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

JJ! said:
Why would the A7R3 be worse?? You not watched all the above videos?!
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Cos I tried one along side the A7iii at the show and the A7iii did a better job at tracking and taking images
 
Next you will be telling me the A73 is quicker than the A9!
 
nandbytes said:
how reliable is your 10 minute trial at the show with a camera system you have never used before? :p
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1 hour with both camera with me walking around the show if you must know....
 
JJ! said:
Next you will be telling me the A73 is quicker than the A9!
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We already know the Eye AF is better than the A9 ha ha ha
 
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Here me pick..


If I was heavily into Landscape I get a A7Riii

But as I like to do a mixture the A7iii suite better
 
snerkler said:
TBH it looks better at 10fps, virtually no black out. I'd be interested to see what it's like panning being that split second behind, but on the face of it it looks like it 'could' be easier to track in the VF rather than having the blackout (y)
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Indeed 10 fps is easy on the eye but as you say tracking a fast object may be problematic, being 1/10 sec behind the action. I don't shoot much fast paced stuff so I cannot offer am opinion. I will attend a few horse events later in the year and I can give it a try.
 
JJ! said:
There were horses at the show? Damn it!!! :LOL:

Although just read that the A7R3 shoots in crop mode at 18mp!!! That’s damn good!
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Yup that is a good feature... As you know test them both out and go for what you feel best for your need pal
 
The Rocket said:
Indeed 10 fps is easy on the eye but as you say tracking a fast object may be problematic, being 1/10 sec behind the action. I don't shoot much fast paced stuff so I cannot offer am opinion. I will attend a few horse events later in the year and I can give it a try.
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Will have one by then, just not sure what one!!!
 
JJ! said:
There were horses at the show? Damn it!!! :LOL:

Although just read that the A7R3 shoots in crop mode at 18mp!!! That’s damn good!
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So does A7RII :D

yes its pretty nice option to have especially with a telezoom like 100-400mm
 
Why shift it all what if you decide the D750 is the one or even the D850
 
Tom Green said:
Christ that is impressive. Two cameras in one basically
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people really didn't know this...?

its been the case since A7RII

in fact the original A7R gave 15mp files in APS-C crop mode.

The 24mp give 10mp in APS-C crop mode (your D750 will also)

But the nice thing about EVF is it shows you a cropped version automatically instead of having to imagine the framing ;)
 
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nandbytes said:
people really didn't know this...?

its been the case since A7RII

in fact the original A7R gave 15mp files in APS-C crop mode.

The 24mp give 10mp in APS-C crop mode (your D750 will also)

But the nice thing about EVF is it shows you a cropped version automatically instead of having to imagine the framing ;)
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I didn’t but to be fair, I haven’t ever really considered an A7R.... as they have always been out of budget
 
nandbytes said:
people really didn't know this...?

its been the case since A7RII

in fact the original A7R gave 15mp files in APS-C crop mode.

The 24mp give 10mp in APS-C crop mode (your D750 will also)

But the nice thing about EVF is it shows you a cropped version automatically instead of having to imagine the framing ;)
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..... infact the original A7 also offers crop mode.
 
Tom Green said:
Yeah I know that, not looked into that either, what MP is that in crop?

All I knew what my old A7 was 12mp in crop which is crap
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You cant just make up pixels from nowhere. It's the same as cropping in post anyway.
 
Actually closer to 10mp

MP after crop = FF MP/(crop factor)^2

So for example if you crop a 42mp to equivalent of m43 i.e 2 times you get 42/4 = 10.5mp and 42/2.25 for APS-C which is 18.6mp

Your D750 will give 24/2.25 = 10.6mp in APS-C crop mode same as A7 or any other 24mp body
 
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JJ! said:
Nah not ordered yet lol. I can’t until I shift the bits I need too, then will take a serious look at which one to get.
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Damn it, I was relying on you to compare the AF compared to the D750 ;)

JJ! said:
There were horses at the show? Damn it!!! :LOL:

Although just read that the A7R3 shoots in crop mode at 18mp!!! That’s damn good!
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Exactly why I want a high res camera next.

Tom Green said:
Christ that is impressive. Two cameras in one basically
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Lol ;)

nandbytes said:
So does A7RII :D

yes its pretty nice option to have especially with a telezoom like 100-400mm
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That's exactly my thoughts, I could choose a lighter lens than the 150-600mm and still have the same effective reach, well almost as it would be 18mp vs 24mp.

twist said:
You can shoot your D750 in crop mode.
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Only 10mp though. Obviously plenty in most situations, but if you still need to crop further it can start to degrade IQ. I sometimes wish I had 1200mm reach :lol:

twist said:
You cant just make up pixels from nowhere. It's the same as cropping in post anyway.
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I believe it will meter slightly differently in DX mode, but I don't think it's enough to worry about. I don't use DX mode on the D750 and crop in post though, mainly due to it not changing the framing through the VF. If I had something like the A7riii I think I would shoot in DX more often rather than cropping in post tbh. Would keep file sizes down too ;)
 
Tom Green said:
Yeah I know that, not looked into that either, what MP is that in crop?

All I knew what my old A7 was 12mp in crop which is crap
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12mp is good after a DX crop.
 
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