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

PINNACLE said:
I got the lenscoat cover it is far superior to the outdoorphoyographygear ones I have bought in the past it is rubber packed so does not spin or fall off the hood. The converter covers were a rip off but needed as I use the lens a lot with the 1.4 and the x2 works a treat for static subjects. I also splashed out a got a Wimberly foot as the original foot and plate were heavier and bulkier. Sold one of my plates to cover most of the cost.


87FFFE45-CB6B-423A-AA70-1BB7504BAB77 by Martin Billard, on Flickr


6A50C94D-27ED-43C6-BDAC-4855D78E6E71 by Martin Billard, on Flickr


44E14CA2-7CEA-4235-A1F8-008A9CAC7207 by Martin Billard, on Flickr
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Thanks
Did you get it from Wex?
I did have one of the outdoor gear ones a couple of years back on my 150-600mm and it seemed ok.
The lenscoat ones do sound great but are a lot dearer.
 
Bobsyeruncle said:
Thanks
Did you get it from Wex?
I did have one of the outdoor gear ones a couple of years back on my 150-600mm and it seemed ok.
The lenscoat ones do sound great but are a lot dearer.
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The outdoorphotography gear ones are still rubber backed, I’ve had several over the years on every big lens up to the Canon 600mm and they were fine. I did buy a lenscoat one and there wasn’t enough of a difference to justify the massive cost difference imo but I guess it’s personal choice.
 
Just over a month now with Sony and still happy, but still working out the best way to process in Lightroom as very different files compared to Canon so a little noisy still.

A few shots with the 200-600mm on A9ii on my local wildlife. The only real downside to the lens is it does not allow DMF.

600mm ISO2500

Barn Owl by Martin Billard, on Flickr

840mm with x1.4TC ISO 2000 very little lag in AF or tracking

Barn Owl by Martin Billard, on Flickr

1200mm with x2TC ISO 2500 still quick to AF will not track so static situations are best

Blue Tit by Martin Billard, on Flickr

All photos can be looked at closer on Flickr as not cropped much
 
PINNACLE said:
Just over a month now with Sony and still happy, but still working out the best way to process in Lightroom as very different files compared to Canon so a little noisy still.

A few shots with the 200-600mm on A9ii on my local wildlife. The only real downside to the lens is it does not allow DMF.
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That's annoying. I wonder why?
 
PINNACLE said:
Just over a month now with Sony and still happy, but still working out the best way to process in Lightroom as very different files compared to Canon so a little noisy still.

A few shots with the 200-600mm on A9ii on my local wildlife. The only real downside to the lens is it does not allow DMF.

600mm ISO2500

Barn Owl by Martin Billard, on Flickr

840mm with x1.4TC ISO 2000 very little lag in AF or tracking

Barn Owl by Martin Billard, on Flickr

1200mm with x2TC ISO 2500 still quick to AF will not track so static situations are best

Blue Tit by Martin Billard, on Flickr

All photos can be looked at closer on Flickr as not cropped much
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On my A7ii I can choose dmf in the focus menu then it works fine.
I've set up the round button on the lens to select focus mode, then I can quickly change it to DMF.
Don't know if that helps.
Great shots by the way...
 
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Cagey75 said:
Yup, nowt to complain about :ROFLMAO:
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What do you have now then? A fixed lens Fuji?

I do like simple fixed lens cameras and I'll probably always have something like that but I don't think I'd like to stop using manual lenses so I need an ILC to use them on.
 
woof woof said:
What do you have now then? A fixed lens Fuji?

I do like simple fixed lens cameras and I'll probably always have something like that but I don't think I'd like to stop using manual lenses so I need an ILC to use them on.
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I still have the X-H1, just sold all my lenses - I just ordered a 35 1.4 yesterday and rooting about for some kind of macro option. Keeping it simple these days, new job, less time for casual shooting
 
Cagey75 said:
I still have the X-H1, just sold all my lenses - I just ordered a 35 1.4 yesterday and rooting about for some kind of macro option. Keeping it simple these days, new job, less time for casual shooting
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I have next to no time for taking pictures these days but I did manage to take a camera with me when we walked to the shops today and I took one picture. I've thought about selling some lenses, maybe even most but for me less time = making it special and choosing what lens to use is a part of making it special for me. So despite having little time for all this I'll probably be keeping everything and maybe even buying more.
 
woof woof said:
I have next to no time for taking pictures these days but I did manage to take a camera with me when we walked to the shops today and I took one picture. I've thought about selling some lenses, maybe even most but for me less time = making it special and choosing what lens to use is a part of making it special for me. So despite having little time for all this I'll probably be keeping everything and maybe even buying more.
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For the past 5-6 months I pretty much just used one lens, the 16mm 1.4 - I had a 50F2 also but it rarely saw use, I just enjoyed the 16 so much more. The restrictions did start to creep in when I began to shoot more people again though at events. And the old Fuji 35 1.4 was one of my favorite lenses on any system, so it'll play that in-betweener for a bit - Looking at the Laowa 65mm 2.8 as an accompaniment, and I'd have bought it this week too only I had to buy a new phone - which did Pee me off, but it's done now
 
Just tried the clear image zoom feature tonight, shame it's jpeg only but still think it came out OK (view on Flickr for sharper image)


A7R00097 by TDG-77, on Flickr
 
Auto ISO - I Had a bit of spare time today so set my a9mkII + 200/600+1.4tc to 3200 sec f9 (wide open ) then auto iso I normally set everything Manual always have but just thought I would try this, mostly on birds in flight over the garden but took snap shots all round the garden i used evaluative metering and have to say nearly every shot even sky shots with a small bird were very close to correct exposure .

Close enough for the increase in speed it gives by not having to keep changing the ISO manually some seagulls were a bit blown so i then tried center weighted metering this cut some of the blown highlights down .
I'm quite impressed with how well this works

Any thoughts about Auto ISO ? as its new to me.
Rob.
 
I love it and have it set and have used it on every camera I've had that's had it unless making a deliberate decision not to.
 
GyRob said:
Auto ISO - I Had a bit of spare time today so set my a9mkII + 200/600+1.4tc to 3200 sec f9 (wide open ) then auto iso I normally set everything Manual always have but just thought I would try this, mostly on birds in flight over the garden but took snap shots all round the garden i used evaluative metering and have to say nearly every shot even sky shots with a small bird were very close to correct exposure .

Close enough for the increase in speed it gives by not having to keep changing the ISO manually some seagulls were a bit blown so i then tried center weighted metering this cut some of the blown highlights down .
I'm quite impressed with how well this works

Any thoughts about Auto ISO ? as its new to me.
Rob.
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Auto iso is a no brainer in a great number of scenarios imo, why constantly be manually changing ISO when your camera can do it for you.

What were you shooting that required 1/3200 shutter?
 
Just between us...

When I got my first DSLR I used to set the ISO I thought I'd need, go out for the day and reevaluate and reset if necessary the next time I went out. Just like in the film daze. The thought that I could change the ISO from shot to shot hit me like a thunderbolt much later.

I really should have read up on DSLR's.
 
I only half watched but I thought he'd done that to show how quiet it was.
 
snerkler said:
Auto iso is a no brainer in a great number of scenarios imo, why constantly be manually changing ISO when your camera can do it for you.

What were you shooting that required 1/3200 shutter?
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It's what i try to set when doing birds in flight as i'm at 840mm with that combo so thought it a good try out for auto iso.
Rob.
 
GyRob said:
It's what i try to set when doing birds in flight as i'm at 840mm with that combo so thought it a good try out for auto iso.
Rob.
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I can imagine ISO gets pretty high in the UK at f9 1/3200?
 
Trying out the Sammy 45 f1.8 on Saturday.

Low sun by Toni Ertl, on Flickr

It's not a *bad* lens at all, but I have a feeling that 45mm is going to be all wrong for me - I'll either want wider or longer - and either 35mm or 55mm will be better. Bokeh is quite nice, but I'm not really feeling picture-taking right now, so not producing much that's pleasing.
 
Cagey75 said:
According to the article posted about clear zoom you get this feature on other models too, like the A7III, A7R II & III
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I believe you do, but on top of the clear image zoom I've cropped down heavily so the resulting image is 'only' 3300 pixels wide, with the original jpeg being 9500 pixels wide ;)
 
snerkler said:
I believe you do, but on top of the clear image zoom I've cropped down heavily so the resulting image is 'only' 3300 pixels wide, with the original jpeg being 9500 pixels wide ;)
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Obvious advantage here to the RIV, but you do pay a heap more for the privilege [over the older models at least, the A9 duo can also do this]
 
Cagey75 said:
Obvious advantage here to the RIV, but you do pay a heap more for the privilege [over the older models at least, the A9 duo can also do this]
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Well for me it was the only Sony I could use due to the ergonomics so didn't have a lot of choice ;)
 
snerkler said:
Well for me it was the only Sony I could use due to the ergonomics so didn't have a lot of choice ;)
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I can learn to get comfy with any body so long as there's a half decent grip and it's not too small. But if I had your money I'd buy the RIV too :P
 
Cagey75 said:
I can learn to get comfy with any body so long as there's a half decent grip and it's not too small. But if I had your money I'd buy the RIV too :p
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Well I can't shrink my fingers to fit between the grip and lens :p
 
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