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

Raymond Lin said:
Too sharp? No flipping screen for selfie? Too many options? Wide constantly aperture professional lenses too big for their little arms?


This sounds like a deliberate ploy to stop narcissistic idiots who plan to take selfies with it. In this instance I think they should stick to their iPhones with their beautifying filters. Simple 1 button shoot, can see yourself on the screen with a lens their arms can hold at the end of a selfie stick.


Good job by Sony, sounds perfect to me.


On a serious note, I am sick of people moaning about the size of lenses. Show me a small FF frame auto focus lens with an wide aperture that is smaller than a variable aperture zoom and I’ll show you a flying pig. Even if they can make the flange distance shorter you will lose that gap between the mount at the grip. Just go look at your A7 and imagine if the lens is mounted to the body without the last inch of the mount and tell me where you will put your fingers. So what are you going to do then? Make it a bigger wider body? Then the idiots will moan about mirrorless cameras don’t have a smaller body.

Before they go “oh, Leica’s 50/0.95 lens is tiny”. Sure, did you forget it is manual focus, it is like £10,000 and the Leica body has no grip, it’s flat!

Wide aperture lenses are too big, shock horror…somebody call CNN because this is breaking news.

/sarcastic mode
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I am one of the idiots that moans that the bodies are too big :D
I much prefer the the first A7 version body which was nice and small/light. Before someone mentions I don't care for IBIS, I moved from a-mount which had IBIS to sony e-mount which didn't have IBIS. So Sony can take their IBIS and shove it...
I am hoping canon/nikon will come out with an A7 sized FF mirrorless. I will be jumping ship if they do... (and of course they need to have decent eye-AF like sony)
 
Raymond Lin said:
Too sharp? No flipping screen for selfie? Too many options? Wide constantly aperture professional lenses too big for their little arms?
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Raymond, it sounds like you're more upset than me... Maybe there's a helpline we can ring.

:D
 
There's a piece over at Luminous Landscape that's worth a read...

"The “Real” Factor – Evolution & Revolution In The Digital World"

Sony gets a mention.

My subscription is up for renewal and I don't think I'll bother as IMO the site is a shadow of what it was before the main guy died and banning me from the forums for having a pop at a precious fan boy was the icing on the cake. For others the small annual fee maybe worth the few good articles worth reading :D
 
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Raymond Lin said:
Too sharp? No flipping screen for selfie? Too many options? Wide constantly aperture professional lenses too big for their little arms?


This sounds like a deliberate ploy to stop narcissistic idiots who plan to take selfies with it. In this instance I think they should stick to their iPhones with their beautifying filters. Simple 1 button shoot, can see yourself on the screen with a lens their arms can hold at the end of a selfie stick.


Good job by Sony, sounds perfect to me.


On a serious note, I am sick of people moaning about the size of lenses. Show me a small FF frame auto focus lens with an wide aperture that is smaller than a variable aperture zoom and I’ll show you a flying pig. Even if they can make the flange distance shorter you will lose that gap between the mount at the grip. Just go look at your A7 and imagine if the lens is mounted to the body without the last inch of the mount and tell me where you will put your fingers. So what are you going to do then? Make it a bigger wider body? Then the idiots will moan about mirrorless cameras don’t have a smaller body.

Before they go “oh, Leica’s 50/0.95 lens is tiny”. Sure, did you forget it is manual focus, it is like £10,000 and the Leica body has no grip, it’s flat!

Wide aperture lenses are too big, shock horror…somebody call CNN because this is breaking news.

/sarcastic mode
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Ha brilliant.
 
jonneymendoza said:
Ha brilliant.
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It's true though... if you really want to see the size advantage of the Sony, compare it to the Fuji X-H1... which looks like a bigger body yet it only has a APS-C sensor inside it......
Sony have packed a lot of technology into the A7 bodies..... :)
 
I want a 35mm lens..

I would be happy with the Sammy 2.8

Why oh why am I considering the Sammy 1.4...
 
trevorbray said:
I want a 35mm lens..

I would be happy with the Sammy 2.8

Why oh why am I considering the Sammy 1.4...
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Because it’s better :p

The question is if it’s worth £700 better.

Wait, you said Sammy not Zeiss, change that to £300.

Tbh, I think it’s worth £300 difference.
 
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Raymond Lin said:
Because it’s better :p

The question is if it’s worth £700 better.
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Samyang Raymond

The difference is more like £300

I promised myself to keep the kit a lightweight walkabout...:(
 
nandbytes said:
I am one of the idiots that moans that the bodies are too big :D
I much prefer the the first A7 version body which was nice and small/light. Before someone mentions I don't care for IBIS, I moved from a-mount which had IBIS to sony e-mount which didn't have IBIS. So Sony can take their IBIS and shove it...
I am hoping canon/nikon will come out with an A7 sized FF mirrorless. I will be jumping ship if they do... (and of course they need to have decent eye-AF like sony)
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Good luck with that.
trevorbray said:
I want a 35mm lens..

I would be happy with the Sammy 2.8

Why oh why am I considering the Sammy 1.4...
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i guess depends what your intended purpose for it is. of course the 1.4 is "better" -in some circumstances. but the 2.8 is better if you want something that adds little weight and size to the camera.
 
Can anyone recommend a flash to go with an A7 body. Should I be looking at one of the smaller flashes due to size of body?
 
saul01 said:
Can anyone recommend a flash to go with an A7 body. Should I be looking at one of the smaller flashes due to size of body?
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What do you want to use it for?

If for studio kind of thing, then it doesn't matter how small or big it is - you will need several of them with a trigger plus light stands and brollies/softboxes and other stuff anyway.

For day to day shooting, do you really need a flash? I find that a fast lens and Auto ISO eliminate the need for one. Just learn how to use available (natural or not) light.
 
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saul01 said:
Can anyone recommend a flash to go with an A7 body. Should I be looking at one of the smaller flashes due to size of body?
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gunnar said:
What do you want to use it for?

If for studio kind of thing, then it doesn't matter how small or big it is - you will need several of them with a trigger plus light stands and brollies/softboxes and other stuff anyway.

For day to day shooting, do you really need a flash? I find that a fast lens and Auto ISO eliminate the need for one. Just learn how to use available (natural or not) light.
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As Alex has said it really depends on what you want to do with it. And what you want to spend. But here's a kit that covers a lot of uses.

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Godox TT350 for a small carry around flash when you want a bit of fill in close quarters.
Godox/Pixapro AD200 for more power and off camera use.
The TT350 can be used as a trigger/controller for the AD200's or The XProS gives much easier access for controlling all three of them off camera.
 
nandbytes said:
I am one of the idiots that moans that the bodies are too big :D
I much prefer the the first A7 version body which was nice and small/light. Before someone mentions I don't care for IBIS, I moved from a-mount which had IBIS to sony e-mount which didn't have IBIS. So Sony can take their IBIS and shove it...
I am hoping canon/nikon will come out with an A7 sized FF mirrorless. I will be jumping ship if they do... (and of course they need to have decent eye-AF like sony)
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I hope they don't bring out smaller bodies, or at least if they do they also have decent grips to improve the handling.
 
jj_glos said:
I hope they don't bring out smaller bodies, or at least if they do they also have decent grips to improve the handling.
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Having a decent grip and small body isn't mutually exclusive. Though I never had problem with original A7.

TBH there are very few bodies I can't get used to easily as long as they have two dials and an EVF.
IMO people moan too much about this stuff, anyone reading it would think it's impossible to use these bodies :D
 
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nandbytes said:
Having a decent grip and small body isn't mutually exclusive. Though I never had problem with original A7.

TBH there are very few bodies I can't get used to easily as long as they have two dials and an EVF.
IMO people moan too much about this stuff, anyone reading it would think it's impossible to use these bodies :D
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It's not impossible, but it can be uncomfortable :D
 
nandbytes said:
Having a decent grip and small body isn't mutually exclusive. Though I never had problem with original A7.

TBH there are very few bodies I can't get used to easily as long as they have two dials and an EVF.
IMO people moan too much about this stuff, anyone reading it would think it's impossible to use these bodies :D
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I have to agree, although the A7 II or III grips are better it isn’t a deal breaker for me, I tend to use battery grips most of the time.

I actually think Sony should keep the smaller sized A7 body and update it with newer technology. Perhaps change the name to a A6.... I am thinking similar to the A7 III but without the grip, IBIS and certain other features so they can price it around £1200 mark.

:D
 
woof woof said:
NEVER sell anything!
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I usually do, it’s how my brain copes with buying new stuff, have to sell or replace something otherwise I’d end up with too much gadgets / electronic goods.
Next up for the chop is my Nintendo Switch collection :D but not going to replace it.
 
nandbytes said:
Or A7RIII which I think makes more sense if you already have an A9
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Thats like saying he should carry a D750 and a D850?

Its an additional 1200 quid for an inferior AF system and more MPs. A7iii vs A7riii.

Workflow wise it definitely makes sense.
 
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