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

chrism_scotland said:
I took the 16-35 f4 to Berlin recently (and sold when I got back!) its a really nice lens and the IQ is excellent but I found the distortion at 16mm a bit much.
I also took the 21mm Loxia which was outstanding but sometimes just a shade too long for some of those wider building shots I was trying to take, if I was looking at an AF lens it would be the Batis 18mm, gets stellar reviews although I'm not overly keen on the "style" of the body of the Batis lenses the IQ is second to none.

I reckon 18/35/85 would be a great combo for a travel kit and having taken all of this (A7rii, 16-35, 21, 35, 70-200 & 24-70 f2.8 GM) to Berlin I'll be slimming down on my next trip in October, the wide end is likely to get covered by either a Voightlander 15mm or the Batis 18mm, AF and f.2.8 would be nice though so probably the Batis!
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Yea those prime combos are good
 
When Sony 70-400mmG came out that was the sharpest lens in its class. I absolutely loved that lens and always missed it
Just some memories from good old lens...
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Alright then I can't resist, my next bonus is going on 100-400mm GM. I'll sorely miss the 70mm end of the 70-400mm but hopefully I'll enjoy the lighter lens along with ability to AF with 1.4x TC (which was not possible on a-mount)
 
twist said:
Na, hiring will cost as much as losses if I sold id guess. Hopefully it's good. Only way for me to know is to test it, I've wanted to do so for a while. I'll blame you if it's crap :D
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Hey dude most important thing is good quality SD cards my good one was fine the cheaper one I had took ages to load in comparison. But I didn't suffer any issues yesterday with it. Other than me not knowing certain things about it. The ability to crop is amazing. Seriously amazing.
I'd like the 24-70 f2.8 I think could replace my 35mm f2.8
 
Ok the f2 24-70mm i think is out of the question! i cant afford to spluge that and i would regret having the f4 one thinking that i need better isolation constantly would drive me insance, i find f2.8 bad enough. I do miss the Sigma Art range and i hope to god that it comes out soon natively as i cant be bothered with extra bits of kit to make it work their lenses are big and heavy enough. But if they do a 24-70 and the 70-200 i am there.
 
Nuzik said:
Ok the f2 24-70mm i think is out of the question! i cant afford to spluge that and i would regret having the f4 one thinking that i need better isolation constantly would drive me insance, i find f2.8 bad enough. I do miss the Sigma Art range and i hope to god that it comes out soon natively as i cant be bothered with extra bits of kit to make it work their lenses are big and heavy enough. But if they do a 24-70 and the 70-200 i am there.
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Why don't you get the 55?
 
Mr Perceptive said:
Nice - That shift effect is really cool, my shot with a Fuji 23mm (35mm equiv) from the other end a month ago, shows nicely your shift effect (though my shadows are more central - taken nearer the middle of the day!!)


Liverpool Umbrellas And Shadows by David Yeoman, on Flickr
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It's a small world :0). I took mine around 14:30 I think which explains the shadows.
 
jonneymendoza said:
Hiya. I'll use my a9 next week for the world athletics championship
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WoWza! What event are you competing in? I suppose you'll be easy to spot, the only athlete with a camera around his neck :D Is it worth having a bet on you????

:D

PS.
I'll be out with my lowly A7 on Monday... probably in the rain.
 
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There's a very positive review of the 12-24mm by Kevin Raber at luminous Landscape.

Towards the end he says... "While the lens performed well, I needed some adjustment on how to handle the look of things with the lens." I had the Siggy 12-24mm so I know what he means but it still seems like a strange thing to include in a review. The lens is what it is. What did he expect 12mm to look like ? :D Maybe it's a shock if you either haven't used a lens this wide before or you haven't used one for some time. I do think that wide lenses are some of the most challenging to use well.

He also says "The price is more than fair when compared to Nikon and Canon."

That's nice :D
 
Riz_Guru said:
A nice little review by a wedding photographer who moved from the Nikon D4/D4s - Fuji XT-2 to the Sony A9. :D
Most of the points seem valid although not sure about the EVF and Shutter Lag comments, the Shutter is supposed to be faster than the latest D5/1Dx II bodies .30 vs .35 :)

https://petapixel.com/2017/07/24/review-sony-a9-camera-wedding-photographers-dreams/
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Nice.

I may grab 24-70 gm lens to replace the canon. Already got my 16-35 and 100-400 on sale. Slowly getting rid of my canon.
 
Riz_Guru said:
A nice little review by a wedding photographer who moved from the Nikon D4/D4s - Fuji XT-2 to the Sony A9. :D
Most of the points seem valid although not sure about the EVF and Shutter Lag comments, the Shutter is supposed to be faster than the latest D5/1Dx II bodies .30 vs .35 :)

https://petapixel.com/2017/07/24/review-sony-a9-camera-wedding-photographers-dreams/
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The fan boy comments are interesting, whilst I can see how someone so invested in something else may be irritated by a disruptive new product from another manufacturer I can't quite understand why they'd put so much energy into posting so many inaccurate little rants... all the accusations of being a [paid shrill etc. Get A Life seems appropriate :D
 
woof woof said:
The fan boy comments are interesting, whilst I can see how someone so invested in something else may be irritated by a disruptive new product from another manufacturer I can't quite understand why they'd put so much energy into posting so many inaccurate little rants... all the accusations of being a [paid shrill etc. Get A Life seems appropriate :D
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The A9 continues to amaze me. So much in that little package.
 
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