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

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Ѕuреrіоr Аutоfосuѕ & Ореrаtіоn
Ѕіgmа hаѕ dеѕіgnеd аn орtіmіѕеd аutоfосuѕ ѕуѕtеm thаt аllоwѕ thе Ѕіgmа Масrо 105mm F2.8 DG DN Аrt Lеnѕ tо bе соmраtіblе wіth thе lаtеѕt fасе/еуе dеtесtіоn thаt уоu’ll hаvе оn уоur Е-mоunt оr L-mоunt саmеrа bоdу. Тhе lеnѕ uѕеѕ а роwеrful Нуреr-Ѕоnіс Моtоr (НЅМ) whісh hеlрѕ tо асhіеvе hіghlу рrесіѕе аnd quіеt аutоfосuѕ ореrаtіоn. Іn аddіtіоn, Ѕіgmа hаѕ іmрlеmеntеd vаrіоuѕ fеаturеѕ thаt аllоw fоr аdvаnсеd funсtіоnаlіtу аnd ореrаtіоn fоr bоth рhоtоgrарhеrѕ аnd vіdеоgrарhеrѕ. Тhе 105mm hаѕ аn ареrturе rіng whісh рrоvіdеѕ уоu wіth thе орtіоn tо соntrоl уоur ареrturе frоm еіthеr thе саmеrа оr lеnѕ, dереndіng оn уоur ѕhооtіng соndіtіоnѕ. Тhеrе’ѕ а ѕwіtсh whісh саn bе dе-сlісkеd аllоwіng уоu tо сhаngе уоur ареrturе whіlѕt fіlmіng wіthоut ѕtерреd сhаngеѕ tо ехроѕurе. Тhіѕ fеаturе mаkеѕ fоr а quіеtеr ореrаtіоn whісh саn bе раrtісulаrlу uѕеful іf уоu’rе fіlmіng сlоѕе-uр ѕubјесtѕ. Тhеrе’ѕ аlѕо аn ареrturе rіng lосk buttоn whісh rеmоvеѕ thе rіѕk оf ассіdеntаllу ѕwіtсhіng frоm аutо tо mаnuаl ареrturе соntrоl.

Аlоng wіth thеѕе fеаturеѕ, thе lеnѕ bаrrеl аlѕо fеаturеѕ а fосuѕ lіmіtеr ѕwіtсh wіth rаngеѕ frоm 0.295m-0.5m, 0.5m-іnfіnіtу, оr FULL. Тhіѕ ѕwіtсh іѕ dеѕіgnеd fоr fаѕtеr АF реrfоrmаnсе bу аllоwіng уоu tо lіmіt thе lеnѕ’ fосuѕіng rаngе. Тhіѕ іdеаl fоr whеn уоu rоughlу knоw thе dіѕtаnсе оf уоur ѕubјесt. Fоr ехаmрlе, іf уоu knоw уоur ѕubјесt wіll mоvе іntо а сеrtаіn аrеа оf уоur frаmе, уоu’d ѕеt thе lіmіt tо thаt аrеа ѕо thаt whеn уоur ѕubјесt арреаrѕ, ассurаtе fосuѕ іѕ аttаіnеd quісklу bу іgnоrіng thе rеѕt оf thе frаmе. Fіnаllу, аdјасеnt tо thе fосuѕ lіmіtеr ѕwіtсh іѕ аn АFL buttоn. Тhіѕ buttоn аllоwѕ уоu tо аѕѕіgn а funсtіоn vіа уоur саmеrа mеnu fоr quісk ассеѕѕ. Аll оf thеѕе fеаturеѕ аrе whаt еnаblеѕ аn еffісіеnt wоrkflоw whеn uѕіng thіѕ lеnѕ.
 
Sounds good. Don't get me wrong the focussing's ok on the 70mm, just being focus by wire sometimes i focus and it goes past the point I want in focus so have to go back a bit. It's just getting used to it that's all.

I'm thoroughly enjoying the quality. It's the sharpest lens I've ever owned.
 
they claimed 70mm to be the best of the best and this 105mm to be even better than that.

currently i am using loawa 100mm macro, I will only swap if there is a 2x TC for sigma to get me 2:1 magnification like the loawa does.
 
GreenNinja67 said:
If it's as good as the 70mm I've just bought it'll be incredible.

Does the 105 focus by wire as that's the only thing that's a little frustrating on the 70mm?
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AFAIK no-one is making AF lenses with a mechanical focus ring any more.
 
woof woof said:
The only one may be the Olympus 17mm f1.8 for MFT. I think that has mechanical focus when you engage it. It's a lovely lens.
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I think all the Olympus Pro lenses have mechanical focus capabilities if you require.
 
GreenNinja67 said:
I've been having issues with focus stacking in Photoshop 2020 recently.

If I have a stack of only 4 or 5 shots PS gives me an out of memory error when stacking. Which is crap when I have 16GB RAM

So I thought I'd try Helicon Focus Pro. Way way better and quicker than PS and utilises my Nvidia GTX1660S hardware acceleration too.


[url=https://flic.kr/p/2jNBZP6]FED4 Case by Terence Rees, on Flickr[/URL]


[url=https://flic.kr/p/2jNC13n]FED4 Back by Terence Rees, on Flickr[/URL]
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Very nice images. Have you actually bought the Helicon or is it on trial? What is your lighting set up like for these shots?
 
footman said:
Very nice images. Have you actually bought the Helicon or is it on trial? What is your lighting set up like for these shots?
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Hi Laurence,

Yes I bought the Pro version for about £53.

I had 2 Lencarta Smartflash 2's lighting the left & right with Bowens 100cm softboxes.

To the high rear slightly to the right I had a Godox V1 in a Bowens adaptor with a 60cm softbox.

Black muslin backdrop.
 
twist said:
You seemed to miss this...


The zeiss was faulty, it was decentered. They confirmed after I sent my test shots via email. So was the Samyang which we now know isn't uncommon, even after spending hrs adjusting via the dock it was off different distances. I then got a sigma... from the same shop.
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Sorry @twist
Not so much missed it, was just far to drunk to notice. It appears I thought I was funny at the time.
Nothing has been funny today :puke:
 
Unusual results for the footballists :oops: :$

I got a bargain on evil bay. I go a Nikon 50mm f1.4 ai-s at what I think is a good price, certainly cheaper than some go for. That's it now, I won't be buying any more lenses for a while now as I have all I need.
 
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Was having a terrible day but just seen the Liverpool score. Every cloud and all that.
 
The match was on here but I managed to miss every goal.

I had a funny with a third party battery. It would only charge to 90% in my charger but charged to 100% when left in the camera and charged via usb from the pc. How strange. All my other batteries charged to 100% in the charger.
 
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My own little sharpness test.

A7 and Nikon 28mm f2.8 ai-s. See the blue sky? It didn't last.

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100% looks very sharp on my screen.

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I really like this old lens and in fact I think it's a good lens no matter how old it is. It does feel as if it's built to last.

Sony 28mm f2 at f2 because I like my MX5.

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I'm taking Mrs WW to school today and it'd be nice to disappear for just half an hour for a walk with my camera but the weather is crap, fret in the air, there's no sky and the light is just awful so why bother.
 
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The rumor site says one new lens is coming this year and the two fast GM's are coming in early 2021.

RUMOR: Sony will announce one new lens in October/November and then two fast GM primes in early 2021 | sonyalpharumors

This comes via reliable sources: Sony will announce one new FE lens in October/November The rumored two super fast FE primes will be on market in early 2021 at earliest. I may get some more info about all those three lenses soon...stay tuned on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and chat with me live...
www.sonyalpharumors.com www.sonyalpharumors.com

I think I'd be more interested in an A7cII with front dial, exposure lock / AF/MF switch and button and possibly a better evf and a couple more custom buttons.
 
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woof woof said:
The rumor site says one new lens is coming this year and the two fast GM's are coming in early 2021.

RUMOR: Sony will announce one new lens in October/November and then two fast GM primes in early 2021 | sonyalpharumors

This comes via reliable sources: Sony will announce one new FE lens in October/November The rumored two super fast FE primes will be on market in early 2021 at earliest. I may get some more info about all those three lenses soon...stay tuned on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and chat with me live...
www.sonyalpharumors.com www.sonyalpharumors.com

I think I'd be more interested in an A7cII with front dial, exposure lock / AF/MF switch and button and possibly a better evf and a couple more custom buttons.
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Do you ever think they’ll put a front dial on? They don’t seem to ever have wanted to with the A6xxx :(
 
snerkler said:
Do you ever think they’ll put a front dial on? They don’t seem to ever have wanted to with the A6xxx :(
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No. As I said in an earlier post they don't seem to think that RF style cameras need one. They changed from the Nex 7 layout (I think that was the one...) to the A6xxx layout and have ignored the many who've asked for a front dial ever since.

Without wishing to sound like a snob or someone stuck in 1953 I still can't imagine who Sony thinks will buy the A7c as to me it seems to be made for use in green square mode by people who want the camera to do everything but the price doesn't seem to match, IMO. My fear is that if sales are slow instead of looking at adding the controls I'd like they'll think people don't want a mid to higher end RF style body. Maybe Nikon or Canon will do this sort of camera better and push Sony into responding.

GreenNinja67 said:
If they don't I expect the camera will still take a good photo.
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Of course it will and if you use aperture, shutter and manual modes the controls are there to be used, they're just not where I'd want them to be. The only issue is that you have to use your thumb to alter all of the setting and if you're happy with that it'll be fine. I'm not fine with that. This is one of the issues that's kept me from buying into the A6xxx series.

I do know that if I do weaken and buy this camera it'll annoy me every single time I pick it up. Damn you Sony.
 
Anyone got or tried the Sigma 40mm f/1.4 ? I know it's a big beast but the focal length interests me, weight isn't a problem.
 
imattersuk said:
Anyone got or tried the Sigma 40mm f/1.4 ? I know it's a big beast but the focal length interests me, weight isn't a problem.
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Got me interested. Didn’t know about it and checked it out. Really fancied it until I saw how heavy it is. Not for a weakling like me.
 
LeeRatters said:
At Chew Valley Lake the other weekend. A7 & CV40.


*** by Lee, on Flickr
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Nice, got some nice pop that lens. Do you have any similar shots at f1.2? Just had a browse of your photostream, superb (y)
 
trevorbray said:
Got me interested. Didn’t know about it and checked it out. Really fancied it until I saw how heavy it is. Not for a weakling like me.
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Yeah it's a beast, however i've always viewed that as offering some free stabilisation LOL
 
snerkler said:
Nice, got some nice pop that lens. Do you have any similar shots at f1.2? Just had a browse of your photostream, superb (y)
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Thanks. Car stuff? I don't think I do at that aperture but I'll have a look later on (y) I mainly shoot cars at 85mm

Stephen L said:
Nice! Not overly restored. Jealous.
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Cheers. Yes, wanted it nice. But didn't want it perfect. I kept things like the original bumpers showing a little bit of age and pitting, etc
 
I went out to buy a new daily driver yesterday. Went out with the intention of getting a used bog standard BMW 320d. Have had loads of them before and they will eat up the miles.

Came home with a Skoda Octavia VRS instead. A Skoda :ROFLMAO: the Pentax of the car world.

Thing shifts pretty good. Love it:cool:
 
f/2.8 said:
I went out to buy a new daily driver yesterday. Went out with the intention of getting a used bog standard BMW 320d. Have had loads of them before and they will eat up the miles.

Came home with a Skoda Octavia VRS instead. A Skoda :ROFLMAO: the Pentax of the car world.

Thing shifts pretty good. Love it:cool:
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My friend had one of those, they are pretty good.
 
f/2.8 said:
I went out to buy a new daily driver yesterday. Went out with the intention of getting a used bog standard BMW 320d. Have had loads of them before and they will eat up the miles.

Came home with a Skoda Octavia VRS instead. A Skoda :ROFLMAO: the Pentax of the car world.

Thing shifts pretty good. Love it:cool:
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Good cars. I’ve had 3. Yeti, Kodiaq, and now Karoq. Never a minutes trouble.
 
f/2.8 said:
I went out to buy a new daily driver yesterday. Went out with the intention of getting a used bog standard BMW 320d. Have had loads of them before and they will eat up the miles.

Came home with a Skoda Octavia VRS instead. A Skoda :ROFLMAO: the Pentax of the car world.

Thing shifts pretty good. Love it:cool:
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Pretty sure Skoda's still use the same parts as VWs and Audi's - Skoda makes great cars, a few members of my family swear by them.
 
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