Eager to try some of my R glass on the a7r5, but with a few weeks before my next stop in the ant farm, I was very grateful that the better half didn’t mind bringing the 28-90mm when she joined me here yesterday. After a good bit of time outdoors today, even in very gloomy…

. . . a bunch of random stuff. Much as I have taken to the a7rV, even its sensor, I still miss the SL2 when it comes to manual focus lenses. The Sony has two levels of focus magnification that are not adjustable, unlike a couple of other previous alpha models, which had one adjustable…

After comparing 70-200mm f2.8 GM II shots taken with the two teleconverters, I decided to test both under slightly more controlled circumstances. After all, the combo using the 2X had served me well while I was shooting it on the a7cII. It’s not that the combo with the 2X was “bad” by any means. It’s…

. . . on me . . . On the road there’s little time to pixel-peep. When light and critters are abundant, I just shoot until the weather changes, the light changes, the critters go home, or I drop. Now with some downtime, it’s a bit easier to see where improvments (and changes) can be…

. . . and it’s almost out. Figuring the a7rV sensor couldn’t do any worse at middle ISO speeds than the a7cII, I added one to the arsenal a week or so ago. This was in spite of not liking the sensor in the a7rIV and a subsection thereof in the a6700. Although the tiniest…

As I’ve done for years with whatever wide lens happened to be in the arsenal, I headed to Asoke intersection this morning to photograph it, this time with a Sony 24mm f2.8 G lens. It can be stated with confidence that this lens, stopped down to f/5.6, is biting sharp all over the frame, rendering…

. . . in no particular order . . . Ok, so I get why the sensor in the a7rV is popular enough to be used by at least two other camera makers. It is fantastic, as long as you don’t pixel-peep. But if you do, there’s no such thing as a totally clean image,…

Anyone who’s followed my stream of consciousness here over the years knows I won’t pay Japan and German manufacturers’ prices for their gear that’s made in China. But what about gear made by China companies? Well, until recently most of the stuff I sampled was surprisingly well-made and surprisingly cheap with unsurprisingly unremarkable performance, a…

Much as I like the compact size of the a7x bodies, the tiny EVF was a niggle I always wished could have been done bigger. So when one of the more reliable rumor sites speculated on no sensor change for the upcoming a7V, G.A.S. started working my brain overtime. This was compounded by a comparison…

No sooner do I say something nice about a piece of gear than I’m made to eat my words. Most of my shooting during the past six weeks has been in bright light, where even a dog turd could look good in a photo. Often I had to stop down to f/8 to get the…