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

Mr Perceptive said:
I would post a :ROFLMAO: especially after I was tld the Sony doesn't have these issues, but thats really bad luck, can't you just send the bad one back and keep the good one.
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I could, but when I checked the box by the bar code it does have the serial number on so when they scan it it might come up as the wrong one :thinking: I'd rather just pay the extra and have a lens that I'm happy with, it's annoying but I can console myself with the fact I got it £50 cheaper in the first place.
 
Barrysprout said:
Thanks Alan, that one was with the FE 28-60mm F4-5.6. Had that the A7 and the Tokina 17mm in a very small bag
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I was just wondering how you're coping with the 19mm's distortion?

It's not visible in all pictures though.
 
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woof woof said:
I was just wondering how you're coping with the 19mm's distortion?

It's not visible in all pictures though.
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I've only had the 19mm out on the one day last week so can't really say yet. I'm still having difficulty walking so really not getting out far or too often.
 
Hmmmm, a compact and very cheap manual 50mm f2...

New TTArtisan 50mm f/2.0 FE lens announced | sonyalpharumors

TTArtisan announced a new compact 50mm f/2.0 FE lens. You can order it now on their worldwide store, Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Peargear store.
www.sonyalpharumors.com www.sonyalpharumors.com

I could be tempted but I'll wait for some reviews as although it's very cheap no one wants to throw money away if it's rubbish.

Ah, there are reviews...

phillipreeve.net

Review: TTArtisan 50mm 2.0 - Return of the Nifty Fifty - phillipreeve.net

ContentsIntroductionSample ImagesDisclosureSpecificationsHandling / Build QualityVignettinglight falloffoptical vignettingcolor castSharpnessinfinity (42mp Sony A7rII)portrait distance 1.4 m distance (42mp Sony A7rII)close (0.6 m, 1:8.9, 42mp A7rII)Flare resistanceSun outside frameSun inside...
phillipreeve.net phillipreeve.net

Taking a quick look at that review I see two issues, rounded aperture blades which will give round bokeh balls but will be pretty rubbish for sun stars so I suppose it's a matter of preference and it seems to flare like a mad thing.
 
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The above review mentions a 50mm f0.95 so I looked it up...

dustinabbott.net

Brightin Star 50mm F0.95 Review - DustinAbbott.net

Photographer Dustin Abbott shares a real world review of the ultra-bright Brightin Star 50mm F0.95 budget manual focus prime
dustinabbott.net dustinabbott.net

That looks ok apart from yet again poor resistance to flare.

Some of the sample pictures look nice though.
 
Bobsyeruncle said:
Can't wait to see it.
You pleased with it?
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Yes. The old leather jackets were old so the bag doesn't look new but all the leather has been laminated and there's a mixture of hand and machine stitching and he's given a quilted look to the inside which is lined with the airplane lining of one of the jackets. That jacket didn't have a label in it but the other did and he's included the label in the bag. All the fittings are brass. The strap is a work of art as he's turned it inside out to hide the stitching. Generally his work is good and the pockets are really well done.

I showed him my Billingham Hadley Pro Small and gave him an insert for that bag I bought from Billingham so it's the size of that bag.

He's a bit of a character and said I should just pay what I thought the bag was worth but he did say he'd spent £40 on the brass fixings so I gave him that first and then started putting down £20's. He protested and said £200 was too much so we settled on £150 and I gave him an extra £20 for a take away tonight :D So all in all it cost me £150 + £40 + the Billy bag insert which was £45 so that's a grand total of £235 (not counting the £20 for the take away) which is only a bit more than the Billy cost which I'm happy with.

He then showed my a trilby he's making for a horse owner. I was impressed with the lining with horses on it :D

I've been looking for someone to make a bag for a long time so I'm happy to have found him. This is his first camera bag. He used to make shoes but recently sold all his shoe related gear and now makes wallets, hats, Goth type flying helmet thingies etc but also recently upholstered a boat.

Pictures will follow :D
 
woof woof said:
Yes. The old leather jackets were old so the bag doesn't look new but all the leather has been laminated and there's a mixture of hand and machine stitching and he's given a quilted look to the inside which is lined with the airplane lining of one of the jackets. That jacket didn't have a label in it but the other did and he's included the label in the bag. All the fittings are brass. The strap is a work of art as he's turned it inside out to hide the stitching. Generally his work is good and the pockets are really well done.

I showed him my Billingham Hadley Pro Small and gave him an insert for that bag I bought from Billingham so it's the size of that bag.

He's a bit of a character and said I should just pay what I thought the bag was worth but he did say he'd spent £40 on the brass fixings so I gave him that first and then started putting down £20's. He protested and said £200 was too much so we settled on £150 and I gave him an extra £20 for a take away tonight :D So all in all it cost me £150 + £40 + the Billy bag insert which was £45 so that's a grand total of £235 (not counting the £20 for the take away) which is only a bit more than the Billy cost which I'm happy with.

He then showed my a trilby he's making for a horse owner. I was impressed with the lining with horses on it :D

I've been looking for someone to make a bag for a long time so I'm happy to have found him. This is his first camera bag. He used to make shoes but recently sold all his shoe related gear and now makes wallets, hats, Goth type flying helmet thingies etc but also recently upholstered a boat.

Pictures will follow :D
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Sounds awesome
 
If anyone would like to see my new leather bag there's a thread here...

www.talkphotography.co.uk

Camera bag out of leather jackets.

I have quite a few leather jackets but I haven't worn them for a long time but I didn't want to throw them away as a couple were presents and of sentimental value so I thought it'd be an idea to get a camera bag made out of a couple of them to give them a new life. I've been looking for someone...
www.talkphotography.co.uk www.talkphotography.co.uk
 
LeeRatters said:
A little something from holiday last week. I never book a holiday without first checking the moon phases ;)


*** by Lee, on Flickr
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Amazing shot. You must be close to building a collection that you could perhaps put together a book of astro landscape photos.
 
trevorbray said:
Lovely. Good old Pulpit Rock. Classic shot Lee.
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Merlin5 said:
Amazing shot. You must be close to building a collection that you could perhaps put together a book of astro landscape photos.
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T_J_G said:
Insane work Lee. Love your stuff.
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Thanks guys! I will say I do love the night sky stuff! I drove to Dorset overnight a month ago (it was 4 nights after I drove down for the Portland Panorama one!!) & so far I've editing ONE Durdle Door beach Milky Way from the whole night & sunrise!

This wasn't so bad because we were at the far end of Weymouth for a week. I've only looked at this one but I have a cliff top gate, the Lighthouse at Portland, Lulworth Cove & Corfe Castle to work through. As well as the general holiday shots, and landscape shots, and drone shots, and drone video!! I will say, I've been quite lately learning the video stuff! I'm not sure if I can share that with you guys in here? If not might start a thread elsewhere if there's somewhere suitable.

EDIT - This Pulpit image was 6 foreground exposures & 6 sky exposures, stacked for noise reduction & blended together.
 
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LeeRatters said:
Thanks guys! I will say I do love the night sky stuff! I drove to Dorset overnight a month ago (it was 4 nights after I drove down for the Portland Panorama one!!) & so far I've editing ONE Durdle Door beach Milky Way from the whole night & sunrise!

This wasn't so bad because we were at the far end of Weymouth for a week. I've only looked at this one but I have a cliff top gate, the Lighthouse at Portland, Lulworth Cove & Corfe Castle to work through. As well as the general holiday shots, and landscape shots, and drone shots, and drone video!! I will say, I've been quite lately learning the video stuff! I'm not sure if I can share that with you guys in here? If not might start a thread elsewhere if there's somewhere suitable.

EDIT - This Pulpit image was 6 foreground exposures & 6 sky exposures, stacked for noise reduction & blended together.
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Kewl
 
woof woof said:
I wouldn't know where to start to do that or anything like it :D
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Not as bad as it sounds Alan. 6 identical exposures stacked in equator to reduce noise - load the images in, select/mask sky & foreground & click a button & it chucks you back a tiff file ;) Do that for both & then blend in CS/etc with layer masks :) Obviously there is a bit more to it than that with regard to matching colours/exposure/WB etc but that's the basics of it.
 
LeeRatters said:
Not as bad as it sounds Alan. 6 identical exposures stacked in equator to reduce noise - load the images in, select/mask sky & foreground & click a button & it chucks you back a tiff file ;) Do that for both & then blend in CS/etc with layer masks :) Obviously there is a bit more to it than that with regard to matching colours/exposure/WB etc but that's the basics of it.
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:oops: :$
 
LeeRatters said:
Honestly, that image above I reckon...... half an hour all in for a basic edit. I tend to take longer, but that's only because I like to leave the image, make a brew & come back to it with fresh eyes etc.
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Maybe easy when you know how ;) If an edit takes me more than a minute I start to lose patience :LOL:
 
snerkler said:
Maybe easy when you know how ;) If an edit takes me more than a minute I start to lose patience :LOL:
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The Corfe Castle image is going to be......

3 sky images to stack, twice, to make a slight panorama.
3 foreground Castle images.
3 light painted immediate foreground images.

So that's 12, plus a handful of really dark exposures for the actual Castle itself which must be lit with a hundred 2000 watt lights at night!
 
LeeRatters said:
The Corfe Castle image is going to be......

3 sky images to stack, twice, to make a slight panorama.
3 foreground Castle images.
3 light painted immediate foreground images.

So that's 12, plus a handful of really dark exposures for the actual Castle itself which must be lit with a hundred 2000 watt lights at night!
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Sounds complex.

TBH I do very occasionally spend some time processing (5-10 mins) such as this where I've increased the motion blur. This was taken at 1/160 but I've increased the motion blur to look more like 1/30-1/50 ish

A9_03065-Edit by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr
 
snerkler said:
Sounds complex.

TBH I do very occasionally spend some time processing (5-10 mins) such as this where I've increased the motion blur. This was taken at 1/160 but I've increased the motion blur to look more like 1/30-1/50 ish

A9_03065-Edit by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr
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And that 5-10 minutes makes a great impact on an already great image Toby! (y)
 
I don't think I'm quite feeling myself this morning, just been out with my 50mm f1.4 and took a few shots with it stopped down :eek: :lol:
 
snerkler said:
I don't think I'm quite feeling myself this morning, just been out with my 50mm f1.4 and took a few shots with it stopped down :eek: :LOL:
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The aperture should be selected to suit the subject/scene and the look you're going for so a few spotted down shots is ok now and again :D
 
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