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

Minolta 35mm f1.8 at f1.8 and focused with peaking using the rear screen at waist level.

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Just a little centre sharpness test of the 35mm f1.8 at 100%.

Whole image at f4.

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100% at f1.8.

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100% at f4.

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I'm using Nissin Air1 and 3x Nissin i60A's, full TTL & HSS.
 
Riz_Guru said:
No interesting photos yet and just a couple of lenses for now, the FE 24-70mm f2.8 and 85mm f1.4 G Master .... :)
I took the photo with the Fuji XT-2 and the 56mm f1.2, its a great little combo at ISO6400.

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Looks good! I'm loving the 24-70 GM, great len and dear but probably the best 24-70 I've had!
 
twist said:
Bloody hell that xt2 takes a nice snap.
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I agree, its a nice camera, I would say its the best APS-C system available, the lenses are all sharp with the Fujinon magic.
I am currently editing the rest of the wedding photos I took with it and in high ISO situations I pushed it way too far. I guess I was spoiled previously with the Sony full-frames.
 
Riz_Guru said:
I agree, its a nice camera, I would say its the best APS-C system available, the lenses are all sharp with the Fujinon magic.
I am currently editing the rest of the wedding photos I took with it and in high ISO situations I pushed it way too far. I guess I was spoiled previously with the Sony full-frames.
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Oh well onward and upward it's only money... right? What's a stop between a few k.
 
Riz_Guru said:
I agree, I am kicking myself for selling off my first copies of the 24-70mm and 85mm GM as I bought them pre-brexit!
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True, not cheap but I think its worth it, latest members of my gang arrived today another Loxia 35 (first one wasn't quite right) and decided to try a Voightlander 15mm as I fancied something a little wider for Berlin.

Kit is now: Voigtlander 15mm, Loxia 21mm, Loxia 35mm, Sony 24-70 f2.8 and 70-200 f4.. think that should cover off anything!
 
Riz_Guru said:
No interesting photos yet and just a couple of lenses for now, the FE 24-70mm f2.8 and 85mm f1.4 G Master .... :)
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Great stuff and I hope you and your new gear will be very happy and stay together for a long time :D

I'm feeling left out now as I'm still using my first gen A7 and you lot have all got new toys and I haven't bought anything for it for a long time but I suppose I could get a lovely Voigtlander or something :D
 
woof woof said:
Great stuff and I hope you and your new gear will be very happy and stay together for a long time :D

I'm feeling left out now as I'm still using my first gen A7 and you lot have all got new toys and I haven't bought anything for it for a long time but I suppose I could get a lovely Voigtlander or something :D
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How many are buying this stuff and honestly believing it's improving their output or income though?

I guess you could argue it's nice to have nice things, but if you're shooting the same old snaps then it's a massive snorefest waste.
 
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I haven't been out for a week, the weather was nice today but we've been too worried about GF's dog back home to go out. Poor chap has had a very bad week and the news tomorrow may not be good as to be honest he's just too ill to go on.

Here he is in April.

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Another from the garden, 35mm f1.8 at f4 and 100% crops at f4 and f1.8.

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Easy peasy manual focus :D
 
chrism_scotland said:
True, not cheap but I think its worth it, latest members of my gang arrived today another Loxia 35 (first one wasn't quite right) and decided to try a Voightlander 15mm as I fancied something a little wider for Berlin.

Kit is now: Voigtlander 15mm, Loxia 21mm, Loxia 35mm, Sony 24-70 f2.8 and 70-200 f4.. think that should cover off anything!
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got a bet with myself on how long before we see them in the Ads,bet they last longer than my Mac :)
 
Last thing I bought was a CPL for an existing lens. A while ago however was a 90mm Tele-Elmarit mentioned a couple of days/pages ago.


Chillin out on the beach by Elizabeth Oldham, on Flickr

Think I've just about got over trying to take every shot with it now.
A snap I took today with a Zeiss Biogon 25mm and Sony A6000. Rather grey and overcast today.
 
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twist said:
How many are buying this stuff and honestly believing it's improving their output or income though?

I guess you could argue it's nice to have nice things, but if you're shooting the same old snaps then it's a massive snorefest waste.
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I realised that the other week, took me a longtime though
 
SsSsSsSsSnake said:
I realised that the other week, took me a longtime though
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Doesn't it just... in the nicest way possible... this place doesn't help...it breeds GAS. Best to check in the photo sharing threads and admire people's skills, learn a little, shoot more.

Buying stuff is great, but challenging yourself to stay offline and shoot stuff out of your comfort zone for a laugh (trying to break your gear) is so much fun.

It's nice to be back after a good break and see the usual folk but it's good to be sensible.
 
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