Mad T Party Photo Essay with the Sony A7 and the FE 70-200mm f/4 G lens - DAY

I haven't done a photo essay in a long time let alone a photo essay about the Mad T Party. I want to keep the words to a minimum and simply demonstrate how fun it is to shoot here, especially with the Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G lens. Thanks for stopping by.

The Beautiful Sheena Loza as Alice

Sheena Loza is a personal favorite for her "Rocker" type voice and stage presence

The cast singing Come on Eileen, a Save Ferris cover of Dexys Midnight Runner's 80's classic 

The rock god himself, Dan Franklin with Josh Disan and George from the 80z All Starz

Dani Kerry - one of the original Alices and another favorite of ours

We go out of our way to see Dani Kerry and Josh Disan perform together, even if it means wading through 5pm rush hour on a Friday Night

And when the day turns into night, spooky things happen. Stay tuned next week for my next photo essay on the Mad T Party.

Halloween Mad T Party photos to come next week

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Initial Impression Review - Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS lens

Update: To see more photos taken with this lens, see the following blog post(s): DAY & NIGHT

Not too long ago, I dove into the deep end and purchased my first mirrorless full frame camera, the Sony Alpha A7. Spoiler Alert! I am extremely happy with the camera and I am happy I waited as long as I did to upgrade for the price alone. I have owned a handful of telephoto zooms in the 70-200 range and noticed (and documented in prior posts) that adapted lenses with AF tend to have unpredictable performance. While I loved adapting the Olympus 50-200mm four thirds lens to my E-M1, I noticed it would hunt in low-light conditions or sometimes back/front focus (a common but easily fixable problem with phase detect AF systems). I decided that moving forward, I would invest only in native AF glass for both my Sony and M43 cameras with exception to vintage and manual focus only lenses. So with the purchase of the A7, I also bought the Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS lens. This is similar to purchasing a 35-100mm f/2 lens for a M43 camera in field of view and depth of field (not light gathering) respectively. 

My first in studio shot using this lens and I am extremely happy with the focus accuracy and image quality

Although I like to do a more extensive review after using any photographic equipment for longer than 6 months, I think this lens warrants at least a small write up. I've been asked by a handful of people what I think about this zoom and whether or not I would recommend it. It is always hard to answer this question without getting to know what kind of photographer you are, so hopefully this semi-short initial impressions review will help you decide whether or not you want to spend $1,500 on this lens. Short answer is it fits perfectly in my collection and is here to stay.