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

jonneymendoza said:
Peak District is not actually a place to door step away for us in london. It's actually quicker and sometimes cheaper to go to say marseille and trek over there!

Great image though
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Maybe not the Peak District, but I’m sure there are plenty of opportunities near where you live :)

However you do have a point about public transport in this country, maybe if it was moe reasonable and reliable, we may be tempted to use it more
 
jonneymendoza said:
Crazy innit
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I did Bristol and back in a day twice by car. Obviously not twice in the same day :D Just proves that you can cover hundreds of miles in the UK in a reasonable time but doing it in good time by rail would mean such a vast injection of money that it's just not going to happen any time soon. Not without saddling future generations with even more crippling debt that we're already doing now.

Anyway. Photography is off the menu for me at the mo as I've been ill and have no free time anyway :(
 
I've got plenty of time now. Have finished my 1 year contract so basically a bum with expensive toys to play with (cameras)
 
jonneymendoza said:
Yea that also. It took me 8h to get to lake district from london a few years ago
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We spent a family Christmas there, took nearly 9 hours to get back to Surrey day after Boxing Day:eek:
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View over Grasmere.
A7R3 24-70GM
Just one day of glorious light.
 
Well I’ve finally ordered a 100-400 after looking around for the last few weeks :) Im looking forward to it being delivered as I’ve heard many good things on here, and hoping to put it through it’s paces with the otters I’ve recently been following. It has created a dilemma as I’ve currently got a 25-105 f4 and a 70-200 f4. Im thinking I may have initially made a mistake with lens selection when moving over from Nikon as I bought the equivalent lenses of this I had previously owned. In the past I’ve felt I needed a lens in the 70-200 range because of the focal length gap between a shorter lens (24-70 or 24-120) and longer wildlife telephoto lenses I used. Also due to the size/weight of the longer telephoto wildlife lens I needed something lighter in the 70-200 range for landscapes (I wasn’t ever planning on lugging the wildlife lens around!!). Now I’ve dropped the heavy telephoto in favour of a lighter long lens in the 100-400 I’m wondering if the 70-200 f4 will get as much use or if I really need it. The 24-105 and 100-400 combo would cover the whole 24-400mm range but at the expense of 1/3 (up to 168mm) to 1 stop of aperture (168mm+) and around 500-600g in weight. It will be interesting to see them side by side as there doesnt look like a major size difference on the camerasize.com https://camerasize.com/compact/#724.660,724.392,ga,t. Weight wise there probably won’t be much in the Sony setup to the previous Nikon setup I was carrying for landscapes.

Has anyone else had this dilemma? Part of my move over to Sony was to reduce the amount of kit I had so it makes sense not to keep anything if I don’t necessarily need it. I’ve been really impressed with the Sony 70-200 f4 as it seems to be a great lens. It’s pretty sharp, has fast and accurate focusing, and is pretty much silent in operation. It would be a shame to sell it but equally a shame to see it sitting in a cupboard seldom used.
 
rob-nikon said:
Well I’ve finally ordered a 100-400 after looking around for the last few weeks :) Im looking forward to it being delivered as I’ve heard many good things on here, and hoping to put it through it’s paces with the otters I’ve recently been following. It has created a dilemma as I’ve currently got a 25-105 f4 and a 70-200 f4. Im thinking I may have initially made a mistake with lens selection when moving over from Nikon as I bought the equivalent lenses of this I had previously owned. In the past I’ve felt I needed a lens in the 70-200 range because of the focal length gap between a shorter lens (24-70 or 24-120) and longer wildlife telephoto lenses I used. Also due to the size/weight of the longer telephoto wildlife lens I needed something lighter in the 70-200 range for landscapes (I wasn’t ever planning on lugging the wildlife lens around!!). Now I’ve dropped the heavy telephoto in favour of a lighter long lens in the 100-400 I’m wondering if the 70-200 f4 will get as much use or if I really need it. The 24-105 and 100-400 combo would cover the whole 24-400mm range but at the expense of 1/3 (up to 168mm) to 1 stop of aperture (168mm+) and around 500-600g in weight. It will be interesting to see them side by side as there doesnt look like a major size difference on the camerasize.com https://camerasize.com/compact/#724.660,724.392,ga,t. Weight wise there probably won’t be much in the Sony setup to the previous Nikon setup I was carrying for landscapes.

Has anyone else had this dilemma? Part of my move over to Sony was to reduce the amount of kit I had so it makes sense not to keep anything if I don’t necessarily need it. I’ve been really impressed with the Sony 70-200 f4 as it seems to be a great lens. It’s pretty sharp, has fast and accurate focusing, and is pretty much silent in operation. It would be a shame to sell it but equally a shame to see it sitting in a cupboard seldom used.
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Nice one, how much did you get one for in the end?
 
nandbytes said:
Nice one, how much did you get one for in the end?
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I managed to find a used lens on camera jungle. They currently have a 10% off offer at present so it came in at £1800. It was listed as mint with 12 month warranty so hopefully a good find. With them practically being the only lens option over for 200mm there are very few on the used market.
 
rob-nikon said:
Has anyone else had this dilemma? Part of my move over to Sony was to reduce the amount of kit I had so it makes sense not to keep anything if I don’t necessarily need it. I’ve been really impressed with the Sony 70-200 f4 as it seems to be a great lens. It’s pretty sharp, has fast and accurate focusing, and is pretty much silent in operation. It would be a shame to sell it but equally a shame to see it sitting in a cupboard seldom used.
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If you aren't desperate for the cash, then just sit on it for a while - not literally ;) A couple of months will give you plenty of time to see if the 100-400mm is all you need on the very long end. It certainly seems a popular & well spoken about lens. And I think I've seen the 70-200mm go for £800-900 which is a good chunk of the 100-400mm cost ;)

I've got 18 images from 2018 on my Flickr from the FE35/2.8. 7 were a day out in January. 6 were the summer holiday. The other 5 were where I took the FE35 to see how it compared to the CV40/1.4 (& it didn't!) As well as the M mount CV40/1.4 I've also got the E mount CV40/1.2 so the FE35 is going to be of no use whatsoever....... Definitely SELL time now!
 
LeeRatters said:
If you aren't desperate for the cash, then just sit on it for a while - not literally ;) A couple of months will give you plenty of time to see if the 100-400mm is all you need on the very long end. It certainly seems a popular & well spoken about lens. And I think I've seen the 70-200mm go for £800-900 which is a good chunk of the 100-400mm cost ;)
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I’m not in any rush to sell it so that’s what I will most likely do. It’s always good to be able to rest them out together but I do wonder if as time goes on it’s harder to let it go. Im more wildlife than landscape so that has to be considered too. I’m interested in others have come to this concussion.
 
NewBeetle said:
Out for a few photo's tonight around my home town. All taken with A7 III & old Prakticar 28mm f/2.8DSC06075 by Anthony Andrades, on Flickr
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Love the sunstars! :)

By the way - Happy New year everyone!

P.S. Totally agree about the train prices, here in UK.
Especially if you need to buy for a trip next day...
I still remember several years ago - trip London - Newcastle and a few hours back Newcastle - London - £251
Small old car - much much better option. And cheaper.
 
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rob-nikon said:
Is that taken from St Catherine’s Island? Every time I’ve visited Tenby the island has been closed. Always wanted to hav3 a look around there :)
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It is indeed. It's open most weekends weather and tide depending. They said there is a website from the previous owners that says its permanently closed and they wont take the website down.
This is now the official page, https://www.facebook.com/StCatherinesIsland/
 
robj20 said:
It is indeed. It's open most weekends weather and tide depending. They said there is a website from the previous owners that says its permanently closed and they wont take the website down.
This is now the official page, https://www.facebook.com/StCatherinesIsland/
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That will probably be why I’ve not seen it open. I’ve had a look at that old website saying it’s closed. Thanks for the link.
 
NewBeetle said:
Some from the last few days, as always with the Sony 85mm f/1.8, it's having to be an allrounder as it's my only FF Sony lenso_O

DSC03700 by Anthony Andrades, on Flickr

DSC04217-2 by Anthony Andrades, on Flickr

DSC04216 by Anthony Andrades, on Flickr

DSC04182 by Anthony Andrades, on Flickr

DSC04215 by Anthony Andrades, on Flickr

DSC04241-2 by Anthony Andrades, on Flickr

DSC04641 by Anthony Andrades, on Flickr

DSC03691 by Anthony Andrades, on Flickr
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Christ, this lens is quickly becoming something I want desperately!! Great shots, so sharp!!
 
Took the horses for a beach ride New Years Day which was more challenging than I thought Photography wise with sky/sea and dark coloured horses.

Still, again the camera was pretty faultless and now getting to grips with the focus system properly and what settings work for me. 2nd time in a row with 200+ pics and all in focus lol.
 
I'm sure this has come up 1000 times but any recommendations for a7III batteries? I probably only need one so might break with tradition and get a genuine Sony, most third party battery reviews on Amazon seem to suggest issues and they aren't hat cheap anyway.
 
ukaskew said:
I'm sure this has come up 1000 times but any recommendations for a7III batteries? I probably only need one so might break with tradition and get a genuine Sony, most third party battery reviews on Amazon seem to suggest issues and they aren't hat cheap anyway.
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Bristol Cameras for genuine. Cheapest around or we’re when I ordered.

Not sure which third party work without warning but it’s a bit of a minefield. I went genuine Sony as I couldn’t be bothered with the fuss!
 
-markie- said:
Anyone know when the Sony event is in January?

I was about to buy a sigma 35 1.4 art, but wondering whether to see if they announce a sony 35mm 1.8 before purchasing.
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The CES show is next week, so there are some suggestions of a Sony announcement there (A7000 potentially) but I haven't seen any more ideas about the 35/1.8
 
-markie- said:
Could well be from what i've seen online, defiantly worth the weeks wait. Although how long after they announce do they normally start shipping?
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I don't think Sony have a consistent approach to shipping after announcements but I'm more interested in the value of the A6500 going down so I can pick one of those up :0) With the current £300 cashback until the end of Jan it would be good to see their price drop further before then.
 
stevelmx5 said:
I don't think Sony have a consistent approach to shipping after announcements but I'm more interested in the value of the A6500 going down so I can pick one of those up :0) With the current £300 cashback until the end of Jan it would be good to see their price drop further before then.
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Ah sorry, thought you meant you wanted the newer model :p
 
Has anyone on here who owns Samyang lenses bought the Samyang lens station so that they can update the firmware ?

I have just bought a 24mm F2.8 and noticed that the formware is still on version 1.

Not sure I want to spend £50 on one though as I think my 35mm f2.8 is up to date !
 
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