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

f/2.8 said:
It’s a stupid comparison as they are only comparing the sizes of the 3 different lenses. The sigma is huge but they have made it look worse by not including the hoods where they have included the hood with the Sigma. Even with the hoods the Sigma is bigger and bulkier but it’s no where near as big of a differences shown there. The G.M is a big lens too much bigger than the Nikon equivalent.
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Yup, stupid. The sigma does lose out more noticeably in weight.
 
twist said:
Really nice, unsure why people say the 85 1.8 OOF isn’t great, I think it’s amazing for such a cheap lens. The 55 didn’t impress me in comparison.
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Yeah I mean, I've only had it a couple of weeks but had read people saying it had too much 'character' in the OOF areas but I've not seen anything that made me think that yet. It's my first modern lens for my A7 III and I couldn't be happier with it, quite versatile, nice size and weight and very sharp. Now if only they had a wide and maybe a 50mm of the same quality-price ratio.
 
NewBeetle said:
Yeah I mean, I've only had it a couple of weeks but had read people saying it had too much 'character' in the OOF areas but I've not seen anything that made me think that yet. It's my first modern lens for my A7 III and I couldn't be happier with it, quite versatile, nice size and weight and very sharp. Now if only they had a wide and maybe a 50mm of the same quality-price ratio.
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I’ll recommend the sigma 35 art as your wider lens or the 24 if you want wider.
 
twist said:
I’ll recommend the sigma 35 art as your wider lens or the 24 if you want wider.
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I do want a wide prime, and a 70-200 at some point. I'm kind of hoping Sigma & Tamron get their arses into gear with some nice 70-200 E-Mount lenses.
 
NewBeetle said:
Yeah I mean, I've only had it a couple of weeks but had read people saying it had too much 'character' in the OOF areas but I've not seen anything that made me think that yet. It's my first modern lens for my A7 III and I couldn't be happier with it, quite versatile, nice size and weight and very sharp. Now if only they had a wide and maybe a 50mm of the same quality-price ratio.
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The 55mm is very good not as good as the Sigma Art 50mm in terms of sharpness but not bad. It’s also feather light and quite small which js a real advantage on such a small camera body.

twist said:
I’ll recommend the sigma 35 art as your wider lens or the 24 if you want wider.
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The 24mm G.M is outstanding as is the Sigma 35mm Art.

NewBeetle said:
I do want a wide prime, and a 70-200 at some point. I'm kind of hoping Sigma & Tamron get their arses into gear with some nice 70-200 E-Mount lenses.
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The rumour site mentioned a while back that there will be a Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 shortly into the new year. Personally I am very happy with the 70-200 f/4 but it’s not a focal length I use much so if it’s a lens you would use a lot you might be off with a f/2.8.
 
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woof woof said:
One thing that interests me is eye detect.

I've only recently started using face detect and to be honest I think it's great as it allows me to take casual shots which I could have only got before by zone focusing as moving the focus point or focusing and recomposing both have their problems. Face detect is better than zone focusing as I don't have to shoot at zone focus apertures and can instead shoot at wide apertures if I want.

That little shot of Mrs WW emptying the bird seed bag wont win any prizes but it would have been impossible without face detect. I'd still have taken a picture but it would have been a different picture of a different moment. The only way I could take that picture of that moment was to frame and shoot very quickly and moving the AF point or focusing and recomposing wouldn't have been quick enough. Shooting at 35mm, 3m or so at f5.6/f8 would have got me the moment but it would have been a different picture to that f2.8 one.

I can only imagine that eye detect and faster focusing is even better.
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I use eye AF etc less and less on the A9. It misses far more shots than if I just manage the focus point myself. I know where my focus point is and can adjust as needed (including whilst bringing the camera up to take a shot). Eye AF isn't infallible, and can just not find the face, be too slow, lock to the wrong face etc. There times it is nice to use and works well, especially with a single subject in controlled conditions. It's just not always the magic bullet it's made out to be. Quite often it needs a nudge first using the selected AF point to get it working in the right location.
 
jj_glos said:
I use eye AF etc less and less on the A9. It misses far more shots than if I just manage the focus point myself. I know where my focus point is and can adjust as needed (including whilst bringing the camera up to take a shot). Eye AF isn't infallible, and can just not find the face, be too slow, lock to the wrong face etc. There times it is nice to use and works well, especially with a single subject in controlled conditions. It's just not always the magic bullet it's made out to be. Quite often it needs a nudge first using the selected AF point to get it working in the right location.
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Is that with your canon lenses or native? I find it very effective.
 
Daniel_Paul said:
Will the E-Mount lenses work on the FE bodies? guessing obviously just at a loss of resolution?!
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I am suing Sigma 60mm F/2.8 and Sigma 16mm F/1.4 (both APS-C E- mount lens) on Sony A7R II full frame and I don't have problem.
Of course you have this mega heavy vignetting, but this could be quite creative (for me - for portraits, or just to add some drama, accent, etc.)
Be aware that I modified the Sigma 60mm and now the vignetting is significantly smaller (removed the rear baffle) - and you can get almost 35-36Mpx after cropping the vignette.

2 examples of Sigma 60mm on my A7RII:

Speed boat at the Koh Larn by Kalin Kalpachev, on Flickr

The local gas station by Kalin Kalpachev, on Flickr

About the 16mm, I rather not publish, as someone told me here last time it is not safe for work.

Anyway, the truth is don't be afraid to experiment. That is what the photography is, try it your way :)

Regards,
Kalin
 
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twist said:
Unless you need a zoom
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Well if you do, then you're not looking at an X100 to begin with ;) I 'liked' the RX100, but sold it on quicker than any other camera I've owned I think. Too small and fiddly for my liking, images were pretty good though.
 
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Cagey75 said:
Well if you do, then you're not looking at an X100 to begin with ;) I 'liked' the RX100, but sold it on quicker than any other camera I've owned I think. Too small and fiddly for my liking, images were pretty good though.
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I'm a prime shooter but my x100 varieties went very quickly, loved the form, hated the output and the rubbish af. Got on much better with the Fuji ilc cams.
 
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That's the one I had ^^ X100s [it's in my avatar], lovely little camera and well worth it at that price
 
Cagey75 said:
Well if you do, then you're not looking at an X100 to begin with ;) I 'liked' the RX100, but sold it on quicker than any other camera I've owned I think. Too small and fiddly for my liking, images were pretty good though.
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It was only small and fiddly cus of your big meat hooks,I’ve got fine artistic fingers :p
 
Is the output the same for A73 and A9’ ?
Same colours?
What are they like for Mono jpg ?
 
One more than thing. A73 and A9
How is AF-C performance ?
 
Raymond Lin said:
Why are you shooting mono JPGs?

They are different sensors but I’d say the difference is minimal, if any.
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Raymond. I often shoot snaps in mono on my Fuji. Quite like the look of them.
I shoot RAW at the same time, just in case I manage to get something worth exploring further.
 
rookies said:
I really like that mate.. Ive never tried doing Pano trying to see where the 7 are in that image.. What software do you use mate
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Just lightroom. It works nine times out of ten without problems for me. These were vertical shots panned left to right with some generous overlap. The tripod wasn't level but a bit of boundary warp filled the missing bits. Nothing vertical in this shot to worry over a bit of warp!
 
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