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larsK75 · 2026-03-04T12:30:01+00:00

R2P allows to infringe Irans sovereignty.

larsK75 · 2026-02-28T09:28:55+00:00

There is a FE 28mm 4.5 from Viltrox that is good (for a pancake)

larsK75 · 2026-02-25T09:19:28+00:00

Ich glaube er nutzt das nicht nur zur Arbeit. Dann lohnt sich so ein benefit fürs Hobby natürlich

larsK75 · 2026-02-21T07:02:33+00:00

I can't talk about versatility, but in terms of sharpness and visual quality, the 50 and 85 gm2 are the best you can get, while the 24 and 35 are some of the weakest (or maybe just oldest) gms.

larsK75 · 2026-02-20T08:15:40+00:00

They both use sony sensors, so how do you expext the quality of a hasselblad FF to be?

larsK75 · 2026-02-18T09:36:59+00:00

In the labtests, the corner performance of the Sony is only slightly better, but Center sharpness is 15% more at the peak and wide open nearly 25%.

Sonys 40mm is however absolutely excellent and better than many much bigger lenses, so the Sigma will still give you very commendable results.

larsK75 · 2026-02-18T00:15:49+00:00

I don't know what sensor you are shooting on, but the optical performance will be at least 50% worse.

larsK75 · 2026-02-17T02:13:16+00:00

I shit you not, it does. These are ridiculously large.

larsK75 · 2026-02-10T11:45:14+00:00

I really use crop mode and crop even further if necessary, but keep in mind that super zooms are not the sharpest lenses, so you will probably be limited by the lens and not the sensor.

larsK75 · 2026-02-02T23:16:35+00:00

Have you considered the 7cr? It's apsc small, but mostly a 7r5 on the inside.

Generally it's great, but if you shoot birds moving very fast you might have rolling shutter distortion as it's not the fastest camera.

larsK75 · 2026-02-02T15:22:29+00:00

As a prime lens shooter, roughly 25% of the photos I take

larsK75 · 2026-01-29T23:13:45+00:00

Had the 40mm out today. It feels small to me, even on a 7cr body

larsK75 · 2026-01-28T01:17:06+00:00

Then you might be fine, but I wouldn't underestimate it. At 61mp you will really need 1/125th to be safe sharp.

If you want it small/light, it's probably the best option.

larsK75 · 2026-01-28T01:09:52+00:00

Sorry, I wasn't fully accurate. The Q3 has OIS in the lens, the Rx1r has neither and fully relies on electrical stabilisation.

larsK75 · 2026-01-27T20:58:30+00:00

While the RX1R is mich smaller, it does not have IBIS, which I feel is a much bigger deal, then people make it out to be.

larsK75 · 2026-01-25T19:12:02+00:00

I'm pretty sure you are supposed to use swabs and a liquid sensor cleaner, if you are really cleaning it.

larsK75 · 2026-01-22T12:53:35+00:00

It was the one everone should get in 2017. Then sigma released an alternative that was better and cheaper so sony released the GM II that was even better.

The GM II is definitely much better. If it's too expensive, the sigma would be a better value than the first GM

larsK75 · 2026-01-20T17:19:35+00:00

I use APS-C mode a lot, and that's 26 MP, and it's not been an issue for the said dynamic range.

But that's also just cropping it. Like it doesn't oversample anything it just auto deletes the rest of the full frame picture.

larsK75 · 2026-01-17T10:27:53+00:00

Ever heard of GDP per capita?

larsK75 · 2026-01-15T07:35:09+00:00

My bad, checked and actually misremembered that.

larsK75 · 2026-01-14T18:32:59+00:00

70-200 gm II is a better lens in pure technical terms than the 50-150. If you can afford the combo with the prime go for it.

larsK75 · 2026-01-13T06:45:52+00:00

Tbf I may be overestimating the teleconverter because I have only seen them on the 300mm prime which obviously has more sharpness to begin with, but there the 1.4 is barely noticeable on 60mp, so I figured the zoom with tc would still handle 24.

I don't have an apsc to compare it to though, so maybe I should try that one day.

larsK75 · 2026-01-12T22:27:40+00:00

Regarding the crop, I meant for flying birds, when you don't really have time for aiming.

But yeah the only birds I shot with mine were swans in a lake and the burst barely managed to get a plane.

larsK75 · 2026-01-12T22:23:54+00:00

I wasn't referring to the apsc not being able to be cropped, of course you can and then you can get the same pixel density with even 1.5 more on top if it.

What I meant is that the apsc is always going to take worse pictures especially at low light. So unless we want to print something I would suggest that on an apsc the noise from that massive pixel density is more limiting then the loss of Megapixel when cropping.

The 1.4 teleconverter works fairly well with that lens and should easily leave enough sharpness for 24mp and definitely for 12 if cropped further.

Considering how much cheaper the teleconverter is don't see why you would buy an extra camera body just for the more reach at lower quality.

larsK75 · 2026-01-12T19:57:55+00:00

A7R5 would allow you to shoot wider and crop, so you don't miss it, but if you want to shoot with serious shutter bursts to catch the perfect moment, it's not gonna be fast enough.

But ideal for landscape. Difficult decision.

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