Thanks Moose, the 90/2.8 is brand new. I believe it is just the system behavior
of the autofocus detection.
Manual focus, I'm not as experienced as you certainly are, so my technique
needs some practice. The peaking is useful but sometimes gets in the way. At
F1.2 and close subject that is not holding still, I probably need auto-focus.
So much to still re-learn.
I gave my smaller a6000 to my grand daughter. I do miss the size, so a 2nd
camera that fits in small backpack is in the future, not sure it will be Sonie.
There are a lot of new camera options coming all the time.
As to the focus EVF magnification on manual, I recently acquired the
Voigtlander 12/5.6. With that lens the higher EVF magnification is very
helpful. So the focus mag is focal length dependent.
At 1/13/2019 09:27 PM, Moose wrote:
>On 1/13/2019 6:57 AM, Wayne Shumaker wrote:
>>Thanks for the comment and insights.
>>
>>I too do not like the mag autofocus and assigned it to C2. It would be nice
>>if there were more options to control the amount of magnification. 5.6 is
>>often too close, and 1.0 is practically useless to me, unless I am shooting
>>something very static.
>>
>>I have also noticed shooting smoother surfaces (leaves, shells, ...) with the
>>90/2.8 macro that it hunts a lot, and the peaking is nearly worthless in that
>>case. The subject needs a well defined contrast to achieve good focus. Even
>>then, when it is currently in focus it will re-hunt every time. The macro
>>lens has a setting to limit the range, but still hunts.
>
>Clean the contacts? See if others report this; if not, repair?
>
>>And even though exposure can be hand held, manual focus, just moving in or
>>out needs the tripod.
>>
>>The only other 1.2 I ever owned was the Zuiko 50/1.2. I enjoyed that lens and
>>with the optical viewfinder on the OM-4ti, I never had such trouble focusing.
>>Given this 40/1.2 is manual and 1.2 is hard to nail, for me, without
>>autofocus and active subjects, I will be returning it. I'm just not up to
>>using this lens at its full potential with the cumbersome EVF style of
>>focusing.
>
>We're all different. All the lenses I have for my A7 are MF, ranging from old
>to ancient. I find the EVF magnification and the peaking nicely useful; much
>better than an SLR finder.
>
>>I would like a similar lens but with autofocus, F2 or faster. I had much
>>better success with the 90/2.8 macro for what I might use the 40/1.2 for. I
>>just need something in the 35-55 range, not too bulky...
>>Any suggestions?
>
>The GAS part of me would really like me to get into Sony stuff beyond the A7.
>The photographer, occasional artist, whomever, and gear carrier, just can't
>see it. The only lens that occasionally tweaks me is the 100mm f/2.8 STF.
>
>New gear, yes, just not Sony FF.
>
>Not Immune Moose
>
>
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