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

Took my camera and Voigtlander 35mm f1.4 out and this was the only picture I took, at home :D

A7 and Voigtlander 35mm f1.4 at f1.4, just focused with peaking.

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Lostmymojo said:
Good stuff Toby. I haven't been on here for a while but your current kit list seems a mile away from that old Fuji and its orange peel files!
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Thanks. Yeah, I’ve swapped around over the years :exit:
 
snerkler said:
Just discovered I can export frames from iMovie. It's only jpeg but is a fairly decent size.


C0046-Edit by TDG-77, on Flickr
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There's another good trick too for exporting I discovered recently. Open your video file in Quicktime, and play until you get to the bit you want to export as an image. Then simply hit Command C (copy), then open preview and hit "paste from clipboard" and.. voila! You can then save it to your desktop or anythwre. :)
 
Fuji Dave said:
Another couple, A7 III + Samyang Fe 35mm f1.8

In the Swing by Rohan, on Flickr

Sara Jazz Singer by Rohan, on Flickr
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Couple of very nice candid Jazz captures Dave.

"Good to see you back shooting this sort of thing again. I particularly used to like the kinda faded look you used to put on these type of shots a time or two ago"
 
As it's quiet.

Just the view. A7 and Sony 24mm f2.8. Cold but with a bit of light. Taken at Redcar walking back to the car in Marske and with Saltburn cliffs in the distance.

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And in the other direction, the vertical pier and windfarm.

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Wish this Covid would do one, today is the first day since Monday I've felt like getting out of bed.
Along with getting it photography my bike training has completely stopped, god knows where I'll be at when I start up again.
 
woof woof said:
Just in case anyone is a little bit bored...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZwRLPRVFk4
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I stopped watching once they ranked A1 in 3rd place for handling. Personally I'd never buy a bloated body like R3/Z9. It's not really a like for like comparison.

p.s. not saying Sony is best at handling, far from it, I prefer bodies like R5 or Z7 for handling but I wouldn't go comparing them to R3/Z9 either.
 
nandbytes said:
I stopped watching once they ranked A1 in 3rd place for handling. Personally I'd never buy a bloated body like R3/Z9. It's not really a like for like comparison.

p.s. not saying Sony is best at handling, far from it, I prefer bodies like R5 or Z7 for handling but I wouldn't go comparing them to R3/Z9 either.
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Same for me.

I do understand that grips make it easier to shoot in portrait mode and they can accommodate more batteries but the added bulk and weight just isn't for me. I did have a Canon SLR with a grip but of course that was maybe a bit smaller than a gripped DSLR/Mirrorless and a fraction of the weight.
 
woof woof said:
Same for me.

I do understand that grips make it easier to shoot in portrait mode and they can accommodate more batteries but the added bulk and weight just isn't for me. I did have a Canon SLR with a grip but of course that was maybe a bit smaller than a gripped DSLR/Mirrorless and a fraction of the weight.
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and if anyone didn't have enough from Dpreview...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWyCJT6TjX0
 
I’d only want one of the bloated bodies if I shot with one of the big tele primes, otherwise the smaller bodies work much better for me.
 
snerkler said:
I’d only want one of the bloated bodies if I shot with one of the big tele primes, otherwise the smaller bodies work much better for me.
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With big tele primes I'd just add on a grip. I don't walk around all the time with a big tele prime.
Most of the time biggest lens I will walk around with is a 70-200mm/2.8 and even that's now "only" 1KG.

For me I was looking for a "do-it-all" body and big bloated bodies don't work for walk around, travel, hiking etc for me.

Nikon doesn't have a body I'd buy at the moment on canon if I were to swap it'd be the R5.
 
nandbytes said:
With big tele primes I'd just add on a grip. I don't walk around all the time with a big tele prime.
Most of the time biggest lens I will walk around with is a 70-200mm/2.8 and even that's now "only" 1KG.

For me I was looking for a "do-it-all" body and big bloated bodies don't work for walk around, travel, hiking etc for me.

Nikon doesn't have a body I'd buy at the moment on canon if I were to swap it'd be the R5.
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The 70-180mm and 70-200mm GM II are enough to keep me at Sony.

I agree, I would rather just add a grip if using the big lenses but it was hypothetical if a tele prime was what I used predominantly (y)
 
Question on low light photography. I have the A9 it was initially bought for BIF but I find now I spend more time in woods so just wonder if the A7R IV maybe a better option as a lot of images are of small birds at distance. Would the sensor cause more noise problems in low light? Tanks. Russ.
 
russellsnr said:
Question on low light photography. I have the A9 it was initially bought for BIF but I find now I spend more time in woods so just wonder if the A7R IV maybe a better option as a lot of images are of small birds at distance. Would the sensor cause more noise problems in low light? Tanks. Russ.
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must be like the 4th or 5th time posting video
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYXFwBsKQ0&t=32s


A7RIV ISO performance isn't bad. You will notice more noise because it also has more pixels. If you downsize to equivalent res the difference won't be huge. Having said that A9 is wee bit better at higher ISO but not so much that I'd base my decision on it.
But cropping heavily will also magnify the noise along with your bird. So you will notice more noise in that case too.
 
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russellsnr said:
Question on low light photography. I have the A9 it was initially bought for BIF but I find now I spend more time in woods so just wonder if the A7R IV maybe a better option as a lot of images are of small birds at distance. Would the sensor cause more noise problems in low light? Tanks. Russ.
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One thing to remember is the more you crop the more it enlarges/accentuates the noise
 
snerkler said:
The 70-180mm and 70-200mm GM II are enough to keep me at Sony.

I agree, I would rather just add a grip if using the big lenses but it was hypothetical if a tele prime was what I used predominantly (y)
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So when are you guying the GMii? :D

Indeed, if I was mostly using a heavy tele prime I might have preferred Z9/R3 etc. But then again there isn't a native tele prime for Z9 yet, so just R3 I guess :P
 
nandbytes said:
So when are you guying the GMii? :D

Indeed, if I was mostly using a heavy tele prime I might have preferred Z9/R3 etc. But then again there isn't a native tele prime for Z9 yet, so just R3 I guess :P
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The Nikkor 400mm f/2.8 Z with built in t/c looks tasty
 
nandbytes said:
So when are you guying the GMii? :D

Indeed, if I was mostly using a heavy tele prime I might have preferred Z9/R3 etc. But then again there isn't a native tele prime for Z9 yet, so just R3 I guess :p
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I’ll buy it when the price comes down/there’s an offer on. £2.6k is too rich for me :eek:
 
G.K.Jnr. said:
Couple of very nice candid Jazz captures Dave.

"Good to see you back shooting this sort of thing again. I particularly used to like the kinda faded look you used to put on these type of shots a time or two ago"
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Thank you George, it really feels great to be back in with the jazz gigs now and even at 12,800 iso looks good to me. Next month I'm off to a jazz gig in a church not far from me so that should be great.
 
Apparently there is an eye a.f issue with the A7iv as in a lot of people are having problems with it not being accurate.

Maybe a bad batch?

My missus has one and hers seems fine, a mate of mine bought 2 a few weeks ago and both of his have the problem.

Might be best to avoid these for now and see how this develops. Possible recall for repair / firmware update etc.
 
f/2.8 said:
Apparently there is an eye a.f issue with the A7iv as in a lot of people are having problems with it not being accurate.

Maybe a bad batch?

My missus has one and hers seems fine, a mate of mine bought 2 a few weeks ago and both of his have the problem.

Might be best to avoid these for now and see how this develops. Possible recall for repair / firmware update etc.
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Mine seems fine - I read on Facebook there’s a firmware update being worked on now.
 
mav said:
It seems to be with close up portraits with wide open lens. creating very shallow dof. , its focussiing on eyebrows instead of the eye itself
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Not sure if a firmware update will fix it as it does not seem to be effecting every user.

My wifes's is definitely fine, even when using the 50 f/1.2 wide open it is working as expected.

The same lens on my mates 2 x A7IV's is not working correctly at all.
 
I remember one problem a while ago that was caused when a worker went on holiday and his stand in didn't tighten screws in the right order leading to some issue or other, It could be something as daft as that.
 
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