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

nandbytes said:
Any reason your package only offers digital delivery? (i.e. no option for albums etc?)
Are albums a thing of the past?
I don't think I am that old and out of touch! :D
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It's because my business is as complete as that website :D wanted to get the core finished first before I started adding extras.

But to be fair I'm personally not that fussed about weddings albums..
 
dancook said:
It's because my business is as complete as that website :D wanted to get the core finished first before I started adding extras.

But to be fair I'm personally not that fussed about weddings albums..
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Wedding albums is the only reason I don't do weddings lol. I don't have the time and patience to prepare one and deliver it customised to someone's requirements. Seems like a lot of work and faff. If you can make it work with only digital I may join you :D
 
nandbytes said:
Wedding albums is the only reason I don't do weddings lol. I don't have the time and patience to prepare one and deliver it customised to someone's requirements. Seems like a lot of work and faff. If you can make it work with only digital I may join you :D
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There will be a market for it i'm sure :)
 
dancook said:
There will be a market for it i'm sure :)
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I am in borderline Surrey, so it would be interesting to follow your business and see how you do in this area :)
Good luck and congrats on taking the plunge to change careers. Something I find scary and hard to do.
 
Thanks, I feel knackered right now - have to put it down to the weather not the wedding... else it might put me off for life :)

Well I've selected a few images for those not wanting to trawl through 700+
https://gallery.danielcook.com/maddyandnick/

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr
 
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dancook said:
Thanks, I feel knackered right now - have to put it down to the weather not the wedding... else it might put me off for life :)

Well I've selected a few images for those not wanting to trawl through 700+
https://gallery.danielcook.com/maddyandnick/

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr
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Great work,
did the Sony A9's perform ok, any issues? :)
 
Riz_Guru said:
Great work,
did the Sony A9's perform ok, any issues? :)
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Only the delayed responsiveness of the aperture dial after taking a photo, doesn't work for about a whole second.. but otherwise worked fine

I'm just realising now i might have lost two batteries :( damnit
 
dancook said:
There will be a market for it i'm sure :)
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When we got married we desperately wanted a wedding album and got quite a fancy one (for the time), even getting smaller copies for the family. How many times have I, or family members looked at those albums? Once, maybe twice. For me it's been a total waste of money, I only ever look at the images digitally. I think albums are just one of those things we're 'trained' to think we want/need but in reality don't. I think if you can find a way of tactfully portraying this to customers you'll be golden with digital only format, well maybe 99% digital with a print or two of their favourite image.

dancook said:
Thanks, I feel knackered right now - have to put it down to the weather not the wedding... else it might put me off for life :)

Well I've selected a few images for those not wanting to trawl through 700+
https://gallery.danielcook.com/maddyandnick/

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr

Nick & Maddy by dancook1982, on Flickr
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Great stuff Dan, there are others in the albums that I really like too. I hear you use the term shutter drag a lot, is this just slow sync flash or something else?

Just FYI these images look a bit soft on TP (viewed on Safari on Mac) but I know they're not as I've seen the originals (y)
 
dancook said:
Only the delayed responsiveness of the aperture dial after taking a photo, doesn't work for about a whole second.. but otherwise worked fine
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What's this?
 
snerkler said:
When we got married we desperately wanted a wedding album and got quite a fancy one (for the time), even getting smaller copies for the family. How many times have I, or family members looked at those albums? Once, maybe twice. For me it's been a total waste of money, I only ever look at the images digitally. I think albums are just one of those things we're 'trained' to think we want/need but in reality don't. I think if you can find a way of tactfully portraying this to customers you'll be golden with digital only format, well maybe 99% digital with a print or two of their favourite image.

Great stuff Dan, there are others in the albums that I really like too. I hear you use the term shutter drag a lot, is this just slow sync flash or something else?

Just FYI these images look a bit soft on TP (viewed on Safari on Mac) but I know they're not as I've seen the originals (y)
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I agree. We only shoot a handful of weddings each year but have never been asked for anything other than Digital’s.
 
snerkler said:
What's this?
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When I take a photo, if I INSTANTLY roll the aperture wheel (with the same finger mind so it has to travel there first) then the aperture doesn't change in the first 4-5 clicks.

snerkler said:
Great stuff Dan, there are others in the albums that I really like too. I hear you use the term shutter drag a lot, is this just slow sync flash or something else?
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Yes just slow shutter and rear curtain flash

snerkler said:
Just FYI these images look a bit soft on TP (viewed on Safari on Mac) but I know they're not as I've seen the originals (y)
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You should get a real PC ;)
 
Returned my Sony Zeiss 35mm/1.4. I found a small scratch on the front element when I was taking pictures for the sale thread here.
Teaches me not to trust any shops when they say optics is perfect. :rolleyes:
Was bought from LCE Manchester.
 
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dancook said:
It's because my business is as complete as that website :D wanted to get the core finished first before I started adding extras.

But to be fair I'm personally not that fussed about weddings albums..
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Might wanna fix this, first! :p

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dancook said:
:D yes I would but i'm taking a break today.. :D I still got... 6+ weeks worth of redundancy notice period
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‘‘Twas only mentioning incase you hadn’t noticed.

I thought you were already doing photography FT. Is that not the case..?
 
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ohms12 said:
‘‘Twas only mentioning invade you hadn’t noticed.

I thought you were already doing photography FT. Is that not the case..?
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I was waiting until Saturday's wedding was finished to get the images to populate it and decided what to do with it.

FT starts.. well nowish :) only been part time before.. good job i bought all my gear already :D
 
T_J_G said:
@dancook swap the rear curtain sync to front curtain, allows you to grab the moment as you would and add the light effects after. Easier to capture those dance floor antics.
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Ah right, I hadn't given much thought to it - is there much else difference in how it's presented - will need to look into it. thanks
 
Raymond Lin said:
First curtain because you want the flash to go off when you hit that shutter otherwise you are guessing like half a second ahead where the guests are and what they are doing in advance.
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Yes fair enough, i'll do that next time
 
snerkler said:
When we got married we desperately wanted a wedding album and got quite a fancy one (for the time), even getting smaller copies for the family. How many times have I, or family members looked at those albums? Once, maybe twice. For me it's been a total waste of money, I only ever look at the images digitally. I think albums are just one of those things we're 'trained' to think we want/need but in reality don't. I think if you can find a way of tactfully portraying this to customers you'll be golden with digital only format, well maybe 99% digital with a print or two of their favourite image.
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got married just under two years ago and we got an album. Nothing fancy and we just got the one but a physical one none the less. Its got used a fair amount so far and gets borrowed by my parents and in-laws too. I have personally only looked at it once but my wife has been through it a few times. I imagine down the road it'll probably be something I'll look at fondly again and again albeit once a decade :D (like my parents do with their wedding album). Think it was worth the money for me anyway.

addicknchips said:
I agree. We only shoot a handful of weddings each year but have never been asked for anything other than Digital’s.
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perhaps i am outdated :D
don't think I would splurge out for a fancy expensive one but I like the one the I have :)
 
That's 200 quid down the drain! Find those batteries!
dancook said:
Only the delayed responsiveness of the aperture dial after taking a photo, doesn't work for about a whole second.. but otherwise worked fine

I'm just realising now i might have lost two batteries :( damnit
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T_J_G said:
How many did you get through on that wedding day?
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I had 4 batteries, I might have scraped the entire day on the full charge of 4 batteries but i put the first set onto charge when I reached about 20-30% charge average across them both.

Then once the second set were down to about the same, put in the newly charged ones.

Ideally I'd want 6 to feel comfortable for a long wedding day if I had no access to power outlets.

I was shooting from about 9:45am - 10pm
 
dancook said:
I had 4 batteries, I might have scraped the entire day on the full charge of 4 batteries but i put the first set onto charge when I reached about 20-30% charge average across them both.

Then once the second set were down to about the same, put in the newly charged ones.

Ideally I'd want 6 to feel comfortable for a long wedding day if I had no access to power outlets.

I was shooting from about 9:45am - 10pm
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So battery life still isn't as good as DSLR but much more manageable that on older mirrorless.
 
T_J_G said:
So battery life still isn't as good as DSLR but much more manageable that on older mirrorless.
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Depends on the DSLR ;)

If doing it full time professionally you'd probably have two bodies with 2 spare batteries for each at least.
 
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