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Subject: [Leica] OT - Sony Alpha 7R
From: jplaurel at gmail.com (Jim Laurel (gmail))
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:50:26 -0800
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Thanks, Sonny. Looking forward to hearing your comments on the CV 15 with 
the A7.

That Rokinon is a full frame fisheye. The focal length on a NEX would be 
ideal underwater, but with manual aperture and no AF, it is a difficult 
proposition in a UW housing.

A lot of people are using the 8mm Panasonic. On the OMD, it's a 5-axis 
stabilized fisheye! But unfortunately, Olympus' video codec is not very good 
and the bitrate too low. So, dark areas of deep blue water can have some 
noise. I really hope Oly addresses that in the future.

--Jim


On Feb 21, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jim asked,  Sonny, do you know if the Voigtlander 15mm Heliar does the
> magenta edges thing on the A7?
> 
> I don't, but I'll take a look this afternoon. We finish work at noon.
> 
> I just got a copy of the kit zoom that a guy was selling off RFF at a real
> good price.  It is the 28-70 3.5-5.6 with anti-shake.  I'm pretty amazed by
> the preliminary playing around with it.  I thought it might be a plinking
> lens for bad weather, but with the auto iso, the thing has some real good
> points.
> 
> 
> BTW, there are some fish eyes showing on B&H in E mount (that would not be
> full frame, I'm guessing)
> 
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=sony+fe+lenses&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Jim Laurel (gmail) <jplaurel at 
> gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Sonny, do you know if the Voigtlander 15mm Heliar does the magenta edges
>> thing on the A7?
>> -Jim
>> 
>> On Feb 21, 2014, at 7:40 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I might add, that I have not really played much with my 15 on the A7r for
>>> the same reason I don't like it on the M8.  ;-)   It was nice on the M8,
>>> but it plays a little too wide for my tastes on full frame.
>>> 
>>> I've not had much time to play with my 21 Elmarit, but I will try to give
>>> it some play this weekend.
>>> 
>>> Over the years, I've collected a number of interesting lenses, some
>> Leica,
>>> some Nikon, Pentax, and some other old-timers that I would like to play
>>> with.  I had limited fun with my little Olympus, but it obviously cut off
>>> most of the frame of everything but my 16mm lenses.
>>> 
>>> The cheap adapters available on Amazon, along with free Prime shipping
>>> makes his kind of shooting fun again.
>>> 
>>> 50 some posts on this thread, and I'm the only one who posted a picture.
>>> Thanks Jay, for the ONLY comment.
>>> 
>>> ;-)
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Sonny
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