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

stevelmx5 said:
I’m guessing that has to be 105mm F0.95 going by the size of the front element! (I know it’s a 1.4 but come on..) Considering it’s mounted to a 6D, its going to look stupid on an A7 body..
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I’ve also just realised that the EF Mount version has the same tacky gloss black tube before the mount. Has someone actually made a design decision to include that? I thought it was just an afterthought for the embedded MC11 FE mount lenses.
 
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jonneymendoza said:
It is
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I have heard this too from various sources, however I have always stuck to native :D G Masters all the way.
I guess it all comes down to variables like which Canon lens, Adaptor, Environmental Conditions etc
 
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SsSsSsSsSnake said:
I was dissapointed with the A6000 ,lots of af points etc but so many misses,not all down to my crap photography skills
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Exactly, number of focus points isn't the be all and end all. I'd rather have 5 points that acquire and track well rather then 499 that don't.

Peter123 said:
Handled the r111 in LCE Manchester early in the week.
They didn’t have a 24-105 to try on it as they had sold their only one that morning
They attached another Sony lens that is similar size and weight.
It felt front heavy.
With so much Nikon (and a little Fuji) I will wait a while to see what Nikon brings.
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And that's the big issue for mirrorless, they're only ideal suited to light lenses.

twist said:
I find myself saying 'in yer dreams' to you a lot lately :p
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We all know Jonney is a deluded fanboy ;) :p
(tongue in cheek Jonney ;))

Riz_Guru said:
Because deep down they know DSLR technology isnt going anywhere, both Nikon and Canon have shown interest in mirrorless..... its the future :D
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I do hope Nikon nail it with their mirrorless. Trouble it it's likely to have similar issues to the A7's though, front heavy with large lenses.
 
snerkler said:
Exactly, number of focus points isn't the be all and end all. I'd rather have 5 points that acquire and track well rather then 499 that don't.


And that's the big issue for mirrorless, they're only ideal suited to light lenses.

We all know Jonney is a deluded fanboy ;) :p
(tongue in cheek Jonney ;))

I do hope Nikon nail it with their mirrorless. Trouble it it's likely to have similar issues to the A7's though, front heavy with large lenses.
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Nikon don’t have to make it small just because it’s mirrorless. In fact if they are clever they could put it in a d750 sized body but with mirrorless tech
 
I don't think the size / front heavy situations with bigger lenses is a issue as you can always use the vertical battery grip to balance things out.
I rather have the smaller Sony A9 sized body which allows me to pair it with the smaller prime lenses resulting in a relatively light and small setup.
Add the vertical battery grip to go big, this way it caters for both crowds. :)
 
Riz_Guru said:
I have heard this too from various sources, however I have always stuck to native :D G Masters all the way.
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Yeah right, I switched to A7rii from D750 and sold it within a month because there was a big difference in CAF.
 
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addicknchips said:
Nikon don’t have to make it small just because it’s mirrorless. In fact if they are clever they could put it in a d750 sized body but with mirrorless tech
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This is what I was suggesting all a long....
Nikon should keep the same mount and lenses, bring out Mirrorless versions of their D5/D500/D750/D850 etc and keep everything the same, just called the M5/M500 etc :D Job done!
 
twist said:
Yeah right, I switched to A7rii from D750 and sold it within a month because there was a big difference.
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The Sony A7R II focusing wasn't that good compared to the Nikon D750 thought when it came to AF-C. :)
I found the AF-C focusing on the Fuji XT-2 to rival the Sony A7R II's. :o
 
twist said:
NX1 failed because Samsung pulled out of the market to soon. It was/is a very good camera.
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Nah, it was DoA. Samsung pulled out because it didn't sell, not the other way round.
Also its not as great as people make it out to be. Its bit of a paper dragon, looks great on specs but not much beyond that.
 
nandbytes said:
Nah, it was DoA. Samsung pulled out because it didn't sell, not the other way round.
Also its not as great as people make it out to be. Its bit of a paper dragon, looks great on specs but not much beyond that.
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I have owned one at it beat the snot out of the Sonys at the time.
 
addicknchips said:
A7rii eye af much better than the xt2. Ime the xt2 focus beats the A7rii elsewhere though.
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Its true, one of the reasons I moved from Sony A7R II's to a Fuji XT-2.
Both are great systems but I missed Sony, thats to say the Fuji system was bad etc.
 
Riz_Guru said:
I don't think the size / front heavy situations with bigger lenses is a issue as you can always use the vertical battery grip to balance things out.
I rather have the smaller Sony A9 sized body which allows me to pair it with the smaller prime lenses resulting in a relatively light and small setup.
Add the vertical battery grip to go big, this way it caters for both crowds. :)
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I see this a lot regarding battery grip helping the balance, but I find it's more to do with the actual size and depth of the grip that helps with balance more tbh.
 
snerkler said:
I see this a lot regarding battery grip helping the balance, but I find it's more to do with the actual size and depth of the grip that helps with balance more tbh.
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Your right as I too have seen some reports of people just not getting on with the ergonomics because of the grip size and/or the gap between it and a mounted lens.
I guess each persons hand is different, thankfully my hands are small so the ergonomics of the Sony A9 are spot on however I wouldn't mind if Sony went up a size with the Sony A9 II to include real weather sealing, top LCD screen. full flippy LCD screen and dual xQD card slots :D.
 
I don’t understand all the whinging about the lenses making the cameras front heavy, no-one uses a canikon with 400mm lens combo by holding the camera body alone - support the lens and the camera sits on the back. Same principle with sony and g masters - support the lens to operate the camera.
Attitude matters, look for the solution, not the problem.
Just saying‍♂️
 
david357 said:
I don’t understand all the whinging about the lenses making the cameras front heavy, no-one uses a canikon with 400mm lens combo by holding the camera body alone - support the lens and the camera sits on the back. Same principle with sony and g masters - support the lens to operate the camera.
Attitude matters, look for the solution, not the problem.
Just saying‍♂️
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I agree...... G Masters are lush :D
 
david357 said:
I don’t understand all the whinging about the lenses making the cameras front heavy, no-one uses a canikon with 400mm lens combo by holding the camera body alone - support the lens and the camera sits on the back. Same principle with sony and g masters - support the lens to operate the camera.
Attitude matters, look for the solution, not the problem.
Just saying‍♂️
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I think the whinging is more that Sony is not releasing enough small lenses as they are doing big expensive lenses. They initially did (FE35,55,28,85,50,24-70mm) but went the way of canikon. But if you look at canon, they also have their huge L lenses but also their smaller, slightly slower versions especially for primes. Sony isn't doing too badly at this, a compact 24mm and 35mm f/1.8 would be nice.
 
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david357 said:
I don’t understand all the whinging about the lenses making the cameras front heavy, no-one uses a canikon with 400mm lens combo by holding the camera body alone - support the lens and the camera sits on the back. Same principle with sony and g masters - support the lens to operate the camera. Attitude matters, look for the solution, not the problem.
Just saying‍♂️
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Yup.

In my limited experience with larger lenses that's what I did but admitting what we do in practice and that it's pretty much a non issue removes the opportunity of whinging on internet forums.
 
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