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

When we were out yesterday this guy grabbed us and started talking about pictures of the brickworks (long gone) he had, maybe he'd seen me taking a picture. He was very chatty and friendly maybe a bit starved of company. Anyway, it turns out he was from my home town, knew my fathers family, my mothers brother and played football with my cousins.

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woof woof said:
When we were out yesterday this guy grabbed us and started talking about pictures of the brickworks (long gone) he had, maybe he'd seen me taking a picture. He was very chatty and friendly maybe a bit starved of company. Anyway, it turns out he was from my home town, knew my fathers family, my mothers brother and played football with my cousins.

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Small world.
 
A couple of vintage chic style shots from a few days ago. They're not posed, I saw this woman and discreetly got some anonymous photos of her. Nice umbrella eh. :)

Pagoda to Tower Bridge by Merlin 5, on Flickr

Frilly by Merlin 5, on Flickr
 
Merlin5 said:
A couple of vintage chic style shots from a few days ago. They're not posed, I saw this woman and discreetly got some anonymous photos of her. Nice umbrella eh. :)

Pagoda to Tower Bridge by Merlin 5, on Flickr

Frilly by Merlin 5, on Flickr
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Two "Excellent" candid street style shots Lee, they both work for me very well. As you probably know I would normally prefere the mono presentation, but in this case for me they are both very appealing. I don't know what PP you have used for the colour presentation but in my opinion it works very well.
 
G.K.Jnr. said:
Two "Excellent" candid street style shots Lee, they both work for me very well. As you probably know I would normally prefere the mono presentation, but in this case for me they are both very appealing. I don't know what PP you have used for the colour presentation but in my opinion it works very well.
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Thank you George, much appreciated. :) I basically added a vignette to both to add atmosphere, a vintage look and some isolation to her, and although quite different from the Saul Leiter style, I had his work in mind as inspiration for the colour one.
 
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On HUKD this lunchtime, Castlecameras have an offer on the 24-105, bringing it down to £899 with Sony cashback. You may need a code.
 
mstphoto said:
I took the a7c + kit lens for a walk in the woods yesterday.
Think I'm going to enjoy this combination.
The 28-60 focal range takes a bit of getting used to but slowly getting there ;)

Kirkhill Forest by Mike Stephen, on Flickr
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Can’t complain about that. Wish I’d bought the kit instead of body-only, but I may add one to replace the 24-70 Sony Zeiss, which is indifferent.
 
Stephen L said:
Can’t complain about that. Wish I’d bought the kit instead of body-only, but I may add one to replace the 24-70 Sony Zeiss, which is indifferent.
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I really liked my 24-70
Perhaps I had a good copy but certainly couldn't complain about the IQ
I traded mines for the 24-105.
No regrets but I wish I had the 24-70 to try on the a7c
 
mstphoto said:
I took the a7c + kit lens for a walk in the woods yesterday.
Think I'm going to enjoy this combination.
The 28-60 focal range takes a bit of getting used to but slowly getting there ;)

Kirkhill Forest by Mike Stephen, on Flickr
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The camera (or lens) has done really well at keeping all that detail from becoming too busy looking. I took a few shots with my A9 over the weekend where there was a lot of foliage etc and in edit it looked very busy. I don't think my editing helped but even pre-edit it just looked, well very busy! Lens was the 35mm 1.4 as well, so I was hoping for excellent resolution. The A7R iv is whispering seductively in my ear....
 
gman said:
We have somehow attracted a very friendly and trusting pigeon which just plods around us and the children without a care in the world! So I thought I'd grab my 24-105mm and wow, people weren't wrong to say that you still need to be close even with something like a 600mm. The pigeon was less than a metre away from me and 105mm was only just enough. Bird eye AF didn't work though which was annoying and my shutter was too slow at 1/250 for that bobbing head.

This was the best I got unfortunately.

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Just a wee follow on from this, today he was sitting in the middle of the grass for a long time, then moved to some slabs. It seemed awfully out of character for a bird so my wife called the RSPB and they came out within 20 minutes which was excellent.

The lady picked him up and thought he as a little thin, although he'd been eating and drinking from the garden plenty. She's taken him away for a few days to see if he's ok.

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nandbytes said:
I say get rid of them all and get the tamron 28-200mm :D
Works incredibly well on the A7C
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Too big. Don’t need anything beyond about 60-70mm. ;)
 
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gman said:
The camera (or lens) has done really well at keeping all that detail from becoming too busy looking. I took a few shots with my A9 over the weekend where there was a lot of foliage etc and in edit it looked very busy. I don't think my editing helped but even pre-edit it just looked, well very busy! Lens was the 35mm 1.4 as well, so I was hoping for excellent resolution. The A7R iv is whispering seductively in my ear....
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I sometimes, well most of the time really, add a touch of Orton to the foliage of my woodland shots.
I find it keeps detail but softens the image at the same time.
 
gman said:
Just a wee follow on from this, today he was sitting in the middle of the grass for a long time, then moved to some slabs. It seemed awfully out of character for a bird so my wife called the RSPB and they came out within 20 minutes which was excellent.

The lady picked him up and thought he as a little thin, although he'd been eating and drinking from the garden plenty. She's taken him away for a few days to see if he's ok.
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If you get an update don't forget to let us know.
 
mstphoto said:
I took the a7c + kit lens for a walk in the woods yesterday.
Think I'm going to enjoy this combination.
The 28-60 focal range takes a bit of getting used to but slowly getting there ;)
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Nice picture :D

I'm not a big zoom user and I do have the 28-70mm kit lens but all that doesn't stop me fancying the 28-60mm.
 
mstphoto said:
I sometimes, well most of the time really, add a touch of Orton to the foliage of my woodland shots.
I find it keeps detail but softens the image at the same time.
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This is one of the reasons I tend to push the clarity slider left, rather than right.
 
mstphoto said:
I sometimes, well most of the time really, add a touch of Orton to the foliage of my woodland shots.
I find it keeps detail but softens the image at the same time.
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That never even crossed my mind! Nice one thanks, I'll revisit and see what happens.
 
Really love the first shot. Very unusual and well composed. Might try and straighten the verticals but not sure as they kind of work with the circular focal point
Merlin5 said:
A couple of vintage chic style shots from a few days ago. They're not posed, I saw this woman and discreetly got some anonymous photos of her. Nice umbrella eh. :)

Pagoda to Tower Bridge by Merlin 5, on Flickr

Frilly by Merlin 5, on Flickr
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Out with a mate for a trip to the Isle of May today. Really struggled as the birds were pretty distant and I lose interest unless I think I have the chance of a great shot. Lovely weather but that meant very harsh overhead light which is never ideal for white birds. I spent quite a bit of time getting attacked by Terns for my art. This was at the visitor centre viewing platform so I wasn't going anywhere I shouldn't and really wish I had the 16-35 instead of the 24mm as my best shots had clipped wings.

A9_05483 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
A9_05222 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
A9_05015 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
A7R01610 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
 
wookie6262 said:
Really love the first shot. Very unusual and well composed. Might try and straighten the verticals but not sure as they kind of work with the circular focal point
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Thanks Simon. I'm loving putting vignettes in some my processing, really adds to the mystique of a photo I think. Agreed about the verticals and I normally try and straighten them.
wookie6262 said:
Out with a mate for a trip to the Isle of May today. Really struggled as the birds were pretty distant and I lose interest unless I think I have the chance of a great shot. Lovely weather but that meant very harsh overhead light which is never ideal for white birds. I spent quite a bit of time getting attacked by Terns for my art. This was at the visitor centre viewing platform so I wasn't going anywhere I shouldn't and really wish I had the 16-35 instead of the 24mm as my best shots had clipped wings.

A9_05483 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
A9_05222 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
A9_05015 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
A7R01610 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
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Fantastic shots! Particularly #1 and #2. Caught #2 going to the bathroom. :D
 
mstphoto said:
I sometimes, well most of the time really, add a touch of Orton to the foliage of my woodland shots.
I find it keeps detail but softens the image at the same time.
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What’s orton?
 
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