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

Two from our brambling expedition.

Leaves.

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Picking brambles, f1.8 hence the oof foreground.

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woof woof said:
The thread demands PICTURES!!!!
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Ok, here's a blue lady for you. :) As mentioned in the street forum, I had to crop above her feet because someone was crouching in front of her, but I liked the vintage movie star look.


Blue Lady by Merlin 5, on Flickr
 
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Hi, I asked this question elsewhere without any suggestions forthcoming so hope someone here can answer?
I want to photograph small birds squabbling over food above a feeding pole, have watched a video on YT (OM1- ProCapSH2 - photographing Fighting Finches by Roger Hance, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AopDHrhWM-s&t=421s) I no the OM takes a great deal more images per burst but am struggling with what focus and or tracking mode that would be near the ProCap on the Sony A7 IV.
Thankyou, Russ.
 
Lemaildetom said:
That look awesome. I will never be able to buy one but the size and weight looks impressive. Mirrorless has really come a long way!
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They have done wonders with the size and weight of this (and their 70-200mm GM2) but the 24-70mm is still a bit too heavy as a 'walkabout' lens, which is what I'd use it for. I rarely use the 24-105mm for that reason.
 
snerkler said:
They have done wonders with the size and weight of this (and their 70-200mm GM2) but the 24-70mm is still a bit too heavy as a 'walkabout' lens, which is what I'd use it for. I rarely use the 24-105mm for that reason.
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what do you use for walkabout?

I use a tiny samyang 35mm f2.8 and a samyang 75mm f1.8. I use to love primes but at the moment I just feel lazy and that I always have the wrong lens for the wrong time. Thinking that the 24-105 would help me going back into taking photos. A bit of a one lens do-it-all approach.
 
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There's a Sony 200-600mm in the classifieds.
 
Lemaildetom said:
what do you use for walkabout?

I use a tiny samyang 35mm f2.8 and a samyang 75mm f1.8. I use to love primes but at the moment I just feel lazy and that I always have the wrong lens for the wrong time. Thinking that the 24-105 would help me going back into taking photos. A bit of a one lens do-it-all approach.
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It depends, if just out on a dog walk I use the EM10-II with 12-32mm pancake. If I’m going somewhere specific I’ll usually take the 16-35mm f4, but occasionally the 24-105mm. I do often regret selling the 24-70mm f4 as that was a good size and weight. I keep hoping that Sony will bring out a new one as it’s long overdue a refresh imo but there’s never been anything in the pipeline.
 
On the rumor site... APS-C primes...

New Sony patent discloses three APS-C primes: 12mm f/1.8, 14mm f/1.8 and 15mm f/1.5 (already in production) | sonyalpharumors

Asobinet spotted a newly published patent describing the specs and design of three APS-C E-mount prime lenses: 12mm f/1.8 (different design than the existing 11mm f/1.8) 14mm f/1.8 15mm f/1.5 (similar to the existing 15mm f/1.4). Asobinet also talks about a variation of the 15mm lens having a...
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  • 12mm f/1.8 (different design than the existing 11mm f/1.8)
  • 14mm f/1.8
  • 15mm f/1.5 (similar to the existing 15mm f/1.4).
Seems a bit odd to have a 14mm f1.8 and a 15mm f1.5. I suppose it's possible that each designer didn't know what the other was doing :D
 
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Seeing the new 16-35 f4 from sony, i'm sure they will do the same to the 24-105. With electronic zoom and smaller size?
 
Lemaildetom said:
Seeing the new 16-35 f4 from sony, i'm sure they will do the same to the 24-105. With electronic zoom and smaller size?
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I hope they don’t start implementing electronic zooms in all their lenses but I’ve a feeling they will do it on a number of lenses to appease the video crowd :(
 
I think the same way DSLR are dying, non electronic zoom might die too. Early days yet but i can see them taking over.
 
Merlin5 said:
Ok, here's a blue lady for you. :) As mentioned in the street forum, I had to crop above her feet because someone was crouching in front of her, but I liked the vintage movie star look.

Blue Lady by Merlin 5, on Flickr
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Nice edit, I've never been successful with trying to get that look.
 
robj20 said:
Nice edit, I've never been successful with trying to get that look.
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Me neither. There's a guy on flickr (Jon Siegel) who does similar editing that I really like but can't get close to it.
 
Definitely feeling better about the dynamic range I'm able to pull out of the A9 now, the AF is barely able to keep up at the moment so I think moving to an A7R iv would have been a mistake.

The black and white fur is a challenge sometimes but I prefer to lean to exposing the white and perhaps losing a little in the black to retain some contrast and mood.

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I couldn't easily find an answer to this, are there any other camera bodies in the a7 range (i.e. not a1 or 9) that have full time, fully usable electronic shutter indoors and out? I have an a9 and an a7III and it's got to the point where I actively try not to use the a7III at weddings, the silence of the a9 is just perfect for my style and the a7III silent shutter is too slow to be useful in many circumstances (lights, moving people!)

I will probably get another a9, but thought I best check the options first.
 
ukaskew said:
I couldn't easily find an answer to this, are there any other camera bodies in the a7 range (i.e. not a1 or 9) that have full time, fully usable electronic shutter indoors and out? I have an a9 and an a7III and it's got to the point where I actively try not to use the a7III at weddings, the silence of the a9 is just perfect for my style and the a7III silent shutter is too slow to be useful in many circumstances (lights, moving people!)

I will probably get another a9, but thought I best check the options first.
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No, the readout time isn’t fast enough on the A7 series,….. yet.
 
gman said:
Definitely feeling better about the dynamic range I'm able to pull out of the A9 now, the AF is barely able to keep up at the moment so I think moving to an A7R iv would have been a mistake.

The black and white fur is a challenge sometimes but I prefer to lean to exposing the white and perhaps losing a little in the black to retain some contrast and mood.

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She really is super cute, lovely image.
 
woof woof said:
Is the A7IV any faster than the other A7 series cameras?
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Slower apparently. The IV is reportedly 1/15s whereas the III is 1/20s, neither are fast and rolling shutter will be noticeable in a number of scenarios.
 
snerkler said:
Slower apparently. The IV is reportedly 1/15s whereas the III is 1/20s, neither are fast and rolling shutter will be noticeable in a number of scenarios.
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Ah. The higher pixel count maybe coming into play?
 
woof woof said:
Ah. The higher pixel count maybe coming into play?
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That’d be my thoughts. Makes you realise how impressive the A1 is, 50mp with a readout time of 1/240s :eek:
 
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