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

twist said:
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What's with the shiny black finish?
 
Raymond Lin said:
That would be logical, I was hoping they did some redesign internally, but obviously not for cost reasons.
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They didn't, they are the same old dslr ARTs, the only thing they did was add some pipe and contacts. Changing anything would've meant a redesign, real mirrorless lenses use linear motors, completely different design.

No way they could've released them cost effectively or in the time frame with a design change.
 
twist said:
They didn't, they are the same old dslr ARTs, the only thing they did was add some pipe and contacts. Changing anything would've meant a redesign, real mirrorless lenses use linear motors, completely different design.

No way they could've released them cost effectively or in the time frame with a design change.
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Yes I know which is exactly what I said in less words :p
 
I'm not sure we will get what we are looking for from Sigma maybe Tamron or Tokina will be more likely to design something specifically for the FE mount and not a rehash of their old lenses
Tokina have the manual 20mm firin lens and they have announced an AF version of that, which looks promising.
 
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BTW. If you have your own preset on your images and wish to use it for video editing you can by mimicking and copying it from a jpg image of yours that has a preset by adding it to your time line in premiere Pro
 
Riz_Guru said:
For anybody interested, the Sony A9 does have a AA filter after all :)
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I read a review/test somewhere that concluded that it had a weak one.

One thing that tempted me towards Adobe CC is that it has a moire brush (I think...) whereas my CS5 doesn't. Moire isn't a big issue for me but I do have pictures that show it if you go looking.
 
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I got a Rokkor 35mm f2.8 MC today to replace the one that mysteriously got damaged coating whilst away for a clean... it's the same model number etc but slightly different mechanically as it has a slightly wider focus ring. I prefer the one on the damaged lens as it's more indented. I think that the old Rokkor lenses with the smaller and more indented focus ring are just gorgeous to use, pretty much like the Voigtlander FE 35mm f1.4 and 40mm f1.2 I have, maybe not quite as nice but nice considering that they're old and cheap. I paid £66 for this latest one which I thought was quite good as branded 35mm f2.8's can go for nearer £100 or even more.
 
Been in Venice the last couple of days, obviously being obsessed with cameras I noticed basically every one I went past.

Pretty surprised at the massive lack of mirrorless cameras about. 95% of more are DSLR. Tonnes and tonnes of DSLRs about though.

About 65% Canon
30% Nikon
5% Sony and a couple of retro film cameras

Most of the Sony ones were bridge. Seen one A6500 and one A6000 and absolutely no A7 series. Was genuinely surprised at this.

Think it will take a long time for the consumer market to go fully mirrorless.

@Riz_Guru would have us believe that Sony are now the only cameras sold ;)
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Tom Green said:
Been in Venice the last couple of days, obviously being obsessed with cameras I noticed basically every one I went past.

Pretty surprised at the massive lack of mirrorless cameras about. 95% of more are DSLR. Tonnes and tonnes of DSLRs about though.

About 65% Canon
30% Nikon
5% Sony and a couple of retro film cameras

Most of the Sony ones were bridge. Seen one A6500 and one A6000 and absolutely no A7 series. Was genuinely surprised at this.

Think it will take a long time for the consumer market to go fully mirrorless.

@Riz_Guru would have us believe that Sony are now the only cameras sold ;)
:D
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Yes very true
 
I think a lot of it is down to perception and what the shops push... the public think DSLR's are the bees and walk into a shop and ask for one or maybe ask for a big step up from the phone and I'd guess that depending upon the shop some would suggest a Canon DSLR and kit lens. I think an enthusiast will maybe think a bit more about the pros and cons of DSLR v CSC, a percentage of enthusiasts will pick a DSLR but a percentage will also pick mirrorless even if they have to hunt to find what they want or ignore what the bloke in the shop would like to push.

In my little circle there's only one DSLR now, a Canon 5DII, actually that person also has a Oly Pen CSC. Everyone else interested in photography has a mirrorless.
 
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