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

twist said:
Again, what happens when the shutter opens? It doesn't make particles disappear.
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No, but if you're in a situation where a sudden gust blows sand into your open camera body you can keep it turned off until you get to your car and give it a good clean out with a rocket blower. It also stops wayward fingers or anything else from touching it. I cannot fathom how you can try to paint this feature as anything but a positive and sensible one by Canon. I've definitely been doing more sensor cleans since adopting a camera system where the sensor is far more exposed.
 
I hate to interrupt the big love in but Melanie Safka is on my mind and even though she's still alive I'm channeling her spirit, right now...

"Look what you've done to my thread guys
Look what you've done to my thread
Well it's a Sony thread not a handbag fight
and I'd hate to read that all night, guys
Lets drop the handbags and move on..."

:D

Looks like it's quiet now and all lovie dovie again... good.
 
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Cagey75 said:
Kidding btw lads, though I have been to London 6 times now, and it does have a 'certain' vibe ... :cautious:

Last time was to see the mighty MAIDEN :plus1:
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Last time I was in London I met someone who sat behind me at Systime Computers. I was pretending to fix SMD drives but I can't remember what he was pretending to fix. Anyway, he started acting a little oddly and started to talk to the voices and then one day he was gone... When I met him again in London he seemed better and very pleased to see me. I left before he realised it was me doing the voices all those years ago.
 
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woof woof said:
Last time I was in London I met someone who sat behind me at Systime Computers. I was pretending to fix SMD drives but I can't remember what he was pretending to fix. Anyway, he started acting a little oddly and started to talk to the voices and then one day he was gone... When I met him again in London he seemed better and very pleased to see me. I left before he realised it was me doing the voices all those years ago.
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o_O
 
Ah, Melanie. I have a CD of hers, well, it's not actually hers it's mine. I bought it.
 
SsSsSsSsSnake said:
o_O
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One thing about the computer industry back then was that it was quite a small community and we pretty much all knew each other and a surprising number of us had "issues" to deal with even if we didn't know it. I've met people I worked with at one company or another all over the place :D These days just about anyone thinks they can fix a computer.
 
Alan
woof woof said:
Last time I was in London I met someone who sat behind me at Systime Computers. I was pretending to fix SMD drives but I can't remember what he was pretending to fix. Anyway, he started acting a little oddly and started to talk to the voices and then one day he was gone... When I met him again in London he seemed better and very pleased to see me. I left before he realised it was me doing the voices all those years ago.
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hang on,I can’t leave this hanging.what exactly are you on about Alan.are you skilled in ventriloquisam.? What voices was he talking to.have you been on the scotch. Lol,I really am confused here.(n)
 
woof woof said:
One thing about the computer industry back then was that it was quite a small community and we pretty much all knew each other and a surprising number of us had "issues" to deal with even if we didn't know it. I've met people I worked with at one company or another all over the place :D These days just about anyone thinks they can fix a computer.
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:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
Are you still dealing with them ?:LOL::ROFLMAO:
 
SsSsSsSsSnake said:
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
Are you still dealing with them ?:LOL::ROFLMAO:
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Drink was my thing back then but much less so now. Boredom with the tech also crept in and if anyone gave me a computer to fix now I'd hit it with an axe and bury it.
 
SsSsSsSsSnake said:
But you’ve still not explained the voices?
Is it me?:D:D
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Lots of techy people were a bit odd back then. I don't think anyone who worked at Systime would have passed for normal, not for long anyway.

SsSsSsSsSnake said:
Was yours buying up the last remaining stock of MF 35 and 50 lenses:p
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I think I've stopped. I haven't bought one for over a week now.
 
SsSsSsSsSnake said:
Ok mate ,go and have a lie down,it’s all ok.:D
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I'll do that, Mrs WW is calling... :D

PS.
Actually I did fix something this week. I fixed a Panasonic digital recorder thingy :D
 
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SsSsSsSsSnake said:
I’m not going to sleep tonight until I find out about the voices :banghead::banghead::facepalm::sleep:
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The voices are nothing. There was another guy there living two different lives. I mentioned it to him one day and he was completely shocked as he'd never realised. I later met one of him in London too.
 
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woof woof said:
The voices are nothing. There was another guy there living two different lives. I mentioned it to him one day and he was completely shocked as he'd never realised. I later met one of him in London too.
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But you said it was you doing the voices,what voices did you do?:(
 
Think it must be me.off to bed to toss and turn and listen to imaginary voices or is it Alan in my head.

If you can remember the answer I would appreciate it as my mental ocd has kicked in.:grumpy:
 
woof woof said:
Last time I was in London I met someone who sat behind me at Systime Computers. I was pretending to fix SMD drives but I can't remember what he was pretending to fix. Anyway, he started acting a little oddly and started to talk to the voices and then one day he was gone... When I met him again in London he seemed better and very pleased to see me. I left before he realised it was me doing the voices all those years ago.
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I hear us.
 
Does anybody else want to know how and what voices Alan made ,ive tossed :rolleyes: and turned all night wondering about those voices.
What made you make the voices and how come he didn’t get the obvious it was you”.?
 
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SsSsSsSsSnake said:
Does anybody else want to know how and what voices Alan made ,ive tossed :rolleyes: and turned all night wondering about those voices.
What made you make the voices and how come he didn’t get the obvious it was you”.?
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In Russia the voices own YOU!

Afaik Alan also did voices for Oscar on Sesame Street, Spike from Gremlins, Duck from 'Don't hug me I'm scared' and Frank Oz in Trading Places
 
Cagey75 said:
In Russia the voices own YOU!

Afaik Alan also did voices for Oscar on Sesame Street, Spike from Gremlins, Duck from 'Don't hug me I'm scared' and Frank Oz in Trading Places
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Lol I can imagine,but as a serious discussion between consenting adults surely the geezer must have known Alan was doing voices,if not Alan must have suspected he was a nut and played up to him,I wonder if he could record some and put on here :confused:
 
This threads a funny place on a Friday evening. Personally I liked the bits about t’ big smoke.

Another shot with the canon 135mm f2 while away. My adapter doesn’t work so everything has to be shot wide open (what a shame) and with manual focus.


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I also took the sigma 50mm art lens with me. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with that lens right now. It is rediculous. It’s so bloody sharp. So bloody huge too.
 
JJ! said:
So can 70-200 GM owners check this for me?

This is my start up and shut down noise...

View: https://youtu.be/VfTvY6c8DDQ
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A bit later but if it helps mine makes that noise too, normal on this lens for what I have seen.
Having said that the noise is barely noticeable, it sounds so much worst on your video...I assume mic was very close when recording the video?
 
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First world problem - I keep forgetting that when getting a camera, you end up ordering a lot of other stuff to go with it

Screen protector
Strap
Extra spare battery
Grip

Luckily I have a spare protector and also a small rig L-bracket not used. Still need a spare battery and will figure something out about the Strap.
 
SsSsSsSsSnake said:
Alan said he spooked a work colleague by making voices and the guy went nuts but he won't say wat voices or how the guy got deceived
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I used to talk to him (I was the only one who did) but rarely got a conversation out of him as he was well on the way then. We had a laugh (or maybe just me) but I'm sure I didn't contribute to his issues and he seemed much better, a different person really, when we met again years later. I was in London for an interview and he was working for the company, I was offered the job but I didn't take it. I went on to work in the industry for DPCE/Granada for another 12 years. Dunno where he is now, there's no trace of that company any more. Back then the computer industry was very high pressure and stressful and probably still is, can't blame anyone for having a breakdown or three or for having a few conversations with people I couldn't see or hear :D
 
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Am at a British Canoeing event at the Olympic venue.
Official togs all with Nikon’s and canons. Mainly 300mm & 400mm primes attached, but some longer zooms too. I wonder how long before Sony release a 300mm f2.8
 
So first go with the A7iii and 70-200 today. Felt a bit odd at first without a grip. Defiantly stands out more than the D750. Lots of comments about how that must be an expensive cameta!

Tried some silent shooting too. Seems really wired not really knowing how many pics you take.

8fps is fast lol. Took far too many photos.

Was a little bit of hunting. Seemed to struggle to get focus on the horse indoors sometimes. I know there is not a huge definition on his brown coat but not had this before.

EVF is not quite as good as I want it to be indoors. It’s not laggy or anything but indoors it the lighting I was in it was a bit poor.

Anyway, just going to look at images and see how the wife likes them lol
 
woof woof said:
I used to talk to him (I was the only one who did) but rarely got a conversation out of him as he was well on the way then. We had a laugh (or maybe just me) but I'm sure I didn't contribute to his issues and he seemed much better, a different person really, when we met again years later. I was in London for an interview and he was working for the company, I was offered the job but I didn't take it. I went on to work in the industry for DPCE/Granada for another 12 years. Dunno where he is now, there's no trace of that company any more. Back then the computer industry was very high pressure and stressful and probably still is, can't blame anyone for having a breakdown or three or for having a few conversations with people I couldn't see or hear :D
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Where's the bit on the voices,wat sort of voices did you make,why didn't he know it was you,I'm about to lose wat little sanity I have left if I don't find out o_O
 
I took my A7 and 28-70mm out today but only took one picture when Mrs WW asked me to take her picture if she jumped :D

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