wolf33d Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Tamron just announced an AF version of their 20mm for FE mount. Why is it great? Well imagine this: you get a 20mm F/2 on your A7RIII that is light and small with great low light and that should be perfect on a gimbal, and at the push of a button you switch to S35 mode giving you a 30mm equivalent, close to the famous 35mm. And since it is digital, you do not need to rebalance your gimbal at all nor changing lens. Amazing. FF-S35 mode is really great to allow light travel with 1 or 2 primes. I really hope that they release a 18mpx A7S III with S35 mode, with 4K60P 10 bits and A7RIII AF this would kill the segment. Aussie Ash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Ash Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 3 hours ago, wolf33d said: Tamron just announced an AF version of their 20mm for FE mount. Why is it great? Well imagine this: you get a 20mm F/2 on your A7RIII that is light and small with great low light and that should be perfect on a gimbal, and at the push of a button you switch to S35 mode giving you a 30mm equivalent, close to the famous 35mm. And since it is digital, you do not need to rebalance your gimbal at all nor changing lens. Amazing. FF-S35 mode is really great to allow light travel with 1 or 2 primes. I really hope that they release a 18mpx A7S III with S35 mode, with 4K60P 10 bits and A7RIII AF this would kill the segment. Perhaps you mean the new Tokina 20mm F2 FE AF ? The Tamron media guys are still at the strip club http://www.tokinalens.com/news/press/N0000080/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Members Mattias Burling Posted February 23, 2018 Super Members Share Posted February 23, 2018 These new third part lenses like the Samyang/Rokinon AF line is really changing the game and can make the A7 line relevant to a much larger audience. I have raved about the A7 in plenty of reviews. The biggest negative have always been lack of good but affordable AF lenses to complement adapted glass. But lately thats all changed thanks to these third party lenses and the new cheap but awesome Sony 85mmm f1.8. It has also pushed the used prices down so I can pick a used Zeiss 35mm or a new Samyang 35mm. Same goes for the Zeiss 55mm vs AF 50 and Sony 85mm vs Batis 85mm. And now there is also a wide angle. Perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf33d Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 19 hours ago, Aussie Ash said: Perhaps you mean the new Tokina 20mm F2 FE AF ? Wow, dont know what was in my mind... Meant Tokina indeed. But the point remains the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Kotlos Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Your mind was on the upcoming Tamron 28-70 f2.8 for Sony e mount. At least that's where my mind is ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf33d Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 13 hours ago, Don Kotlos said: Your mind was on the upcoming Tamron 28-70 f2.8 for Sony e mount. At least that's where my mind is ... You mean 28-75? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photographer-at-large Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Tokina Opera 50mm 1.4 doesn't depend on software corrections suffers according to: Breathing looks good, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Kotlos Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 It doesn't look great for video usage: "The performance in video is not so great in term of AF AF noisy AF often hunting AF motor noise even in manual focus" https://sonyalpha.blog/2018/05/22/tokina-firin-20mm-f2-af/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf33d Posted May 24, 2018 Author Share Posted May 24, 2018 15 minutes ago, Don Kotlos said: It doesn't look great for video usage: "The performance in video is not so great in term of AF AF noisy AF often hunting AF motor noise even in manual focus" https://sonyalpha.blog/2018/05/22/tokina-firin-20mm-f2-af/ Damn, what the hell Tamron... releasing a lens for a camera line (A7S, ....) that has a good focus on video and making it shit for video ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotchtape Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Dood... It's tokina... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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