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

Wotancraft Ryker in the wild! This really does not look like a camera bag at all.

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chrism_scotland said:
@Raymond Lin Love the Berlin shots Ray, saw your TV Tower one over at OCUK, makes me want to go back in the summer!
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Thanks, I didn’t take they many pictures actually, it wasn’t a photography trip and had I been there by myself I would’ve done better I think.
 
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I too just got back from my very exciting trip to Birmingham :p

On my way there I picked up a LX100 from a forum member... few shots from awesome Brum with LX100 :D
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The ergonomics is definitely better than the RX100M3 it replaced. 12mp is a bit meh...
not yet decided if I prefer this or RX100 series...
 
nandbytes said:
I too just got back from my very exciting trip to Birmingham :p

On my way there I picked up a LX100 from a forum member... few shots from awesome Brum with LX100 :D

The ergonomics is definitely better than the RX100M3 it replaced. 12mp is a bit meh...
not yet decided if I prefer this or RX100 series...
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I quite fancy one of these but I hope I'm not tempting fate by saying that one thing that puts me off is the thought of getting dust bunnies on a fixed lens camera. I promised myself I wouldn't spend much on a fixed lens camera for that reason but I still ended up buying a Panny TZ100.

I hope yours remains dust bunny free.
 
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woof woof said:
I quite fancy one of these but I hope I'm not tempting fate by saying that one thing that puts me off is the thought of getting dust bunnies on a fixed lens camera. I promised myself I wouldn't spend much on a fixed lens camera for that reason but I still ended up buying a Panny TZ100.

I hope yours remains dust bunny free.
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Hmm... Yes I too have obsessed over it but in the end only way to get my missus to learn photography was to get one of these smaller bodies. Eventually I want to get her using A6X00 so we can share lenses but she has bit of a mind block about changing lenses especially if they are big.
 
Raymond Lin said:
You don't need it, you keep your cameras in the cupboard right? :p
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Haha.

No I use them when I have time :D

I do fancy a Wotancraft but I'm still thinking of having one made. I'm going to wait until the local agricultural fair as there are often craft stalls so I may find a bag maker plus someone posted a link a while ago to a leather worker in London, so that's three possibilities.

At the mo my stuff is in a cardboard box until I head out with it and then it goes in a cheap man bag or a Lowepro 100 aw.
 
nandbytes said:
Hmm... Yes I too have obsessed over it but in the end only way to get my missus to learn photography was to get one of these smaller bodies. Eventually I want to get her using A6X00 so we can share lenses but she has bit of a mind block about changing lenses especially if they are big.
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That's one advantage with MFT. Panasonic do a tiny prime sized 14-42mm and it's sharp from wide open as is the still compact 45-150mm. It's the lenses that keep me with MFT.
 
woof woof said:
That's one advantage with MFT. Panasonic do a tiny prime sized 14-42mm and it's sharp from wide open as is the still compact 45-150mm. It's the lenses that keep me with MFT.
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I have three issues with MFT bodies:
- the good sensors are in large £2K bodies
- not keen on 4:3 aspect ratio
- its a second mount I'll have to buy into
 
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A few questions if you guys have a couple moments please:

The A7Rii is £2100 with 400 cashback from Sony, so £1700. Is that a good deal?

How does one get the £400 back and how long does it take?

A7Rii v A7Riii? Why? £3199!!!
 
CharleyBird said:
A few questions if you guys have a couple moments please:

The A7Rii is £2100 with 400 cashback from Sony, so £1700. Is that a good deal?

How does one get the £400 back and how long does it take?

A7Rii v A7Riii? Why? £3199!!!
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A7Riii you can use adapted glass via adaptor and get reliable AF-C focus.

Also dual card slots.
 
nandbytes said:
I have three issues with MFT bodies:
- the good sensors are in large £2K bodies
- not keen on 4:3 aspect ratio
- its a second mount I'll have to buy into
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I have a GX80 and I think they're very good value, they have the 16mp sensor. I've just bought a GX9 from the classifieds and although they're more expensive they're not Sony expensive :D and they have the Sony 20mp sensor. I'm not too sure how much of an improvement the 20mp sensor is but even if it's about the same as the 16mp you get the extra mp count too :D

You can of course select various aspect ratios and I used to use 3:2 but for quite a while now I've stuck to 4:3 and actually I prefer 4:3 over 3:2 for portrait orientation.

One reason I have the 2 camera systems is that although being honest I can afford the Sony stuff the bulk and weight of a Sony A7x and a larger lens puts me off but of course with MFT a 9-18mm, 45-150mm or 12-35mm f2.8 are still small lenses and a 17, 25 or 45mm f1.8 is positively tiny :D Some of the equivalent Sony FF lenses are significantly larger and that does put me off as I just don't like big bulky kit.
 
CharleyBird said:
A few questions if you guys have a couple moments please:

The A7Rii is £2100 with 400 cashback from Sony, so £1700. Is that a good deal?

How does one get the £400 back and how long does it take?

A7Rii v A7Riii? Why? £3199!!!
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Where did you see it at that price ?
 
Slightly off topic but sort of photo related. I discovered that my wife is the best today, for my birthday I got a few photo guide books, 1 for Peak District (where I live) and ones for Cornwall and Scotland (our next holiday destinations) along with passes to abandon the family for the occasional day to go off exploring, not only this but I also got membership along with an adoption certificate for the Big Cat Sanctuary, she knows how much I love big cats. Can’t wait to book the special members day, so I can go and meet Maya in the fur :banana:
 
CharleyBird said:
A few questions if you guys have a couple moments please:

The A7Rii is £2100 with 400 cashback from Sony, so £1700. Is that a good deal?

How does one get the £400 back and how long does it take?

A7Rii v A7Riii? Why? £3199!!!
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Its a much better camera in every shape and form except for IQ which is similar
 
jonneymendoza said:
Its a much better camera in every shape and form except for IQ which is similar
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Although yes the features etc are a big step above the Rii, surely as to whether it is worth the difference is down to the OP and what he shoots, other than the Pixel Shift, what benefit would the Riii hold over the Rii for a landscape photographer, who doesn’t need fast AF tracking or the extra fps. In fact you could argue that having the Play Memories App on the Rii would be more use than the Pixel Shift which requires all areas of the frame to remain static
 
ChrisHeathcote said:
Although yes the features etc are a big step above the Rii, surely as to whether it is worth the difference is down to the OP and what he shoots, other than the Pixel Shift, what benefit would the Riii hold over the Rii for a landscape photographer, who doesn’t need fast AF tracking or the extra fps. In fact you could argue that having the Play Memories App on the Rii would be more use than the Pixel Shift which requires all areas of the frame to remain static
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Buffer rate is another one thats bad but yes for landscape teh r2 is perfect!

TBH f*** GAS!!!
r2 is perfect and i should have stuck with that but gave in to GAS
 
CharleyBird said:
A few questions if you guys have a couple moments please:

The A7Rii is £2100 with 400 cashback from Sony, so £1700. Is that a good deal?

How does one get the £400 back and how long does it take?

A7Rii v A7Riii? Why? £3199!!!
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Totally depends what your doing with it, the A7rii is a fine, fine camera still.
The AF on the A7riii is better and there's loads of little improvements that really add up like the better battery, grip, AF stick, dual slots, etc.
But if you don't "need" the better AF the 2 is still a belter.
 
CharleyBird said:
A few questions if you guys have a couple moments please:

The A7Rii is £2100 with 400 cashback from Sony, so £1700. Is that a good deal?

How does one get the £400 back and how long does it take?

A7Rii v A7Riii? Why? £3199!!!
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Why is simple, because unlike other manufacturers who simply replace one model with a newer version, Sony like to squeeze every penny out of each model, they also use it as a way to entice new users across from rivals. Let’s suppose you were looking at a first full frame, for £2k you can choose a Canon 6Dii or spend £500 more for a 5d4, based on that £1700 seems a bargain. As to £3200 for the Riii, at launch the Rii was also £3200. All that extra spec for the same money (or less if you take inflation into account)
 
jonneymendoza said:
Buffer rate is another one thats bad but yes for landscape teh r2 is perfect!

TBH f*** GAS!!!
r2 is perfect and i should have stuck with that but gave in to GAS
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GAS is a b*****, Ive nearly succumbed on a number of occasions, last time I realised that in most of my scenarios the subjects are fairly stationary and for those that aren’t, I would be better with an APSc version of the A9. I also ended up appeasing the GAS by getting the 100-400GM, my current GAS is being caused by the 24-105 f4 G OSS (fortunately nowhere has it in stock)
 
twist said:
70mm macro on ff... not very useful when there's a 90mm.
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The focal length isn't really a problem but everything else about this lens bothers me, it's actually quite large fully extended, it's not cheap and I seriously doubt it will give better image quality than the Sony, so what's the point?

If you're on a budget it's probably outclassed by a Sigma 105mm adapted so no idea why they brought this out when they could have brought out something people would actually want (a cheap wide zoom for example).
 
Diamonddec said:
Front focussing
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Does anyone know how this is even possible with mirrorless? The sample pics plainly show it’s front focussing but I didn’t think you could get focus errors?

nandbytes said:
I have three issues with MFT bodies:
- the good sensors are in large £2K bodies
- not keen on 4:3 aspect ratio
- its a second mount I'll have to buy into
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Tbh there’s nothing wrong with any of the Olympus OMD sensors and many of the Pens. 16mp is quite ample the majority of the time and the rest of the performance is only a fraction behind the new 20mp sensor.
 
snerkler said:
Does anyone know how this is even possible with mirrorless? The sample pics plainly show it’s front focussing but I didn’t think you could get focus errors?


Tbh there’s nothing wrong with any of the Olympus OMD sensors and many of the Pens. 16mp is quite ample the majority of the time and the rest of the performance is only a fraction behind the new 20mp sensor.
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Says mr 46mp d850 ;)
 
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