Zeiss Loxia 50/2 Planar FE

[fuwen]

wonder if the offer Auto Aperture? This would be THE killer feature. I hate focusing a stopped down lens, and open/close all the time is bothersome.

I dun quite understand, if u set the live view display to on u then do not need to open/close the aperture all the time. just use actual working aperture.

 

[Paddy C]

I don't have a stake in this other than an interest in the A7 as a possible future purchase – it's really grown on me since the introduction.

Both the 35 and 55 AF Zeiss e mounts look brilliant from the samples I've seen. So I've had a hard time understanding the appeal of the two Loxia lenses.

But that's Sony's lens situation for you – messy.

 

[kanzlr]

I dun quite understand, if u set the live view display to on u then do not need to open/close the aperture all the time. just use actual working aperture.

no, because then you will not see the plane of focus, but all that is in focus. that is not sufficient for exact focus.

if you use a wider lens, it is almost impossible to precisely focus it stopped down, and it is usually not optimal with longer lenses too. I do not want to know whats in focus (or somewhat in focus), but exactly WHERE the focus plane is right now. Otherwise I'd use the stop down lever on an SLR.