Lens choices?
A rep from Sony seemed to tell me that using the Sony A mount adapter with A mount lenses was a better route to go for autofocus as that system uses an alleged superior Phase Detection as opposed to the face detection of the bases systems and e-mount lenses.
I need to be able to shoot in very low light such as indoors with no lights on and outdoors at night. I don't think the supplied kit lens at 3.5 is fast enough, but considering I haven't tried it, what do I know?! lol I am not wild about the retro silver look either with no markings on Sony's kit lens. The other thing that does not appeal to me is external zoom lenses where the whole lens barrel mechanically extends. That does not work well for me. Does anyone have auto focus lens recommendations for both low light and again for an autofocus zoom lens with an internal zoom so the barrel does not change length? |
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He uses "a Sony Zeiss 16-35 and a 24-70, both mounted with an LA-EA2 A-mount to eMount adapter" in this video, with a breakdown of the AF systems before the actual footage--wait for the slo-mo. |
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I can't as of yet determine if those two lenses are external zooms or internal zooms whose barrels do not extend upon zooming.
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does your camera rig not allow the extension?
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Keep in mind the kit lens and nearly all similar still super zooms are f3.5 only at their widest focal length and ramp down to around f6.3 at the long end. These are not good lenses for low light shooting, though it depends what your definition of low light is.
I have not seen any internal zooming 24-70 lenses, but many modern wide ~17-35 and ~70-200 zooms are internal zooming. You'll have a tough time finding a full set of internal zooms to cover a a full range. |
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a 17-35 and a 70 to 200 would be ok...as long as they are internal zooming.....I have seen some 80 and shorter lenses down to F1.8....I think that is plenty fast.
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Justin, I don't want to move the matte box around every time I adjust the focal length
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Anyone tried throwing a Fujinon ENG lens on this yet? Curious using this for reality in place of a EX3.
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