A7S: Canon glass w/Metabones or Sony Glass?

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felner4k

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Just joined the A7s recently. I have 2 options: get Canon glass with a metabones IV (want to shoot full-frame only, no APC modes) .. or get Sony glass.
My worry is this: i want lenses i can keep. I may get another camera someday and sony lenses dont have adapters for other cameras. My question, is this a common move or are sony glass worth getting?
im interested in:

if i go Sony:
24-70 f4 sony
70-200 f4 sony
samyang cine 24mm T1.5 sony mount
samyang cine 50mm T1.5 sony mount
canon 85 1.2 with metabones (will get either way)

If i go Canon:
Samyang cine 24mm T1.5 canon mount
samyang cine 50mm T1.5 canon mount
85mm 1.2 canon
70-200 sigma 2.8 IS canon mount
and of course metabones adapter..

Looking forward for your feedbacks.
Im going for metabones iv because i dont want to be forced to APC mode everytime. I intend to output to shogun.. i want 2 cine lenses because i wana be able to use a focus puller..
 
You mean Nikon adapters are less large/electronic? Its true I have a nikon 85mm and its a very thin adapter to connect it to my old Canon 550D.
Its equally as thin on the Sony A7s?
But what Nikon lens competes with the Canon 85mm 1.2?
 
Ok.. saw the nikon 85mm 1.4. Kinda like the 85 1.2 more.. But i could get all the other glass in Nikon.
Hum.. and you need a metabones too, then lose all AF or IS functions.
 
The nikon 85 1.4 AIS is absolutely beautiful. Full manual though. I'd definitely check out the Sigma Art series lenses. the 50 1.4 is just phenomenal... a little more expensive that the Samyangs though.
 
What will it be used for? drama? doc run & gun?
The Sony package seems to be more suitable for run and gun as you have a zoom covering the basic range,
the Canon seems to be for controlled environment as there is no zoom and mostly primes.

Both Canon/Sony will have OSS except the Samyang lens, so it comes down to:
1) Whether you need quick AF? If you intend to use A7s for stills then you should get Sony Lens as it offers fast-ish AF/OSS.
2) How do you like focus by wire? The Sony 24-70 is only focus by wire and there is no distance scale at all, make it hard to pull critical focus sometimes, where as Canon lens is slightly easier as there is a short distance scale on the lens.
 
Thanks Lucas. But basically the Samyang Cine with Metabones will be exactly the same as the Samyang cine with sony mount? If so, i think ill get the canon ones and be able to keep the lenses on future cameras..
 
felner4k said:
Thanks Lucas. But basically the Samyang Cine with Metabones will be exactly the same as the Samyang cine with sony mount? If so, i think ill get the canon ones and be able to keep the lenses on future cameras..
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Though I would get those samyangs in Nikon mount, and a Nikon-to-E adapter. Manual glass with Nikon mount will work on every camera that can take EF glass, plus on Nikon F cameras too. Lens compatibility chart here.
 
I have the 24-70 with the A7S and couldn't even begin to understand how one could pull focus on it manually for critical work. I do like it as a runaround lens well enough. I have a Metabones adaptor and my set of Zeiss ZE's for "real" shoots (although have yet to use it for one).
 
Samuel H said:
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Though I would get those samyangs in Nikon mount, and a Nikon-to-E adapter. Manual glass with Nikon mount will work on every camera that can take EF glass, plus on Nikon F cameras too. Lens compatibility chart here.
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Hi Samuel,
Does the Samyang in Nikon mount focus the opposite way compare to Samyang in Canon EF mount? If so it may not be a good idea to mix focusing direction.
 
Funnily enough, I think it depends on the batch, because I've read from actual users saying both things. It does suck if it goes the wrong way.
 
I had a bad experience with the Metabones IV using my Tamron 24-70 (EF mount) Lens (and the Canon 50, Zeiss 28, Tokina 11-16). It wouldn't adjust the aperture property, ever, and even caused the camera to stop recording when I tried adjusting the lens. That was the 'last straw' for me. Returned the adapter, and went the Rokinon Cine E-Mount route. -> Note: These focus in the same direction as regular Canon glass.

I could have got them in Canon Mount to be able to use them with my C100 as well, but I was extremely turned off adapters with that experience, so went straight e-mount with them.

I may consider other manual lenses using adapters in the future, but I won't do adapters that require electronics. I have yet to try to Sony lenses with their weird focusing.
 
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