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

snerkler said:
Looking at the PZ 16-35mm and new 20-70mm it is evident that Sony are relying on software corrections to correct distortion in a bid to make smaller lighter lenses, does anyone know if the corrected images show the proper focal length or whether there’ll be a certain amount of cropping of the image.

For example if shooting at 20mm on the 20-70mm will the corrected image show the full 20mm fov and therefore the uncorrected images could show an image slightly wider than 20mm, or is the uncorrected image a 20mm fov and therefore the corrected image is going to be narrower such as 21mm or 22mm fov?
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I cannot comment on these specific lenses but generally speaking Sony lenses have been known to be wider. For example the Sony 16-50mm APS-C was closer to 14mm without corrections.
The 20G is closer to 19mm, Alyn has shown that in his review:
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Sony 20mm f/1.8 G Astrophotography Review + RAW Downloads

The Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM very quickly became my favourite lens of all time and is still in my opinion, the best lens ever made for landscape astrophotography. But I appreciate that a lot of people find the 24mm focal length quite restricting and tight and would prefer something a little wider. When
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I am sure there are a few other examples too.
So I wouldn't worry too much about it.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I’ve had the Zeiss 1.4 for years and very happy with it. It’s temping to get the 1.2 but not for new price. The Zeiss has little to no CA, good colours, sharp, I don’t have any complaints about it.
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Miss mine, should have kept it, lovely Zeiss pop and great colours.
 
I have been looking a new 50mm for my missus for what seems like ages and now the Sigma and new Sony are seemingly gonna drop about the same time.

Problem is now I am not sure of we actually need another one or not.... :D

A couple of months ago my missus went back to a 35/85 combo and I have been really liking what she has been getting with the 85 for portraits as it often looks much more different to what I am getting with the 50mm.

Would have been all over that new Sony 50mm if it had of been announced a few months ago as my missus won't even consider the 50mm f/1.2 due to size and weight and the new one seems like it might have ticked all the boxes.

Typical now I am like where is that 85 f/1.2 that was talked about.
 
f/2.8 said:
I have been looking a new 50mm for my missus for what seems like ages and now the Sigma and new Sony are seemingly gonna drop about the same time.

Problem is now I am not sure of we actually need another one or not.... :D

A couple of months ago my missus went back to a 35/85 combo and I have been really liking what she has been getting with the 85 for portraits as it often looks much more different to what I am getting with the 50mm.

Would have been all over that new Sony 50mm if it had of been announced a few months ago as my missus won't even consider the 50mm f/1.2 due to size and weight and the new one seems like it might have ticked all the boxes.

Typical now I am like where is that 85 f/1.2 that was talked about.
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85 1.2 would be really good, absolutely love using 85 and I’d use it all the time if I could.

Used the Samyang 45 at a session the other day and was pleasantly surprised.
 
T_J_G said:
85 1.2 would be really good, absolutely love using 85 and I’d use it all the time if I could.

Used the Samyang 45 at a session the other day and was pleasantly surprised.
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I totally fell out of love with 85mm a few years ago, think I just got bored with having used it for so long. Much prefer 50mm as it just allows me to show more context, plus f/1.2 innit :D but with my missus using the 85 again now, it helps us provide more variety.

I liked the 45mm I had, I just never thought I could rely on it for work so it didn't get used much.

45mm as a focal length is pretty handy for a lot of things, the rumour site said a few weeks ago that Tamron were working on a 45 f/1.4 which might be an interesting lens if true.
 
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Just bought the Samyang 75mm f1.8 with some vouchers from Amazon, got it as a smaller lighter alternative to my Sigma 85mm f1.4 for holidays and I have to say it’s a great little lens. Has the typical Samyang rendering I like and it’s sharper than expected.
 
f/2.8 said:
I totally fell out of love with 85mm a few years ago, think I just got bored with having used it for so long. Much prefer 50mm as it just allows me to show more context, plus f/1.2 innit :D but with my missus using the 85 again now, it helps us provide more variety.

I liked the 45mm I had, I just never thought I could rely on it for work so it didn't get used much.

45mm as a focal length is pretty handy for a lot of things, the rumour site said a few weeks ago that Tamron were working on a 45 f/1.4 which might be an interesting lens if true.
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I’d love the 50mm 1.2GM but just can’t press the buy button. Especially when two new bodies are on the cards. I bought the 45 for holiday on a ZVE10, first time I put it on a full frame body. Shoot was entirely indoors so a 85 just didn’t work (and I did try!).

So a decent Sony 50 in between would be ideal.
 
T_J_G said:
I’d love the 50mm 1.2GM but just can’t press the buy button. Especially when two new bodies are on the cards. I bought the 45 for holiday on a ZVE10, first time I put it on a full frame body. Shoot was entirely indoors so a 85 just didn’t work (and I did try!).

So a decent Sony 50 in between would be ideal.
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Is it just for holidays or for pro work too? If it’s the former then the Samyang 50mm FE II is a great lens.
 
T_J_G said:
I’d love the 50mm 1.2GM but just can’t press the buy button. Especially when two new bodies are on the cards. I bought the 45 for holiday on a ZVE10, first time I put it on a full frame body. Shoot was entirely indoors so a 85 just didn’t work (and I did try!).

So a decent Sony 50 in between would be ideal.
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Yeah I get you the 50GM is a crazy price. It’s also a crazy good lens though.

Am sure both the new Siggy and the new Sony will likely be very good.

The new Siggy is a strange one though apparently the same size as the Sony f/1.2 and nearly as heavy. You would have though getting the size down would have been a first thought for them.
 
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snerkler said:
I’m sure this will be great but it’s still a bit weighty, Sigma seem to struggle to make light lenses. I wonder if the GM will be any lighter :thinking:

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Edit: Looks like f2.8 beat me to the weight issue ;)
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With some of their lenses Sony seem happy to rely on lens profiles to correct issues and this doubtless helps to keep the bulk and weight down. It'll be interesting to see if this will be the case with the 50mm f1.4.

I know my 24mm G relies on corrections but TBH I haven't noticed any downsides. Panasonic have been doing this for years too and again I haven't noticed any downsides. That Sony focus breathing compensation does seem to noticeably increase the focal length though.
 
snerkler said:
Is it just for holidays or for pro work too? If it’s the former then the Samyang 50mm FE II is a great lens.
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I’ll keep the Sammy as a holiday lens, or back up on the ZVE so I really want something for work that’s dependable.

Beauty is I can wait a few months till work kicks off
 
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woof woof said:
With some of their lenses Sony seem happy to rely on lens profiles to correct issues and this doubtless helps to keep the bulk and weight down. It'll be interesting to see if this will be the case with the 50mm f1.4.

I know my 24mm G relies on corrections but TBH I haven't noticed any downsides. Panasonic have been doing this for years too and again I haven't noticed any downsides. That Sony focus breathing compensation does seem to noticeably increase the focal length though.
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Yeah I mentioned it earlier about relying corrections. Sigma do this too (or at least they did with the 85mm dg dn) but they still seem to struggle with weight.

I doubt the GM will be as light as the Samyang FE II but if it comes in close to 500g it could be a winner. No doubt it will be expensive though.
 
Jessops have a whopping £1049 off the 400mm f2.8, still about £9k above what I can afford but it’s a hell of a saving :lol:
 
robj20 said:
Is it any wonder people look to save money. Purely on currency that lens should be around £900. So £500 for........
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I don’t think the US price includes sales tax as I gather each state sets their own tax level. even with sales tax added theres still a premium on the UK lens prices circa £300-400.
 
Nice walk around the park this morning, i forced myself and only took the 50mm f1.8. Used it mostly in MF, anyone know how to set the camera so after you use the MF-Zoom half pressing the shutter button brings it out of zoom? If its even possible.

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robj20 said:
Nice walk around the park this morning, i forced myself and only took the 50mm f1.8. Used it mostly in MF, anyone know how to set the camera so after you use the MF-Zoom half pressing the shutter button brings it out of zoom? If its even possible.
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That should happen. I think you'll have to dive into the dreaded menu.
 
woof woof said:
That should happen. I think you'll have to dive into the dreaded menu.
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I thought it used to. It requires me to go through the different zooms then back to normal.
 
robj20 said:
I thought it used to. It requires me to go through the different zooms then back to normal.
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Oh dear. With my old A7 a half press takes the magnified view off regardless of time settings, I have mine set to stay on all the time, until the shutter button cancels it.

Has this changed on later models?
 
woof woof said:
Oh dear. With my old A7 a half press takes the magnified view off regardless of time settings, I have mine set to stay on all the time, until the shutter button cancels it.

Has this changed on later models?
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I think your getting mixed up with MF Assist which zooms in then when you press the shutter it does come back out.
I'm taking about having a focus button. Might have to setup the Assist and use that. Linked to 5.9x though instead of the 11x you get in magnifier.
 
robj20 said:
I think your getting mixed up with MF Assist which zooms in then when you press the shutter it does come back out.
I'm taking about having a focus button. Might have to setup the Assist and use that. Linked to 5.9x though instead of the 11x you get in magnifier.
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Ah. Different things?

So what's this MF zoom then?
 
robj20 said:
I think your getting mixed up with MF Assist which zooms in then when you press the shutter it does come back out.
I'm taking about having a focus button. Might have to setup the Assist and use that. Linked to 5.9x though instead of the 11x you get in magnifier.
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I use C1 to magnify manually with the square box. If I zoom in and half press it jumps back to full screen.

I've never used the auto one which I think zooms as soon as you touch the focus ring.
 
LeeRatters said:
I use C1 to magnify manually with the square box. If I zoom in and half press it jumps back to full screen.

I've never used the auto one which I think zooms as soon as you touch the focus ring.
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Yeah the auto one works as expected. The button (I use the video record button) method just stays where I left it.
 
LeeRatters said:
I use C1 to magnify manually with the square box. If I zoom in and half press it jumps back to full screen.

I've never used the auto one which I think zooms as soon as you touch the focus ring.
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Yup, something similar for me.

I din't know anything else was possible.
 
robj20 said:
Yeah the auto one works as expected. The button (I use the video record button) method just stays where I left it.
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I still don't understand what the difference is but it doesn't matter.

I think the first thing I'd do in your place is try assigning another button just in case there's something "special" going on.
 
woof woof said:
I still don't understand what the difference is but it doesn't matter.

I think the first thing I'd do in your place is try assigning another button just in case there's something "special" going on.
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Auto magnifier just goes straight to 5.9x whether you want it to or not.

The manual button you first go to 5.9x then another press and your at 11x then again back to normal.

I prefer the manual button because I don't always want to zoom in and when I do I like 11x. But I would like it to on the shutter button press go back to normal like it does in the auto mode.
 
LeeRatters said:
Try setting it to C1 then maybe.....
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Doesn't work, in fact when I change it to the C button it won't go to 11x just stays at 5.9x.

I'll just have to press the button after focusing I guess.
 
Does anyone know if there is a way to calibrate the digital level in the Sony a7 series?
My horizons are always fractionally off kilter.
I always make sure the tripod is level and have recently purchased a Benro geared head for more precise movements.
Despite the tripod and camera both being level, the horizon still seems to be off :thinking:
I remember being able to calibrate my Olympus Em1's level
 
mstphoto said:
Does anyone know if there is a way to calibrate the digital level in the Sony a7 series?
My horizons are always fractionally off kilter.
I always make sure the tripod is level and have recently purchased a Benro geared head for more precise movements.
Despite the tripod and camera both being level, the horizon still seems to be off :thinking:
I remember being able to calibrate my Olympus Em1's level
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Does your tripod have a level on it as well as using the level on the camera, if so it’d be very strange they’re both off. Three other possibilities spring to mind, the horizon isn’t level (unless it’s the sea), the sensor has somehow gone off kilter, or it’s IBIS (which may be the cause of the second issue). Have you tried the shot with and without IBIS to make sure it’s not that?
 
robj20 said:
Doesn't work, in fact when I change it to the C button it won't go to 11x just stays at 5.9x.

I'll just have to press the button after focusing I guess.
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Just tried my A9ii, if I set a button as the focus magnifier repeated presses cycle 4.7x, 9.4x, full frame. Half pressing the shutter does not go back to full screen if it’s zoomed, however I can set a time for how long it stays zoomed in e.g. 2s and 5s. The max initial zoom is 4.7x, it can’t be set to go to 9.4x on initial magnification. There is no 11x.

If I use the auto magnification it goes to 4.7x and I can then press the joystick to cycle through the zooms i.e. 9.4x and full screen. With the auto magnification half pressing the shutter does take it back to full screen, and you also have the option for how long the zoom level stays e.g. 2s, 5s.
 
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robj20 said:
Doesn't work, in fact when I change it to the C button it won't go to 11x just stays at 5.9x.

I'll just have to press the button after focusing I guess.
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snerkler said:
Just tried my A9ii, if I set a button as the focus magnifier repeated presses cycle 4.7x, 9.4x, full frame. Half pressing the shutter does not go back to full screen if it’s zoomed, however I can set a time for how long it stays zoomed in with settings if 2s and 5s. The max initial zoom is 4.7x, it can’t be set to go to 9.4x on initial magnification. There is no 11x.

If I use the auto magnification it goes to 4.7x and I can then press the joystick to cycle through the zooms i.e. 9.4x and full screen. With the auto magnification half pressing the shutter does take it back to full screen, and you also have the option for how long the zoom level stays e.g. 2s, 5s.
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Being a user of manual (dumb adapter) lenses, I wonder if it's something to do with a 'shutter' option in the menu? - I think it's something like "fire without lens" or something?

Just a thought......
 
LeeRatters said:
Being a user of manual (dumb adapter) lenses, I wonder if it's something to do with a 'shutter' option in the menu? - I think it's something like "fire without lens" or something?

Just a thought......
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Not sure but I wouldn’t have thought so as you can still take the shot in which case it then goes to full screen, however half pressing the shutter does nothing when you’ve used a function button to zoom. It’s a bit of a pain as normally once you’ve focussed you want to come back out of zoom to check the composition.

That being said I prefer the auto zoom on MF.
 
snerkler said:
Does your tripod have a level on it as well as using the level on the camera, if so it’d be very strange they’re both off. Three other possibilities spring to mind, the horizon isn’t level (unless it’s the sea), the sensor has somehow gone off kilter, or it’s IBIS (which may be the cause of the second issue). Have you tried the shot with and without IBIS to make sure it’s not that?
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Both the tripod and the camera are level.
OS is also switched off :thinking:
 
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