New Year fireworks: first photographs with the Sony A7R II

New Year’s Eve 2015 was my first outing with the Sony A7R II, replacing my APS-C Sony A77. I photographed the fireworks from the balcony at home using a 28 mm f/2 lens.

Fireworks were a demanding first subject, but I was pleased with the image quality. The full-frame sensor, resolution and dynamic range were the main reasons I had chosen the camera.

At the time, the E-mount lens range was more limited than it later became. An adapter let me use A-mount lenses, although focusing was slower than I wanted.

The compact 28 mm quickly became a favourite. These pictures mark the start of that change in equipment, as well as the beginning of a new year.