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

woof woof said:
Really? What did I say and when or I'll ask you to stop being such a fanboy child and grow up. Even if it gets me banned as it did on LL. Second thoughts don't bother, see my later comment.

I may have said a couple of things in fun... but we all do that.

But to answer a couple of your points I've never hired/shot a model. I do take quite a few shots of people in low light but not at 1/30 or anything like it as friends and family wont stand or even sit that still. I'll aim for 1/80-100 minimum and at 28-85mm that's doable without IS and at that speed and focal length subject movement is the main worry for me. I wouldn't expect good low light no flash results subject movement wise with or without IS at 1/30. YMMV. With flash it's a different issue and I'd shoot at 1/30 with flash to freeze the subject and blur the background and not worry about IS. YMMV.

Your comment about 35mm lenses is rather daft but... Yes I have a few but I like the focal length and they all give a different look. I also have different 24, 28, 50, 85 and 135mm lenses but the key thing is that they're all slightly different. What's wrong with that? And they're all different makes and even when I prefer one (like the Minolta Rokkor 35/50mm) it's not because of the badge it's because of the look at wider apertures. They are different to the other ones I own and there are times when I may just prefer a Zuiko, for other reasons than the look at wider apertures.

That's not being a fanboy it's seeing and using lenses of the same focal length but different properties.

Anyway, I've done explaining to you... If you do think I'm a Fuji hating fanboy fill your boots or hit ignore. Either way I'm happy.
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:o gulp.
 
Riz_Guru said:
:eek: gulp.
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Maybe I'm too polite with the loooong answer.

In a pub I'll tell him or anyone else coming out with crap to go forth and multiply and get on with my pint.

Soz Jonathan but I do think you make swapping systems an art form and I suppose there's nothing wrong with that if that's what you want. I'd rather buy a piece of kit and use it for 10 years or until something obviously better for me comes along. There's room for all sorts.
 
Trawled this one up, nothing special, just a grab shot of the wink...

1/4 and taken with a Fuji :D

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Just put a reservation deposit down on a new house over the weekend...... so I guess my Sony GAS days a numbered! :( The positive side.... the Missis is happy :D lol
 
@rookies where arth though...... what happened chap, decided to say with Sony? Or still considering the move back to a Brickon? :D
 
Riz_Guru said:
Just put a reservation deposit down on a new house over the weekend...... so I guess my Sony GAS days a numbered! :( The positive side.... the Missis is happy :D lol
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Newly built house?
Sheffield or Chesterfield
 
woof woof said:
Maybe I'm too polite with the loooong answer.

In a pub I'll tell him or anyone else coming out with crap to go forth and multiply and get on with my pint.

Soz Jonathan but I do think you make swapping systems an art form and I suppose there's nothing wrong with that if that's what you want. I'd rather buy a piece of kit and use it for 10 years or until something obviously better for me comes along. There's room for all sorts.
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No need to get so defensive little doggy.
But you come out with PLENTY. We both know that and both know I’m not the first (or last) to mention the fan boy stuff.

Ultimately I was actually trying to provide sound reasoning to the points that what you failed to understand. I finished by saying that many of your comments give a certain perception and that your probably a nice guy.

If you can’t have a constructive discussion that your problem.

To quote a classic:
“Are you going to bark all night little doggy? Or are you going to bite?” :D
 
Ohhh s***

Avant by any chance
 
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addicknchips said:
No need to get so defensive little doggy.
But you come out with PLENTY. We both know that and both know I’m not the first (or last) to mention the fan boy stuff.

Ultimately I was actually trying to provide sound reasoning to the points that what you failed to understand. I finished by saying that many of your comments give a certain perception and that your probably a nice guy.

If you can’t have a constructive discussion that your problem.

To quote a classic:
“Are you going to bark all night little doggy? Or are you going to bite?” :D
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:D ermmm LOL
 
woof woof said:
Maybe I'm too polite with the loooong answer.

In a pub I'll tell him or anyone else coming out with crap to go forth and multiply and get on with my pint.

Soz Jonathan but I do think you make swapping systems an art form and I suppose there's nothing wrong with that if that's what you want. I'd rather buy a piece of kit and use it for 10 years or until something obviously better for me comes along. There's room for all sorts.
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DOES HE? I hadn't noticed ;):D
 
Hmmm you won’t want be there now [emoji13]
 
dancook said:
Do you really like it? is it, is it wicked?
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It is cute :p

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If Sigma don't managed to change the rear elements/flange distance, this is the current 50/1.4 Art with adaptor….the new E-Mount is going to be a rather long lens.

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Raymond Lin said:
It is cute :p

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If Sigma don't managed to change the rear elements/flange distance, this is the current 50/1.4 Art with adaptor….the new E-Mount is going to be a rather long lens.

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Haven't you seen the FE lens yet?
 
Finally got my hands on the A7riii today. After trying the A7rii at the weekend I'd pretty much scrapped the Sony idea and was pretty set on getting the D850, but after using the Mark III it has left me a little unsure,....... again :rolleyes:

First the positives. The different grip actually meant my fingers had more room and were less prone to foul on the lens, also it felt nicer to hold and my pinky finger felt more comfortable. It fells more solid than the Mark II imo, and I agree with JJ that the Mark III does feel better built than the D750. Whether it's as good as the D850 I'm not sure, but it's certainly a solid bit of kit. AF-S was as snappy as you'd like, as expected. The viewfinder was very nice, best I've used, it almost fools you into thinking you're not looking at a screen.

Now the negatives. Initially EVF lag was bad, but fortunately they had a Sony rep in store and they changed the EVF refresh to high and ensured image review was off (which it was already) and it made it much better. However, when panning across the shop a tiny bit of lag was still present. Unfortunately I couldn't' do any real world testing to know if this would cause an issue when panning an actual subject or whether the lag is small enough not to cause a problem. This was at 8fps. At 10fps panning was just a no go due to not seeing the image in real time. Also, it did fail to focus on some lower contrast objects in store. I'm pretty sure my D750 would have focussed on these, but I didn't have it with me to do a direct comparison.

When using the camera in portrait orientation with the battery grip it did seem to shift the weight well over to the left and it felt quite unbalanced. I know using a grip on any camera shifts the weight to the side in portrait due to the lens no longer being central, but it seemed to be exaggerated on the A7riii. The grip was surprisingly big in comparison to the body and I think this may be why it shifts the weight over so much. Finally, whilst there's more room for my fingers on the Mark iii I still wouldn't be able to use it with gloves.

There was so much I liked about the A7riii, it's a reallyl nice bit of kit. I'm going to mull it over, and I have asked the store for some prices on my gear, but I'm wondering if there's too many negatives considering the cost to change. If I could swap like for like I think I'd definitely give it a go, but to have to fork out a further £2.5-£3k on top of what I've got already I really need to be 100% happy, which unfortunately I'm not.

Anyway, just thought I'd share my musings :p
 
snerkler said:
Finally got my hands on the A7riii today. After trying the A7rii at the weekend I'd pretty much scrapped the Sony idea and was pretty set on getting the D850, but after using the Mark III it has left me a little unsure,....... again :rolleyes:

First the positives. The different grip actually meant my fingers had more room and were less prone to foul on the lens, also it felt nicer to hold and my pinky finger felt more comfortable. It fells more solid than the Mark II imo, and I agree with JJ that the Mark III does feel better built than the D750. Whether it's as good as the D850 I'm not sure, but it's certainly a solid bit of kit. AF-S was as snappy as you'd like, as expected. The viewfinder was very nice, best I've used, it almost fools you into thinking you're not looking at a screen.

Now the negatives. Initially EVF lag was bad, but fortunately they had a Sony rep in store and they changed the EVF refresh to high and ensured image review was off (which it was already) and it made it much better. However, when panning across the shop a tiny bit of lag was still present. Unfortunately I couldn't' do any real world testing to know if this would cause an issue when panning an actual subject or whether the lag is small enough not to cause a problem. This was at 8fps. At 10fps panning was just a no go due to not seeing the image in real time. Also, it did fail to focus on some lower contrast objects in store. I'm pretty sure my D750 would have focussed on these, but I didn't have it with me to do a direct comparison.

When using the camera in portrait orientation with the battery grip it did seem to shift the weight well over to the left and it felt quite unbalanced. I know using a grip on any camera shifts the weight to the side in portrait due to the lens no longer being central, but it seemed to be exaggerated on the A7riii. The grip was surprisingly big in comparison to the body and I think this may be why it shifts the weight over so much. Finally, whilst there's more room for my fingers on the Mark iii I still wouldn't be able to use it with gloves.

There was so much I liked about the A7riii, it's a reallyl nice bit of kit. I'm going to mull it over, and I have asked the store for some prices on my gear, but I'm wondering if there's too many negatives considering the cost to change. If I could swap like for like I think I'd definitely give it a go, but to have to fork out a further £2.5-£3k on top of what I've got already I really need to be 100% happy, which unfortunately I'm not.

Anyway, just thought I'd share my musings :p
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I am shocked
 
snerkler said:
Finally got my hands on the A7riii today. After trying the A7rii at the weekend I'd pretty much scrapped the Sony idea and was pretty set on getting the D850, but after using the Mark III it has left me a little unsure,....... again :rolleyes:

First the positives. The different grip actually meant my fingers had more room and were less prone to foul on the lens, also it felt nicer to hold and my pinky finger felt more comfortable. It fells more solid than the Mark II imo, and I agree with JJ that the Mark III does feel better built than the D750. Whether it's as good as the D850 I'm not sure, but it's certainly a solid bit of kit. AF-S was as snappy as you'd like, as expected. The viewfinder was very nice, best I've used, it almost fools you into thinking you're not looking at a screen.

Now the negatives. Initially EVF lag was bad, but fortunately they had a Sony rep in store and they changed the EVF refresh to high and ensured image review was off (which it was already) and it made it much better. However, when panning across the shop a tiny bit of lag was still present. Unfortunately I couldn't' do any real world testing to know if this would cause an issue when panning an actual subject or whether the lag is small enough not to cause a problem. This was at 8fps. At 10fps panning was just a no go due to not seeing the image in real time. Also, it did fail to focus on some lower contrast objects in store. I'm pretty sure my D750 would have focussed on these, but I didn't have it with me to do a direct comparison.

When using the camera in portrait orientation with the battery grip it did seem to shift the weight well over to the left and it felt quite unbalanced. I know using a grip on any camera shifts the weight to the side in portrait due to the lens no longer being central, but it seemed to be exaggerated on the A7riii. The grip was surprisingly big in comparison to the body and I think this may be why it shifts the weight over so much. Finally, whilst there's more room for my fingers on the Mark iii I still wouldn't be able to use it with gloves.

There was so much I liked about the A7riii, it's a reallyl nice bit of kit. I'm going to mull it over, and I have asked the store for some prices on my gear, but I'm wondering if there's too many negatives considering the cost to change. If I could swap like for like I think I'd definitely give it a go, but to have to fork out a further £2.5-£3k on top of what I've got already I really need to be 100% happy, which unfortunately I'm not.

Anyway, just thought I'd share my musings :p
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All very valid points and I can understand where your coming from....... a £2.3-3K is no small amount, you have to look at what your gaining and if you think its worth the £2.5 -3k extra. I suppose you are getting more resolution vs Nikon D750 though.
 
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twist said:
I am shocked
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I know, I've been really indecisive this time haven't I, usually I just decide what I want and get it (within reason). I think it's a combo of the sheer cost this time around, plus too much/close a choice. Last time the choice was only between the D750 and 5D3 and that was a no brainer ;)
 
snerkler said:
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I know, I've been really indecisive this time haven't I, usually I just decide what I want and get it (within reason). I think it's a combo of the sheer cost this time around, plus too much/close a choice. Last time the choice was only between the D750 and 5D3 and that was a no brainer ;)
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No it took you 6 months to get a d750.
 
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