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

JJ! said:
This is why I have held on to the D750 and borrowing the A7iii. Admittedly I did but the 70-200 but you don’t see them for sale 2nd hand very often.

Are the pics any better? Hard to tell after one shoot. Got more over next 2 weekends so no rush to decide!

BUT... the silent shooting is awesome! In the dressage arena where it’s quite quiet you can here the D750 rattling off. The A7 eerily silent! Trouble is don’t have it in 8fps for something that doesn’t need it... 200 images in a 4min dressage test :LOL:
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Thing is Justin. Dressage for me was single shot. I found the burst method often missed the optimum position. Yes, no doubt silent shooting is a huge benefit. I had many riders ask me to stop shooting because of Shutter noise.
 
trevorbray said:
Thing is Justin. Dressage for me was single shot. I found the burst method often missed the optimum position. Yes, no doubt silent shooting is a huge benefit. I had many riders ask me to stop shooting because of Shutter noise.
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I was just experimenting with the FPS. At 8fps you seem to get every position lol.
 
Riz_Guru said:
Lovely images, and taking on the original A7 :eek: just goes to show how good IQ the original A7 can produce, its good enough for me :)
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cheers. got about 100 or so shots to go through - but obviously the focal length isn't ideal so was hard to frame how i'd like to.
 
Cagey75 said:
Yeah copped that, need many more images though, too much gear smack talk :D
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I don't get to use my cameras much these days and when we do get out the chances are we can't go far and the light is poor. Besides that I haven't bought any new lenses since I got the 85mm f1.8 and I've posted pictures taken with that.
 
Cagey75 said:
The first one is beautiful :) Makes me wish my daughters were still that age :( I used to get cracking shots of them when they didn't care about the camera, now they either pull silly poses or run a mile :D
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On your d800? :)

Thanks. She is at the stage now where she either won’t look at the camera or when she does it’s with her tongue out. I liked the background so managed to get her to stand there for a moment. Got three shots in before she walked off and this was the only one that’s usable.
 
addicknchips said:
On your d800E? :)

Thanks. She is at the stage now where she either won’t look at the camera or when she does it’s with her tongue out. I liked the background so managed to get her to stand there for a moment. Got three shots in before she walked off and this was the only one that’s usable.
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FTFY :D

I prefer candids to posed which is what I love about it :)
 
addicknchips said:
On your d800? :)

Thanks. She is at the stage now where she either won’t look at the camera or when she does it’s with her tongue out. I liked the background so managed to get her to stand there for a moment. Got three shots in before she walked off and this was the only one that’s usable.
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We've got a little one in our family on the autistic spectrum and at our wedding he did something in every shot he was in which was understandable but it would have been nice to get one shot with him in it without that.

Have you tried bribery? :D
 
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woof woof said:
We've got a little one in our family on the autistic spectrum and at our wedding he did something in every shot he was in which was understandable but it would have been nice to get one shot with him in it without that.

Have yo tried bribery? :D
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Our daughter has Cerebral Palsy, she's in her terrible teens now and is very conscious of how she looks in photos. She has a bit of a wandering right eye and she will demand I delete any pics where it's more obvious. I get the best shots of her candidly, and only show her the ones where that irritation [only to her] is not so clear.
 
woof woof said:
We've got a little one in our family on the autistic spectrum and at our wedding he did something in every shot he was in which was understandable but it would have been nice to get one shot with him in it without that.

Have you tried bribery? :D
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yes. chocolate is my go to choice of bribe

The Blue one.. by Jonathan Howes, on Flickr
 
addicknchips said:
cheers!

its the 85mm f1.2 canon lens (adapted). for some reason it always shows f1.3 rather than f1.2 when wide open.
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AH, wondered because I know that f/1.8 lenses show as f/1.3 with certain speed boosters. How are you liking the A7II?
 
Cagey75 said:
AH, wondered because I know that f/1.8 lenses show as f/1.3 with certain speed boosters. How are you liking the A7II?
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currently using an a7. a72 is ok - a good camera that can be picked up used fairly cheap now. my issue with Sony cameras is that i just don't particularly like the user experience..
 
Just come home loaded a few photos from today's wedding into Lightroom and am sitting here thinking this feels like cheating.

Is it even possible to take an out of focus photo with the A7III? :jawdrop:
 
addicknchips said:
currently using an a7. a72 is ok - a good camera that can be picked up used fairly cheap now. my issue with Sony cameras is that i just don't particularly like the user experience..
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I kind of know what you mean, and also understand why you have been back and forth with Fuji so much. I took keep considering Fuji sometimes on those days GAS bubbles.

Sony has done well to keep the size of their bodies small when you compare them against APS-C bodies like the Fuji’s, but there is room for improvements for sure.

- bigger body by 1cm
- top LCD display
- fully weather sealing
- stronger build
- better menu / touch GUI
- maybe dual XQD slots / same speed UHS-II SD slots
- memo recorder
- time lapse / inter
- illuminated buttons

If only Fuji made the XT-3 full-frame and nailed the face/eye AF algorithm eh? [emoji6]

That being said, the end results from the Sony’s with good glass is great, Sony bodies treated like tools get the job done well.
 
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CharleyBird said:
Love this photo, the composition, the colours and lines, and the jump for joy.

What was the lens? The steps bend a bit?
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It's not a great composition as that's a very heavy crop :D The whole picture is on the previous page :D

It was her idea to jump and she likes being small in the frame to prevent close up wrinkles :D

Kit lens, 28-70mm at 41mm and with the lens profile applied in CS5.
 
twist said:
I'm using a PD slide.
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So am I.

I think the movement of using another camera while the Sony hangs by my side on the PD slide is what is causing the buttons to be knocked. Perhaps when you are using yours you are only using the one camera body?
 
f/2.8 said:
So am I.

I think the movement of using another camera while the Sony hangs by my side on the PD slide is what is causing the buttons to be knocked. Perhaps when you are using yours you are only using the one camera body?
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Yup, only one so could be.
 
f/2.8 said:
Doing my first Sony, well mostly Sony wedding today been pretty happy. Just having dinner and looked through some stuff from today.

Only major pain is every time I drop the camera to my side it is changing the shooting from single too timer and all sorts. Pain in the bum.
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F/1.4 said:
I've complained about this alot. Not hearing it from many others
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yeah this is my biggest frustration when t first happened to me it set it to a 10 second timer, took me what felt ages to work out why it was firing when i pressed the button, and only later when i went back to it in a low moment did i realise i had lots of shots of the floor, was an advantage to have the second body and a quick swap
 
RPhotos said:
yeah this is my biggest frustration when t first happened to me it set it to a 10 second timer, took me what felt ages to work out why it was firing when i pressed the button, and only later when i went back to it in a low moment did i realise i had lots of shots of the floor, was an advantage to have the second body and a quick swap
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It changes all manner of settings on me lol. Bracketed WB, timers and all sorts
 
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