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

nandbytes said:
It makes conceptually no sense to have such an option! The whole point of mirrorless is you shouldn't need MFT because AF and image sensor are one and the same. You are asking for a redundant feature. Well know issue with 35mm is decentering has nothing to do with front/back focussing!
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Well my Samyang is miles out at 0 (default for the lens) and at -3 its tack sharp.
 
Seem to have bought an A7lll from panamoz. How bad is the kit lens ? Will probably end up with the 24-105.
 
nog said:
Seem to have bought an A7lll from panamoz. How bad is the kit lens ? Will probably end up with the 24-105.
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For a standard range variable aperture zoom it's quite good, IMO. Best give it a road test and see what you think of it.
 
Will try the kit - will have nothing else to use anyway, yeah read a few reviews and 24 -105 is supposed to be pretty good. Cheers
 
nog said:
Seem to have bought an A7lll from panamoz. How bad is the kit lens ? Will probably end up with the 24-105.
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It's an average kit lens, the retail price is laughable but the second hand is pretty attractive at around £160.

I wouldn't mind the 24-105mm as it's supposed to be much better than the 24-70mm but it's £1k used, so for me it's in the same bag as the Sony 70-300mm, I'd like one but can't justify paying twice what other brands cost. Eventually we'll get a Sigma or Tamron version at a sane price.
 
Just in the process of joining the Sony club. With a A7R2 and 55mm 1.8 to start with. Looking for the 24-105 But haven't found it in stock anywhere. Looks to be much better in reviews than the older kit lenses
 
Used the A73 properly today and one thing immediately obvious is that auto display of images needs to be switched off because the zoom button is the same as AEL meaning if you take a photo and then let go of AEL and decides to take another by pressing AEL, instead of eye focus i end up zooming into the image....
 
ohms12 said:
That’s a terrible idea. Why would you do that? ;)
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:p

but for real..

I think if I ever need to be this small, I'll just use my Leica Q

Never going to use the 35mm 2.8 professionally.. and well I've been happy using bigger lenses in street scenarios..

and selling it will cover some of the cost for a new PC case :D
 
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Went and had a look at a few cameras today. Ruled out the Fuji's not comfortable to hold, likewise the Olympus system.

Anyone upgraded from the A7 to A7II? Is there much difference in feek with grip and placement of buttons.

Also did see the Canon M50 which I quite liked, anyone own one and any feedback?
 
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saul01 said:
Went and had a look at a few cameras today. Ruled out the Fuji's not comfortable to hold, likewise the Olympus system.

Anyone upgraded from the A7 to A7II? Is there much difference in feek with grip and placement of buttons.

Also did see the Canon M50 which I quite liked, anyone own one and any feedback?
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I went from an a7 to a7ii in the past, I personally found the a7ii much nicer to hold, it's slightly bigger than the the a7 with a bigger grip and more significantly has built in image stabilisation.
 
 
Who turned up for the photo walk Jonny and Dan I guess shame it was right down south
 
saul01 said:
Went and had a look at a few cameras today. Ruled out the Fuji's not comfortable to hold, likewise the Olympus system.

Anyone upgraded from the A7 to A7II? Is there much difference in feek with grip and placement of buttons.

Also did see the Canon M50 which I quite liked, anyone own one and any feedback?
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Ergonomically it's widely accepted that A7II is better but I prefer the original A7 bodies. The rest of A7 are just bulky IMO.

I owned the M50 briefly. Great camera in terms of usability and ergonomics, AF was very good for video but image quality and AF for stills was not as good as the old A6000 I had at the time.
 
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