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

woof woof said:
Well, little sign of any heat wave here and more annoyingly there's complete cloud cover and flat light so even flower shots in the garden are out. Oh well.
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Absolutely p***ing it down here.
 
There's an A7RIV and 20mm f1.8 in the classifieds.
 
Lovely and sunny here but very breezy.
 
Lots of vids about those new APS-C lenses on the rumor site.

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I'm shooting a boxing awards event tomorrow so brushing up on my use of flash. Really liking the jpegs out of camera on the A1 and the new firmware does seem to have made eye focus a bit snappier.
_SA10051 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
 
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wookie6262 said:
I'm shooting a boxing awards event tomorrow so brushing up on my use of flash. Really liking the jpegs out of camera on the A1 and the new firmware does seem to have made eye focus a bit snappier.
_SA10051 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
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Any idea how high the ceiling will be? I’ve tended to use bounce flash for things like this where I can, and most of the time TTL works well for me. Of course for the actual boxing flash is a no no.
 
snerkler said:
Any idea how high the ceiling will be? I’ve tended to use bounce flash for things like this where I can, and most of the time TTL works well for me. Of course for the actual boxing flash is a no no.
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It is probably about 11 or 12 feet. I'll go with a medium iso and bounce off the ceiling which is white. It is a boxing awards night so no fighting
 
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wookie6262 said:
It is probably about 11 or 12 feet. I'll go with a medium iso and bounce off the ceiling which is white. It is a boxing awards night so no fighting
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Just had a nosey at your website, some great shots on there (y)
 
woof woof said:
For our viewing pleasure.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GyOcl0bW0
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Nice, Italy is beautiful, I really want to do a tour around Italy.

These videos are a bit bitter sweet for me. They're interesting but it also reminds me how bad my 'eye' is for photography. Mine always end up like your stereotypical holiday snap rather than something more interesting and much better composed like this.
 
snerkler said:
Nice, Italy is beautiful, I really want to do a tour around Italy.

These videos are a bit bitter sweet for me. They're interesting but it also reminds me how bad my 'eye' is for photography. Mine always end up like your stereotypical holiday snap rather than something more interesting and much better composed like this.
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I've never been but would like to go and on that, I have a bit of a sad story.. Years ago I was invited to go to stay with a beautiful if rather religious Italian lady I knew who was rather keen on me but I was frightened off by a very bizarre story she told me about an incident that she said happened to her. It was such an odd thing that I had her down as a fantasist and that changed things and I never went. It was only later that I googled what she'd alleged and found that it did indeed happen.
 
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Any opinion on the Sony 35mm f1.8 yet snerkler?

I'm getting used to mine. Next on the list to give a long road test to may be the 55mm f1.8.
 
Fuji Dave said:
Well I have to say this new mocro four thirds has a grip on me, and at the moment I am actually thinking of leaving Sony for it now, so quite a bit of thinking to do now.
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Well, you have to do what's right for you.

What is it about the new kit that's so appealing?

A the mo I can't see myself completely leaving MFT but I also can't see it replacing my A7 and that's even without using old manual primes or even new manual primes on the Sony.
 
woof woof said:
Well, you have to do what's right for you.

What is it about the new kit that's so appealing?

A the mo I can't see myself completely leaving MFT but I also can't see it replacing my A7 and that's even without using old manual primes or even new manual primes on the Sony.
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I am going to try my best to use two systems together, so like I have said I will not leave Sony just yet but the A7c will be going with a Samyang lens.
 
snerkler said:
Nice, Italy is beautiful, I really want to do a tour around Italy.

These videos are a bit bitter sweet for me. They're interesting but it also reminds me how bad my 'eye' is for photography. Mine always end up like your stereotypical holiday snap rather than something more interesting and much better composed like this.
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That's exactly how I feel watching his videos.
You think "why is he talking a picture of that" then it turns out brilliant.
 
woof woof said:
Any opinion on the Sony 35mm f1.8 yet snerkler?

I'm getting used to mine. Next on the list to give a long road test to may be the 55mm f1.8.
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In terms of the technical stuff it’s a very good lens, not used it enough in the real world to get a true representation of the rendering. Was supposed to be doing a session day today but it got cancelled due to the weather, I was hoping to try or out then.
Fuji Dave said:
Well I have to say this new mocro four thirds has a grip on me, and at the moment I am actually thinking of leaving Sony for it now, so quite a bit of thinking to do now.
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Been there done it bought the t-shirt ;)

One of the things that keeps me with FF that might not be so much of a concern to you though is the shallow DOF as from the images I’ve seen of yours it doesn’t appear that you go for that look very often (y)

I wish Sony made more aesthetically appealing cameras like Olly and Fuji though. Yea they’re functionally brilliant but some sad enthusiasts like me like the aesthetics too ;) Sony cameras aren’t pretty.
 
Fuji Dave said:
I am going to try my best to use two systems together, so like I have said I will not leave Sony just yet but the A7c will be going with a Samyang lens.
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One thing with my Panasonic RF style MFT cameras is that the EVF's are really quite small and quite poor, they're useable, but you have to look directly though the centre and if you're just a bit off the whole thing looks as if the dioptre needs adjusting.

I nearly bought a G100 as I've read that it has a lovely EVF but the lack of a second control wheel killed it for me. I did have a G7 and that did have a lovely EVF but apart from that I hated it, shutter shock and for me a very uncomfortable grip, I hated that camera.
 
woof woof said:
One thing with my Panasonic RF style MFT cameras is that the EVF's are really quite small and quite poor, they're useable, but you have to look directly though the centre and if you're just a bit off the whole thing looks as if the dioptre needs adjusting.

I nearly bought a G100 as I've read that it has a lovely EVF but the lack of a second control wheel killed it for me. I did have a G7 and that did have a lovely EVF but apart from that I hated it, shutter shock and for me a very uncomfortable grip, I hated that camera.
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As I am so comfortable I now only use the back screen for all my shots, but have done for quite a while now even with the A7 III as I just nail the shots better.
 
Fuji Dave said:
As I am so comfortable I now only use the back screen for all my shots, but have done for quite a while now even with the A7 III as I just nail the shots better.
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I only use the back screen when necessary plus I find it impossible to finely judge focus on it and when using it I have to rely completely on the AF.
 
Fuji Dave said:
As I am so comfortable I now only use the back screen for all my shots, but have done for quite a while now even with the A7 III as I just nail the shots better.
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I can’t see the screen properly in bright sunlight, plus it’s very unbalanced like this with the heavy lenses (y)
 
LeeRatters said:
Love his photography. I sometimes struggle to sit through a whole vlog though.
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I've only watched a few of his and I do tend to find him a bit boring and start to drift off but then he does something more interesting and I snap back with him :D
 
New sport for e today - Aussie Rules Football in the heart of Edinburgh with teams from across Europe and also Israel for some reason. Just took in a few of teh early matches before heading to Knockhill for the Superbikes.

_SA12504 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
 
snerkler said:
Nice, Italy is beautiful, I really want to do a tour around Italy.

These videos are a bit bitter sweet for me. They're interesting but it also reminds me how bad my 'eye' is for photography. Mine always end up like your stereotypical holiday snap rather than something more interesting and much better composed like this.
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Italy is fabulous, but I prefer the rural parts and small mountain villages to the area he just walked through. We spent a week in the Marche region where I photographed a friend's house in exchange for the time there, and the nearest town of Comunanza, despite being scruffy on the main road through, had some amazing nooks and crannies in the old quarter. I really felt like I hadn't done the area justice at the time, but my dearly beloved got fed up with me stopping to take pictures when I wasn't 'working'.
 
ancient_mariner said:
Italy is fabulous, but I prefer the rural parts and small mountain villages to the area he just walked through. We spent a week in the Marche region where I photographed a friend's house in exchange for the time there, and the nearest town of Comunanza, despite being scruffy on the main road through, had some amazing nooks and crannies in the old quarter. I really felt like I hadn't done the area justice at the time, but my dearly beloved got fed up with me stopping to take pictures when I wasn't 'working'.
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Savoca in Sicily is beautiful (y)
 
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