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

JJ! said:
So which of these Sony cameras are best for sports? I know they have high FPS but can any of them go toe to toe with say the D500 for sports or is this something that will come in time?

I mean the trouble is I do tracking and follow my subjects through burst mode, which with an EVF may not be as easy?
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A9. Jonney can tell you about how it’s changed the game for sports shooters
 
JJ! said:
So which of these Sony cameras are best for sports? I know they have high FPS but can any of them go toe to toe with say the D500 for sports or is this something that will come in time?

I mean the trouble is I do tracking and follow my subjects through burst mode, which with an EVF may not be as easy?
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A9
 
JJ! said:
So which of these Sony cameras are best for sports? I know they have high FPS but can any of them go toe to toe with say the D500 for sports or is this something that will come in time?

I mean the trouble is I do tracking and follow my subjects through burst mode, which with an EVF may not be as easy?
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Sony A9 without question.
 
F/1.4 said:
Anyone bought from Bapiworld? Great price on the Zeiss 55mm @ £499
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Once up on a time I got a new one in UK for this price (inc. £100 cashback from sony). Lens used to sell for £600 new :D

Anyway, mbp have used ones for £504. Might be worth a look. :)
 
Durbs said:
In other news, I can heartily recommend the Peak Design Capture Clip... It's literally changed the way I shoot. Previously I either had my camera in hand, or in the bag - so ready to shoot, or a faff to shoot. With the clip, it's now hands free, but always ready to shoot (I haven't ever used a neck strap on my Sony).

Anyway, carry on with the techno babble - don't forget to put up some pictures ;)
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That’s all I use with any of my cameras. I also have a Velcro finger loop on the right hand strap lug of each camera so I can carry them easily with one hand (index finger through the loop).
 
jonneymendoza said:
Holy balloni http://www.sonyalphaforum.com/index.php?/topic/8842-What's-up-with-my-A7Riii-sensor?
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The first is massively underexposed then pushed in post (look at the horrible noise on the jacket considering it’s iso100). The second has probably been equally pushed and had a filter applied which may make the lines stand out more. It would be more useful to see the original images to see if it’s just a result of poor exposure choice and post work.

That’s not saying the line artefacts aren’t there, just understanding the editing to make them stand out.
 
stevelmx5 said:
The first is massively underexposed then pushed in post (look at the horrible noise on the jacket considering it’s iso100). The second has probably been equally pushed and had a filter applied which may make the lines stand out more. It would be more useful to see the original images to see if it’s just a result of poor exposure choice and post work.

That’s not saying the line artefacts aren’t there, just understanding the editing to make them stand out.
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Yep you can see how much it's been pushed! Also interested to see what the original files look like.
 
addicknchips said:
A9. Jonney can tell you about how it’s changed the game for sports shooters
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Sadly for me I can not jump ship just yet. The A9 is 3 times the price of the D500.

I guess for the pros and the loaded amateur shooter it’s not an issue but no way I can afford an A9.

One day maybe, when they become affordable used. But until then, sadly not.

Guess the A9 is more aimed at the D5 anyway - FX and comparable prices.

If in the future they can bring the A9 tech to a more affordable price point I may well be in!!
 
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Just in case peeps haven't spotted this yet - more on the stripe issue at the rumor site and linking to other sites/reviews...

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/details-sony-a7iii-stripe-issue/#disqus_thread

What they say...


"The web went in tumult after discovering a weird “stripe issue” in the top right corner of that Dpreview image sample. Here is the feedback from experts on that matter:

Rishi from Dpreview writes:

In a couple of the photos you may notice striping, a problem we’ve found common to all cameras with masked phase detect AF pixels when shot a certain way: with very fast lenses wide open pointed directly at bright light sources to purposefully induce flare (e.g. here and here). In continued shooting today in the same venue and lighting, we noticed no issues shooting more modest apertures and zoom lenses.

Jim Kasson writes:

I’m not particularly worried about this, but some of the a7III examples I’ve seen make me think the effect might be worse in that camera.
It’s pretty clear that this effect is related to the on-sensor PDAF pixels in the a9. Bill Claff and Horshak did some work last year and identified a weaker version of the same pattern in dark-field images. It’s not clear to me why the effect is stronger with a very bright light source in the image.

Bill Claff writes:

Compared with the A9 the A7III has “Dramatically (3 stops) higher Read Noise in the PDAF blue pixels”

Tony Northrup writes:

We shot 4,181 pics with the a7 III and I can’t find any trace of this effect in the images, including shots with the 85 f/1.4 wide open into light sources, zooming in to 5:1. I’m confident this issue exists, but I think the community is making WAY too much out of it. People really love to latch onto any flaw in a new camera, and I think this is blown out of proportion.

To sum up: This is an issue that appears under very special conditions only. But it’s definitely here and we have to see if this is something Sony can fix easily via firmware update."

I don't think this would put me off.
 
Have any of you knowledgeable Sony fans got any opinions or thoughts on the 24-70 f4 vs the 24-105 f4?
 
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