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

woof woof said:
WoW, it's a bit of a shocker that a mirrorless camera has better battery performance than a DSLR :D
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Not really, we've already covered this! The more you shoot the bigger the advantage these Sony's have over the competition but the reverse is also true.
 
twist said:
I know but for £650 in my pocket its close enough ;)
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that's only £50 more than your sigma 50mm. surely you can return it?

If the AF is as good as you say it is, its hard resist the ART. Seems like a perfect balance!
 
nandbytes said:
that's only £50 more than your sigma 50mm. surely you can return it?

If the AF is as good as you say it is, its hard resist the ART. Seems like a perfect balance!
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I want to keep the 50..... So it's 650 out my pocket.
 
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twist said:
I want to keep the 50..... So it's 650 out my pocket.
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I like a 35mm/85mm combo, but when it comes to using a sole lens is a 50mm all the way for me. Which is why mine is arriving tomorrow :D

My old Sigma 50mm won't work on the mc-11 (I did kind of get it working in manual focus), so ordered the FE mount Art. My adapted 35/85 work well enough for now.
 
The 50/1.4 Planar is still my favourite Sony lens, actually if I had to pick it’s my joint favourite with the Canon 35L mk2. I’ve only had the CZ a very short period of time but it’s just so good, it’s better than all the 50mm I’ve tried.
 
jj_glos said:
I like a 35mm/85mm combo, but when it comes to using a sole lens is a 50mm all the way for me. Which is why mine is arriving tomorrow :D

My old Sigma 50mm won't work on the mc-11 (I did kind of get it working in manual focus), so ordered the FE mount Art. My adapted 35/85 work well enough for now.
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The 50 art FE is superb, been so impressed... and that's not easy... Especially at well under 1k.
 
woof woof said:
WoW, it's a bit of a shocker that a mirrorless camera has better battery performance than a DSLR :D
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My A7R3 out performs my old Nikon D810 quite easily. That is because I shoot landscapes and used to have the D810 in live view all of the time. DSLRs are not built to be in live view all the time but mirrorless cameras are :)
 
Raymond Lin said:
The 50/1.4 Planar is still my favourite Sony lens, actually if I had to pick it’s my joint favourite with the Canon 35L mk2. I’ve only had the CZ a very short period of time but it’s just so good, it’s better than all the 50mm I’ve tried.
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How are you finding the CZ 35??
 
Dave Semmens said:
My A7R3 out performs my old Nikon D810 quite easily. That is because I shoot landscapes and used to have the D810 in live view all of the time. DSLRs are not built to be in live view all the time but mirrorless cameras are :)
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It is well known that Nikon D810 live view sucks big time. Canon doesn't :D
 
Saw a couple of the 35mm arts on eBay earlier. Paired with the Australian discount code there is for 10% off I was dead tempted but decided I don’t need 3 35mm in my set up
 
JustJoe said:
Whats the general opinion of the Samyang 35mm f2.8 AF?

I just have the 50mm f1.8 on the A7 at the moment, moving on from the x100s I really miss the wider angle.
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It's a really sharp small lens with a slightly audible AF-noise which makes it unusable for video with AF.
 
nandbytes said:
Not surprising, expected as much for a wide angle that's so small.
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Of the old 24's I have the Zuiko is the smallest, tiny really, and vignetting isn't a problem so I'd expect a modern design to be acceptable too.
 
woof woof said:
Of the old 24's I have the Zuiko is the smallest, tiny really, and vignetting isn't a problem so I'd expect a modern design to be acceptable too.
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Yeah but the flange on OM is one of the largest. Think that makes a difference to the design. So if you factor that in i.e. factor in size of the OM adapter this lens is tiny.
 
jonneymendoza said:
It does still.poor for tracking and af anything that moves
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I think it is the same with Sony. DPAF is the best AF live view for video in the market at the moment. :)

Dave Semmens said:
I don't care about Canon V Nikon anymore - I have a Sony :D
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Only when both Giants announcing competitive ML then it will be relevant, thou shall wait :D
 
And when Canon does release one, you know it will be reliable, won’t overheat and don’t need firmware updates. This quality control, so to speak, seems to be holding them back.
 
robinsslee said:
I think it is the same with Sony. DPAF is the best AF live view for video in the market at the moment. :)



Only when both Giants announcing competitive ML then it will be relevant, thou shall wait :D
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I think that both Nikon and Canon have their work cut out with releasing a mirrorless camera. I think they will make a good job of it - eventually.

I also think that to get to the same level as Sony are now will take time and Sony will also move forward in that time.

As an overall system for landscape photography the Sony is going to take some beating in the near term (and for some other types of photography).

I am done with waiting for things that may or may not happen when a solid solution is already available NOW for what I photograph.

Life is short and I am missing sunrises :)
 
robinsslee said:
How many MPH wind the lens created? :eek:
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Gale force winds lmao

In all seriousness though, my findings so far between the 35, 50 and 85 is that the autofocus seems faster on the 50 and 85.

Are they know to have more powerful AF motors?
 
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