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

addicknchips said:
performance seem much the same.

mechanical shutter is very quiet - i think its the same as a7riv. Deeper grip and chunkier buttons makes it feel more solid.

would have liked to see the evf and especially the lcd upgraded.

nice touches with with version 2. of the firmware - the shutter closes when you turn off the camera to protect it from dust when changing lenses.
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Nice, will wait for mk 3 then
 
GreenNinja67 said:
Agreed, I have the A7Rii and can't fault it.

My shots of the comet earlier in the thread were taken at ISO6400.

So glad I moved from M43 back to full frame.
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I thought I'd have a look for it last night and thought about going to the coast to see what I could see but unfortunately we'd had just about complete cloud cover most of the day and it just carried on. It's the same again today, just mostly flat light and a white / grey sky.
 
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MrMackyB said:
Hmm, autofocus lenses are going to take a bit of getting used to for me. Went to Oxford at the weekend, the amount of shots where Im not happy with the focus point is roughly 80%. I set the focus area to wide with AF-C. That obviously doesn't suit me, so I will look at maybe centre spot. How often do you guys change AF settings on a typical day out with your camera? I found it a pain changing stuff, I will obviously have to set up my camera buttons differently now I have moved over which wasn't something I had considered. It is just getting used to a new way of doing things...
It is alot quicker than MF, though my old way of either using focus magnify or more typically zone focus means I need to learn to think about things in a different way. Having said that, the 16-35 F4 is a nice lens, I will admit to being completely lost when I first put it on and went to 16mm, everything is so far away :) Im going to find this challenging, it is a completely different way to take photo's, both the FOV and the AF..
16mm is so wide!
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I use AF-C and the focus lock medium spot setting (A7 mkiii). I point the AF box onto the area I want in focus, hold the AF button, recompose and take the shot.
 
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A few more pictures from yesterdays walk to the shops.

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These go in a folder and on a slideshow which I play in evenings and mornings when stuck indoors.

Not that sharpness matters with these, but they are sharper on my screen.
 
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jonneymendoza said:
It's wack
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nandbytes said:
Didn't you say something about modern updated bodies and Sony just using older bodies :p
So much for modern and updated with a 6 years old sensor lol
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Ill point you in the direction of the A7 which is nowhere near as capable as a D750 in any way and it retails at £900.

WOW!!! Look at the MASSIVE improvement! The D750 sensor has always been fantastic. Note the blue line.

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twist said:
Ill point you in the direction of the A7 which is nowhere near as capable as a D750 in any way and it retails at £900.

WOW!!! Look at the MASSIVE improvement! The D750 sensor has always been fantastic. Note the blue line.

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Nice photo shop skills ;). My android device with its tiny Sony sensor smashed the d750 ;)
 
twist said:
Not suprised, the cameras not going to know what you want to focus on when its set to wide, it just detects the subject thats nearest or with most contrast. Flexible spot AF is better for this or Eye AF if you have a human shot. You can customise nearly all the buttons, but for now you could use the fn button (fast visual way to change a lot of settings) on the rear and select the different AF modes fairly quickly then use the joystick to move the AF point and trashcan to reset it to the middle again, flexible spot medium point works well. With Sony you dont really have to move out of AFC... ever.
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SDK^ said:
I use AF-C and the focus lock medium spot setting (A7 mkiii). I point the AF box onto the area I want in focus, hold the AF button, recompose and take the shot.
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Thanks for the suggestions, I will try both of these methods and see how I get on. I understand why I have seen people moaning about the lack of a joystick now :-)
 
twist said:
Ill point you in the direction of the A7 which is nowhere near as capable as a D750 in any way and it retails at £900.

WOW!!! Look at the MASSIVE improvement! The D750 sensor has always been fantastic. Note the blue line.

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DSLR generally do better on low ISO dynamic range because they don't need the sensor to be always on or have to deal with PDAF.

besides I never said D750 sensor was bad. I have always said its rather good. just saying its rather old and will perform worse in a mirrorless setting.

Once again no one buys A7 at £900. Nikon Z 24-50 retail at £400 and the 24-120 was how much? like a grand? no one will these at that prices. they are always bought much lower on discounts or as kits.
 
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nandbytes said:
DSLR generally do better on low ISO dynamic range because they don't need the sensor to be always on or have to deal with PDAF.

besides I never said D750 sensor was bad. I have always said its rather good. just saying its rather old and will perform worse in a mirrorless setting.

Once again no one buys A7 at £900. Nikon Z 24-50 retail at £400 and the 24-120 was how much? like a grand? no one will these at that prices. they are always bought much lower on discounts or as kits.
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Why is it still retailing at that price, the kit is still nearly £800. Those are kit lenses designed to make a camera kit price look attractive, because people will consider it a bargain when they price the items individually. Its a really dodgy sales trick and it may not catch the well informed but not everyone is.

Even if it is identical to the D750 sensor, its likely to match the Z6 sensor performance without the peak at ISO 800+ that BSI offers (not that its a dramatic improvement). Latest sensors have only really added MP and BSI, nothing that amazing, the A9 sensor adds something truly unique but it loses out in overall IQ because of it.

Were going to get in trouble for talking about other cameras!
 
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twist said:
Looks like you got some really nice pics mate, dont be so down
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Thanks. Yeah I’m ‘happy’ with the shots, just harder to achieve.
nandbytes said:
prefer the second shot but shame about the fence(?) on the other side ruining it a little.

I prefer your tamron shots to sony ones.
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Thanks, I don’t mind the fence tbh as it breaks up the greenery. With regards to the Sony vs Tamron shots they’re two different styles, slow pan vs average speed pan ;)
 
snerkler said:
Thanks, I don’t mind the fence tbh as it breaks up the greenery. With regards to the Sony vs Tamron shots they’re two different styles, slow pan vs average speed pan ;)
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Yeah I can see that. Also with pans I like having a little more context than complete magnification on the car. Of course they are both great to have and I'd be happy with both but we all have preferences right ;)

Last time I shot at Goodwood with the 85GM at f1.4 and a 5 stop ND. I was pretty happy with the results but yours are lot better. I really enjoyed it and it was my first time but thanks to lockdown I have had no options to practice this year :(
 
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nandbytes said:
This is the best one so far, it's brilliant, love it (y)
You have made lot better use of your rental lens than the one I own.
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Thanks, appreciate it (y)
 
There's a Voigtlander 35mm f1.2 SE review on the rumor site.

It's a couple of weeks old and I think I might have posted a link at the time but just in case I didn't here's a direct link...

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Sony Alpha Blog : Voigtländer 35mm F1.2 Nokton SE

The Voigtländer 35mm F1.2 Nokton Classic lens, priced at 1000 euros, is noted for its soft background blur and appealing transition effects, especially for portraits. While sharpness improves signi…
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I am sort of tempted but looking at the samples on Fred Miranda it doesn't look significantly better than my 35mm f1.4 in the corners. Also having 35, 40 and 50mm lenses doesn't really make sense so I'll have to think about it.

Also, just out of interest. I was thinking that I have way too many 35 and 50mm lenses so I looked to see if there was anything I could part with. I picked on the Nippon Kogaku 50mm f1.4 but after mounting it on the camera and taking some pictures with it I don't think I can part with it just yet. It's main issues are that like many older lenses it's funky at f1.4 and there's much less contrast but all the aberrations do make for a look that can be quite nice with a less messy scene. There's quite a bit of vignetting too but everything becomes much more controlled at f2.8.

PS.
I forgot something, there's an unusual amount of distortion for a 50mm prime but with many subjects it probably wont be noticeable.

Ken Rockwell's review...

 
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Great stuff Ant. I was beginning to think I was the only one here today.

It was nice to see so many of these...

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As usual, A7 with Voigtlander 35mm f1.4.
 
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