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

Diamonddec said:
Close to getting A7iii. Can't afford a Sony 16-35, so was initially by thinking about getting MC11 and canon 17-40 f4 for landscapes and general wider stuff. Now wondering if a manual samyang 14mm and a 35mm f2.8 would be the way to go. Would I see appreciably better sharpness and IQ going the latter route?
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LCE have a used 16-35mm f/4 for £650.

The thing to remember, if you go with an adapted wide angle, the corners will suffer for it. If you can live with that then it's a cheap option if you already have an adapter otherwise I wouldn't bother.
 
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I think I'm right in saying that 28mm equiv is now the most used focal length by far... if only because of the vast number of people shooting with phones.

Having spent the last two days looking at Mrs Woof Woof's extended family holiday shots from Singapore, and they're excellent on screen, I can see why many see 28mm as one of the classic focal lengths. It's a bit on the wide side for me but as I seem to have gone from 50mm to 35 as a standard and my most used lens was once a 12-24mm I may get to 28mm one day :D I am tempted to get the 28mm f2.
 
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Hmmmmm! ... Sony 28mm f2 for £365 at Clifton Cameras ... or ... Samyang 35af 1.4 from SRS for £499 .... although that's a bit big looking (and probably heavy, as a walkabout)

... or something completely different? :(
 
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Diamonddec said:
Hmmmmm! ... Sony 28mm f2 for £365 at Clifton Cameras ... or ... Samyang 35af 1.4 from SRS for £499 .... although that's a bit big looking (and probably heavy, as a walkabout)

... or something completely different? :(
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At the moment my Voigtlander 35mm f1.4 is my favourite but there's a tempting 7artisans 50mm f1.1 in the for sale section and a cheaper one on evil bay.
 
Diamonddec said:
Hmmmmm! ... Sony 28mm f2 for £365 at Clifton Cameras ... or ... Samyang 35af 1.4 from SRS for £499 .... although that's a bit big looking (and probably heavy, as a walkabout)

... or something completely different? :(
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Sammy in stock at SRS....one less now..
 
Riz_Guru said:
Space is bit of a issue hence need a MacBook Pro, however once we have moved I could get an external monitor to hook up to the MacBook Pro.
Your not the first person to prefer the older MacBook Pro version over the latest.
Seriously tempted to buy the 2015" 15" Macbook Pro with all the options ticked.......
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I have the newer version and love it. Hook it up to a 27’ screen when I really want to spoil myself but more importantly it’s given me extra freedom. Being upstairs out the way all the time was starting to get to her indoors, can
do plenty now on my lap.
 
nandbytes said:
if the move is imminent then surely its better to holdout and buy an iMac. Also Monitor+MBP takes more space than an iMac, not to mention wires everywhere!
I use MBP for work but only because I use dual 27" monitors. If its one monitor I have to use for photo editing then it'd be an iMac.
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Let’s be honest, iMacs are far better value for money but really depends how you want to work. I personally didn’t want a desktop in the living or dining room. Being stuck upstairs is pretty unsociable with the family.

Certainly when my monitor needs replacing I’ll go for an iMac, nice to have both but depends how deep your pockets are (doesn’t seem too much of an issue with you boys here [emoji3])
 
Livin The Dream said:
Let’s be honest, iMacs are far better value for money but really depends how you want to work. I personally didn’t want a desktop in the living or dining room. Being stuck upstairs is pretty unsociable with the family.

Certainly when my monitor needs replacing I’ll go for an iMac, nice to have both but depends how deep your pockets are (doesn’t seem too much of an issue with you boys here [emoji3])
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I bought my self an iMac. Work gives me new MBP every 3 years. That's why I have two :D

Actually I find it more unsociable when someone sits in the living or dining room with head stuck in their laptop/tablet/phone. They might as well not be there :p
 
Livin The Dream said:
Let’s be honest, iMacs are far better value for money but really depends how you want to work. I personally didn’t want a desktop in the living or dining room. Being stuck upstairs is pretty unsociable with the family.

Certainly when my monitor needs replacing I’ll go for an iMac, nice to have both but depends how deep your pockets are (doesn’t seem too much of an issue with you boys here [emoji3])
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Yup.

I haven't had a desktop computer for a long time now. I think they dominate rooms and I don't want a room at home to end up looking anything like an office. A tablet or lap top is so much better and when not in use they can be put out of sight. The only tech I want on view at home are the hifi and TV although the latter these days sadly probably comes with at least one box of some sort on a shelf under it.
 
Riz_Guru said:
Space is bit of a issue hence need a MacBook Pro, however once we have moved I could get an external monitor to hook up to the MacBook Pro.
Your not the first person to prefer the older MacBook Pro version over the latest.
Seriously tempted to buy the 2015" 15" Macbook Pro with all the options ticked.......
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The new MBP is better than the old one in terms of performance and screen etc, not much doubt there. The only things some people don’t like about the new one is the keyboard (purely preference) and the lack of SD card slot and standard USB ports. I still can’t decide if I like the new keyboard better or not, which means I’m not fussed either way. Lack of SD card slot isn’t an issue for me now as I used XQD, but was a pain before. Lack of traditional USB is just odd, I think they jumped to USB-C too early as there’s not a lot that uses it. Having adapters isn’t really an issue as you can get non Apple ones that are small and cheap and I just leave them attached to the USB cables.

What I did notice coming from the pre retina MBP is how much smaller and lighter it is, and how much better the screen is. Side by side with the older retina screens the new one is noticeably better to my eyes, has much more depth to it.
 
The keyboard is nice enough. I do think that the touch bar is a gimmick, hardly use it at all. The escape button is there easy enough by holding alt.
 
Livin The Dream said:
The keyboard is nice enough. I do think that the touch bar is a gimmick, hardly use it at all. The escape button is there easy enough by holding alt.
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I only use the touch bar for emojis :lol:
 
A question for later mk model owners...

My A7 only allows the histogram or level to be in view, I can't have both. My Panny GX80 allows both.

Do later A7's allow both the histogram and the level to be displayed at the same time?
 
Matt-P said:
A couple of pictures for the thread, loving my A7iii and 100-400 combo for photos at the zoo.

DSC01043.jpg by Matt, on Flickr

Golden Weaver by Matt, on Flickr

DSC01157.jpg by Matt, on Flickr
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Nice, I have to say I'm impressed by the images I've been seeing with the 100-400mm, looks a cracking lens.

Been looking at your photostream, very nice indeed. I see that you've used the Sigma 120-300mm f2.8, what do you think if it? How fast is AF and is it easy to handhold and pan?
 
snerkler said:
Been looking at your photostream, very nice indeed. I see that you've used the Sigma 120-300mm f2.8, what do you think if it? How fast is AF and is it easy to handhold and pan?
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A really nice lens, picked up second hand from here and was my goto lens for a long time, took a 1.4 tc well, great stabilisation and very sharp at 300mm even wide open. Only criticisms would be the weight - if you are used to handholding a heavy lens I'm sure you'd be fine, but it does start to tell on a long day out.
 
Have I just read correctly that the Sony a7iii hotshoe is not standard like other brands?
 
I gave in and bought a Sony Charger, have an official one for all my cameras, not going to break that streak now.

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