In response to yesterday’s Nikon/Sony 70-200 testing, a reader commented: Isn’t it established that Sony lenses are optimized for the Sony sensor and vice versa. (although more skewed against WA due to Sony’s sensor lenses and thickness. Putting the Nikon on the Sony is a little like putting P-Zero’s on a Prius. I don’t believe… [Read More]
Archives for October 2015
a7RII EFCS and flash synch
There’s a rumor going around that the Sony a7RII’s max synch speed (which is spec’d by Sony as 1/250 second) is reduced if the electronic first-curtain shutter (EFCS) is turned on. That didn’t sit right with me. Testing seemed called for. I mounted a Zony 55 on an a7RII and aimed the camera at a… [Read More]
70-200’s: Nikon f/2.8, Sony f/4 @ 70mm
In the previous post, I compared the performance at 200mm of the Sony 70-200mm f/4 G OSS FE to the Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 GII ED, with both lenses used on a Sony a7RII camera. In this post, I’ll do the same for the case when both lenses are set to 70mm. The overall scene: … [Read More]
70-200’s: Nikon f/2.8, Sony f/4 @ 200mm
A reader commented that the Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 GII ED is a superior lens to the Sony 70-200 f/4 G OSS FE. In fact, he went so far as to say: The OSS 70-200 is not a very good lens and doesn’t compare to the Nikon 70-200 2,8 in any way that I could tell…. [Read More]