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

ohms12 said:
Does one keep the 55/1.8 and 35/1.4 and supplement with a 40, or sell one, or both, and use the 40?

Tis the question I shall have to ponder. No ideas on price yet?
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Pondering exactly the same thing :D
should i buy a 35mm/1.4 or wait and get this... especially if it has some sort of close focussing which would be very useful for me.
 
nandbytes said:
Pondering exactly the same thing :D
should i buy a 35mm/1.4 or wait and get this... especially if it has some sort of close focussing which would be very useful for me.
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Yeah the close focusing is definitely a boon - the focus distance on the 55 is pretty poor. I’d maybe be tempted to go for a 40/85 setup. Although I’ll find it really hard to sell the 55, even if I won’t be using it! Love that lens.
 
ohms12 said:
Yeah the close focusing is definitely a boon - the focus distance on the 55 is pretty poor. I’d maybe be tempted to go for a 40/85 setup. Although I’ll find it really hard to sell the 55, even if I won’t be using it! Love that lens.
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yeah took me a while to let go of mine too. Its brilliant little lens but I don't really use that focal length much.
I am finding it difficult to find an ART 35 :(
 
nandbytes said:
yeah took me a while to let go of mine too. Its brilliant little lens but I don't really use that focal length much.
I am finding it difficult to find an ART 35 :(
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Due to the fact I use my 35 for video and photos, I’m sticking to the Sammy. Got a new one coming next week. Also not a fan of the bokeh on the Art. It could all be moot if I sell and buy the 40 anyway! [emoji1]
 
ohms12 said:
Due to the fact I use my 35 for video and photos, I’m sticking to the Sammy. Got a new one coming next week. Also not a fan of the bokeh on the Art. It could all be moot if I sell and buy the 40 anyway! [emoji1]
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had both sammy and sony zeiss. Sammy's AF wasn't very reliable in my experience so I sold it.
Someone offered me £1K for Sony zeiss because it was a good copy so I sold it also lol (then used the money to buy A7RIII).

I had the sigma on Sony a-mount long back. yeah not a huge fan of the bokeh but it was pretty sharp and accurate.

ohms12 said:
Did you try LCE? Seem to be showing stock?
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thanks, I'll give them a call :)

may be I should just buy another sony zeiss 35 :D
 
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nandbytes said:
had both sammy and sony zeiss. Sammy's AF wasn't very reliable in my experience so I sold it.
Someone offered me £1K for Sony zeiss because it was a good copy so I sold it also lol (then used the money to buy A7RIII).

I had the sigma on Sony a-mount long back. yeah not a huge fan of the bokeh but it was pretty sharp and accurate.



thanks, I'll give them a call :)

may be I should just buy another sony zeiss 35 :D
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I always see people moan about sigma art bokeh, cant say I find it offensive at all.
 
twist said:
I always see people moan about sigma art bokeh, cant say I find it offensive at all.
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the 50mm is more offensive, 35mm isn't too bad. It could be better...
May be I should adapt the canon now that I have mk3 body :D

But I must say looking back at pictures from my zeiss they look rather nice
 
nandbytes said:
the 50mm is more offensive, 35mm isn't too bad. It could be better...
May be I should adapt the canon now that I have mk3 body :D

But I must say looking back at pictures from my zeiss they look rather nice
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It could be better if it had other optical compromises like the zeiss. ;)
 
Raymond Lin said:
Can we not ask whether @wibbly wants to shoot manual and put this to bed?

Wibbly asked whether the Sony A7 would be a good buy from what he has now.
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Blimey, step away from a thread for a couple of days and it's all go! :eek:

In my case, I don't shoot manual and have no interest in manual in real terms, I have my old ETRS Bronica for that.

As far as the A7ii goes, tried one in a proper camera shop yesterday and to be honest, I'm quite happy with what I see.... each to their own. I've had lots of Fuji cameras (X-Pro1, X-Pro2, X-E2, X-T1, X100, X100s, X100t, X100f) to name just a few (that's a bit embarrassing isn't it when I think about all those cameras and still searching) and to be honest, I'm much more sold on the feel of them than I am the files from them. I've really tried to love them, trust me! I had another B*****d child of a camera last year, the Nikon Df which everyone seems to slaughter and I really liked it (sometimes I think I like oddball choices for cameras!). In real terms I should have kept that and forgot all about Fuji, but hey once bitten, grass always greener etc. and in real terms it was too big/heavy for everyday shooting for me.

Anyway, I think the a7ii is a good starting point for trying out the Sony range, I've never really liked the aesthetic or feel of the Sony cameras I've had in hand before, but actually the a72 feels pretty good.
Budget wise, I can't push to an a7iiR or the new a7iii and in real terms I don't need 42MP of the a7iiR, but if I get on with it then who knows for the future.

So, thanks all for the input and please let's not fall out about it.

Now then, to find a good low mileage Sony a7ii :D
 
wibbly said:
Blimey, step away from a thread for a couple of days and it's all go! :eek:

In my case, I don't shoot manual and have no interest in manual in real terms, I have my old ETRS Bronica for that.

As far as the A7ii goes, tried one in a proper camera shop yesterday and to be honest, I'm quite happy with what I see.... each to their own. I've had lots of Fuji cameras (X-Pro1, X-Pro2, X-E2, X-T1, X100, X100s, X100t, X100f) to name just a few (that's a bit embarrassing isn't it when I think about all those cameras and still searching) and to be honest, I'm much more sold on the feel of them than I am the files from them. I've really tried to love them, trust me! I had another B*****d child of a camera last year, the Nikon Df which everyone seems to slaughter and I really liked it (sometimes I think I like oddball choices for cameras!). In real terms I should have kept that and forgot all about Fuji, but hey once bitten, grass always greener etc. and in real terms it was too big/heavy for everyday shooting for me.

Anyway, I think the a7ii is a good starting point for trying out the Sony range, I've never really liked the aesthetic or feel of the Sony cameras I've had in hand before, but actually the a72 feels pretty good.
Budget wise, I can't push to an a7iiR or the new a7iii and in real terms I don't need 42MP of the a7iiR, but if I get on with it then who knows for the future.

So, thanks all for the input and please let's not fall out about it.

Now then, to find a good low mileage Sony a7ii :D
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If I'd had all those Fuji's I'd be embarrassed too, ;)
 
I'm building up quite the collection of these thanks to Sony and Wilkinson Cameras.

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wibbly said:
Not at the cost of each MP over 24 :D I’ve got two summer holidays and an autumn trip to NYC to pay for. :eek:
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Between A7/ii and other bodies there definitely other noticiable improvements other than megapixels
Yeah sure but 42mp to make is a more fulfilling holiday :D
 
nandbytes said:
Between A7/ii and other bodies there definitely other noticiable improvements other than megapixels
Yeah sure but 42mp to make is a more fulfilling holiday :D
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Haha, let's walk before I run (away from the Wife if I bought an A72! :p

I think the a72 will give me a good run to see if I like the system and let me make a budget for an a7iii over the next few months.
 
The Sammy Is too loud for video and also sometimes miss focus on video
ohms12 said:
Due to the fact I use my 35 for video and photos, I’m sticking to the Sammy. Got a new one coming next week. Also not a fan of the bokeh on the Art. It could all be moot if I sell and buy the 40 anyway! [emoji1]
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jonneymendoza said:
The Sammy Is too loud for video and also sometimes miss focus on video
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I know what the Sammy’s like for video - I have one, lol. Focus wise I haven’t had an issue, but it certainly is a bit noisy. I’ll probably end up selling for the 40/2 anyway!
 
4 or 5 Sony weddings in and my muscle memory is adapting well. I'm still changing a few things every wedding. The Sigma Art 35 is utterly superb but the 25 batis is star of the show for me still. A few firmware changes and the A7III would be as close to perfect as a £2k camera could be.
 
nandbytes said:
the 50mm is more offensive, 35mm isn't too bad. It could be better...
May be I should adapt the canon now that I have mk3 body :D

But I must say looking back at pictures from my zeiss they look rather nice
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Shot a wedding last month with the siggy 35mm being my main lens and have to so very disappointed with it compared to the zeiss and samyang. I must have been a lucky one and had a good zeiss. In terms of bokeh the sigma was much more nervous looking and not as nice as either the samyang or the zeiss. This was after a +15 calibration on the sigma. Sadly I won’t be using dslr anymore.
 
addicknchips said:
Shot a wedding last month with the siggy 35mm being my main lens and have to so very disappointed with it compared to the zeiss and samyang. I must have been a lucky one and had a good zeiss. In terms of bokeh the sigma was much more nervous looking and not as nice as either the samyang or the zeiss. This was after a +15 calibration on the sigma. Sadly I won’t be using dslr anymore.
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Interesting on the bokeh, would love to see some examples of what people mean by the offensive and nervous looking bokeh etc, as well as what likes like good bokeh from the Zeiss and Samyang
 
addicknchips said:
Shot a wedding last month with the siggy 35mm being my main lens and have to so very disappointed with it compared to the zeiss and samyang. I must have been a lucky one and had a good zeiss. In terms of bokeh the sigma was much more nervous looking and not as nice as either the samyang or the zeiss. This was after a +15 calibration on the sigma. Sadly I won’t be using dslr anymore.
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Yep I have owned all three. I found samyang to be the best optical compromise out of the three. Only if it's AF was slightly better. Though I tried samyang on A7RII and now I have MK3. Maybe it'll be better hmm...
 
addicknchips said:
Shot a wedding last month with the siggy 35mm being my main lens and have to so very disappointed with it compared to the zeiss and samyang. I must have been a lucky one and had a good zeiss. In terms of bokeh the sigma was much more nervous looking and not as nice as either the samyang or the zeiss. This was after a +15 calibration on the sigma. Sadly I won’t be using dslr anymore.
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A lot of people think they are lucky with the Zeiss, they just dont check them properly. The Zeiss is smoother than both but I wouldn't say the Samyang is better than the Sigma.

The Samyang and Sigma look a little nervous in the same situations....... so does the Zeiss 55 which everyone applauds..... so do most modern lenses with very busy backgrounds (leaves) and shot from a little way back.
 
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twist said:
A lot of people think they are lucky with the Zeiss, they just dont check them properly. The Zeiss is smoother than both but I wouldn't say the Samyang is better than the Sigma.

The Samyang and Sigma look a little nervous in the same situations....... so does the Zeiss 55 which everyone applauds..... so do most modern lenses with very busy backgrounds (leaves) and shot from a little way back.
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The zeiss was good enough for me. Used it and an 85mm solidly for a wedding and it seemed fine without obvious issues. But I’m never going to have time or will to start shooting brick walls to check.
 
addicknchips said:
The zeiss was good enough for me. Used it and an 85mm solidly for a wedding and it seemed fine without obvious issues. But I’m never going to have time or will to start shooting brick walls to check.
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So you don't know you have a good one. Just that it was good enough.
 
I bought a Sony A7ii for my daughter yesterday and I can’t figure out something.

When she reviews an image on the camera it zooms to the centre point rather than the focus point... which is really pointless.

I assume this can be changed?
 
JohnBradbury said:
I bought a Sony A7ii for my daughter yesterday and I can’t figure out something.

When she reviews an image on the camera it zooms to the centre point rather than the focus point... which is really pointless.

I assume this can be changed?
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Does the same on my A7R3, I’d love to know if there was the alternative you mention.
 
On my A7R2 it zooms into wherever I set the focus box to be in the frame
 
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