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

nandbytes said:
Fuji's best is rather lacking unfortunately.

The bokeh is good and better than my 85mm f/1.8 but not by a huge lot. Reason I found is lacking is below :)



that says something about fuji sensor not about the lens. I already said sure the lens is sharp but so are many other equivalent lenses.
Its lacking because its a f1.2 with t-stop of T1.8 and DoF of f/1.8 also. Makes it no better than 85mm f1/.8 on FF in fact because its t1.8 you are loosing a stop of light also. The APD element isn't strong enough to give proper STF effect like sony STF lenses either. Plus it can't be used for focussing anything but snails (slight exaggeration ;) ). So all in all nothing special in fact its very lacking IMO.
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Oh you’re talking about the apd version? There are two versions of this lens. The regular version t stop remains at 1.2. Give that one a try on a modern camera and your experience should improve. The regular version also focuses with pdaf rather than contrast Af..
 
addicknchips said:
Oh you’re talking about the apd version? There are two versions of this lens. The regular version t stop remains at 1.2. Give that one a try on a modern camera and your experience should improve. The regular version also focuses with pdaf rather than contrast Af..
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Ah good to know other one focusses better with newer bodies. But I doubt the f/1.2 will have a tstop of t1.2, probably closer to t1.4-1.5 going by the make of other f/1.2 lenses. Very fast lenses seldom have same tstop as fstop :)

i bought the camera and lenses used and returned it after 10 days. The shop only had APD version used.
 
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Riz_Guru said:
Your right but if you compared all three, its not a missive difference.

http://j.mp/2GLKSUc
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As I like 35mm I've toyed with the idea of getting a RX1 but I decided that the A7 was better for me as I can change the lens and in reality it's only about the EVF hump bigger and they'd both need to be carried in a small bag so the difference in bulk doesn't matter to me. The RX1 does have a very nice lens and sensor combination though. Another thing is that I know that pop up EVF would annoy me from the outset.
 
woof woof said:
As I like 35mm I've toyed with the idea of getting a RX1 but I decided that the A7 was better for me as I can change the lens and in reality it's only about the EVF hump bigger and they'd both need to be carried in a small bag so the difference in bulk doesn't matter to me. The RX1 does have a very nice lens and sensor combination though. Another thing is that I know that pop up EVF would annoy me from the outset.
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Can’t use one of your other 40 35mm’s on an RX1 ;)
 
chrism_scotland said:
Can’t use one of your other 40 35mm’s on an RX1 ;)
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No, and as importantly can't use a 50mm either. For the small difference in size I think that the A7 makes more sense to me. The RX1 does have that sensor and lens though and if that's not enough some may also care about the slight saving in bulk.

It does look to be a very nice camera but that EVF would annoy me.
 
addicknchips said:
You would rather use the apd version in a more controlled environment.
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I didn't have much choice... I bought it used from LCE in case I didn't like it so I could return it with little or no loss to both parties. They only had the APD version used, I also used the 23mm/1.4 and 10-24mm. Both of which I didn't have much issue with in fact 10-24mm is terrific.

then I moved to Sony APS-C because I didn't get along with Fuji and Sony is a bigger pile of poop (to the point I almost prefer eos-m and got canon m5!!!). Eventually went back to shooting FF, APS-C systems are not for me :p
 
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nandbytes said:
Just out of interest do people here print their pictures?
If so at home or outsourced or a mixture of both?

As much as I like pixel peeping being a techno/specs nerd, personally I like to print very much also. Due to cost reasons I do a mixture of both. I use canon selphy for personal/family prints at home (which takes care of 70% of our needs). For large prints I outsource them.
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Ive recently started printing my own. Previously they have only been viewed on screen, but I decided to cut off an old mg6150 and print some holiday snaps. They look so much better, the only thing now is that I want to be able to print bigger for putting on the wall. I have seen the Canon Pro 10mand have been temped, but I keep drooling over the iPF 1000, if only it could print panoramas on a roll. I know there is the Epson P800 but I am put off by the ink swapping (although Fotospeed do a CIS system for it)
 
ChrisHeathcote said:
Ive recently started printing my own. Previously they have only been viewed on screen, but I decided to cut off an old mg6150 and print some holiday snaps. They look so much better, the only thing now is that I want to be able to print bigger for putting on the wall. I have seen the Canon Pro 10mand have been temped, but I keep drooling over the iPF 1000, if only it could print panoramas on a roll. I know there is the Epson P800 but I am put off by the ink swapping (although Fotospeed do a CIS system for it)
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Its really fun to print and I really enjoy it. We completed making an album yesterday from all our pictures from 2017.

Previously when I worked out costs canon pixma-pro was the most cost effective to output option. But it was still cheaper to outsource the prints :(
The main issue is the ink dries out and becomes useless if you don't print often. This is not an issue with the canon selphy so its good for small 6x4 prints. I am used to printing in bulk instead of making regular prints; may its better if I print regularly...

I think @twist has a pixma-pro... I wonder how he feels about cost effectiveness?
 
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nandbytes said:
Its really fun to print and I really enjoy it. We completed making an album yesterday from all our pictures from 2017.

Previously when I worked out costs canon pixma-pro was the most cost effective to output option. But it was still cheaper to outsource the prints :(
The main issue is the ink dries out and becomes useless if you don't print often. This is not an issue with the canon selphy so its good for small 6x4 prints. I am used to printing in bulk instead of making regular prints; may its better if I print regularly...

I think @twist has a pixma-pro... I wonder how he feels about cost effectiveness?
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I think the great thing about also printing at home is the amount of control you have (colour etc) and when you start using different paper options instead of standard stuff. Its much more expensive to print on good paper when you send it out... but to buy in good paper isn't very expensive.

I also save a lot of money by using a CISS system, works out miles cheaper than cartridges... not all printers can use these though.
 
... This is CISS....

Basically a tank system... costs about £75, but I think prints then work out something like 15p each.

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JJ! said:
My PayPal restriction has been lifted!!!!! Uh oh!!!
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And you haven't ordered the A7riii yet? What's wrong with you man ;)
 
twist said:
I think the great thing about also printing at home is the amount of control you have (colour etc) and when you start using different paper options instead of standard stuff. Its much more expensive to print on good paper when you send it out... but to buy in good paper isn't very expensive.

I also save a lot of money by using a CISS system, works out miles cheaper than cartridges... not all printers can use these though.
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twist said:
... This is CISS....

Basically a tank system... costs about £75, but I think prints then work out something like 15p each.

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Ah cool, how do I find out which printers support these? (and I suppose where do you source these from?)

Also which exact printer do you use?

Also I guess these still do have the same ink drying out issue if you don't print for long periods?
 
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nandbytes said:
Thank for linky

Also I guess these still do have the same ink drying out issue if you don't print for long periods?
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Yes, but the ink in the tanks won't dry, just in the carts and your supplier may be able to get you a replacement set of carts if they dry rather than buying the whole kit again.

Printing a 7x5 every couple weeks is alright though at the costs Ive spoken about rather than Canon individual carts!
 
nandbytes said:
Previously when I worked out costs canon pixma-pro was the most cost effective to output option. But it was still cheaper to outsource the prints :(
The main issue is the ink dries out and becomes useless if you don't print often. This is not an issue with the canon selphy so its good for small 6x4 prints. I am used to printing in bulk instead of making regular prints; may its better if I print regularly...
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Dry-out is mainly a problem associated with the pigment based inks, not the dye based.

Seeing that City inks have been mentioned, you wouldn't go far wrong with this cheap A3 option below.

https://www.cityinkexpress.co.uk/cheap-printer-bundles/cheap-printer-bundles-for-canon-printers/a3
 
Question, What’s the quality control like on Sony Zeiss lenses? I’m still new to this system and I know you can micro adjust the body but does anyone ever do that?

It’s just I found a used lens I want to buy but don’t know if QC is ever an issue on the Sony Zeiss lenses.
 
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