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

What is it with you lot and bags,my mates the same ,at the NEC PS he was drooling over the bags,i told him to pull himself together ffs :giggle:

You need to be a modern man, you need to be in touch with your feelings etc and then you'll love going to a stylist instead of a barber and even take an interest in clothes, and bags :D
 
You need to be a modern man, you need to be in touch with your feelings etc and then you'll love going to a stylist instead of a barber and even take an interest in clothes, and bags :D
I did all that in the 60’s,ive grown up since :rolleyes::ROFLMAO:
 
And being a barber i’ll have you know we are in higher demand than stylists these days :ROFLMAO:

I mentioned stylists as I know you is one :D really :D

Maybe once you're a modern man and a stylist you could charge more?

PS.
I go to a barber, an Italian one, and if I asked for anything other than short all over I think he'd hyperventilate.
 
I mentioned stylists as I know you is one :D really :D

Maybe once you're a modern man and a stylist you could charge more?

PS.
I go to a barber, an Italian one, and if I asked for anything other than short all over I think he'd hyperventilate.
The turks are dreadful for that,everytime i go by the turkish barber shops all i see are skins up to crown,no blending to speak of
but i guess thats what they feel comfortable doing.im a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to fades :LOL:
 
The turks are dreadful for that,everytime i go by the turkish barber shops all i see are skins up to crown,no blending to speak of
but i guess thats what they feel comfortable doing.im a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to fades :LOL:
I have no idea what you just said, so I'd just have to trust you :D
 
You should be impressed by the photos my potato can take..

I'll be taking my peak design to a wedding today, and I have option paralysis

Bags by dancook1982, on Flickr

Leaving the 35mm 2.8 and 100-400 at home -so just taking the rest.. and look there's room for more...

Bags by dancook1982, on Flickr

some lights.. it's not just speedlights :D

Bags by dancook1982, on Flickr
 
You should be impressed by the photos my potato can take..

I'll be taking my peak design to a wedding today, and I have option paralysis

Bags by dancook1982, on Flickr

Leaving the 35mm 2.8 and 100-400 at home -so just taking the rest.. and look there's room for more...

Bags by dancook1982, on Flickr

some lights.. it's not just speedlights :D

Bags by dancook1982, on Flickr
DROOOOOL :D
 
Why are they white!!!!
The bigger zoom lenses generally have larger pieces of glass inside them which are more prone to heat expansion (in hot climates), building the lenses in white/off-white tends to reflect a lot more of the sun heat compared to black lenses. :)
 
And lol to this

Canon also points out that many of its black lenses have a heat-related feature as well. If you find that your lens allows you to focus past its infinity mark (AKA over-focusing), that feature is to allow the lens to expand when shooting in hot conditions

It's not bad tolerance it's a feature
 
I was doing a subcontracting job at NASA last week and I got speaking to a guy in Image Analysis. I told him I was most interested in the cameras being used for shuttle missions and on the ISS.

The guy told me they use Kodak and Nikon DSLRs and Nikkor lenses exclusively. When asked why they weren't using Canon DSLRs, he replied that they had been trialled, and the bodies didn't have any problems. The problem, he said, is that Canon use Fluorite lens elements in many of their long lenses and that in trials the fluorite elements had suffered fractures from the vibration associated with a launch. On one occasion, a fluorite element had completely disintegrated rendering the lens useless. ED elements did not suffer any fracturing problems. He went on to say that Canon had been trying for years to get into the space program, but that NASA would never consider Canon cameras or lenses while they continued to employ Fluorite in any required lenses.

Dunno if its true.

 
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Exactly, Riz believes everything the marketing team tell him.
I am not fussed if they are black or white and my theory isn't anything new, Canon also say its heat / lens element related. ;)
 
I was doing a subcontracting job at NASA last week and I got speaking to a guy in Image Analysis. I told him I was most interested in the cameras being used for shuttle missions and on the ISS.

The guy told me they use Kodak and Nikon DSLRs and Nikkor lenses exclusively. When asked why they weren't using Canon DSLRs, he replied that they had been trialled, and the bodies didn't have any problems. The problem, he said, is that Canon use Fluorite lens elements in many of their long lenses and that in trials the fluorite elements had suffered fractures from the vibration associated with a launch. On one occasion, a fluorite element had completely disintegrated rendering the lens useless. ED elements did not suffer any fracturing problems. He went on to say that Canon had been trying for years to get into the space program, but that NASA would never consider Canon cameras or lenses while they continued to employ Fluorite in any required lenses.
Or Nikon just do NASA a better deal on prices! :D lol
 
I am not fussed if they are black or white and my theory isn't anything new, Canon also say its heat / lens element related. ;)

No, its they wanted to stand out from the crowd, how better to do that than make your lens a different colour? Or are the elements so weak they cant withstand a few degrees difference?
 
I am not fussed if they are black or white and my theory isn't anything new, Canon also say its heat / lens element related. ;)

Interesting because Nikons new lenses are black and guess what lens elements they use.
 
No, its they wanted to stand out from the crowd, how better to do that than make your lens a different colour? Or are the elements so weak they cant withstand a few degrees difference?
Who knows, either way it doesn't bother me, can always paint them black if you really need to :D
 
Ill do yours first, I have my angle grinder ready to strip the old white paint.
:D errr nope ...... that would mean I would have to take it out of its hibernation pod ;)
 
I like white lens bring me back to my canon days.

Want the 100-400 next just scraping funds together then the 90mm macro
 
@dancook
The reason I am leaning towards the black now I think the black is more discrete, looking at a lot of photos and my eyes don’t attract towards the black at all whereas the brown I immediately notice it and want to go towards it. Whilst that’s great in terms of desirability, it’s also bad for security.


Also, one reviewer used both colours side by side for 8 months and he noted that the brown ages like natural leather would and the black stays like new. Both are fine as I like the natural aging leather look but staying like new for longer may be also good, plus any leather conditioner will darken the leather and that will be less noticeable on the black.
 
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@dancook
The reason I am leaning towards the black now I think the black is more discrete, looking at a lot of photos and my eyes don’t attract towards the black at all whereas the brown I immediately notice it and want to go towards it. Whilst that’s great in terms of desirability, it’s also bad for security.


Also, one reviewer used both colours side by side for 8 months and he noted that the brown ages like natural leather would and the black stays like new. Both are fine as I like the natural aging leather look but staying like new for longer may be also good, plus any leather conditioner will darken the leat

I did consider street discreteness when choosing black too :) maybe if they did camo leather....
 
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