Calling all Sony Alpha users! (Part 4)

[Dave W]

Hoping to have another DSLR shortly, not sure whether to come back with another Sony or not, still no A700 replacement?

Yep, unveiled (sort of) at PMA.

 

[chrism_scotland]

Yep, unveiled (sort of) at PMA.

Ohh that looks nice

 

[stan the man]

guys..may be of interest to some of you...

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=207927

 

[kevin612]

I want to know what program you all use with .ARW raw files?

Aperture/Capture One pro/DxO Optics/Lightroom/Photoshop/Image Data Converter SR?

 

[puddleduck]

Capture One or Lightroom 2. Rawtherepee is excellent, but its buggy lately.

I have a special colour profile for my A900 as Adobe don't get Sony colours right in ACR / Lightroom but its fine after the profile is installed. Lightroom 2 handles Sony high ISO poorly. My A900 is quite clean up to ISO1600 in Capture 1, but blotchy chroma noise in LR2.

DxO is dire - nasty nasty software.

 

[kevin612]

Capture One or Lightroom 2. Rawtherepee is excellent, but its buggy lately.

I have a special colour profile for my A900 as Adobe don't get Sony colours right in ACR / Lightroom but its fine after the profile is installed. Lightroom 2 handles Sony high ISO poorly. My A900 is quite clean up to ISO1600 in Capture 1, but blotchy chroma noise in LR2.

DxO is dire - nasty nasty software.

Does the special colour profile is made of your own? or someone can be download from the web?
As wanting to get my A700 right in Lightroom too as I find lightroom a lot easier to use.

Thanks

 

[civicboy40]

lightroom is easy to use, but capture one copes with sony noise so much better, even up to iso 1600 on an A700

 

[kevin612]

Has anyone got the Sigma 30mm F1.4 on their Sony/Minolta DSLR?
There are none on ebay for Sony/Minolta monut but quite a few for Canon/Nikon:razz:

No one has answer to this?!

 

[rhonddaboy]

Hi,
Which of these two would be the better choice in 70-200 f2.8
Alan

 

[Pedro Photosport]

I have just bought the siggy and it's as sharp as you want.

Also, I've heard the Tamron's AF is slow(er) thus would be rather useless for rallying (wild guess that that's what you want to do with it).

 

[rhonddaboy]

Thanks for the reply do you have any images you have taken with it I could see?

 

[rhonddaboy]

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=208091

 

[mastertrinity]

hey anyone going to focus on the tuesday, if so fancy a meetup?

 

[Pedro Photosport]

Thanks for the reply do you have any images you have taken with it I could see?

I'll try and get some up today, only had it for about a week (hasn't been to the stages yet), I'll try to get some good examples of the sharpness.

 

[puddleduck]

I'll try and get some up today, only had it for about a week (hasn't been to the stages yet), I'll try to get some good examples of the sharpness.

Wide open 200mm f/2.8 near and far (infinity) is always a good test of the Siggy.

A poor sample with a have a veiling "halos"

 

[rhonddaboy]

Thanks Pedro

 

[snapsnap]

Hi still looking to take photos of birds in flight and wondered how the SIGMA 300MM F2.8 LENS compared to the sony 70-400mm g for this.

Which would be better??

Cheers

 

[bobiscuit]

This seems like a great price for this lens: http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/item/993-479N/

Carl Zeiss 135mm f/1.8 - £774

 

[onomatopoeia]

This seems like a great price for this lens: http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/item/993-479N/

Carl Zeiss 135mm f/1.8 - £774

So great that it's already unavailable

 

[puddleduck]

My Sony 70-400 SSM just arrived (Thanks Mark aka "stan the man") - very quick test shows that its going to be a very very decent lens on the A900. It certainly seems to better than either the Nikon 80-400 or the Sigma 80-400 OS, and way better than the 70-300 SSM (but it should be for the price!)

Hoping to give it a good outing this weekend - I know that its the glass behind a system that makes the difference not the body, and Sony has some damn fine glass in the CZ 16-35, CZ 24-70 and this 70-400 "G"

 

[stan the man]

andy..glad they've arrived safely...the 70-400 is indeed a belting piece of glass,and i'm damn sure you won't be dissapointed with it.no doubt there'll be times when i wished i'd have kept it,but not enough use to warrant keeping it..

 

[ki_user]

andy..glad they've arrived safely...the 70-400 is indeed a belting piece of glass,and i'm damn sure you won't be dissapointed with it.no doubt there'll be times when i wished i'd have kept it,but not enough use to warrant keeping it..

You can go get your 50mm back now

 

[stan the man]

You can go get your 50mm back now

will have a look on sunday at focus on imaging....fancy a day out

 

[ki_user]

I've might have squad selection Sunday

 

[stan the man]

I've might have squad selection Sunday

wassat..bouncing at mothercare

 

[ki_user]

Take you on ya old puff

 

[rhonddaboy]

No you won't he kick you in the nads

 

[stan the man]

Take you on ya old puff

oiiii,i resemble that remark..

No you won't he kick you in the nads

i can't kick that high these days

 

[puddleduck]

Just found a supplier for Lens Coats for Sony lenses:

http://www.augenblicke-eingefangen....age=1&osCsid=a9d717a5e3f91d2ec0de997e6eb895fc

Need one for my 70-400 SSM (silver?! WTF were Sony thinking!!)

If anyone finds a more local source, let me know

 

[mastertrinity]

any alpha users want to meet up on wednesday at focus?

 

[stan the man]

going tomorrow luke...

 

[puddleduck]

Anyone used Ian Hobday on Ebay? He's got a lens on there I'd like. Seems to do a lot of Minolta stuff...

 

[onomatopoeia]

Anyone used Ian Hobday on Ebay? He's got a lens on there I'd like. Seems to do a lot of Minolta stuff...

Not used him myself, have heard many good things and no negatives on dyxum though.

 

[ki_user]

oiiii,i resemble that remark..



i can't kick that high these days

LMAO

 

[onomatopoeia]

Oh, and which one? He's got some lovely lenses in at the moment, as is almost always the case. Had him on my saved sellers list for ages, occasionally I'll look at his stock and drool!

 

[ki_user]

Oh, and which one? He's got some lovely lenses in at the moment, as is almost always the case. Had him on my saved sellers list for ages, occasionally I'll look at his stock and drool!

Got a link?

 

[Chiggs]

Anyone used Ian Hobday on Ebay? He's got a lens on there I'd like. Seems to do a lot of Minolta stuff...

Bought a diffuser off him some months back and was delivered ultra rapid. No problems at all.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Got a link?

drool here

(and don't forget import duty and VAT will be added when they arrive)

 

[puddleduck]

Thanks folks - I'm seriously looking at his Minolta 300mm f/4.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Thanks folks - I'm seriously looking at his Minolta 300mm f/4.

No danger of me buying that one as I've already got one


On another subject, those thinking of going to Focus might want to know if there are any bargains to be had, so here's what I remember ..

at Jacobs:
ZA 85/1.4 £809 (I might have bought one )
ZA 135/1.8 £899
70-200/2.8 SSM G £1099
35/1.4 G £ 749 (I think. And it might have been at cameraworld not Jacobs)

Cameraworld:
70-400 SSM G £1049
ISTR the prices on the 16-35 and 24-70 Zeiss zooms were very reasonable as well, but don't remember what they were.
CW also had the Epson 2880 for £449, if anyone fancies an A3 printer.


Neither had an A900 on the stand, last year both had them at £1499.