Sony a7 with Canon lenses?
Aug 3, 2016 10:45:36 #
Carl D wrote:
Get an a7r2 Sony, dump the Canon lenses and get Sony lenses. You won't be sorry. While they make adapters for the canon lenses, you will loose even more quality.
The a7r2 works with the metabones adapter. Purportedly, the metabones with canon lenses is outstanding on a7r2
Aug 3, 2016 11:24:54 #
Carl D wrote:
Get an a7r2 Sony, dump the Canon lenses and get Sony lenses. You won't be sorry. While they make adapters for the canon lenses, you will loose even more quality.
Aug 3, 2016 11:31:31 #
Carl D wrote:
Get an a7r2 Sony, dump the Canon lenses and get Sony lenses. You won't be sorry. While they make adapters for the canon lenses, you will loose even more quality.
the A7Rm2 is a great camera. I would suggest you look at the Fotodiox adaptor for Canon lenses to the e-mount. I know a lot of people who have found it diffcult with some of the older metabones adaptors.
The only aspect that you lose when using adaptors is access to all the focus points of the camera. You still get a lot of focus points and you can still move the focus square.
I use Sony adaptors EA3 and EA4 for the my A-mount lenses.
Aug 3, 2016 11:55:54 #
Toment wrote:
The a7r2 works with the metabones adapter. Purportedly, the metabones with canon lenses is outstanding on a7r2
Does it work with your version 1 and version 2 lenses. Does it work with L Series as well as the non L Series lenses. Which metal bones version?
Aug 3, 2016 12:01:09 #
Jer wrote:
Does it work with your version 1 and version 2 lenses. Does it work with L Series as well as the non L Series lenses. Which metal bones version?
This is the dilemma you get into with adapters, which is why I don't use them, to many variables. Buying the correct lenses for the brand of camera you use is the only sure bet. If you end up buying 2-3 adapters, especially Metabones, you have paid for a good lens.
Aug 3, 2016 13:29:40 #
Carl D wrote:
This is the dilemma you get into with adapters, which is why I don't use them, to many variables. Buying the correct lenses for the brand of camera you use is the only sure bet. If you end up buying 2-3 adapters, especially Metabones, you have paid for a good lens.
I totally agree. The problem was when I bought the a6000 I had to get adapters. Then I found out the pass-through adapters don't work with all my lenses. I bought a lot of old Legacy lenses for about twenty bucks and they work fine but they're manual. But with those adapters sometimes you can't focus to Infinity because it moves where the lenses Focus point is.
Aug 3, 2016 14:46:45 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
If there were some Sony/Zeiss lenses that you really, really wanted... in addition to some Canon.... I'd say go for it and get the Sony DSLR and adapters for the Canon lenses.
However, if you're only going to be using Canon lenses only you would be better served simply getting a Canon camera to use them on. I'm not familiar enough with the Sony models you ask about, to suggest a comparable Canon.
By the way, in a lot of cases Sony lenses cost more than comparable Nikon or Canon lenses. For example, look at their respective 70-200/2.8s: Canon or Nikon $2000... Sony $2500. Or their respective 24-70/2.8s: Canon or Nikon $1800.. Sony $2200. Or, maybe a 500mm f4: Canon $9000, Nikon $10,300... Sony $13,000. Sony makes less than half as many different lenses as either Canon or Nikon, too.
However, if you're only going to be using Canon lenses only you would be better served simply getting a Canon camera to use them on. I'm not familiar enough with the Sony models you ask about, to suggest a comparable Canon.
By the way, in a lot of cases Sony lenses cost more than comparable Nikon or Canon lenses. For example, look at their respective 70-200/2.8s: Canon or Nikon $2000... Sony $2500. Or their respective 24-70/2.8s: Canon or Nikon $1800.. Sony $2200. Or, maybe a 500mm f4: Canon $9000, Nikon $10,300... Sony $13,000. Sony makes less than half as many different lenses as either Canon or Nikon, too.
Aug 3, 2016 16:32:31 #
I moved from Canon and Pentax several years ago to the Sony A7 line of cameras. Autofocus speed with adapted Canon lenses on the original A7, A7S and A7R bodies was terrible, i.e.: I primarily went back to manual focus. I now have the A7 II and A7R II which are far better with adapted lenses, in particular Canon lenses. Sigma and Tamron lenses are still a little "shaky", i.e.: you sometimes get a degree of hunting before focus is achieved, particularly with longer lenses.
However, overall I'm very happy with my switch to the Sony A7 bodies. They also allow me to adapt my old Canon FD, Pentax, Minolta, Sigma, Tamron and M42 lenses, and put them back in service.
bwa
However, overall I'm very happy with my switch to the Sony A7 bodies. They also allow me to adapt my old Canon FD, Pentax, Minolta, Sigma, Tamron and M42 lenses, and put them back in service.
bwa
Aug 3, 2016 16:38:35 #
Carl D wrote:
Get an a7r2 Sony, dump the Canon lenses and get Sony lenses. You won't be sorry. While they make adapters for the canon lenses, you will loose even more quality.
I adapt all of my Canon lenses to Sony A7S, A7 II and A7R II bodies and don't see how you would lose image quality (IQ). If anything, Canon lenses on the A7R II yield better IQ than they ever did on my Canon bodies.
bwa
Aug 4, 2016 18:38:42 #
barbie.lewis wrote:
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There are some great Canon lenses. I would recommend checking Brian Smith for info on adapters...
http://briansmith.com/gear/sony-lens-adapters/
Right now there are a ton of lenses in that range, including the new sony 70-300, that appears to be very sharp and small/light.
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