Buying used lens
Jul 25, 2022 14:51:36 #
If you bought the lens with the camera, take it back and tell them to get you the right lens, as the one THEY sold you won’t work.
Jul 26, 2022 10:19:32 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
I would suggest reading the camera manual and then a decent book about how to use your camera, maybe a David Busch or others, specific to your camera. There are also a number of "tutorial" videos on youtube. Not being mean, but you need to do some learning, or this will just be a frustrating, costly, unhappy trail of woe. If you truly want to discover the joys of photography, learn how to use the tools you buy.
My $.02
My $.02
Jul 26, 2022 10:43:09 #
Jul 26, 2022 12:01:20 #
jerica wrote:
I just bought the Sony Alpha A7 ii. I bought a 55-210 mm lens but am honestly looking for anything that will zoom into 200 mm because I am wanting to do sports photography. I meant to say this but that lens didn’t work with my camera. It had like a black ring and wouldn’t focus when I looked into the eye part to take the picture. Do y’all have any recommendations on where to buy lens that are cheaper? The one from Best Buy is $2000 and I can’t spend that much on it right now.
I believe that you are putting a crop sensor lens on a full sensor camera thus the lens is vignetting.
Jul 26, 2022 12:09:04 #
Friedman has some excellent guides. For the time being you can set your full frame camera to operate in crop (aka APS-C) mode and use your existing lens without getting the vignette. As pointed out you will loose some pixels, but at least it will work.
https://friedmanarchives.com/sony-alpha-a7-and-a7r/
https://friedmanarchives.podia.com/supplement-sony-a7-ii
Here is a comprehensive list of lenses available for Sony full frame e-mount cameras, such as the A7 ii.
https://sonyalpha.blog/2017/06/26/la-gamme-dobjectifs-pour-la-monture-sony-fe-the-lenses-line-up-for-sony-fe-mount/
Here is one relatively affordable suggestion. Buying used from a reputable dealer is quite safe, as you have a short no-questions-asked return period plus a longer warranty if a problem develops once you have used the lens a bit. Plus you can trade your existing lens in to get a break on the price of the replacement lens.
https://www.mpb.com/en-us/product/sony-fe-70-300mm-f-4-5-5-6-g-oss
https://friedmanarchives.com/sony-alpha-a7-and-a7r/
https://friedmanarchives.podia.com/supplement-sony-a7-ii
Here is a comprehensive list of lenses available for Sony full frame e-mount cameras, such as the A7 ii.
https://sonyalpha.blog/2017/06/26/la-gamme-dobjectifs-pour-la-monture-sony-fe-the-lenses-line-up-for-sony-fe-mount/
Here is one relatively affordable suggestion. Buying used from a reputable dealer is quite safe, as you have a short no-questions-asked return period plus a longer warranty if a problem develops once you have used the lens a bit. Plus you can trade your existing lens in to get a break on the price of the replacement lens.
https://www.mpb.com/en-us/product/sony-fe-70-300mm-f-4-5-5-6-g-oss
Jul 26, 2022 12:36:09 #
If he is stuck with that lens , just crop the black circle out . I have the reverse problem , all my lenses are old film era , on crop sensor bodies .No issue there .
Jul 26, 2022 12:48:57 #
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