I do street photography a lot with zone focussing either on 35mm or 24mm equivalent on nex6.The quick trick to zone focussing is your ability to estimate subject distance to your camera and muscle memory to shift focus accordingly.In short b4 you lift up your camera,your fingers should approximately dials in the focus distance on your lens.On evf check peaking to finetune and takes couple of frames in burst mode for critical focus.On f8 usually we don't bother to check focus at all as long as subject correspond to pre-determined focus distance.Any wider apertures is to pre-focus for subject to come into framing position or just take a leap of faith with peaking.Sucess rates very much dependent on muscle memory with your lens focus dial and pre-visualizing your camera framing.

Coming from my humble 5d2 experience before and now on nex6.
It's pretty obvious f1.8 will perform better in lowlight. The iso performance gain specifically correlates to shutterspeed advantage/file processing and will not improve the physical light passing through your actual lens. In real world practice the iso gain is negligible unless you pixel peep and imo same goes with bokeh being better on full frame as your photographing subject,condition and lens characteristic plays a far more important role in full frame experience.Just my 2 cents,la.

If you don't mind the bulk you can use the cheaper 50mm a-mount but not sure the latest sony adapter has snappy focus or not because the first 2 iteration hunts a fair bit.

Voigtlander is a very well made brand that built like a tank.Optic rendering is more old school with soft glow when full open but at sweet spot the sharpness is very good.If you are used to modern lens you may want to take note that CA and flare is a bit more pronounced due to their classic coatings.Currently i'm using 35mm f1.4 and their 21mm f4.Very often regard as a poor man‘s leica lens but it's made by Cosina no less.

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Pretty much boils down to what photography style you preach.If you ask a fashion photographer they use these classic lens as some sort of effect lens to build character or mood to their shots.If you are looking for pixel perfection the modern lens coatings pretty much gives you clean clinical look.For myself I like b&w and street photography so most of the time my aperture is stuck at f56-f11 range so the hazy thingy didn't matter much to me.I would rather have the compact factor than lugging a heavy dslr designed lens.At the end voigtlander price factor and compact form is a winner in my book.Just my unworthy 2 cents.lol.
If you are adventurous those russian Jupiter/Helios can be addictive and affordable to experiment with.

Shot with a dinosaur lens that as old as my grandfather.Canon 50mm 1.4 fl on a7.

More curious will they marry some Olympus tech or vice versa on their next announcement.
Wonder will there be any 3rd party support beside Samyang/SLR Magic on FE bandwagon.

Some random shots.

Thanks.

Keep that in mind.

Just get sigma 30mm if you are not bokeh conscious.
There r plenty of manual 50mm f1.8 around 300-500 but wide open is harder to nail focus.
Wide angle lens is slightly easier to manage and cost a bit more for a good copy.
If you are impatient about your shots it's better to stick with autofocus as manual lens will slow you down.

If push comes to shove aps-c e-mount still can be used on A7. Certain focal range from 1018 f4 looks ok and Sigma 30mm becomes 35mm after vignette crop. Can also try out 6x6 crop to squeeze beyond aps-c crop factor.

Just hope Sigma or Tamron will introduce an affordable macro solution in the future.

Some masturbatory shots.

Below 35mm yes and anything above 50mm should be ok based on my a7.Shutter click sound a tad louder than 5d2.If you are committed enough don't think the sound matter that much.

As a new year begins,any one makes photography resolution?
I hope I can stick with just one focal range for the rest of the year so to train myself to see better.
Minimize snapshots.

Some quickie during an appointment in town.

I'll start with cliche 35mm and see down the road with 24mm.As right now wide angle rangefinder style lens has smearing issue and not too sure it can be rectify with firmware.Furthermore FE lens too few to select and my blood not rich enough for Zeiss or G series.

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Finance minister addy on high alert.

Steve Huff's review always felt too sugar coated even with not so good stuff. I dig those daily inspiration articles more than his review and G.A.S showcase.
Just my opinion la!