When using LiveView on my D7100, I see a relatively small rectangle up against the left edge of the LCD, just below the mid-line of the screen. Sometimes is has a red border, sometimes green. I can't move it to another place on the screen using the control dial. It appears regardless of which AF mode I use. It doesn't appear when I use the viewfinder.

I've been through a couple of different references but can't find the cause. Any thoughts from the collective wisdom of the Hogs is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

What is you "story?" The busses or the sky? I find the busses probably more interesting, but the sky dominates.

That's the question I have to ask myself!! I can wait to move to an A7 series body until Sony develops a more robust lineup of FE lenses OR look for a suitable alternative--that's what this thread is all about--OR stick with DSLRs. I'm in no hurry and all options are open.

I may have misread whatever it was I found. Thanks for giving me another point of reference.

I'm considering moving to the Sony A7 variant mirrorless system. I voiced my thoughts on the lack of FE mount lenses to a sales rep at an LCS and he said I might want to consider using the full frame A mount lenses with the Sony adapter. I've done some research and the A mount Zeiss lens lineup is pretty robust, so maybe it's an option.

That said, I'm not a big fan of adapters of any kind for any purpose. Not saying I wouldn't go down that road, just that my inclination is that adapters are workarounds and therefore come with some limitations.

My question is how the full frame A mount lenses, using the Sony adapter, perform on the A7/A7r/A7s/A7ii bodies. Does the auto focus and all the other functions perform as they would if I were to use an FE mount lens? I know the A mounts have an internal motor for focusing, but what is the real impact? And does it impact the stabilization system on the A7ii?

Hopefully one of the Hogs has some experience that will help me through the decision making process.

Thanks.

From what I've been told, Parke County IN is the mother lode of covered bridges.

http://www.coveredbridges.com/index.php/covered_bridges?cfid=52

Just a caution. I have a Wacom and like the concept. I found that since my manual dexterity isn't as good as it used to be, manipulating the small function buttons on a pretty slim pen is difficult. I'm trying to figure out a way to modify the pen to make it easier to grip, but nothing yet.

Thanks for the comments. Nice image.

I did find his rationale a bit inconsistent at best.

My real take away from the piece is that--if you accept what the author is saying--a crop sensor camera will increase the ISO in the background to compensate for the loss of "light capture" through a larger aperture setting when a full frame lens mounted on a crop sensor body. Or did I miss-read it?

Sorry to all--this should have been posted to Links and Resources. Brain cramp on my part. Apologies.

Graham--Interesting, as always.

I notice the military aircraft in the background. Is this a club for military veterans? Regardless, glad a group of riders could get together without the sad outcome of a recent bikers situation here in the US--nine deaths and 190+ in jail.

Interesting discussion on sensor size from LightStalking

http://www.lightstalking.com/cameras-sensor-size/

What was different to me was that after the normal discussion of sensor size in DSLRs and ILCs, the author said the following:

"Now, what do all these numbers mean? Well, let’s say that you want to use your 50mm f/2 lens on all sensors. Will you get the same results? No. Let’s see why.

We’ll use a couple of simple examples that require fairly easy math: a 50mm f/2 lens used on a full frame sensor (multiplier of 1) will result in, as expected, 50mm f/2. However, if you use the same lens on an APS-C for Nikon, the outcome would be 75mm f/3, and on a MFT sensor, it would be 100mm f/4. Here is a fun fact: the lens set to f/2 on every sensor will result in the same shutter speed for the same exposure. This is because the sensors have different signal multipliers, meaning that 100 ISO is not really 100 – it is actually multiplied, and you simply don’t see that. That is one of the reasons why smaller sensors have much more noise than their larger counterparts."

So sensor size, according to this gent, affects not just field of view but also shutter speed and ISO. That's very different than what I had thought, but it seems to make sense. Still trying to wrap my head around this, but interesting food for thought.

1 and 3 are spot on. Kudos.

That is one seriously overexposed photo. :)

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