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

nandbytes said:
seems to have had the camera longer? or do we know for a fact that they have had the camera longer?
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Well there are videos of the DPReview team having the cameras at their offices making all kinds of videos, so I'm assuming they didn't do them all in an hour or two, but I could be wrong. ;)

Some people at the events were not allowed to go outside with the cameras from what they were saying. DPReview have at least done that, as have the Camera Store from the videos I have seen.
 
Andy82 said:
I'm finally a member of the A7 club. Picked up my A7iii today with a 55mm 1.8. Got a reasonable deal from London camera exchange. Got the A7iii with the 55mm plus a free extra battery and uv filter. Paid £1630. Just need to claim £80 cashback on the lens to make it £1555
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You got a new A7III plus the 55 1.8 and extra battery for £1630? That's more than a reasonable deal, it's a steal.
 
grotty said:
You got a new A7III plus the 55 1.8 and extra battery for £1630? That's more than a reasonable deal, it's a steal.
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Yeah. London camera exchange have a bank holiday Sony event going on. They were trying to flog the A7ii for £1200 and £400 cashback making it £800 this weekend only. I wanted the A7iii though and I was suprised when he said it comes with a battery. They are like £75 lol. There was a deal if I bought the camera with the 55mm too.


Oh and I got him to throw in a uv filter for free lol. A hoyo pro one that was £40
 
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Andy82 said:
Yeah. London camera exchange have a bank holiday Sony event going on. They were trying to flog the A7ii for £1200 and £400 cashback making it £800 this weekend only. I wanted the A7iii though and I was suprised when he said it comes with a battery. They are like £75 lol. There was a deal if I bought the camera with the 55mm too.


Oh and I got him to throw in a uv filter for free lol. A hoyo pro one that was £40
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That's an amazing deal, considering it's £1000 off their online price for the two (without the battery)!

https://www.lcegroup.co.uk/New/sony...8-za-zeiss-sonnar-t*-(alpha-a7m3)-_18833.html
 
Andy82 said:
Derby mate.

If you look in the lce home page there is an ad for unbeatable in store offers on sony. When you click it it just brings up a list of stores and doesn't tell you the offers. You have to call them or go into store
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Ah nice. Thanks for heads up.

I'll visit the store one day I think
 
Andy82 said:
Derby mate.

If you look in the lce home page there is an ad for unbeatable in store offers on sony. When you click it it just brings up a list of stores and doesn't tell you the offers. You have to call them or go into store
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Just gave them a call no such offer in London :(
Only the free battery

If I can really get the price you mentioned in Derby it's worth getting a train just for the deal!!
 
nandbytes said:
Just gave them a call no such offer in London :(
Only the free battery

If I can really get the price you mentioned in Derby it's worth getting a train just for the deal!!
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I doubt it. I only got mine today because they said they had two in stock that had just come in. So I just went down straight away.

Also I think it ends tomorrow.
 
Andy82 said:
I'm finally a member of the A7 club. Picked up my A7iii today with a 55mm 1.8. Got a reasonable deal from London camera exchange. Got the A7iii with the 55mm plus a free extra battery and uv filter. Paid £1630. Just need to claim £80 cashback on the lens to make it £1555
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I just spoke to LCE in derby who confirmed the price in store for an A7III and the 55mm lens is £2569.98 and that the only offer they had on this camera for bank holiday was a free battery. How did you pay £1000 less?
 
f/2.8 said:
I just spoke to LCE in derby who confirmed the price in store for an A7III and the 55mm lens is £2569.98 and that the only offer they had on this camera for bank holiday was a free battery. How did you pay £1000 less?
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[emoji1] Ok. Typo £2569
 
Just chucked FZ100 battery in the classifieds.
 
redhed17 said:
Others seem to have had an hour or two with the cameras at events whilst DPReview seem to have had the cameras longer. I think I'll go with him until proved wrong. ;) He seemed to be pretty sure in his conclusions so far, as always with the caveat of pre-production firmware. ;)
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"That's actually one of the awesome things of about having that wide throat you can have a 0.95 lens" - its comments like that makes him lose his credibility. There are already f0.95 lenses on other mounts inc. Sony. Its a silly inaccurate point!

Rishi just sounds like a Nikon marketing ambassador tbh.
 
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Andy82 said:
I'm finally a member of the A7 club. Picked up my A7iii today with a 55mm 1.8. Got a reasonable deal from London camera exchange. Got the A7iii with the 55mm plus a free extra battery and uv filter. Paid £1630. Just need to claim £80 cashback on the lens to make it £1555
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Good deal... Hang on, are you missing a 1k?
 
No wonder the A7iii battery last so long. It takes forever to charge. Still waiting to play with my new toy [emoji17]
 
An older camera I know, but on a whim this weekend i bought an A7 plus the kit zoom from Amazon for £719. Once the cashback kicks in it will be £569, can't think I have ever had a better deal.

Wait, now I need another 1500 for glass. Might not gloat to the wife about that detail.
 
IntenseJason said:
An older camera I know, but on a whim this weekend i bought an A7 plus the kit zoom from Amazon for £719. Once the cashback kicks in it will be £569, can't think I have ever had a better deal.

Wait, now I need another 1500 for glass. Might not gloat to the wife about that detail.
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Dipping my toe in too. I was deciding between the mark I and mark II, and went for A7II plus 35 2.8, both used (from WEX and LCE respectively). I wanted a compact setup to take away on an upcoming five week trip — looking forward to having a play.
 
grotty said:
Dipping my toe in too. I was deciding between the mark I and mark II, and went for A7II plus 35 2.8, both used (from WEX and LCE respectively). I wanted a compact setup to take away on an upcoming five week trip — looking forward to having a play.
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Bought mine for travel duties too, looking out for a 50 1.8 plus extension tubes and a longer zoom, alas that's the pricey part.

24-240 a possible but really K want the 80-200, so might make do with adapting something for now.

So far I have really enjoyed it.
 
Andy82 said:
I'm finally a member of the A7 club. Picked up my A7iii today with a 55mm 1.8. Got a reasonable deal from London camera exchange. Got the A7iii with the 55mm plus a free extra battery and uv filter. Paid £1630. Just need to claim £80 cashback on the lens to make it £1555
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Woah that’s an amazing price!!!! Seriously... £1555 for the new A7III and Zeiss 55mm f1.8???

Ooops it was a typo!!!! :D
 
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IntenseJason said:
Bought mine for travel duties too, looking out for a 50 1.8 plus extension tubes and a longer zoom, alas that's the pricey part.

24-240 a possible but really K want the 80-200, so might make do with adapting something for now.

So far I have really enjoyed it.
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I don't really it's worth putting the 70-200 GM on a an a7mk1. You're buying a beastly af lens then throttling it big time on a slow body.
 
twist said:
I don't really it's worth putting the 70-200 GM on a an a7mk1. You're buying a beastly af lens then throttling it big time on a slow body.
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I do agree with you here, but the 24-240 gets mixed reviews so the 80-200 f4 is the only other option really. Not an action shooter so speed isn't that important to me.

It would be nice to see some third party options in this area.
 
IntenseJason said:
I do agree with you here, but the 24-240 gets mixed reviews so the 80-200 f4 is the only other option really. Not an action shooter so speed isn't that important to me.

It would be nice to see some third party options in this area.
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Also the 70-300 Fe, if you don't need speed how about an adapted canon 70-200 f4 or manual focus option could work well?
 
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twist said:
Also the 70-300 Fe, if you don't need speed how about an adapted canon 70-200 f4 or manual focus option could work well?
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Hah! As it happens I already have that very Canon lens, adapter already on order. For now I will wait and see how this (And the camera.) works out for me.
 
IntenseJason said:
Hah! As it happens I already have that very Canon lens, adapter already on order. For now I will wait and see how this (And the camera.) works out for me.
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Definitely worth a go! What adapter did you go for, some are better than others.
 
I still can’t decide between the A7III and the A9 :D so haven’t jumped in yet.

Decision made harder as stock of the Siggy 35 is thin on the ground and I want to get them both together. Was just about to order an A7 III and the distagon earlier but apparently there are tons of them around that are soft on the right hand side and it isn’t easy to find a good copy, well according to the internet’s anyway.
 
f/2.8 said:
I still can’t decide between the A7III and the A9 :D so haven’t jumped in yet.

Decision made harder as stock of the Siggy 35 is thin on the ground and I want to get them both together. Was just about to order an A7 III and the distagon earlier but apparently there are tons of them around that are soft on the right hand side and it isn’t easy to find a good copy, well according to the internet’s anyway.
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I think jonney said stock will be in 1st week of September.

It's true. Go back some/lots of pages I've tested all three 35 1.4 extensively.
 
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Talking of fast lenses, I was wondering if anyone signed up for a 75mm f0.95 lens from Meyer Optik and due for delivey 2019?
 
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