[Leica] Sony 55 Sonnar question

[Sonny Carter]

For once, Mark and I agree on something.  The Sony Zeiss 24 - 70 f4 is a fine lens.  If you’ve been noticing, I’ve been using it as my daily driver for several weeks.  

SonC



Sonny Carter
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> On Oct 23, 2018, at 1:33 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
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> I agree on fixed focal length glass as lacking flexibility. But if a fixed lens was flexible it would be doing its job!
> If this was me shooting with one lens with a Sony I'd shoot it with a Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS which is gorgeous and takes licking and keeps on ticking I'd not leave home without and I'm not really kidding.!
> When I look at the focal lengths I shoot with my new zooms this year I'd never have thought those focal lengths were what I'd be using in these situations.
> It's always what you don’t think. So a zoom has you not locked in and has you covered.
> So if you're not walking around with a camera bag with a complete set of wide, normal, tele lenses I'd for sure have a standard zoom on that anti vibration camera.
> And in this case what could be more perfect than an F4 fixed zoom?
> It’s the glass which is way we should be buying our cameras. And this glass for this system seems very exciting.
> I’m using Nikon VR zooms for the most part it's not all that original but I'm excited by it.
> I’m getting a 50-200 VR DX as I'm getting a D500 fast DX camera body for my birthday in a few weeks. 
> Ten frames a second and be there.
> VR means Vibration Reduction.
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> My favorite lens now is my AF-S VR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED  for my D750 I just got I use it way more than my wide or tele zooms.
> I'll soon be using it on my DX D500 which makes it a 35-125mm which I may like better and is what I used for my road trip moving here from the west to east coast.
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> Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS
> SEL2470Z
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> Mark William Rabiner
> Photographer
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> On 10/23/18, 2:07 AM, "LUG on behalf of Philippe via LUG" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>    Hi Douglas,
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>    what I question is not the lens itself whatever the brand, but its FL and the lack of versatility a fixed lens provides.
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>    Well, you know the details more than I do after all.
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>    Good luck with the shooting
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>    Amities
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>    Philippe
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>> Le 22 oct. 2018 à 23:42, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a écrit :
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>> I've an assignment which involves a day's shooting in an office environment with my Sony A7ll, and will need to use flash more than a bit. I'm not overly thrilled with the kit lens that came with the Sony, so am thinking of going for 55mm 1.8 Sonnar as it is designed for the camera and flash. I have a perfectly good Elmar 50 2.8, but it won't give me the response times I will need for this task.
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>> So the question for the Sony shooters out there is, have you got this lens, and are you happy with it? Of course, I have looked at reviews, but it's good to hear real world experiences.
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>> Douglas
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