yarmmcd Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I stopped using the 18-55 on my Nex-7 as edges of the images were pretty mushy sometimes, my thoughts are: What about the A7 Kit lens? I read it`s sharp in the middle but not the edges, but that's on Full Frame and the crop sensor will use the sweet spot in the centre. Would I see an improvement over the 18-55mm? Or is there a better way to go? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Golem Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 You are correct about not using the edges of the image. As long as you're OK with the FOV after you discard the edges of the image, it's a good path to better IQ. You'll likely wind up buying a wide angle lens, as the compensation for cropping the images from the FF kit lens, so maybe you'd be better off not buying a FF kit lens to put on a crop sensor camera ? You could just buy a higher quality version of the kit lens's zoom range instead. ` Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
addicted2light Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 At a price the 16-50 (?) Zeiss should be noticeably good. But, honestly, at that price point I'd buy directly an A7... So if I were you I would just buy a couple of Sigma 19/2.8 and 35/2.8 and learn to "zoom with my feet" (i.e. walking back and forth to change the field of view). I've never bought the kit lens, but I own the 35 and I use it on the Nex 7: it is extremely sharp straight from wide open (at least my copy) and always nails the focus, even in poor light. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViRuS X Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 In general most (if not all) images taken with zoom lenses will have soft corners. If you want edge to edge sharpness then you should look after prime lenses. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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