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

The amount of middle aged blokes walking round the Photography Show on Tuesday with a rucksack full of camera gear and 5D/D5/A9's around their necks with 70-200/100-400 lenses mounted was hilarious. They all looked knackered/sweating and appeared to have sore necks because they were using their brightly branded straps that came in the box!
Hahahaha quality..... personally I would have just taken my iPhone 7 and Sony RX100 III, both easily fit in a pocket. :)
 
Don't get me on about cars... The cost of Sony kit is nothing compared to what you can spend on cars.

I'd have taken my A7 and a 35mm lens but I'd have been late as it'd take me a while to choose the lens.
 
my car cost less than what I have spent on cameras :p

I've always been into open cars and especially the smaller MG type stuff so that kept the cost down a bit. The worst I got was when I had a Lotus Elise, an MX5 and an MGB roadster. Deciding what to set off in was a pain.
 
The amount of middle aged blokes walking round the Photography Show on Tuesday with a rucksack full of camera gear and 5D/D5/A9's around their necks with 70-200/100-400 lenses mounted was hilarious.
Hey size is important, I myself have a Canon 100-400mm MkII which I wear it to all important occasions.............................................fully extended of course! ;)
 
Again, as a paid photographer, I agree that making my life easier in the moment is a good thing. However, there's also a point where digital photography can become stale and boring because it's 'too easy' and that's where it just becomes another job. For me personally, that's why I spend more time shooting film but I understand we're all different. Then again, I've just sold 148 large format Chroma's via Kickstarter that will be shipping worldwide so maybe I'm not the only one ;)

I agree that the eye AF makes things easier, but for tracking in an EVF you have to sort of predict movement more than and OVF probably making it a bit harder?

I would love to try an old film camera just too see how bad my results would be!!! Then again some of my favourite pics at home are from in my youth when it was with one of these!

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I agree that the eye AF makes things easier, but for tracking in an EVF you have to sort of predict movement more than and OVF probably making it a bit harder?

I would love to try an old film camera just too see how bad my results would be!!! Then again some of my favourite pics at home are from in my youth when it was with one of these!

I like simple cameras, I like fixed focus cameras you just compose with and take a picture. I've been using my A7 like that a bit recently, just set the focus and point and shoot :D
 
Because we own Sony? :D
Na because canon are the best and you can't highlight and comment it's flaws.

Look at here.sony gets bashed but you don't see us Sony user's with our pitch forks out .we welcome all here who post positives and negatives of the camera and lenses
 
Lol not really banned but butchered for saying how lacklust the m series cameras are

just read the thread and there some rather silly comments.... like that guy saying sony dropped APS-C while in fact Sony have more APS-C lenses than EF-S and EF-M put together

but decided to leave it since posting there will only waste my time :P
 
I've been banned from posting in that thread
You should be banned from all threads :p

Na because canon are the best and you can't highlight and comment it's flaws.

Look at here.sony gets bashed but you don't see us Sony user's with our pitch forks out .we welcome all here who post positives and negatives of the camera and lenses
Pot, kettle, black springs to mind ;)
 
Got the Batis 85. They come in very appealing packaging !
Yes and if its new, you should be able to register it for 3 years warranty :)
I feel the Batis line is better built than the Sony Zeiss versions.
Just a shame they didn't build them with AF hold buttons.
 
Yes and if its new, you should be able to register it for 3 years warranty :)
I feel the Batis line is better built than the Sony Zeiss versions.
Just a shame they didn't build them with AF hold buttons.
Yep brand new
 
Yep brand new

Obtain the extended warranty
Product Registration
ZEISS grants a warranty period of two years from the date of purchase for all its photographic lenses. This may be extended to three years after registering with ZEISS Online Registration. Although the ZEISS extended warranty is already available in numerous countries, claims under warranty may only be made in the country in which the product was purchased.
https://www.zeiss.co.uk/camera-lens...ation/photo-lenses/europe/united-kingdom.html
 
Yes and if its new, you should be able to register it for 3 years warranty :)
I feel the Batis line is better built than the Sony Zeiss versions.
Just a shame they didn't build them with AF hold buttons.

I don't think any 3rd party lenses have this, I wonder why :thinking:
 
find the focus hold button to be in a useless position when held in portrait orientation. should have a 2nd one on the other side of the lens
 
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