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

I think I found god.

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I've made a bit of a decision. I'm a bit fed up of sitting it out for that perfect one image per outing. So I'm going to start boring you all with lots of ''snapshots'' :)

A scene? Colour? Light? Contrasts? Shadows? I don't care. If it looks good to my eyes, I'm gonna start shooting it :)


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LeeRatters said:
I've made a bit of a decision. I'm a bit fed up of sitting it out for that perfect one image per outing. So I'm going to start boring you all with lots of ''snapshots'' :)

A scene? Colour? Light? Contrasts? Shadows? I don't care. If it looks good to my eyes, I'm gonna start shooting it
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Definitely the right decision Lee. Take the shot and if you never get the perfect opportunity at least you have something :D
 
LeeRatters said:
I've made a bit of a decision. I'm a bit fed up of sitting it out for that perfect one image per outing. So I'm going to start boring you all with lots of ''snapshots'' :)

A scene? Colour? Light? Contrasts? Shadows? I don't care. If it looks good to my eyes, I'm gonna start shooting it :)


*** by Lee, on Flickr


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Sounds like a great decision, look forward to seeing your upcoming photos, I really like the 2nd.

I made a similar decision recently to just go out and take pictures. In the past I've always felt the need to take the best possible photo I can but I'm comfortable enough now to know that I can take a 'decent' photo and not everything has to be print worthy.

I'm still not the photographer I want to be though as I want to move away from taking 'picture postcard' shots and doing things more interesting/arty and hopefully by loosening the reins and not feeling the need to get the perfect shot will allow me to experiment more.
 
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Love the processing of these. No. 3 in particular stands out for me.
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Thanks, I usually go for the natural look but with the weather I thought this more extreme processing worked.
 
snerkler said:
Sounds like a great decision, look forward to seeing your upcoming photos, I really like the 2nd.

I made a similar decision recently to just go out and take pictures. In the past I've always felt the need to take the best possible photo I can but I'm comfortable enough now to know that I can take a 'decent' photo and not everything has to be print worthy.

I'm still not the photographer I want to be though as I want to move away from taking 'picture postcard' shots and doing things more interesting/arty and hopefully by loosening the reins and not feeling the need to get the perfect shot will allow me to experiment more.
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Thanks Toby (y)

And yes, sounds like we are thinking along the same lines :)
 
snerkler said:
With the bank holiday weekend I've had too much time on my hands and decided to create a lens wish list. I'm not sure if I'll ever get there but it's something to work towards ;) That being said, I'm very grateful for what I have already and if this never changes then I've still got and amazing set of gear :)


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I'm not sure whether it's a bad thing or a good thing that the 50/1.4GM is the price it is! :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
LeeRatters said:
I'm not sure whether it's a bad thing or a good thing that the 50/1.4GM is the price it is! :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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It is steep, I'm not willing to buy any of my wish list lenses at the current prices. The 20-70mm at e-infinity is more reasonable at £989, but I'm reluctant to buy from there and it's still on the pricey side.
 
snerkler said:
With the bank holiday weekend I've had too much time on my hands and decided to create a lens wish list. I'm not sure if I'll ever get there but it's something to work towards ;) That being said, I'm very grateful for what I have already and if this never changes then I've still got and amazing set of gear :)


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What happens when there is a new 85GM :D
 
From the rumor site.

This is interesting. I watched a couple of Tamron 20-40mm reviews yesterday.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPv6j924Dzc&t=652s


I'm surprised at that 20-70mm vignetting but as he says maybe a lens profile will take care of it.

Ah, he says the Tamron focus can be hit and miss and that probably translates to hardly works at all on my A7.
 
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I managed to persuade Mrs WW to walk on "The Lines" today, it was the first time she'd been since the incident with the stone and racial insult throwing children.

I was shocked to see what the council have done to the place. In an act of ****ing vandalism they've turned this lovey place...

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Into this.

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They've stripped back most of the trees and bushes and tarmacked it. Why? Well, it's apparently an improvement as they've turned it into a cycle path. This obsession councils have with cycling paths and lanes despite the very little use they get. This will not attract cyclists and all it will lead to is the local yobs riding their illegal quad and off road bikes at higher speed. Utter ****ing vandalism :mad:
 
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woof woof said:
I managed to persuade Mrs WW to walk on "The Lines" today, it was the first time she'd been since the incident with the stone and racial insult throwing children.

I was shocked to see what the council have done to the place. In an act of ****ing vandalism they've turned this lovey place...

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Into this.

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They've stripped back most of the trees and bushed and tarmacked it. Why? Well, it's apparently an improvement as they've turned it into a cycle path. This obsession councils have with cycling paths and lanes despite the very little use they get. This will not attract cyclists and all it will lead to is the local yobs riding their illegal quad and off road bikes at higher speed. Utter ****ing vandalism :mad:
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That’s shocking :mad:
 
snerkler said:
That’s shocking :mad:
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I'm hoping the council have run out of money and that over time nature can recover and turn this eyesore into a place people would want to visit and spend time in again.
 
Apparently new rumors about the A9III are coming out tomorrow, I’m expecting an 24mp or 30mp version of the A1 but with the latest vari-angle screen and maybe even a few AF improvements such as car, train and plane recognition.
 
snerkler said:
Apparently new rumors about the A9III are coming out tomorrow, I’m expecting an 24mp or 30mp version of the A1 but with the latest vari-angle screen and maybe even a few AF improvements such as car, train and plane recognition.
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Seen that myself waiting with bated breath. That spec would be perfect for me.
 
Ey Up.

There's a Sony 50mm f1.2 in the classifieds.

I don't know if the price is good or not but if it is good it probably won't hang around long.
 
snerkler said:
Apparently new rumors about the A9III are coming out tomorrow, I’m expecting an 24mp or 30mp version of the A1 but with the latest vari-angle screen and maybe even a few AF improvements such as car, train and plane recognition.
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Looking forward to this one, I have nearly bought the A1 a few times now but the uprated AF on a A9III would be preferable to the extra resolution (Although 30mp is the minimum I would accept). I find it strange Sony haven't done anything for the A1 af wise via a firmware update though.
 
Mike.P said:
Looking forward to this one, I have nearly bought the A1 a few times now but the uprated AF on a A9III would be preferable to the extra resolution (Although 30mp is the minimum I would accept). I find it strange Sony haven't done anything for the A1 af wise via a firmware update though.
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Indeed.
No update for new features either like focus bracketing which I imagine can be firmware updated?
 
Mike.P said:
Looking forward to this one, I have nearly bought the A1 a few times now but the uprated AF on a A9III would be preferable to the extra resolution (Although 30mp is the minimum I would accept). I find it strange Sony haven't done anything for the A1 af wise via a firmware update though.
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It is difficult to see how they can improve AF (other than more subject recognition) but I’m not naive enough to think they can’t. Sony never did any real update on the A9ii whilst I had it, and I’m not holding my breath than they’ll do anything with the A1 either. It would be interesting to see what Sony have offered in updates over the years as I can’t recall anything too significant over the years, however it’s also not something I’ve looked in to a great deal on the other models.

In terms of other subject recognition I’m not sure whether I’d ever use it, if I can’t focus on a car or a train etc myself then I think I should just give up :laugh:
 
snerkler said:
It is difficult to see how they can improve AF (other than more subject recognition) but I’m not naive enough to think they can’t. Sony never did any real update on the A9ii whilst I had it, and I’m not holding my breath than they’ll do anything with the A1 either. It would be interesting to see what Sony have offered in updates over the years as I can’t recall anything too significant over the years, however it’s also not something I’ve looked in to a great deal on the other models.

In terms of other subject recognition I’m not sure whether I’d ever use it, if I can’t focus on a car or a train etc myself then I think I should just give up :laugh:
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A9 got real time tracking in an update just before the launch of the A9II or maybe it was just after can't remember, anyway was a huge thing at the time.
 
Faldrax said:
Back up to £1049 now (I was on a £779 when I first looked, thought about it, decided to add to my 'lenses to buy' wish list, and it had jumped back in price).

I wonder if anyone managed to snag it at the bargain price?
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Weird how it fluctuates on the same day.
 
Just playing with my A7 and super cheap TTArtisan 50mm f2, a snip at about £80 :D

This lens has quite a long minimum focus distance so I bought a 43-67mm step up ring so that I could use my close up filters. The No.4 lens seems to be good for close up pictures.

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Faldrax said:
Back up to £1049 now (I was on a £779 when I first looked, thought about it, decided to add to my 'lenses to buy' wish list, and it had jumped back in price).

I wonder if anyone managed to snag it at the bargain price?
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This often happens on Amazon, check again tonight after around 8pm. Basically if a third party seller drops their price Amazon sometimes respond by undercutting them for a few hours, usually in the evening. I’ve played this game many times.
 
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