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

nandbytes said:
its one of the sharpest lenses around, brick wall shooters wet dream :D

and like most other zeiss it renders well :)
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F/1.4 said:
It's razor sharp. I really like it but I suspect I'll be mainly using 35-85 lenses for weddings.

Focus is lightning fast too
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twist said:
Who said that? Its very sharp but Dan and I agreed its a bit lifeless.
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Must've been getting mixed up again ;) I thought it renders nicely from the images I've seen.
 
My mates had buyers remorse at thinking of cancelling his a73 order with Wilkinson’s. Now, do I take it off his hands..
 
addicknchips said:
My mates had buyers remorse at thinking of cancelling his a73 order with Wilkinson’s. Now, do I take it off his hands..
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Forgive my memory, which A7 do you have at the mo?
 
What do you guys do with all those mp's?

Print very big? Crop a lot? Or just enjoy the ability to pixel peep and the whole luxury of it? :D

All are valid, I'm just wondering...
 
woof woof said:
What do you guys do with all those mp's?

Print very big? Crop a lot? Or just enjoy the ability to pixel peep and the whole luxury of it? :D

All are valid, I'm just wondering...
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Pixel peep, crop a lot (so my 85mm/1.8 works like 135mm/2.8 in APS-C mode), downsize for small which pretty much removes all the noise even at high ISO while maintaining sharpness and for comparing d**k sizes :D
 
Pixel peeping is of course lovely but as I was saying a few pages back I find I can crop to 100% or even a bit more and have a nice full screen or A4 print. I downsize quite a few pictures too.

Maybe if I tried a high resolution body I'd be hooked.
 
woof woof said:
What do you guys do with all those mp's?

Print very big? Crop a lot? Or just enjoy the ability to pixel peep and the whole luxury of it? :D

All are valid, I'm just wondering...
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I crop. I shoot a lot of macro, mainly insects. I also shoot a lot of small birds. For both it is great to be able to crop. The depth of field on the macro shots is increased if I can shoot from further away and crop.
 
woof woof said:
Pixel peeping is of course lovely but as I was saying a few pages back I find I can crop to 100% or even a bit more and have a nice full screen or A4 print. I downsize quite a few pictures too.

Maybe if I tried a high resolution body I'd be hooked.
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you can do more of that with higher resolution :)
 
woof woof said:
What do you guys do with all those mp's?

Print very big? Crop a lot? Or just enjoy the ability to pixel peep and the whole luxury of it? :D

All are valid, I'm just wondering...
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I crop a lot and at times need more than my D750 gives me.
 
So, the A7III is looking particularly tempting... I've seen plenty of videos around single shot AF, face/eye tracking working relatively well with the Sigma adapter for Canon lenses, however continuous AF looks to be pretty hit and miss. Anyone here using adapted Canon lenses in C-AF with any success?
 
jj_glos said:
So, the A7III is looking particularly tempting... I've seen plenty of videos around single shot AF, face/eye tracking working relatively well with the Sigma adapter for Canon lenses, however continuous AF looks to be pretty hit and miss. Anyone here using adapted Canon lenses in C-AF with any success?
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It works fine, did 2 walk towards camera shot, I think it missed a handful of times (120 shots in total….10fps really gets crazy, tap and it's 5 shots….)

My 5D4 can never get this hit rate %. In that regard it is an improvement and a success.

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Raymond Lin said:
It works fine, did 2 walk towards camera shot, I think it missed a handful of times (120 shots in total….10fps really gets crazy, tap and it's 5 shots….)

My 5D4 can never get this hit rate %. In that regard it is an improvement and a success.

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Mirrorless weakness has never been ideal conditions, its lower light CAF. TBH my D750 would've handled this with ease... surprised the 5div can't.
 
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twist said:
Mirrorless weakness has never been ideal conditions, its lower light CAF. TBH my D750 would've handled this with ease... surprised the 5div can't.
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I haven’t shot it in low light yet so can’t comment.

And I am not saying the 5D4 couldn’t have got that done. I said the A73 did it better. Out of 120 shots there are like 4 or something that’s a fraction off.
 
twist said:
Mirrorless weakness has never been ideal conditions, its lower light CAF. TBH my D750 would've handled this with ease... surprised the 5div can't.
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Depends on the lens I guess. With my 70-200mm f2.8 I’d expect the D750 to hit 99.9% of someone walking in conditions like this. Shoot with an 85mm f1.4 and this hit rate would drop noticeably. I can’t see what lens this was shot with?
 
Raymond Lin said:
I haven’t shot it in low light yet so can’t comment.

And I am not saying the 5D4 couldn’t have got that done. I said the A73 did it better. Out of 120 shots there are like 4 or something that’s a fraction off.
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Which lens? Have you tried the Sony with a Canon 70-200mm f2.8?
 
Raymond Lin said:
Sigma 50Art and I don’t shoot 70-200. I actually don’t like that lens in any of its variants.
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I don’t know what the accuracy of the sigma 50mm is tbh. But anyway, you’re saying that the A73 using the Canon variant via adapter is better than the same lens on a 5D4? That’s very surprising.
 
Raymond Lin said:
It works fine, did 2 walk towards camera shot, I think it missed a handful of times (120 shots in total….10fps really gets crazy, tap and it's 5 shots….)

My 5D4 can never get this hit rate %. In that regard it is an improvement and a success.

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Thanks for the feedback Raymond, I would be looking more at motorsport, kids sports days, bit of rugby etc. I find mirrorless to excel in one shot/slow moving C-AF situations (I have Fuji X-T1/2 and Canon 5D4/1D4 setups) over DSLR, but once things get moving things swing the other way. It's the focus acquisition that I find a bit slower, once locked on it's generally okay.
 
snerkler said:
I don’t know what the accuracy of the sigma 50mm is tbh. But anyway, you’re saying that the A73 using the Canon variant via adapter is better than the same lens on a 5D4? That’s very surprising.
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I’m walking backwards, with the 5D4 I’m using single point focus so when I’m walking backwards there’s a little wobble with each step and the focus point can move off the eye or even the face. With the Sony it doesn’t matter, the focus locks on to the eye no matter what.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I’m walking backwards, with the 5D4 I’m using single point focus so when I’m walking backwards there’s a little wobble with each step and the focus point can move off the eye or even the face. With the Sony it doesn’t matter, the focus locks on to the eye no matter what.
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Makes sense. I’m static when shooting things coming towards me so I shouldn’t have the same issue (y)
 
Raymond Lin said:
I’m walking backwards, with the 5D4 I’m using single point focus so when I’m walking backwards there’s a little wobble with each step and the focus point can move off the eye or even the face. With the Sony it doesn’t matter, the focus locks on to the eye no matter what.
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which adapter are you using? metabones or sigma?

thanks
 
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