I've been itching to take the A7 out and shoot a show and got the chance last night at Empire Control Room in Austin TX for the December Red Bull Sound Select show featuring The Clouds are Ghosts, Ishi and the Ton Tons. All three bands were amazing and Red Bull pulled off another killer SoundSelect show supporting emerging artists. So stoked to be working with this team.
I committed to using the Minolta M-Rokkor 40/2 lens on the A7 to test how difficult it would be to manual focus a show in both extreme low light and with supplemental strobes that I set up on each side of the stage. Additionally I used the Minolta AF 35/2 and the Zeiss 85/1.4 on my A900 body.
It was a tough shoot, with multiple projector screens flooding the stage as opposed to traditional stage lighting so my strobes had trouble balancing with ambient. Some mild shutter drag helped on occasion but I mostly ended up shooting with available light or full strobe.
Enough tech, on to the photos.
Sony A7 with M-Rokkor 40/2 and Minolta AF 35/2
Sony A900 - Zeiss 85/1.4
Great pics.
ReplyDeleteCongrats!
Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Chad,
ReplyDeleteGreat pics...can u tell me the adapter dat u used to work on the Rokkor on A7?
Sure. I am very happy with the Metabones M>Nex adapter I am using. It runs around $90 and fits my lenses more snugly than any other adapter I have used, including Hawk's helicoid adapter.
DeleteGood shots and processing (which suits the atmosphere very well)
ReplyDeleteDid you use flash in 25,32,33 shoots?
I wonder if you used off-axis flash as well!
enjoy your A7!
Thanks. Two Einstein strobes stage left and right.
DeleteSo how easy was it to manual focus? Is the A7+40/2 M-Rokkor something with which you'd feel confident enough to use all the time for paid work?
ReplyDeleteDepends on the assignment but I've been using the rokkor regularly and am comfortable manual focusing it.
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