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

Riz_Guru said:
I’m keen to see what Zeiss come out with their fixed lens full-frame camera....
I reckon it’ll have the following:-

A 35mm or 50mm f1.8 lens.
Full-frame Sony 50mp BSI sensor with IBIS
A fully weather sealed body with dual SD slots
A 5 million pixel EVF
Interesting times indeed. :)
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It'll be interesting to see if it's a bigger hit than the (from what I've read) slow selling RX1 range.
 
Been meaning to buy one of the eyecups for my cameras. Anyone recommend one ?
 
Sony Colours, getting the grips with it.

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Raymond Lin said:
I've only tried the 100L on the MC-11 once but my first impression is that it did not focus well, it hunts like crazy.
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In good light it wasn't to bad but i found with all the Canon glass i tried it wasn't very consistent in all honesty or at least not to the point i would use it for crucial work.

Going to hire the 70-200 f2.8 and probably the 85 f1.4 for my final meeting this year.

Didn't really get the A7III for work but more family stuff instead of lugging round a 1DXMKII but i am very impressed with the files so i may have to have a shuffle around.
 
Gadget-Guy said:
Well adapted glass doesn't work very well on head on bikes!!! The latest EF 300 f2.8 IS L MKII just wouldn't track so need to start saving up for the 70-200 f2.8 first i guess.

Did result to a not very reliable way of pre focus again and was impressed with the detail of files even compared to my 1DX MKII.

Found eye A/F very hit and miss using Canon glass on the grid also but when it worked it was brilliant but when it didn't i just wouldn't regain focus for ages.

Still early days but may have to juggle some Canon glass around and replace with native Sony,will hire some for my final outing this season at Brands.

Few little quirks compared to the Fuji X-T2 as seem to keep adjusting the volume every time i scroll through images at the moment and the size of the single A/F point is bloody massive LOL.

Detail from the sensor is incredible and the colours are a lot better than i expected.

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Riz_Guru said:
Wow, amazing comments and probably the first owner on here who has the FE 400mm f2.8 GM.
Is that a genuine Sony eye-cup you have for the A9? :)
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Likely the first. It’s definitely the first in the Middle East region, with deliveries not likely to start for another 2 weeks here.

Not a genuine eye cup. I couldn’t actually find anything genuine, so bought a few off Amazon.

They seem to have gone up a bit in price but very much worth the tenner.

JW Eyecup Eye Cup Eyepiece Viewfinder... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01HTKFSLE?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf
 
I just bought another A7III.

Debated long and hard on an A9 but maybe next time.
 
f/2.8 said:
I just bought another A7III.

Debated long and hard on an A9 but maybe next time.
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Your 2nd?

Mine is coming today...can't afford a set of flashes yet though so I think the next wedding I am going to have to do something I don't think anyone has ever done before....Daylight Sony, evening Canon....2 totally separate system.

I don't think an A9 would be beneficial for me, I find 8FPS is s bit too much already, silent shooting I can already do with the A73. I've also notice there is no anti-flickering on the A9 either for some reason.
 
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Raymond Lin said:
Your 2nd?

Mine is coming today...can't afford a set of flashes yet though so I think the next wedding I am going to have to do something I don't think anyone has ever done before....Daylight Sony, evening Canon....2 totally separate system.

I don't think an A9 would be beneficial for me, I find 8FPS is s bit too much already, silent shooting I can already do with the A73. I've also notice there is no anti-flickering on the A9 either for some reason.
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Yes my second, I tried the silent shooting the other day at a wedding as another photographer had told me that I shouldn't get any banding if I used a shutter speed of at least 1/125 but I did so the A9 appealed and I might get one later on. The lighting conditions where quite difficult though so will try the silent shooting out again. My wife still shoots Nikon and won't change so we are using both. Thankfully there doesn't really seem to much difference between the files colours seem very similar.

In regards to flashes I ordered the Godox Xpro-s trigger for my AD200'S & AD600 and I bought a little Godox V350s which surprisingly worked quite well. There is a cheaper version that takes AA batteries as well.The one I have works great apart from the battery sticking inside the flash and being difficult to get out, to be fair I knew they did this before I bought it.

Probably worth mentioning the hot shoe on those small Godox flashes can very easily snap off, I was talking to a guy the other day and he actually carries spare hot shoes so he can swap them out while out working.
 
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f/2.8 said:
Yes my second, I tried the silent shooting the other day at a wedding as another photographer had told me that I shouldn't get any banding if I used a shutter speed of at least 1/125 but I did so the A9 appealed and I might get one later on. The lighting conditions where quite difficult though so will try the silent shooting out again.

In regards to flashes I ordered the Godox Xpro-s trigger for my AD200'S & AD600 and I bought a little Godox V350s which surprisingly worked quite well. There is a cheaper version that takes AA batteries as well.The one I have works great apart from the battery sticking inside the flash and being difficult to get out, to be fair I knew they did this before I bought it.

Probably worth mentioning the hot shoe on those small Godox flashes can very easily snap off, I was talking to a guy the other day and he actually carries spare hot shoes so he can swap them out while out working.
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I am on the A9 group on Facebook and someone posted that you can still get banding with the A9, it is not foolproof yet.

Re the X-Pro, I would need a flash on the camera as fill, on top of 2 off camera as kickers. I know the X-Pro now does IR but not sure about any of the flash heads yet?
 
twist said:
You can resize to flexible spot small.
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Will have to have another nose through the manual as couldn't see any way of making it any smaller when using adapted lenses as it seemed to limit choices.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I am on the A9 group on Facebook and someone posted that you can still get banding with the A9, it is not foolproof yet.

Re the X-Pro, I would need a flash on the camera as fill, on top of 2 off camera as kickers. I know the X-Pro now does IR but not sure about any of the flash heads yet?
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Very rarely u will see banding. In fact the examples shows that even mechanical shutter shows banding on areas where the A9 does such as those philips hue wifi lights (I tested it before and saw banding on my 5d4!)
 
jonneymendoza said:
Very rarely u will see banding. In fact the examples shows that even mechanical shutter shows banding on areas where the A9 does such as those philips hue wifi lights (I tested it before and saw banding on my 5d4!)
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I have Hue at home, not a problem in mechanical....if I can get away with it these days, it's my default way to shoot just to make sure I don't get banding, sometimes it's hard to notice there is LED around, especially in the day time with all these windows but you forget there are some spot lights in the corners of the room.
 
twist said:
So you're happy?
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Happy enough to take the gamble! If it doesnt work out, can easily go back!

Wanted to check all the files properly and compare the shots (especially the indoor ones) to the D750 and came up with the following:

Positives of the A7iii I have come away with from first outing:

These are my initial findings using mainly flexible spot, 1/500, f2.8, 8fps

Handles the changing lighting and back lighting better
Seems to be able to handle a mixture of tones better, mainly faces. The D750 had a habit of making faces quite pale whilst getting the horse spot on
Silent shooting at 8fps for horses speed works with no isses
EVF although not zero blackout does effect tracking at 8fps
Picks up more details in lower light
 
Two of my D750's went today as well, still such a great camera absolute bargain for the money they can be bought for now.
 
f/2.8 said:
Two of my D750's went today as well, still such a great camera absolute bargain for the money they can be bought for now.
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Yep - MPB have offered £840 for the other one. Its only dont a few hundred shots but still probably will not get more than that on here!!
 
JJ! said:
Yep - MPB have offered £840 for the other one. Its only dont a few hundred shots but still probably will not get more than that on here!!
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I sold one of mine with 50k shutter count for £900 this morning on Facebook marketplace. The other one was sold on here for £800. Very difficult to sell anything at a reasonable price on here any more.
 
SsSsSsSsSnake said:
They look better than a lot I’ve seen colour wise to me.how did you approach the processing?
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For my taste, I found almost all the sliders needs to be pushed that little bit more than I used to, with the exception of the saturation.

The other way I sometimes edit the photos for personal stuff is try the popular "flat" profile that is all the rage these days.

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Raymond Lin said:
Hopefully....24/1.4 and for lots of people a 300/2.8

And a regular G 35/1.8 would be nice.
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I am hoping for the following to really turn up the heat on rivals...

35mm f1.8
35mm f1.2 GM
50mm f1.2 GM
135mm f1.8 GM
105mm f2.8 GM Macro
300mm f2.8 GM
500mm f2.8 GM

:D
 
I want to buy a prime, but waiting too see what comes out!
 
f/2.8 said:
The 35mm Sigma Art native lens for Sony is honestly pretty outstanding for the money.
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Im looking at something at the other end of the £ scale! I cant afford anything else now I bought the 70-200!!
 
JJ! said:
Im looking at something at the other end of the £ scale! I cant afford anything else now I bought the 70-200!!
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Sony really need to release a FE 35mm f1.8 to plug the gap.
 
JJ! said:
Im looking at something at the other end of the £ scale! I cant afford anything else now I bought the 70-200!!
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I feel your pain I have spent 5.5k on gear in the last couple of weeks and not done yet.
 
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