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

jonneymendoza said:
D850 wins due to it being a DSLR/nostalgic lol.

Where is the A9 :( boo
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I think they were drunk before they started :D

Good to see Canon taking a kicking for hobbling kit and generally not trying very hard.
 
jonneymendoza said:
D850 wins due to it being a DSLR/nostalgic lol.

Where is the A9 :( boo
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The Nikon D850 is quite a good camera but I’d say the Sony A7R III is just as good if not better is some aspects.
The Sony A9 is a bit of a left-field choice as it’s been clearly marketed at the professional sports market but is equally capable at events, weddings and portrait work too which a lot of the reviews overlook.

For me it’s a great all round body and 24mp is a sweet spot for now.

From a technological point of view the Sony A9 should take the crown.

For me the Sony A9 is the camera of the year :D
 
Riz_Guru said:
The Nikon D850 is quite a good camera but I’d say the Sony A7R III is just as good if not better is some aspects.
The Sony A9 is a bit of a left-field choice as it’s been clearly marketed at the professional sports market but is equally capable at events, weddings and portrait work too which a lot of the reviews overlook.

For me it’s a great all round body and 24mp is a sweet spot for now.

From a technological point of view the Sony A9 should take the crown.

For me the Sony A9 is the camera of the year :D
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For me the A9 is camera of the year as it's the first mirrorless camera that not only matches performance as the best ever dslr but eclipse it.
 
jonneymendoza said:
getting the d850?
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im not sure. depends how envious i get when my mate gets his. he is on the waiting list at Park and has been notified that one has come in. needs to make a decision within 48 hours otherwise it goes to the next person on the list.
its unlikely that i'd spend that much on a camera. a 750 or 810 are more realistic. but who knows?! :)
 
Just booked some winter sun in Mauritius in February and considering hiring a lens... Question is, 70-200 w/ 2x adapter, or 100-400.

Taking a 2 year old and a 6-month old, so likely not many nature treks (and any we do likely won't be very quiet...), but hear good things about the wildlife there and not sure which to go for.
 
stevelmx5 said:
I thought you were using your A7Riii more going by the photos you share? Is there something the A9 gives you over the 7?
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I've shared a lot more A9 pics. Don't know what you are on about!

And I still have a bucket load more to edit from it. Have also taken my a9 instead of the r3 during the holiday season around central Europe.

The A9 is my camera of the year for the reasons I've mentioned
 
jonneymendoza said:
I've shared a lot more A9 pics. Don't know what you are on about!

And I still have a bucket load more to edit from it. Have also taken my a9 instead of the r3 during the holiday season around central Europe.

The A9 is my camera of the year for the reasons I've mentioned
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Fair enough. I was looking at your Abu Dhabi and Barcelona sets and they all seemed to be A7Riii (which is a very good camera) so was interested in what the A9 specifically gives over the 7riii now.
 
I’ve been looking for some MF options to work around my low light AF frustrations and was chatting to Hamish Gill earlier about the 7Artisans lenses he’s distributing. The 50/1.1 in Leica M mount looks to be full of character and obviously low light performance but the 35/2 looks excellent too for only £145. I’m planning on selling my FE 50/1.8 and 28-70 then will try out the 35/2. If I like it, I’m tempted to pick up the 50/1.1 as well.

https://www.35mmc.com/29/07/2017/dj-optical-7artisans-50mm-f1-1-review/

https://www.35mmc.com/18/11/2017/7artisans-35mm-f2-pre-pro-sample-photos/
 
I always thought if I had a Sony I would have Batis lenses, as they seemed quite good - however I took my Dad's images from a wedding for when I processed my own. There was a stark difference between this and the Leica Q/M10 I shot with.

Batis 85mm 1.8 on A6500, perhaps it's heavy backlighting as it's not so apparent in all images - it looks like it was shot through a plastic lens. We can see purple chromatic aberration on the flower's plastic covering - but it's like there's an underlying nervous CA across the rest of the image, almost like a 3d image.

I see it a lot in some of the images with lots out of focus, those areas look like they are shot through a vintage plastic lens.

Most obvious you can see purple/green/blue under the arm on the left - but i feel like it just flows through the image tinting the colours

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The problem I have on evil bay is that I keep my bids to what I think the items are worth to me used whereas there seem to be a lot of people who'll pay knocking on what new kit costs... and maybe more.
 
stevelmx5 said:
I’ve been looking for some MF options to work around my low light AF frustrations and was chatting to Hamish Gill earlier about the 7Artisans lenses he’s distributing. The 50/1.1 in Leica M mount looks to be full of character and obviously low light performance but the 35/2 looks excellent too for only £145. I’m planning on selling my FE 50/1.8 and 28-70 then will try out the 35/2. If I like it, I’m tempted to pick up the 50/1.1 as well.

https://www.35mmc.com/29/07/2017/dj-optical-7artisans-50mm-f1-1-review/

https://www.35mmc.com/18/11/2017/7artisans-35mm-f2-pre-pro-sample-photos/
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I've read a few reviews but have been put off by reports of poor quality so I'll be interested to know how you get on but also... why not just go for a legacy lens or two in the 35-50-ish range? They're at least a known quantity but on the down side you do need an adapter.
 
woof woof said:
I've read a few reviews but have been put off by reports of poor quality so I'll be interested to know how you get on but also... why not just go for a legacy lens or two in the 35-50-ish range? They're at least a known quantity but on the down side you do need an adapter.
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I used to shoot 90% of my portraits with an OM Zuiko 50/1.4 and still have an OM 35/2.8 shift and 50/3.5 macro but even though they’re very compact lenses, the adaptor pushes them out to the size of the FE 50/1.8 I also use. While the 1.1 aperture attracted me to the 7Artisans 50, the 35/2 looks like a good balance between size, speed and cost.

The 7Artisans aren’t clinically sharp (like the OMs aren't either) but that gives them a little more of a relaxed approach in contrast to the pixel-peeping tendencies of modern AF lenses. If I looked at a legacy option, the OM 35/2.8 (which I’ve had before) will cost around the same as the 7Artisans 35/2 but the news lens is a native FE mount so smaller and slightly faster.
 
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I had a quick look last night when you mentioned the 7Artisans so I'll need to take another look and note the prices. Yes, adapters make the lenses bigger but an adapter plus anything from a Zuiko 28mm to a Zuiko, Rokkor or FD 50mm f1.4 isn't going to be an overly big combo and they're a known quantity unlike the 7Artisans for which the reviews do seem to be all over the place with reports that they wont even mount properly and it's these reports of the quality being all over the place that put me off so I'll be interested to know what you have to say about them if you get some.
 
stevelmx5 said:
Fair enough. I was looking at your Abu Dhabi and Barcelona sets and they all seemed to be A7Riii (which is a very good camera) so was interested in what the A9 specifically gives over the 7riii now.
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I bought the A9 to Abu Dhabi and most of the race was shot on that hehe
 
jonneymendoza said:
I bought the A9 to Abu Dhabi and most of the race was shot on that hehe
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o_O Ok. I only looked at your Abu Dhabi Album on Flickr when you shared it and the only race shot was taken with the A7Riii, hence my confusion, but I'm glad you like it.
 
stevelmx5 said:
o_O Ok. I only looked at your Abu Dhabi Album on Flickr when you shared it and the only race shot was taken with the A7Riii, hence my confusion, but I'm glad you like it.
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Yea i think i only showed one shot from the race in the collection. The rest where shots mostly outside the track and around Abu Dhabi itself. I literally got the camera a day before I flew
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The A9 is faster for af and no blackout free is a game changer. The a7r3 is my primary studio and landscape camera as the mechanical shutter is faster for studio and the res higher.

Also the a7r3 is tiny bit better for video due to picture profiles.

I've probably clocked close to 10k of shots on the A9 since getting it.

Amazing camera.
 
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jonneymendoza said:
Yea i think i only showed one shot from the race in the collection. The rest where shots mostly outside the track and around Abu Dhabi itself. I literally got the camera a day before I flew
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The A9 is faster for af and no blackout free is a game changer. The a7r3 is my primary studio and landscape camera as the mechanical shutter is faster for studio and the res higher.

Also the a7r3 is tiny bit better for video due to picture profiles.

I've probably clocked close to 10k of shots on the A9 since getting it.

Amazing camera.
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If you had to pick only one, which one would you pick and why? :D
 
dancook said:
I always thought if I had a Sony I would have Batis lenses, as they seemed quite good - however I took my Dad's images from a wedding for when I processed my own. There was a stark difference between this and the Leica Q/M10 I shot with.

Batis 85mm 1.8 on A6500, perhaps it's heavy backlighting as it's not so apparent in all images - it looks like it was shot through a plastic lens. We can see purple chromatic aberration on the flower's plastic covering - but it's like there's an underlying nervous CA across the rest of the image, almost like a 3d image.

I see it a lot in some of the images with lots out of focus, those areas look like they are shot through a vintage plastic lens.

Most obvious you can see purple/green/blue under the arm on the left - but i feel like it just flows through the image tinting the colours...
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As no one else has commented yet...

I've taken strongly back lit shots with many older lenses and results can vary but mostly I've been happy enough with the most obvious result maybe being a drop in contrast and saturation. As to your shot, dunno, I'd need to see the unprocessed shot and settings before being too critical but I'm sure you know that shooting from inside a room at wider apertures when including windows and lots of light coming in and boosting the darker areas is a bit of a torture test. A bit of ca is no surprise.
 
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woof woof said:
As no one else has commented yet...

I've taken strongly back lit shots with many older lenses and results can vary but mostly I've been happy enough with the most obvious result maybe being a drop in contrast and saturation. As to your shot, dunno, I'd need to see the unprocessed shot and settings before being too critical but I'm sure you know that shooting from inside a room at wider apertures when including windows and lots of light coming in and boosting the darker areas is a bit of a torture test. A bit of ca is no surprise.
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Just seems more than I would expect. I can see a soft glow, green outlines all around the suit, purple elsewhere - it wasn't just a case on a purple line where there was high contrast, the entire look of the image is affected.

Reset LR settings and exported

temp by dancook1982, on Flickr
 
Unboxed the 50mm 1.2 L today, the first lens for my Sigma MC-11 on the a7RII. Spent the day indoors with the kids, amazed at how well it performs in terms of AF speed. I really wasn't expecting much but feel confident taking it along to my next wedding on Wednesday.

I guess it was never the speediest lens anyhow, but considering the huge element it's ok. Ultra accurate wide open on the a7RII as well.
 
sorry to jump into the thread but I'm looking for some advice . I'm thinking of selling my sony a72 mk1 and wondered if there is any interest in buying it on the forum or if i should just go trade it in at lce ?body only boxed charger ect ?
thanks in advance and merry christmas .
 
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