The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

A7ii wishes it a a7rii but finance won't allowed with lens
 
I did yes but not long enough for a conclusion
 
Lol big boys is tempting.

How does the Sony 70-200 f4 really perform i wouldn't think it be as good as my Nikon 70-200 2.8 vrii would it
 
Am I right in thinking that the pad at the back can be set to change the AF points without having to go into the menu.. I think we press ok and then change the points using the pad?
 
Nothing wrong with that mate
 
I try to not check about dust.
I change the lenses so often that..
But so far no problems or visible dust.

Anyway.
And also another rumor and gossip down, that Sony A7RII + Sigma MC-11 is not suitable for professional sport work
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I did a job today at Ace Cafe London Stunt Festival & Streetfighter Show 2016

Info about this shot:
Stunt rider: OGA Hiroyuki
17 July 2016
London, UK
Sony A7RII + Sigma MC-11 + Canon EF 24-70 F/2.8L
(I did lots of photos with the Sigma 120-300 NON OS version - I have some very good, but first need to edit all and later will publish some.)

OGA Hiroyuki by Kalin Kalpachev, on Flickr

Regards,
Kalin
 
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Nice photos, but the watermark spoils it for me.
 
Why places saying the a7ii not good at taking images of moving stuff like kids or animals moving? When I've seen images on Flickr
 
rookies said:
Why places saying the a7ii not good at taking images of moving stuff like kids or animals moving? When I've seen images on Flickr
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Generally mirrorless systems won't keep up with tracking fast moving subjects when compared to dslr.
Obviously it can be done, but you'll get a better hit rate with a decent dslr over a top mirrorless camera
 
How fast are we talking?
 
border_all said:
Faster than kids thing is if your happy with Nikon and the Flickr images you looked at are not what you need it's probably better sticking with Nikon

All else for me is outweighed by the EVF
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You saying the EVF made you want the sony
 
Think am going for it. Hope the 70-200 as sharp as my Nikon. Then again my Nikon does go soft on odd days.
 
rookies said:
Think am going for it. Hope the 70-200 as sharp as my Nikon. Then again my Nikon does go soft on odd days.
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Lots of photography comes down to how we ourselves perform I am 99% sure I won't re buy into Canon not because they are bad cameras but because I am happy with Sony this is my third Sony been happy with them all

Remember come back with some Sony shots if you go ahead
 
im afraid that someone may steal my pics so thats why i have watermarks on them.

my watermarks on fb and IG are far worse as i put that right in the middle of the pic!

Anyways there seems to be a problem with all the g master series lenses released so far.

Check this out

Hi everybody here. I’m following a suggestion from Mark Galer that personally said to contact Miguel Quiles but Miguel never ansewered so you’re my last hope and probably my best too…

This is a brief summary of my problem:

The megaissue is with the Sony A7rII (but guess it’s applicable to other ILCEs too) and the two new GM lenses (24-70 and 85).
The issue is related to the the iris not opening while focusing with the 85 1.4 and 24-70 2.8GM. Setting Effect ON/OFF toggle has no effect (mine is always on OFF anyway).
Practically speaking, you can’t focus accurately in normal dimly lit studio situations when shooting over f4.
Iris stay closed while focusing and focus accuracy and speed drop.
If you have to shoot at f8 (and in studio that’s the norm, but f5.6 proved impossible too) you can’t really focus at all unless you’ve a lot of ambient too, even manually because the same accuracy drop is in the viewfinder, stopped down you can’t see the exact focus point.
It's a total show stopper. Previously I was using a Metabones/Canon 24/70 and Canon 85 combo with optimal results but I mistakenly thought that the new Sony duo would have been a wonderful choice and actually they are, but only when shooting wide open or almost wide open. Stopped down the focus is simply unusable and even worse prone to errors.

My question is: does anybody here know if Sony is aware of the issue and is going to fix it?
Why they did such a big mistake with the new GM lenses?
I’ve checked online and it's not my problem, everybody working professionally noticed the very same issue.
You can find a detailed description of the issue on diglloyd just to quote one.
He finds that even at f4 accuracy drops below the acceptable range. My results at f4 were slightly better but probably because people moves all the time so there are more chances that they move also towards the focus point.

If I need to shoot at f8 with studio flashes how can I focus this way? I can't realistically open iris and then close before every single click. Does anybody know of any engineer’s email that I can contact about this?
Is there a way to contact a Sony developer directly? You know, writing to support emails is totally useless for such critical but very peculiar issuers…
Thank you for your time. Really.
Hope you’ll have something for me.
Ideally, a forthcoming software update…

Best regards and thanks again.

Maurizio Camagna
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Actually I've further bad news! I've retested the SonyZeiss 55 1.8 (it's up to date to V2 firmware) and it behaves very badly too!! Actually (always when stopped down, go directly to f16 to immediately see the issue but it appears easily above f4, more or less, it depends from light and contrast) it quickly achieves focus because normally it's open to f1.8 in "rest", but as soon as possible, a split second after pressing the focus button, it begins to "breathe" closing the iris and losing the focus point. You have to be in C-AF to see this immediately. It's totally annoying and horrible. I'm pretty sure that this won't happen before, so it must be a "fantastic new bug" from 3.2 or 3.1 software.

Deeply saddened.

Probably it's the very same issue that plagues the new GM lenses only that it shows itself in a slightly different manner.
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Sony a7ii with 28-70 kit lens and Sony 55mm Ziess

Or

Same kit camera with Sony 70-200 f4. Will need it all eventually
 
Is the phrase detection on these a7ii accurate so AF point are more accurate and won't mis focus
 
rookies said:
Sony a7ii with 28-70 kit lens and Sony 55mm Ziess

Or

Same kit camera with Sony 70-200 f4. Will need it all eventually
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I thought you recently bought al this and returned it, and also an XT1? :confused:

If youre missing focus all the time with a D750 you need to learn how to use the camera. It has one of if not the fastest and most accurate AF systems Ive ever used for moving subjects.
 
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twist said:
I thought you recently bought al this and returned it, and also an XT1? :confused:

If youre missing focus all the time with a D750 you need to learn how to use the camera. It has one of if not the fastest and most accurate AF systems Ive ever used for moving subjects.
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Not according to a few people with dodgy focus module snerkler one of them
 
I know this is the A7 thread, but I also know a lot of you also have/had an A6000.

I've just picked an A6000 up in the classifieds and would like a small lens so I have a small chuck in the bag combo.

Don't really mind either a prime or zoom, if a prime I'd want 50mm equivalent max, 24mm equivalent min.

So what's good and what do you guys use?
 
Wissel said:
I know this is the A7 thread, but I also know a lot of you also have/had an A6000.

I've just picked an A6000 up in the classifieds and would like a small lens so I have a small chuck in the bag combo.

Don't really mind either a prime or zoom, if a prime I'd want 50mm equivalent max, 24mm equivalent min.

So what's good and what do you guys use?
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the zeiss 35 f2.8 (fe) is perfect for the a6000. its dinky and gives lovely image quality.
 
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