Tell me about your A7R

glefebvre wrote: Bought the A7R when it came out with the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens. I like that it a 36Mpixel sensor with no AA filter. Images with 55mm are sharp. For me the camera is a bit small and unbalanced with a heavier lens attached. I ended up getting the battery grip. Much better balance with a heavier lens attached. One thing that isn't great on the camera is battery life. If you decide to get the camera, you should also pickup some extra batteries. Didn't like the loud clunky shutter. Got a LA-EA4 adapter for my A-mount lenses and took the time to micro adjust them. Breathed life back into most of the lenses. Some that weren't too sharp on my A900 were sharp on the A7R/LA-EA4 combo. Ended up getting the Sony 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS zoom lens. Like other have stated, AF isn't that fast and with this lens you have to decent light for it to focus otherwise it hunts. Also added the Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 16–35 mm F/4 ZA OSS to my kit. Over the years I have used the camera more and more and I'm starting to look past the loud shutter and so-so speed of the AF and I'm starting to like it more. The images that it produces are nice and sharp for landscape, street and studio photography as long as you have good technique or a tripod. The camera also works well with my collection of MC/MD lenses.

Thanks. I do have some spare aftermarket batteries and charger from an A6000, so no problem there. I wondered if the small body would be an issue, but for the described use it should be ok. The lack of an AA is definitely on my priority list.

Bought the A7R when it came out with the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens. I like that it a 36Mpixel sensor with no AA filter. Images with 55mm are sharp.

For me the camera is a bit small and unbalanced with a heavier lens attached. I ended up getting the battery grip. Much better balance with a heavier lens attached. One thing that isn't great on the camera is battery life. If you decide to get the camera, you should also pickup some extra batteries.

Didn't like the loud clunky shutter. Got a LA-EA4 adapter for my A-mount lenses and took the time to micro adjust them. Breathed life back into most of the lenses. Some that weren't too sharp on my A900 were sharp on the A7R/LA-EA4 combo. Ended up getting the Sony 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS zoom lens. Like other have stated, AF isn't that fast and with this lens you have to decent light for it to focus otherwise it hunts. Also added the Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 16–35 mm F/4 ZA OSS to my kit.

Over the years I have used the camera more and more and I'm starting to look past the loud shutter and so-so speed of the AF and I'm starting to like it more. The images that it produces are nice and sharp for landscape, street and studio photography as long as you have good technique or a tripod. The camera also works well with my collection of MC/MD lenses.

That’s interesting info on the sensor. Yes, light leaks and other issues, but I can’t find much on it other than several manufacturers made replacement metal mounts for a few bucks. I’ve done some poking around but can’ t find much on it other than that.

The sensor is highly regarded - it was also inside the Nikon D800(e) and the Pentax K1 (II).

Wasn't the lens mount susceptible to some slight light leaks in specific situations? Don't remember, if you read the forums on this issue, you probably can tell us

Yo're talking about A-mount lenses - are you gonna use those with the LA-EA4 om the A7r?

If you use E-mount lenses, be aware that the A7r only has contrast detect AF and therefore is less reliable then the A7 or A7m2.

The shuttershock is something to be aware of, but if it is your "toss in truck camera" you probably will keep it at higher shutterspeeds.

Ok

I found the a7R was excellent as a digital back to my alpha-mount lenses.
There were a few caveats. It isn't stabilised. So I usually shot it on a tripod. That certainly helped.

It is also slow- something like 1.5 fps. So it sucks as a camera tracking action. I think- unusually- it only had contrast AF which meant it was poor at autofocus. I shot 99%+ of everything in manual mode. So I didn't have to rely on the AF.

There's also an odd shutter reverb that others have noticed, that kicks in at about 1/30s. So I kept the shutter either higher than 1/30s or lower than 1/5s.

So, on a tripod as a digital back shooting landscape photos it was fine. Try to use it like a normal camera and it becomes frustrating with a slow fps and bad Af system.