dark day so I tried the a9 and lea5 and 300 2.8 g

spudhead · Dec 26, 2021

dark out today so grabbed the a9 lea5 and 300 g 2.8

ILCE-9
300mm F2.8 G
300.0 mm
ƒ/4
1/2000 sec
ISO 5000

ILCE-9
300mm F2.8 G
300.0 mm
ƒ/4
1/2000 sec
ISO 5000

Reciprocum · Dec 26, 2021

I am very very curious about that lens, and wonder if there is ever going to be an FE GM version of it.
Can you please elaborate a little about your experience with this lens and if possible show us some pics of it attached to the A9 ?
Did it became f4 because of the adapter or you stopped it down ? Too shallow DOF at f2.8 ?

Edit: I checked your gallery for more samples of the 300mm f2.8 and they seemed to me slightly less sharp than those taken with the 200-600. Is it because of the adapter? Was this the IQ of this lens with an A-mount body ?

spudhead · Dec 28, 2021

Reciprocum said:
I am very very curious about that lens, and wonder if there is ever going to be an FE GM version of it.
Can you please elaborate a little about your experience with this lens and if possible show us some pics of it attached to the A9 ?
Did it became f4 because of the adapter or you stopped it down ? Too shallow DOF at f2.8 ?

Edit: I checked your gallery for more samples of the 300mm f2.8 and they seemed to me slightly less sharp than those taken with the 200-600. Is it because of the adapter? Was this the IQ of this lens with an A-mount body ?

I will post some up from the a7iii and 300 which I have used the lea5 and 300 on more , so what am saying is that I have not tested much with the a9 and 300 yet but feel sure I can get pair to work well, it was just the lack of light that made me grab the a9 and 300, I will be testing the a9 and 500 4.5 sigma on the lea4 when weather improves

AlphaWorld · Dec 28, 2021

Reciprocum said:
I am very very curious about that lens, and wonder if there is ever going to be an FE GM version of it.
Can you please elaborate a little about your experience with this lens and if possible show us some pics of it attached to the A9 ?
Did it became f4 because of the adapter or you stopped it down ? Too shallow DOF at f2.8 ?

Edit: I checked your gallery for more samples of the 300mm f2.8 and they seemed to me slightly less sharp than those taken with the 200-600. Is it because of the adapter? Was this the IQ of this lens with an A-mount body ?

I'm keen to get an FE 300mm f/2.8 GM, too. I'd like an FE 200mm f/2 GM, too, although my yearning for that has been ameliorated by the arrival of the 70-200mm f/2.8 GM II, I admit.

spudhead · Dec 28, 2021

AlphaWorld said:
I'm keen to get an FE 300mm f/2.8 GM, too. I'd like an FE 200mm f/2 GM, too, although my yearning for that has been ameliorated by the arrival of the 70-200mm f/2.8 GM II, I admit.

I think you are at cross purposes we are talking about the a-mount 300 2.8 used on alea5 adaptor on e-mount.

AlphaWorld · Dec 30, 2021

spudhead said:
I think you are at cross purposes we are talking about the a-mount 300 2.8 used on alea5 adaptor on e-mount.

Understood. I was replying to the post wondering if there might be a GM version of the 300 f/2.8 - I would rather wait for a native mount 300 than using the complicated adapter.

spudhead · Dec 31, 2021

AlphaWorld said:
Understood. I was replying to the post wondering if there might be a GM version of the 300 f/2.8 - I would rather wait for a native mount 300 than using the complicated adapter.

no problem I guess if sony did a e-mount 300 g 2.8 it would be several thousand pounds anyway, wish I could justify the 400 2.8

spudhead · Jan 3, 2022

so as asked for by a couple of members I have added some old shots taken with the a-mount 300 g and some plus 1.4 converter with a99ii please look at the shutter times some are really slow

ILCA-99M2
300mm F2.8 G
420.0 mm
ƒ/11
1/40 sec
ISO 500

ILCA-99M2
300mm F2.8 G
420.0 mm
ƒ/11
1/40 sec
ISO 500

ILCA-99M2
300mm F2.8 G
420.0 mm
ƒ/11
1/40 sec
ISO 500

ILCA-99M2
300mm F2.8 G
300.0 mm
ƒ/2.8
1/3200 sec
ISO 200

ILCA-99M2
300mm F2.8 G
300.0 mm
ƒ/2.8
1/500 sec
ISO 200

ILCA-99M2
300mm F2.8 G
300.0 mm
ƒ/3.2
1/400 sec
ISO 400

ILCA-99M2
300mm F2.8 G
420.0 mm
ƒ/11
1/40 sec
ISO 500

ILCA-99M2
300mm F2.8 G
420.0 mm
ƒ/11
1/40 sec
ISO 500

ILCA-99M2
300mm F2.8 G
420.0 mm
ƒ/11
1/40 sec
ISO 500

ILCA-99M2
300mm F2.8 G
300.0 mm
ƒ/2.8
1/3200 sec
ISO 200

ILCA-99M2
300mm F2.8 G
300.0 mm
ƒ/2.8
1/500 sec
ISO 200

ILCA-99M2
300mm F2.8 G
300.0 mm
ƒ/3.2
1/400 sec
ISO 400

spudhead · Jan 9, 2022

spudhead said:
so as asked for by a couple of members I have added some old shots taken with the a-mount 300 g and some plus 1.4 converter with a99ii please look at the shutter times some are really slowView attachment 15781 View attachment 15782 View attachment 15783 View attachment 15784 View attachment 15785 View attachment 15786 View attachment 15781 View attachment 15782 View attachment 15783 View attachment 15784 View attachment 15785 View attachment 15786

adding images from a7iii 300 g 2.8 and lea4 adaptor as promised these are 2019 and harsh back lighting and I am adding jpegs which are worse than raws