A7sII: A few questions...

[bengrubb]

Hi all, 

I was very excited by the announcement of the A7s II as I've been thinking of upgrading from my 5D mkIII and the A7s II seemed to tick a lot of boxes for my needs. I was all good to go but got slightly cold feet after reading Andrew's post about the sunspot issue (although it does sound like this is being addressed) and all the mentions of banding etc. Also, Andrew mentioned a possible canon announcement this month which, although I'm not holding my breath, I'm intrigued to find out details before commiting to a Sony system.

I was wondering if the EOSHD users who actually have the camera could answer a few questions to help me make a decision:

1. Does the banding only occur when shooting in S-LOG modes or is it quite bad no matter what profile you use?

2. How are the metabones adapters handling with canon lenses? Does the autofocus work well/at all without native lenses? I will still be using my 5D's for stills work (and my mkIII as a second camera for video work) so selling my canon glass in favour of Sony isn't really an option. 

3. Has anyone tried recording either 4K or 120fps externally and, if so, does this help with any potential overheating issues? I already have a shogun so I'd be interesting to know if there's any advantage of, say, recording 4K externally rather than in camera. 

Thanks!

[AlexTardif]

Hi all, 

I was very excited by the announcement of the A7s II as I've been thinking of upgrading from my 5D mkIII and the A7s II seemed to tick a lot of boxes for my needs. I was all good to go but got slightly cold feet after reading Andrew's post about the sunspot issue (although it does sound like this is being addressed) and all the mentions of banding etc. Also, Andrew mentioned a possible canon announcement this month which, although I'm not holding my breath, I'm intrigued to find out details before commiting to a Sony system.

I was wondering if the EOSHD users who actually have the camera could answer a few questions to help me make a decision:

1. Does the banding only occur when shooting in S-LOG modes or is it quite bad no matter what profile you use?

 

[liork]

Banding is a S-Log 3 problem, you dont have to use it.

[Andrew Reid]

I was wondering if the EOSHD users who actually have the camera could answer a few questions to help me make a decision:

1. Does the banding only occur when shooting in S-LOG modes or is it quite bad no matter what profile you use?

Depends on the subject but say if you've got a big blue sky in the shot, all modes have banding.

It is just that in S-LOG3 you have a LOT more than in S-LOG 2.

The 'normal' picture profiles have a BIT less than S-LOG 2 but it isn't really worth sacrificing your dynamic range for.

2. How are the metabones adapters handling with canon lenses? Does the autofocus work well/at all without native lenses? I will still be using my 5D's for stills work (and my mkIII as a second camera for video work) so selling my canon glass in favour of Sony isn't really an option.

AF is still terrible with Canon lenses on the A7S II w/ adapters

A7R II is much better (at least in good light).

You will want to keep your 5D purely for AF, it is that bad on the A7S II.

The Sony lenses are better but still not to the standard set by the A7R II or other mirrorless cameras, i.e. GH4, E-M1, NX1.

3. Has anyone tried recording either 4K or 120fps externally and, if so, does this help with any potential overheating issues? I already have a shogun so I'd be interesting to know if there's any advantage of, say, recording 4K externally rather than in camera.

Don't know!

Thanks!

You're welcome!