Sony Tidbits…

Sony Camera Lineup: From the α7s to the F65

Sony Alpha 7 Aktion: Bis zu 80 EUR Rabatt auf ausgewählte Objektive at Amazon.de
Rokinon 14mm f2.8 review at Ilovehatephoto.
EVF: composing vs reviewing (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony α6300 – AF Performance Test $2000 class DSLR VS a6300 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Lja5dcjf4
a7sii comparison johnhicksfilm on Youtube.
Firmware update for NEW FDR-AX53 handycam – HUGE improvement in AF (Sony eusupport).
Simple shootout between legacy Minolta Rokkor MD 24mm f2.8 and. Sony 16-35mm on Sony Alpha 7S M2 (Scatteredlightblog).

Andreas: “Recently I bought a Sony A7II as second camera (with fullframe sensor) as a supplement to my A77II (with APS-C sensor) which I use a lot for equestrian sports photography.
With my A77II I’m used to have a perfectly fast and accurate AF and I was wondering how the new A7II would behave in this discipline…

Therefore I made a AF tracking test using the same Sony 70-400m G SSM II lens (using the LA-EA3 adapter on the A7II) on both camera bodies.

The test consisted of photo series from approaching cars in Continuous Shooting Mode (with AF in continuous mode).
Cars where first tracked (with release button pressed halfway) and the shutter was released when the cars reached a specific point (the pedestrian crossing)
I used same settings on both cameras and a focal length of 200mm on the A77II vs 300mm on the A7II (to compensate the different sensor size)

3 series were shot for each test scenario in order to have more consistent results:

A77II (with latest Firmware 2.0)
3 series with sports program (12fps), Continuous AF, AF field: expandable flexible spot (on center)
3 series in High mode (8fps), Continuous AF, AF field: expandable flexible spot (on center)
3 series in Low mode (4fps), Continuous AF, AF field: expandable flexible spot (on center)

A7II (with latest Firmware 3.1)
3 series in High mode (5fps), Continuous AF, AF Feld: field (on center)
3 series in Low mode (mit 2.5fps), Continuous AF, AF Feld: field (on center)
3 series in High mode (5fps), Continuous AF, AF Feld: flexible spot (on center)

All photos taken can be seen on my Flickr Album which can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/andip66/albums/72157666619497605“