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

Riz_Guru said:
Yeah if your happy to throw £3k at a fixed lens camera, mmm if I was aiming that high I would cough up the extra £1.3k and buy a real camera like a Lecia Q2 :p lol
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I bought mine for £1.7K. Plenty copies sold on camera jungle for sightly cheaper.

Q2 has a 28mm lens, it's bigger and RX1RII is mostly better in terms of both IQ and AF.
If you are after real jewellery instead of camera by all means Q2 is a good option lol :p
 
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nandbytes said:
I bought mine for £1.7K. Plenty copies sold on camera jungle for sightly cheaper.

Q2 has a 28mm lens, it's bigger and RX1RII is mostly better in terms of both IQ and AF.
If you are after real jewellery instead of camera by all means Q2 is a good option lol :p
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Lol :D
They were both on my list tbh, but went for the cheaper option for now.
If I get back into the swing of things then I’ll see ;)
 
ancient_mariner said:
"Problem is severe lack of disposable income to divert to camera gear - so it's going to be a stretch finding the cash for an A7iii (I definitely want the larger batteries) and LEA3, adding an LEA4 would be a step too far. "

Buy an LA-EA4 INSTEAD of the 3.
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Since most of my other lenses are SSM (or HSM, USD), so benefit from the LEA3 over the 4, that would be a worse option - no point saving for an A7iii only to never use it's AF capability but rely on the LEA4 instead.
 
nandbytes said:
If Sony made a LA-EA that works with screw driven lenses, this is the first lens I'd go buy. Rendering is beautiful, it's sharp and focuses better than the GM :p
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The LA-EA2 (APS-C) and LA-EA4 (FF) are both designed for Minolta's screw-driven AF lenses. I've used the AF 20mm, 500mm, DT 16-50/2.8 and Tamron 70-300 (total = £750 inc the LA).

I think lots of people use it with the Minolta legends: "beercan" and "secret handshake" lenses.
 
Faldrax said:
Since most of my other lenses are SSM (or HSM, USD), so benefit from the LEA3 over the 4, that would be a worse option - no point saving for an A7iii only to never use it's AF capability but rely on the LEA4 instead.
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Agreed. It makes sense to have the LA-EA4 mostly if you have screw-driven lenses. I did have the Tamron USD 70-300 on the LA-EA4, but it's pointless and unnecessarily heavy.

So I've swapped to the LA-EA3 and have sold almost all of my screw-driven lenses. Would like to find a fastish UWA SSM/USD/etc...
 
goldtop said:
The LA-EA2 (APS-C) and LA-EA4 (FF) are both designed for Minolta's screw-driven AF lenses. I've used the AF 20mm, 500mm, DT 16-50/2.8 and Tamron 70-300 (total = £750 inc the LA).

I think lots of people use it with the Minolta legends: "beercan" and "secret handshake" lenses.
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The AF of LA-EA4 (which I used to own once upon a time) is very basic.
I used to have a whole collection of minolta lenses when I shot a-mount.
 
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goldtop said:
Agreed. It makes sense to have the LA-EA4 mostly if you have screw-driven lenses. I did have the Tamron USD 70-300 on the LA-EA4, but it's pointless and unnecessarily heavy.

So I've swapped to the LA-EA3 and have sold almost all of my screw-driven lenses. Would like to find a fastish UWA SSM/USD/etc...
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CZ 16-35 f/2.8 ?
 
Good points. I'll look up that CZ to find out more. I normally check Kurt Munger's site and Ken Rockwell's for info on the Alpha-mount lenses. One thing: I haven't ever seen a used Tamron 17-28 through my regular Ebay alerts. Not many bought or are they so good that they're keepers?

FWIW, I just sold my LA-EA4 on Ebay having had to replace the mirror (due to a scratch that I cannot work out how it happened). It's not too tricky, but if you mismount it, you distort the mirror. Adding a mirror, even a translucent one, to a mirrorless camera seems a bit silly. Plus there's the extra annoyance of having two extra surfaces to attract dust and mess with your image. The LA-EA3/LA-EA1 make more sense to me.
 
goldtop said:
Good points. I'll look up that CZ to find out more. I normally check Kurt Munger's site and Ken Rockwell's for info on the Alpha-mount lenses. One thing: I haven't ever seen a used Tamron 17-28 through my regular Ebay alerts. Not many bought or are they so good that they're keepers?

FWIW, I just sold my LA-EA4 on Ebay having had to replace the mirror (due to a scratch that I cannot work out how it happened). It's not too tricky, but if you mismount it, you distort the mirror. Adding a mirror, even a translucent one, to a mirrorless camera seems a bit silly. Plus there's the extra annoyance of having two extra surfaces to attract dust and mess with your image. The LA-EA3/LA-EA1 make more sense to me.
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https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equi...28mm-f-2-8-di-iii-rxd-sony-fe-fit/sku-947963/

the used market has been a bit slow recently in general
 
snerkler said:
I’m off to Mexico very soon, but if we cancel we can’t claim anything back, or even postpone it without losing 100%. It’s not a cheap holiday either :(
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Well Boris has just said that we should stop all non essential travel so I'm assuming my holiday is going to get cancelled :(
 
snerkler said:
Well Boris has just said that we should stop all non essential travel so I'm assuming my holiday is going to get cancelled :(
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holiday is essential

on a separate note surprised to see you still have the samyang 24mm and 85mm. are you keeping them? thought you'd send them back
 
nandbytes said:
holiday is essential

on a separate note surprised to see you still have the samyang 24mm and 85mm. are you keeping them? thought you'd send them back
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Samyang 24 is actually fine, put it down to user error with those charts. Not done anymore chart tests but real world tests are fine. It's actually a pretty sharp lens. The 85mm is going back due to the AF issues, I've bought the 85mm f1.8 FE from a certain someone on here (y)
 
nandbytes said:
I bought mine for £1.7K. Plenty copies sold on camera jungle for sightly cheaper.

Q2 has a 28mm lens, it's bigger and RX1RII is mostly better in terms of both IQ and AF.
If you are after real jewellery instead of camera by all means Q2 is a good option lol :p
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One reason to go for the Sony is the focal length and the fact that by all accounts I've read it's a really good lens. As you'll know :D

I've never been keen on 28mm and although it's probably the most used focal length by far in the world now because of phones I can't remember the last time I used a 28mm other than a kit lens at its widest setting.
 
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snerkler said:
Samyang 24 is actually fine, put it down to user error with those charts. Not done anymore chart tests but real world tests are fine. It's actually a pretty sharp lens. The 85mm is going back due to the AF issues, I've bought the 85mm f1.8 FE from a certain someone on here (y)
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That's good to know.
 
Lez325 said:
I'm due to travel to Mull for 2 weeks commencing April 18th, just wondering if this will be possible now given the circumstances :(

Les
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Even if there's not a full travel ban, the property owners may not want anyone staying there.
 
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