I'm only aware of the one 85 1.8 that they make, but I guess they've been making Sony AF lenses here and there.
Just making sure I didn't miss some AF 85 from them. Either way, I doubt anyone is comparing those because people in the market for a cheap MF lens would never consider the 90. Also, the 90 is supposedly one of the fastest AF performers in the X stable.
Plenty of Samyang users buy the lenses for reasons other than cheap, and weigh their optics vs AF lenses; the FF 85 1.4 was compared with Canikon 85's for example.
This is why I bought the battery grip. It's not that massive of a problem with 3 batteries to work off of.
The 90 is a pretty good lens. Sometimes the AF takes a bit to catch onto something, but I think that really depends on how close I am and if I'm going from far focus to near focus.
They're fine. If you can't go there just mail your stuff in if I remember right. I traded in for my X-T2 and Nikon D4 over there.
For some reason, the fact that your statement indicates that 'going in to the store' is the default choice, made me immediately think of driving 13 hours to the 'local' adorama store to trade gear in.
I don't know where he currently is. I know Jong lives in Dallas, but maybe he's doing a vacation or something. I live in the same state as Adorama so my trade ins would be a lot more instant than his. Also I said "if you can't go there" as general advice for anybody that happened to look at that post for advice.
Now I'm just starting to think that me and everybody else speak a different form of English since nobody ever can tell what the hell I'm trying to say. Based on what I've been shooting lately I'd say get the A7RII. The G85 is fine as well though I don't touch 4k, but that's probably the best way to go about it since it has less of a chance to over heat. I honestly think this purchase depends mainly if you're using it solely for video work. If it's for hybrid work get the A7RII, if it's strictly a video camera the G85 is fine as well.
You can get the X-H1 or you can adapt the lenses you already have onto the A7RII since I'm quite sure you will by manually focusing any way or you can just get the kit lens or the 24-70F4 for it. Like to be honest you got options with the A7RII, I wasn't planning on making that thing one of my main cameras, but the image output is too good not to use. You should probably rent to see what you really like, though the A7RII like all cameras takes some adjusting to. I had to shoot that thing for weeks straight to really get into a groove with it.
For video it's beats the tar out of your D800, I don't even use my D810 for video these days, DSLR for video is not a thing I do at this point and is the reason why I currently have 3 mirrorless cameras. I pretty much think after setting the custom buttons and everything else to something that you're comfortable with you should be fine with the A7RII. The only thing I hate doing on my A7R2 is changing AF points, other than that I'm fine with it.
You can get a clean used X-H1 for $950 now if that makes a difference.
Can't wait for it to got $800 used and below lol. Kind of makes me wish I waited on the X-T3, granted I know why I got it, but it's not even my most used camera anymore since I got waylaid by a Sony A7RII sale.
I'll be totally honest, I'm still debating if the Sony ecosystem is for me. Fuji is in an extremely sweet spot of performance and image quality. Some of my best work was made with ease on Fuji. There's no question the Sony is in another league though. Just not sure what I do justifies the spend.
Yeah I can easily see how that's the case. At some point I need to have a nice walk around day with the X-T3 since I do my best work I think when I'm just walking around, I think the Fuji ecosystem is the best for street photography and the like, even does great portrait work. Granted I also think you're a good enough photographer to make whatever work for you to be honest. Sony's main problem is their stuff is too expensive for what it is.
I would only get that to use my 70-200 for birding to be honest. That whole proposition turns into what glass you have and I have a very good Fuji ecosystem and the battery life doesn't bother me that much because I run around with three batteries in the camera. I'd honestly have to shoot a 10 hour event I think to drain all of them.
A mini A9 with no relevant lens ecosystem would really be a waste of a great camera, but I get what you mean. Would I trade my X-T's and my lenses for that? No.
A mini A9 with the 24/1.4 on it would be suuuuuhhhhwweeeeeet.
True enough because a Sony user would finally have a great 35mm equivalent.
I'd go one step farther and say the 1.4 version would still be pretty great (128/f2), but yeah the 1.8 being so light would pair nicely. That body + A9 AF would open a lot of interesting crop possibilities up.
I should probably make it a mission to use my X-T3 more...maybe when the weather gets warmer I guess. I love my Fuji's so I didn't want to trade them in hence why I started with the A7R2, my wallet still hates that decision, but I still have access to a ton of stuff that I like using. RF mount would be great if it wasn't tied to a Canon body.
At the end of the day, I feel very much like I did when I was putzing between iOS and Android...and this is a totally oversimplified statement...
That's probably why I like the Fuji's better for video work. Fuji isn't known for video, but it's a lot easier for me to work with. It's the same for stills, but the general interface on Fuji is better granted I'm pretty used to the A7RII these days. That being said I think I like editing the Sony files more than the Fuji files.
I have so much shadow room to work with on the A7R2 that it's not even funny. I think just comparing my portrait work that the A7R2 is way better than the X-T3 in that regard. Granted I shoot and edit both cameras pretty damn well. I just miss stacking the Fuji picture profiles onto my edits.
The A7 especially in the condition that yours is in ain't worth shit.
It's a nice lens, you'll get good results with it. Very lightweight and a decent focuser.
You can probably get $500 out of it on Ebay. Regarding high iso M43...look into it.
