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

Toggerman said:
I did reduce the quality of the jpegs to fine instead of extra fine and that helped a lot, the buffer would clear much quicker. I tried RAW as well and that also cleared much quicker, but ultimately wasn't practical.
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So you are saying buffer clears faster on both RAW and fine jpgs than extra fine jpgs?
sounds to be like there is more processing to be done for extra fine jpgs. If that is the case your card isn't the bottleneck so no card will really help.
 
f/2.8 said:
E-infin have the Tamron 35-150 for £1409 and the 70-180 for £689.
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The 35-150 is out of stock but good to know the site and keep an eye on it :)
 
f/2.8 said:
E-infin have the Tamron 35-150 for £1409 and the 70-180 for £689.
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out of stock :(
ordered mine from LCE more than two months ago and still waiting.
If I can get my hands on it I am even willing to import it, but just can't seem to source one anywhere.
 
nandbytes said:
out of stock :(
ordered mine from LCE more than two months ago and still waiting.
If I can get my hands on it I am even willing to import it, but just can't seem to source one anywhere.
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They had them yesterday that’s why I knew the prices, friend of mine got one.
 
nandbytes said:
So you are saying buffer clears faster on both RAW and fine jpgs than extra fine jpgs?
sounds to be like there is more processing to be done for extra fine jpgs. If that is the case your card isn't the bottleneck so no card will really help.
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That’s a good point, if there’s loads of processing on the jpegs such as DRO, HDR etc etc then that could slow it down.
 
snerkler said:
I shoot motorsport too, never been close to filling the buffer though, I don't want 10 shots looking practically the same let alone 450. That being said we're all entitled to shoot how we choose so if that works for you and you're happy to sift through thousands of shots that are all very similar then that's obviously your prerogative, you know what works for you (y)

Back to the issue in hand, 450 shots clears in 180 seconds, that's 2.5 shots/second to write. I honestly don't know if that's good or not, but it doesn't sound bad to me. If I get chance I'll test mine this weekend and see how it compares to see if this is the way it is, or whether yours is slow for some reason. Just to clarify you're shooting x-fine jpeg to both cards? Also, what are the write speeds of the cards you have, sony do a couple and one has much faster write speeds than the other?
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For motorsports I tend not to shoot as much, depending on the event, and I've never previously hit the buffer. But a track day is somewhat different as you're not aiming to sell to the media but to the people taking part, and in many ways its more about quantity than quality, people are always looking for a deal and best perceived value. But I have a quick workflow so it's not too bad. I also used to use Nikons which had a limit of 200jpegs in the buffer and I never once hit that in the 6 years of using them, and that was with SD cards and CFe.

If you didn't mind trying yours out that would be fantastic, thank you. I'm shooting x-fine jpeg to just 1 card at a time. The cards are a 64GB Sony Tough G 300/299 and a 128GB Lexar 2000x 300MB/s. I've tested both cards in my laptop with Crystaldiskmark and both get around 280MB/s read and 260MB/s write.
 
snerkler said:
That’s a good point, if there’s loads of processing on the jpegs such as DRO, HDR etc etc then that could slow it down.
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That is a very good point. I will do some more testing as I do have DRO on.
 
Toggerman said:
For motorsports I tend not to shoot as much, depending on the event, and I've never previously hit the buffer. But a track day is somewhat different as you're not aiming to sell to the media but to the people taking part, and in many ways its more about quantity than quality, people are always looking for a deal and best perceived value. But I have a quick workflow so it's not too bad. I also used to use Nikons which had a limit of 200jpegs in the buffer and I never once hit that in the 6 years of using them, and that was with SD cards and CFe.

If you didn't mind trying yours out that would be fantastic, thank you. I'm shooting x-fine jpeg to just 1 card at a time. The cards are a 64GB Sony Tough G 300/299 and a 128GB Lexar 2000x 300MB/s. I've tested both cards in my laptop with Crystaldiskmark and both get around 280MB/s read and 260MB/s write.
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No problem, I’ll see if I can do it today. I’ll also try with DRO on and off.
 
SDK^ said:
The 35-150 is out of stock but good to know the site and keep an eye on it :)
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I sent mine back on thursday so it will likely end up on ebay this weekend. Not that I would recommend it.
 
"Is my hare ok?"

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hahaha!
:D
 
This lot will be in the sales section soon - as and when I get the time

Sony a7Riv body Boxed in great condition with 4 x Sony batteries charger leads etc ? actuations only 15, 010 to date

Sony 200-600mm lens with spare black lens hood - Case - boxed +( small scuff on the original foot) otherwise mint

Black Arca foot for 200-600mm

Sony 28-70mm FE kit lens- no box but never used

Sony 35mm f1.8 FE lens boxed and NEVER used so as new

Sigma 70mm f2.8 ART Macro lens - no box but mint used 3 times indoors

Godox 350S Flash Boxed used a few times therefor mint- comes with filters etc
 
Lez325 said:
This lot will be in the sales section soon - as and when I get the time

Sony a7Riv body Boxed in great condition with 4 x Sony batteries charger leads etc ? actuations only 15, 010 to date

Sony 200-600mm lens with spare black lens hood - Case - boxed +( small scuff on the original foot) otherwise mint

Black Arca foot for 200-600mm

Sony 28-70mm FE kit lens- no box but never used

Sony 35mm f1.8 FE lens boxed and NEVER used so as new

Sigma 70mm f2.8 ART Macro lens - no box but mint used 3 times indoors

Godox 350S Flash Boxed used a few times therefor mint- comes with filters etc
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May I ask why?
 
Tatts said:
It was very soft until F4 and had the worst distortion I've seen. Even after correction it was bad and it also left bright spots in the corners like blown out highlights.
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Could it have been a bad copy?
 
Toggerman said:
For motorsports I tend not to shoot as much, depending on the event, and I've never previously hit the buffer. But a track day is somewhat different as you're not aiming to sell to the media but to the people taking part, and in many ways its more about quantity than quality, people are always looking for a deal and best perceived value. But I have a quick workflow so it's not too bad. I also used to use Nikons which had a limit of 200jpegs in the buffer and I never once hit that in the 6 years of using them, and that was with SD cards and CFe.

If you didn't mind trying yours out that would be fantastic, thank you. I'm shooting x-fine jpeg to just 1 card at a time. The cards are a 64GB Sony Tough G 300/299 and a 128GB Lexar 2000x 300MB/s. I've tested both cards in my laptop with Crystaldiskmark and both get around 280MB/s read and 260MB/s write.
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So I’ve just tested mine. Having DRO on/off didn’t appear to make a difference, LEXAR 2000x took 2:35 to clear a buffer of 414-420 shots JPEG extra fine writing to both cards. Writing to one card saved approx 5s. The Manfrotto cards cleared the buffer about 2s faster.

Hope this helps.
 
I had a mad thought today.

If I got a 24-70mm f2.8 II I could just have that and a fast prime. That'd do. Just two lenses.
 
dancook said:
24-70 II, 70-200 II and PureRAW :D

Of course if we were talking primes.. 50 1.2
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I say I could just have one prime but it'd really have to be at least two, an AF one and an MF one.

I almost certainly wont as I always prefer a compact prime rather than a big zoom and the new 24-70mm is still quite a big zoom but it is something to think about and the reviews do look very good.
 
I’ve noticed that the GM primes don’t have a lock for the aperture ring, seems an odd omission, a bit like the lack of zoom lock on the teles. Does it cause an issue with accidental aperture selection?
 
snerkler said:
I’ve noticed that the GM primes don’t have a lock for the aperture ring, seems an odd omission, a bit like the lack of zoom lock on the teles. Does it cause an issue with accidental aperture selection?
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What came first.. the GM Primes or the idea to add an Iris lock.... first I'd seen of it was the 70-200 II

doesn't seem like an odd omission, but a new development - maybe I missed something
 
dancook said:
What came first.. the GM Primes or the idea to add an Iris lock.... first I'd seen of it was the 70-200 II

doesn't seem like an odd omission, but a new development - maybe I missed something
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Possibly, although I didn’t think aperture locks were a new thing? :thinking:
 
Been a busy beaver lately, I'm about 40,000 frames in with the Tamron 35-150mm 2-2.8 (managed to get one last year) and it's as close to a one lens solution as I've ever owned, 7 weddings shot with it and I'm around 90% of a wedding day shot with it now, and a similar percentage for motorsport events.

a7III + 35-150
Goodwood 79MM by Chris Harrison, on Flickr

a7III + 35-150
Goodwood 79MM by Chris Harrison, on Flickr

a9 + 35-150
Libby & Scott by Chris Harrison, on Flickr

and continuing the Tamron love, one with the a7III and 150-500 from earlier this week:

Speedway by Chris Harrison, on Flickr
 
There were three crows sat in a tree
And they were black as black can be...

A65 / Tamron 16~300mm

Crows in tree Clyst St Mary A65 DSC00205.JPG
 
I boxed the 20G and put it in the cupboard so I keep forgetting it's still up for sale :ROFLMAO:

If I'm with the other half, the kids, the dog then I'll go 35GM. On my own the Voigtlander 40/1.2 (I can't sell it!) as i'll have time & it's easier to MF ie woodland, etc

I'll pair that with the Tamron 70-180/2.8 which I may well love more than the 35mm! Good for landscapes, great for woodlands, great for panoramics!

The 24GM is really just an astro/night sky lens. I'll sometimes take it out I daylight hours but it depends where & what really.

So yeah, I guess I'm at 4 too but the 35GM/CV40 I do swap out for each other so I call it 3! :p:ROFLMAO:
 
LeeRatters said:
I boxed the 20G and put it in the cupboard so I keep forgetting it's still up for sale :ROFLMAO:

If I'm with the other half, the kids, the dog then I'll go 35GM. On my own the Voigtlander 40/1.2 (I can't sell it!) as i'll have time & it's easier to MF ie woodland, etc

I'll pair that with the Tamron 70-180/2.8 which I may well love more than the 35mm! Good for landscapes, great for woodlands, great for panoramics!

The 24GM is really just an astro/night sky lens. I'll sometimes take it out I daylight hours but it depends where & what really.

So yeah, I guess I'm at 4 too but the 35GM/CV40 I do swap out for each other so I call it 3! :p:ROFLMAO:
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I can't seem to let go of nice manual lenses at the moment and of the three Voigtlanders I have I use the 35mm f1.4 the most because although it's by far the least good with poor corners and funky bokeh but it's very compact and light whereas I find the 40mm a bit heavy, the 50mm f2 being somewhere in the middle.

Actually after I'd made that list I remembered the 24mm f2.8 G so I'm at 5 now.

24-70mm f2.8.
20mm f1.8.
24mm f2.8.
35mm f2.8.
V. 35mm f1.4.
 
woof woof said:
I can't seem to let go of nice manual lenses at the moment and of the three Voigtlanders I have I use the 35mm f1.4 the most because although it's by far the least good with poor corners and funky bokeh but it's very compact and light whereas I find the 40mm a bit heavy, the 50mm f2 being somewhere in the middle.

Actually after I'd made that list I remembered the 24mm f2.8 G so I'm at 5 now.

24-70mm f2.8.
20mm f1.8.
24mm f2.8.
35mm f2.8.
V. 35mm f1.4.
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You need to save for an aurora trip to take when the chance arises :)

I had my first issues with the A7 last night, at Avebury. It was playing up with taking photos through the intervalometer & then had a camera error message - switch off and on again - which actually was removed battery & reinsert. I put the dew heater on the lens after that & had no more issues. When I got there (about 1:15am) the car was saying -3° but it didn't feel that cold. By the time I finished shooting Cygnus & then a 180° pano & then a core image the lens hood had frost on it!
 
No issues with mine yet, thank goodness. I got one out of focus picture yesterday out of 88 but I've no idea what happened. It just missed focus, must have been user error of some kind or maybe the face detect saw a face in foliage or something and I didn't notice the square wander.
 
snerkler said:
I’ve noticed that the GM primes don’t have a lock for the aperture ring, seems an odd omission, a bit like the lack of zoom lock on the teles. Does it cause an issue with accidental aperture selection?
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For me it does,


I never use the aperture ring anymore. Actually have it taped down to avoid accidentally moving it which I used to do all the time.
 
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LeeRatters said:
I boxed the 20G and put it in the cupboard so I keep forgetting it's still up for sale :ROFLMAO:

If I'm with the other half, the kids, the dog then I'll go 35GM. On my own the Voigtlander 40/1.2 (I can't sell it!) as i'll have time & it's easier to MF ie woodland, etc

I'll pair that with the Tamron 70-180/2.8 which I may well love more than the 35mm! Good for landscapes, great for woodlands, great for panoramics!

The 24GM is really just an astro/night sky lens. I'll sometimes take it out I daylight hours but it depends where & what really.

So yeah, I guess I'm at 4 too but the 35GM/CV40 I do swap out for each other so I call it 3! :p:ROFLMAO:
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woof woof said:
I can't seem to let go of nice manual lenses at the moment and of the three Voigtlanders I have I use the 35mm f1.4 the most because although it's by far the least good with poor corners and funky bokeh but it's very compact and light whereas I find the 40mm a bit heavy, the 50mm f2 being somewhere in the middle.

Actually after I'd made that list I remembered the 24mm f2.8 G so I'm at 5 now.

24-70mm f2.8.
20mm f1.8.
24mm f2.8.
35mm f2.8.
V. 35mm f1.4.
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4 lenses. :oops: :$

We have

Sony 14mm GM
Sony 24mm GM
Sony 35mm GM
Sony 50mm GM
Sony 85mm GM
Sony 135mm GM

Sony 55mm
Sony 90mm

Tamron 17-28mm
Tamron 28-75mm
Tamron 70-180mm Only got one of these as we had a little bit of extra money to burn before the end of the tax year and couldn't think of anything to buy.

So that leaves us with 11.

Until recently we also had a Sony 35 f/1.8 and an 85 f/1.8 that has now been handed down to our eldest. If I add on her lenses which are really mine anyway. We also have a Samyang 18mm, 45mm and a 75mm. She also had a kit lens as well.

So that would put us on 17. :oops: :$
 
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