass.....
> >
>
> Perhaps you missed this part:
>
> "Now, you might be wondering how this modification impacts performance with
> the original Sony lenses.  Luckily we have not seen a significant change in
> performance with lenses designed for the A7-series cameras and Roger at
> LensRentals has independently run his own tests on a modified A7r and seen
> the same thing.  You can see his results here. Lloyd Chambers of diglloyd
> has also kindly ran a series of independent tests for us in a real world
> setting, you can see his results here, with high resolution comparisons
> available with a subscription."
>
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
>
>
>
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