[Leica] Sony 55 Sonnar question

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

I agree on fixed focal length glass as lacking flexibility. But if a fixed 
lens was flexible it would be doing its job!
If this was me shooting with one lens with a Sony I'd shoot it with a 
Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS which is gorgeous and takes licking 
and keeps on ticking I'd not leave home without and I'm not really kidding.!
When I look at the focal lengths I shoot with my new zooms this year I'd 
never have thought those focal lengths were what I'd be using in these 
situations.
It's always what you don?t think. So a zoom has you not locked in and has 
you covered.
So if you're not walking around with a camera bag with a complete set of 
wide, normal, tele lenses I'd for sure have a standard zoom on that anti 
vibration camera.
And in this case what could be more perfect than an F4 fixed zoom?
It?s the glass which is way we should be buying our cameras. And this glass 
for this system seems very exciting.
I?m using Nikon VR zooms for the most part it's not all that original but 
I'm excited by it.
I?m getting a 50-200 VR DX as I'm getting a D500 fast DX camera body for my 
birthday in a few weeks. 
Ten frames a second and be there.
VR means Vibration Reduction.

My favorite lens now is my AF-S VR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED  for my D750 I just 
got I use it way more than my wide or tele zooms.
I'll soon be using it on my DX D500 which makes it a 35-125mm which I may 
like better and is what I used for my road trip moving here from the west to 
east coast.





Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS
SEL2470Z

 
 

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

?On 10/23/18, 2:07 AM, "LUG on behalf of Philippe via LUG" 
<lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at 
leica-users.org> wrote:

    Hi Douglas,
    
    what I question is not the lens itself whatever the brand, but its FL 
and the lack of versatility a fixed lens provides.
    
    Well, you know the details more than I do after all.
    
    Good luck with the shooting
     
    Amities
    
    Philippe
    
    
    
    > Le 22 oct. 2018 ? 23:42, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit :
    > 
    > I've an assignment which involves a day's shooting in an office 
environment with my Sony A7ll, and will need to use flash more than a bit. 
I'm not overly thrilled with the kit lens that came with the Sony, so am 
thinking of going for 55mm 1.8 Sonnar as it is designed for the camera and 
flash. I have a perfectly good Elmar 50 2.8, but it won't give me the 
response times I will need for this task.
    > 
    > So the question for the Sony shooters out there is, have you got this 
lens, and are you happy with it? Of course, I have looked at reviews, but 
it's good to hear real world experiences.
    > 
    > Douglas
    > 
    > 
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