Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/10/22

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Subject: [Leica] Sony 55 Sonnar question
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 08:07:20 +0200
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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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