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

footman said:
Just dipping my toe into astrophotography so I bought a Samyang 135mm F2 from a really nice young chap on Facebook. It seems to get rave reviews for astrophotography but I thought I'd give a quick test wide open in the garden, insanely narrow dof!
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Sony A9, F2, ISO140

Astrophotography is like learning a new language!
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Great pics. How much do they go for used?
 
I didn't know this lens existed. It has a limited aperture range but, anyone interested?

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woof woof said:
I didn't know this lens existed. It has a limited aperture range but, anyone interested?

There are two video reviews on this page.

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Not for me- I didn't think it would be long before was saw an E mount of this lens or the Tamron 150-600mm

Les :)
 
One more park picture. The little ones seemed to want to shelter from the rain and I wondered why they didn't head off to shelter under one of the several bridges.

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Sony A1 weird phenomena with SD cards

I have just moved to Sony with a new A1 and am currently using fast 64GB SD cards which work fine for the way I shoot, not the problem.

I have setup the A1 to auto switch from card 1 to 2 when full. The thing is, its switching when it says there are still 110 (or so) pics to go and indeed leaves 8-10GB still available on card 1. I format the cards in camera every time before use.

Anyone else noticing this, surely not normal? Thats a big chunk of the 64GB wasted. Any suggestions please?

Cliff
 
Time to go shopping.

A7 and Nikon 35mm f2.5.

I haven't used this lens much as I got it cheap and found that it squeaked when pointed downwards but after seeing what they're going for on evil bay I decided it was worth investing £50 in and I had it cleaned and lubricated and now it's a nice lens :D

The pathway was just a tunnel of green and white.

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It seems to work well with my No.4 close up filter.

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"Take my picture."
"Ok."

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Look! Some of them stuck to her!
 
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Ive been impressed with a few images on Flickr using the Batis 40mm and also the 135mm thread on FM has really impressed me..

I have a Pentax Super Tak 135 F2.5, might take that out and see if that scratches the itch for now..
 
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MrMackyB said:
Ive been impressed with a few images on Flickr using the Batis 40mm and also the 135mm thread on FM has really impressed me..

I have a Pentax Super Tak 135 F2.5, might take that out and see if that scratches the itch for now..
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Isn't the Batis 40mm the one that's had a lot of issues?
 
woof woof said:
Isn't the Batis 40mm the one that's had a lot of issues?
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The issue was that if you were using the close focus functionality the lens would automatically stop down from F2 upto F4 to 'preserve image quality'. Zeiss have released a FW update to limit this to F2.8 which I'm pretty OK with to be honest.
 
MrMackyB said:
The issue was that if you were using the close focus functionality the lens would automatically stop down from F2 upto F4 to 'preserve image quality'. Zeiss have released a FW update to limit this to F2.8 which I'm pretty OK with to be honest.
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Maybe a different beast but if looking for an AF 40mm I might be tempted by the Sony f2.5 G. I like compact kit. Or if you're willing to MF I have the Voigtlander 40mm f1.2 which is a lovely built lens.
 
woof woof said:
Maybe a different beast but if looking for an AF 40mm I might be tempted by the Sony f2.5 G. I like compact kit. Or if you're willing to MF I have the Voigtlander 40mm f1.2 which is a lovely built lens.
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For an AF lens around that focal length, I can highly recommend the Sigma 45mm f2.8 Contemporary. And it’s got the best feeling MF for any fly-by-wire lens I’ve tried.
 
MrMackyB said:
The issue was that if you were using the close focus functionality the lens would automatically stop down from F2 upto F4 to 'preserve image quality'. Zeiss have released a FW update to limit this to F2.8 which I'm pretty OK with to be honest.
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That wasn’t the only issue, eye a.f doesn’t work well using this lens and it back focuses rather badly. Unfortunately it’s a design fault that they weren’t able to fix with firmware.
 
I'm sure that's petty much what I remember reading at the time.
 
Stephen L said:
For an AF lens around that focal length, I can highly recommend the Sigma 45mm f2.8 Contemporary. And it’s got the best feeling MF for any fly-by-wire lens I’ve tried.
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That's a nice looking lens but some people report focus issues due to the properties that make the bokeh so nice. I believe they've toned down the later lenses in that range to cut down on the focus issues.
 
woof woof said:
That's a nice looking lens but some people report focus issues due to the properties that make the bokeh so nice. I believe they've toned down the later lenses in that range to cut down on the focus issues.
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If you look at my spider on dandelion (above, somewhere) I don’t think there are many focus issues ;)
 
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That wasn’t the only issue, eye a.f doesn’t work well using this lens and it back focuses rather badly. Unfortunately it’s a design fault that they weren’t able to fix with firmware.
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Weird as the reviews I have seen don't mention that, will have a dig, not bothered by eyeAF, never used it, but the back focussing would bother me
Thanks for the heads up
 
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GeordieStew said:
I'm trying to resist buying a 3rd FZ100 battery. If Amazon had stock I'd have one. Hmmm
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Think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and order 4 more, getting home from weddings and recharging ready for the next day is a pain in the bum. Especially if I'll be at a hotel. Bristol Cameras always used to be a few quid cheaper than most places but I see they're out of stock too.
 
T_J_G said:
Think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and order 4 more, getting home from weddings and recharging ready for the next day is a pain in the bum. Especially if I'll be at a hotel. Bristol Cameras always used to be a few quid cheaper than most places but I see they're out of stock too.
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This is exactly why we have 24 batteries as it means I have 4 batteries for each of our 6 bodies. 2 for each body for each wedding.
 
JustJoe said:
Don't do video to be fair. MPB has one in stock for 419.00 but I think I'll pass. Watching some videos on the Sigma 1.4 now.
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For a little more I'd probably pick the ART, although I've seen at least one review comparing them where the Sammy came out with more detail. I really like the rendering of the 50 f1.4 although the AF isn't impressive on that either (though better than the Sony 50 f1.8).
 
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