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

addicknchips said:
Just got a 10% off voucher for Sony products at wex. That’s a little tempting. :thinking:
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Just checked back on the thread, yes its £400 off the Sony A7R II from tomorrow part of the Sony cash back offer.

https://campaign.odw.sony-europe.com/redemption/2018/pdf/uk/DI FY18 Cashback Terms and Conditions 02 05 2018.pdf

Normal Sony A7R II price at WEX = £2399
Subtract 10% discount = £2159.10
Sony cashback (£400) = £1759.10 total.

A healthy £639.90 saving over RRP.

@addicknchips this could make it your 15th Sony A7R II body :D lol
 
nandbytes said:
I don't think there is any cashback on A7RIII :(
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Correct, no cash back on any of the latest bodies .... A7 III, A7R III and A9.
The lens cashback prices aren't the highest we've seen from Sony either..... in the past Sony were doing £150 cashback on
 
Riz_Guru said:
Just checked back on the thread, yes its £400 off the Sony A7R II from tomorrow part of the Sony cash back offer.

https://campaign.odw.sony-europe.com/redemption/2018/pdf/uk/DI FY18 Cashback Terms and Conditions 02 05 2018.pdf

Normal Sony A7R II price at WEX = £2399
Subtract 10% discount = £2159.10
Sony cashback (£400) = £1759.10 total.

A healthy £639.90 saving over RRP.

@addicknchips this could make it your 15th Sony A7R II body :D lol
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For that price I'd rather get the a7mk3
 
Thom Hogan is predicting 5 interchangeable lens cameras from Nikon, 2 DSLR's and three mirrorless, and eight lenses, this year. That's quite a workload. So far they're introduced one lens.
 
woof woof said:
Thom Hogan is predicting 5 interchangeable lens cameras from Nikon, 2 DSLR's and three mirrorless, and eight lenses, this year. That's quite a workload. So far they're introduced one lens.
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Given the recent near $50 million loss the have announced in a different Nikon division, wonder if this will impact the Digital Imagine business.
 
Japanese companies seem to routinely operate for years with losses that would be unsustainable in the UK over much shorter periods so I wouldn't expect to see any major change too soon. I was surprised to see Casio withdraw but maybe Nikon are in a different position.

Thom claims to have inside knowledge about Nikons future releases, maybe his timescales could be off and they did cancel a range of cameras not too long ago didn't they? Time will tell.
 
woof woof said:
Japanese companies seem to routinely operate for years with losses that would be unsustainable in the UK over much shorter periods so I wouldn't expect to see any major change too soon. I was surprised to see Casio withdraw but maybe Nikon are in a different position.

Thom claims to have inside knowledge about Nikons future releases, maybe his timescales could be off and they did cancel a range of cameras not too long ago didn't they? Time will tell.
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I think Japanese companies can actually borrow money with negative interest rates! :thinking: :eek:

but in general they have an interesting and IMO a good/useful culture towards business. The competitors within Japan don't let other companies die as far as possible. They simply buy them out and sell back the shares later. basically they all help each other out even though they are in competition!
 
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nandbytes said:
I think Japanese companies can actually borrow money with negative interest rates! :thinking: :eek:

but in general they have an interesting and IMO a good/useful culture towards business. The competitors within Japan don't let other companies die as far as possible. They simply buy them out and sell back the shares later. basically they all help each other out even though they are in competition!
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This all makes a mockery of the view that we live in a world where level playing fields exist. The Japanese state supports industries which wouldn't be viable in the UK for decades and allows them to run up debt that would be impossible to operate with in the UK, the Chinese subsidies their industries and sell in the west at under cost, the Koreans manage their economy for the long term and in Europe we see the French and German states effectively owning commercial companies and providing state aid to what they see as strategic industries with seeming impunity but whenever a British company or indeed an entire industry looks like folding some chinless Oxbridge wonder pops up and says "Sorry chaps, we'd love to help, honest we would but it's simply against EC rules don't you know. And we simply must have free trade and a level playing field so your steel works/car factory/fishing industry must shut down. Now trot off down to the job centre will you and get jobs with some sharp property developers. There's good chaps." Unless of course the industry in question is in Scotland, Wales or NI and then state intervention may just be possible and there's always the chance that some interventionist foreign government with more of an eye on the future might come along and buy it.

Whinge over.
 
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woof woof said:
This all makes a mockery of the view that we live in a world where level playing fields exist. The Japanese state support industries which wouldn't be viable in the UK for decades and allows them to run up debt that would be impossible to operate with in the UK, the Chinese subsidies their industries and sell in the west at under cost, the Koreans manage their economy for the long term and in Europe we see the French and German states effectively owning commercial companies and providing state aid to what they see as strategic industries with seeming impunity but whenever a British company or indeed an entire industry looks like folding some chinless Oxbridge wonder pops up and says "Sorry chaps, we'd love to help, honest we would but it's simply against EC rules don't you know. And we simply must have free trade and a level playing field so you're steel works/car factory/fishing industry must shut down. Now trot off down to the job centre will you and get jobs with some sharp property developers. There's good chaps." Unless of course the industry in question is in Scotland, Wales or NI and then state intervention may just be possible and there's always the chance that some interventionist foreign government with more of an eye on the future might come along and buy it.

Whinge over.
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:o what you need is a brand new Sony A7 III chap...... :D
 
What I need is some free time.

Apart from walking to the shops and back me and Mrs Woof Woof have had two days out in the last 6 weeks or so... we went for a night in a hotel at the beginning of March and we went to Saltburn last week. With no free time to use the gear I have there's really just no point buying new stuff. Or even old stuff like cheap old lenses.
 
Riz_Guru said:
Lmao.... what you looking at?
A7R II again, you could wait until Sony cash back deals tomorrow, somebody mentioned £400 off the A7R II earlier in the thread, then use your 10% off too.
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not sure really. just tempted by the offer. maybe Batis 25mm and a7. just been given the green light for Japan trip at the end of May and managed to bolt on a day either side of the conference so will actually get some time to go out and hopefully shoot. Tokyo is on the bucket list so I'm well chuffed.
 
woof woof said:
Thom Hogan is predicting 5 interchangeable lens cameras from Nikon, 2 DSLR's and three mirrorless, and eight lenses, this year. That's quite a workload. So far they're introduced one lens.
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http://sansmirror.com/newsviews/the-post-cp-wrap-up.html

On the lens side of things, the Sony FE/E mount is where all the glass activity is at. It's like a giant Jupiter pulling all the lens makers into orbit around it. Look at this:

Sony — as if to add an exclamation point to my E comments: 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS. Okay, which camera is that really for?
Laowa — 9mm f/2.8, 25mm f/2.5 5x Macro
Sigma — Nine Art Primes: 14mm, 20mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 70mm, 85mm, 105mm, 135mm
Tamron — 28-75mm f/2.8
Tokina — Firin 20mm f/2 AF
Voigtlander — 21mm f/3.5, 110mm f/2.5 Macro
Zeiss — Loxia 25mm f2.4

That's a whopping 17 new lenses popping up in the FE/E mount during the first part of this year. All those lenses should give Sony users great confidence that they can find the lenses they need and desire. And I don't expect lens introductions for the mount to slow any time soon.
 
addicknchips said:
not sure really. just tempted by the offer. maybe Batis 25mm and a7. just been given the green light for Japan trip at the end of May and managed to bolt on a day either side of the conference so will actually get some time to go out and hopefully shoot. Tokyo is on the bucket list so I'm well chuffed.
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Why not just stick with the Fuji X-H1... I think sticking to one system is good from a cost perspective. :)
 
springtide said:
http://sansmirror.com/newsviews/the-post-cp-wrap-up.html

On the lens side of things, the Sony FE/E mount is where all the glass activity is at...
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I read some time ago on one of the usual blog / review sites that none of the usual suspects has the capacity to do more than three or four new lenses a year. If that's true or not I can only guess but knowing what goes into designing other stuff I'd say that's believable but Nikons supposed new lens total of eight might well include some modified rather than blank sheet designs such as SLR lenses adapted for mirrorless use and there's always the possibility than any new Nikon lens may be designed and even made by another company, Tamron, Sigma or whoever.
 
woof woof said:
The rumor site reports that a high end Nikon mirrorless camera is due by spring 2019...

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/com...to-be-on-market-by-spring-2019/#disqus_thread

PS.
I wonder if there'll be an A9II, A9R or something round about then?
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It is pretty much confirmed that Nikon will have something by the end of their year, which is spring. That's still a year away though, by which time we'll be on the A7VII ;) Realistically Nikon need to produce something special straight off the bat, but I'm not sure they will. Same goes for Canon. I expect an announcement from both later this year even if they won't go on sale until next year.
 
I've been searching for a decent and financially viable solution to the floating pinky issue when I came across the GABALE QR L Bracket on eBay, its essentially a Chinese clone of the RRS L Bracket for the A7RM3 & A9 available in Black, Red or Silver.

It works a treat and solves the issue for me at least of what to do with that floating pinky and as the portrait section of the bracket is removable without taking the base plate off, makes it all so easy to use.

Not only that but its also under 1/4 the price of the RRS Bracket, mine cost me £42 inc shipping.

Well worth a look if your having problems too.

Also my lil Brother dropped round his Nikon 500mm F4 for me to play with, talk about weight a ton!! I could barely lift it, got it on the bed mount and then the whole lot started to look like it was going to come down! so moved it onto the TMA48CL Benro tripod & B4 head, that held it no problem the only trouble was I couldn't move it and the tripod at all.
It might be manual focus but its still as sharp as a razor wide open, just a shame there wasn't more to shoot than the arse end of a sparrow in the tree at the end of the front garden!.

I had a lot of trouble with my Nikon adapters with the A7RM3, my 300mm F4.5 just would not focus correctly for some reason, so I bit the bullet and grabbed a s/h Metabones for Nikon F and its a world of difference, there's just no comparison with the cheap ones which for me dont seem to work on this body but the metabones works a treat.

Finally when my brother popped up last week he brought his new D850 & 200-500mm, found out I really do need at least 400mm in the back garden for covering the wildlife (lovely rig, body was surprisingly small) so theres now a Sony A mount 70-400mm heading my way as we speak to go on my LA EA3. That will round me off for lenses, time to do more shooting and less hunting for hidden gems on eBay etc.
 

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magicaxeman said:
I've been searching for a decent and financially viable solution to the floating pinky issue when I came across the GABALE QR L Bracket on eBay, its essentially a Chinese clone of the RRS L Bracket for the A7RM3 & A9 available in Black, Red or Silver.

It works a treat and solves the issue for me at least of what to do with that floating pinky and as the portrait section of the bracket is removable without taking the base plate off, makes it all so easy to use.

Not only that but its also under 1/4 the price of the RRS Bracket, mine cost me £42 inc shipping.

Well worth a look if your having problems too.

Also my lil Brother dropped round his Nikon 500mm F4 for me to play with, talk about weight a ton!! I could barely lift it, got it on the bed mount and then the whole lot started to look like it was going to come down! so moved it onto the TMA48CL Benro tripod & B4 head, that held it no problem the only trouble was I couldn't move it and the tripod at all.
It might be manual focus but its still as sharp as a razor wide open, just a shame there wasn't more to shoot than the arse end of a sparrow in the tree at the end of the front garden!.

I had a lot of trouble with my Nikon adapters with the A7RM3, my 300mm F4.5 just would not focus correctly for some reason, so I bit the bullet and grabbed a s/h Metabones for Nikon F and its a world of difference, there's just no comparison with the cheap ones which for me dont seem to work on this body but the metabones works a treat.

Finally when my brother popped up last week he brought his new D850 & 200-500mm, found out I really do need at least 400mm in the back garden for covering the wildlife (lovely rig, body was surprisingly small) so theres now a Sony A mount 70-400mm heading my way as we speak to go on my LA EA3. That will round me off for lenses, time to do more shooting and less hunting for hidden gems on eBay etc.
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That looks really good or a more well known brand.

http://www.smallrig.com/smallrig-l-bracket-for-sony-a7iii-a7riii-a9-2122.html

It was 50% off before, I got it for $30/£25.
 
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