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

woof woof said:
I used my Miranda 24mm f2.8 last week, it vignettes like crazy but it's within the range CS5 can correct so it's not a problem at lower ISO's but may give noise issues at higher. Apart from playing with that I've just bought another 35mm :D
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Interested to know what tempted you to get another

Wife was tidying yesterday and found her Dad's OM1 MD (battered vintage 1975-1979) with a nice lens, the 50 f1.4;
along with his mint cased SUN 80-240 f4 zoom, presumably poor quality and too heavy to use much
 
CharleyBird said:
Interested to know what tempted you to get another

Wife was tidying yesterday and found her Dad's OM1 MD (battered vintage 1975-1979) with a nice lens, the 50 f1.4;
along with his mint cased SUN 80-240 f4 zoom, presumably poor quality and too heavy to use much
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They're cheap or at least relatively cheap and they're all slightly different.

If you like playing with kit, and I do, buying old lenses and seeing how they perform at different apertures and with different subjects is relatively cheap fun and it gives me an excuse to get out and play.
 
I've decided to move back to an A6xxx system as I'm not shooting much digital landscape anymore, nor any studio, so I'd prefer the more compact system. I bought a pretty much brand new (3 months' old) Tamron 28-75 iii RXD from Nandbytes last week to use on my A7, and whilst it's an excellent lens with a very flexible range, I've decided to go back to a few prime lenses for the weight saving on an A6500. I'm also going to be selling my Nikon Pre-AI 20mm 3.5 wide angle lens with FE adaptor as I'll be getting a wider lens for crop. As a result, there will be some FE gear going up into the Classifieds today if anyone is interested or has an A6500/Zeiss 55mm they fancy a trade with :)
 
I did read that and they're not the lenses I'd have picked but few would agree with my choices.

I wouldn't have picked the 28mm. It may be a nice focal length and it may be a nice lens but I'm sure I've read that it's not a great 28mm. If it perfumed like the 35mm f2.8 and 55mm f1.8 I could understand the choice but from what I've read it doesn't get to that sort of level.

I think with a lot of this stuff we're nit picking and in a whole picture we're possibly not going to see the limitations but nit picking is sometimes the point if we're making lists of best lenses.
 
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Hi i am trying to claim cashbakc on my 90mm sony f2.8 macro lens i purchased on the 5th Nov and i keep getting this error?

  • All claims should be submitted after 30 days from the purchase date shown on your proof of purchase. Purchase date must be between 17.10.18 and 31.01.19 (inclusive).
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edit. so i cant submit and have to wait 30days from 5th nov? why?
 
jonneymendoza said:
Hi i am trying to claim cashbakc on my 90mm sony f2.8 macro lens i purchased on the 5th Nov and i keep getting this error?



edit. so i cant submit and have to wait 30days from 5th nov? why?
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Because in case you claim it and then return the lens, most retailers have a 30 day money back guarantee.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Because in case you claim it and then return the lens, most retailers have a 30 day money back guarantee.
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Makes sense I guess, helps them keep hold of the money for a month.

How much do you incorporate a 24 into your weddings Ray? More for tight venues to get in close?
 
Livin The Dream said:
Makes sense I guess, helps them keep hold of the money for a month.

How much do you incorporate a 24 into your weddings Ray? More for tight venues to get in close?
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24 for tight rooms, when space is restricted, dancefoor is good for that.

But as a focal length, it is not a lens i naturally go towards, I have a friend who is much more a lover of the 24mm than i am, she is actually really good but she is on Nikon D750.

For the Sony, I've shot a couple of weddings with it, but they are in the queue at the moment so I don't have many to show this minute except these.

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I don't think that 24mm is a great focal length for weddings it's generally either not long enough or not wide enough.

I really like the 24mm GM but I have taken it to 5 weddings, I took a couple of shots with at the first one and haven't used again since. Won't be taking it any more. I didn't buy it for weddings anyway so no biggy.
 
I struggle a bit with the distortion at 24mm. It’s handy to have for tight spaces and was the reason I kept a 24-70, good for dancefloor too, but it’s not a FL that I’ve ever warmed to. I might look at the 28 but it’s a bit too close to 35. Having said that, I still think that 28/55 would make a great travel option. I’ll get xmas out the way and give it some thought.
 
Livin The Dream said:
I struggle a bit with the distortion at 24mm. It’s handy to have for tight spaces and was the reason I kept a 24-70, good for dancefloor too, but it’s not a FL that I’ve ever warmed to. I might look at the 28 but it’s a bit too close to 35. Having said that, I still think that 28/55 would make a great travel option. I’ll get xmas out the way and give it some thought.
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For the dance floor I pretty much just use a 16-35.

I am using my 24mm G.M and a 55mm as my travel gear.
 
I was disappointed to read someone on Luminous Landscape posting to the effect that the Sony FF is effectively an APS-C mount and therefore can't handle wide aperture lenses as I thought that had been accepted as crap, but apparently not. By coincidence the rumor site has a bit from a Sony manager who mentions f1.0 lenses being doable but not good business...

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/son...-sense-alo-new-telephoto-lens-is-coming-soon/

Surely it'd be worth doing one and charging £6k for it just to shut the Canikon fanboys up.
 
woof woof said:
I was disappointed to read someone on Luminous Landscape posting to the effect that the Sony FF is effectively an APS-C mount and therefore can't handle wide aperture lenses as I thought that had been accepted as crap, but apparently not. By coincidence the rumor site has a bit from a Sony manager who mentions f1.0 lenses being doable but not good business...

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/son...-sense-alo-new-telephoto-lens-is-coming-soon/

Surely it'd be worth doing one and charging £6k for it just to shut the Canikon fanboys up.
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I'm utterly disappointed you're still visiting LL after your utter dissatisfaction every time you visit it!
 
woof woof said:
I was disappointed to read someone on Luminous Landscape posting to the effect that the Sony FF is effectively an APS-C mount and therefore can't handle wide aperture lenses as I thought that had been accepted as crap, but apparently not. By coincidence the rumor site has a bit from a Sony manager who mentions f1.0 lenses being doable but not good business...

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/son...-sense-alo-new-telephoto-lens-is-coming-soon/

Surely it'd be worth doing one and charging £6k for it just to shut the Canikon fanboys up.
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I bet those people are also Nikon users, and less than 6 months ago they were saying the F-mount were the best thing ever with it's 60 years of history and don't need F/1.0 lenses.
 
twist said:
I'm utterly disappointed you're still visiting LL after your utter dissatisfaction every time you visit it!
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Reading over there makes me feel good about myself.

At least they haven't banned me again.
 
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Can someone confirm whether or not the A7iii comes with a screen protector already on the LCD Screen or should I buy one?
 
nandbytes said:
I ordered mine just yesterday. Plenty of places have it in stock. Where did you order it from?
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Harrisons.... not in a real rush as I have blown a considerable amount of money on audio / video hardware... so piggy bank is rather low lol :(
 
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