Everybody seems to love the idea to keep shooting manual focus even after buying a great AF camera. I have met several photographers who only shoots manual with a Sony A7 or A7r. I don't get it.
It´s not that I cant nail the focus with the focus peeking function. It works quite well. Its just that its is unnecessary complicated. In most cases I just want the image to be sharp. Yay. The Sony takes care o that.
Sometimes I want to fucus on a particular part in the image. Well, big surprise, the Sony is quite capable of fixing that as well. Easier than focus peeking. Just set the camera to fucus on one single spot, and there you go. If I really want to manually focus, I just turn the ring on the lens and thats it.
For me the only remaining argument to use manual Leica lenses would be hat they are much better than the Zeiss glass. But with a truly amazing lens like the Sonnar 55mm, thats not an issue.
Here are a portrait of Hanna, first with a Leica Summarit 90mm (one of my favorite Leica lenses) and then with the Sonnar. You can argue which ons is better, but I don´t see a reason to trade the Zeiss AF for the Summarit.
Hanna with Sony A7 and Summarit 90mm
Hanna with Sony A7 and Sonnar 55mm
I have not tested the 35mm yet, and I suspect that Leicas Summicron ASPH is way better. On the other hand, I will get an amazing 35mm in the shape of Sigmas 35mm 1.4 ART to my Nikon for a third of the cost of the Summicron. And that has AF as well. Leica really needs to look out!
