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Just the odd flurry of sleety stuff.Anyone else getting snow? It's snowing quite hard here now and it's laying. I'm glad I don't have to drive for a few days.
Just the odd flurry of sleety stuff.
Might be different out in the sticks though
Sunshine but the wind tries to take your ears off.
Just a light dusting this morning, been very cold though the past few days (-3 degrees)Anyone else getting snow? It's snowing quite hard here now and it's laying. I'm glad I don't have to drive for a few days.
Beautiful sunshine but a wee bit nippy here.I was nervous of the drive to and from Whitby but it was ok and this heavy stuff only started when we got home.
The last time I drove in conditions like this on the moor road was in my MX5.
I'm still surprised that Sony lenses can work so well on Nikon Z-mount. I've read a number of reviews and comments which have made me a bit concerned about how tight it sits against the mount and the play in it plus some comments here about AF performance not being as good as expected, it's mainly the 100-400mm I want to use on Z-mount where the AF performance is important.May interest some.
Review: Megadap ETZ-21 PRO vs Techart TZE-01 - Using Sony E Lenses on Nikon Z Cameras - phillipreeve.net
Introduction Do you want to use Sony E mount lenses on your Nikon Z cameras? Maybe you want to switch systems and go from Sony E to Nikon Z, but you have some or many Sony E lenses you want to keep and use. Or maybe you just like one of the Sony GM lenses … Continue reading Review: Megadap...phillipreeve.net
Guess we have about 30cm of snow .. but seeing as I live in Finland.. it might not count ;-)Anyone else getting snow? It's snowing quite hard here now and it's laying. I'm glad I don't have to drive for a few days.
Guess we have about 30cm of snow .. but seeing as I live in Finland.. it might not count ;-)
With the temps here at around -15 celsius.. no risk of thawing for the moment.WoWza
We had some during the night but it's thawed a bit since and the side road where we live is just slushy now.
Are you going to post some pictures?
With the temps here at around -15 celsius.. no risk of thawing for the moment.
Sun has already set a while ago here.. so let's see if I manage to take a camera out tomorrow.
As you might imagine - not great deal of fun for the fingers at these temperatures.
Received the 55mm I bought in the classifieds and took a couple of test shots, autofocus seems quick and lens sharp. Had to scale them down to fit them on here.
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A good review indeed, forgive me if I’m a little skeptical of how much a game changer it is, banding and rolling shutter aren’t an issue 99.9% of the time on some cameras, and as for 120fps separating the crème fe la crème out with Olympic photography I just don’t buy it.Mucho Praise for the A9III.
Using the Sony a9 III for Concerts as Dave Matthews Band's Photographer
There is a lot in Sony's new camera that make a big difference for concert photographers.petapixel.com
"An impressive, big leap."
It's something that will be much more significant for some than it is for others.A good review indeed, forgive me if I’m a little skeptical of how much a game changer it is, banding and rolling shutter aren’t an issue 99.9% of the time on some cameras, and as for 120fps separating the crème fe la crème out with Olympic photography I just don’t buy it.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s very impressive and I’m sure someone can find a situation where it prevents banding compared to other cameras, I just think ‘we’ go OTT sometimes on how much of a “game changer” things are.
Yeah I get that it’ll matter more to some than others, and as I said I’m not underplaying that it’s a great achievement, I’m just not convinced it’s a gigantic leap. The A9’s, A1 and Z9 have no perceivable distortion. I can see the benefit of flash sync, but I still don’t see why you need any more than 30fps. I have 30fps and don’t use it (except for experimentation). Clearly people believe that it will be useful thoughIt's something that will be much more significant for some than it is for others.
Silent shutter with zero distortion will matter a lot for some people.
120fps to almost guarantee that perfectly timed shot (runner breaking the tape in 100m final, for example) will matter for others
No sync speed limit on flash will be important for others.
It's a 'game changer' because it's the first of a new generation of sensors, in the same way the original A9 was the first with the fast readout speed - it becomes a challenge that Canon and Nikon need to have an answer for, because if they don't, and Sony is able to bring out A1, A7R and A7 global shutter cameras while Canon and Nikon still have rolling shutters in their main cameras, then there could be a whole bunch more people choosing Sony over Canon / Nikon.
A good review indeed, forgive me if I’m a little skeptical of how much a game changer it is, banding and rolling shutter aren’t an issue 99.9% of the time on some cameras, and as for 120fps separating the crème fe la crème out with Olympic photography I just don’t buy it.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s very impressive and I’m sure someone can find a situation where it prevents banding compared to other cameras, I just think ‘we’ go OTT sometimes on how much of a “game changer” things are.
As the review says you can just swap to mechanical shutter and job done so it’s not really an issue for older cameras. Yes it saves you having to adjust shutter speed if needs be to eliminate banding which is nice and one less thing to worry about, and yes it allows you to shoot crazy frame rate.I think that review maybe shows how niche these abilities may be but if shooting in those conditions I suppose very few cameras are going to get you such results.
I noticed that to demonstrate the problems with rolling shutter and how much better the A9III's global shutter is he uses the A7R V not a stacked sensor camera, if you read the article with that in mind (even though he mentions stacked sensors) his comments about electronic shutters make more sense. I think it's fair to say the A9 was a game changer and while the newer stacked sensor and A9III make improvements on that, it's not been the same jump.A good review indeed, forgive me if I’m a little skeptical of how much a game changer it is, banding and rolling shutter aren’t an issue 99.9% of the time on some cameras, and as for 120fps separating the crème fe la crème out with Olympic photography I just don’t buy it.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s very impressive and I’m sure someone can find a situation where it prevents banding compared to other cameras, I just think ‘we’ go OTT sometimes on how much of a “game changer” things are.
Yeah I agreeI noticed that to demonstrate the problems with rolling shutter and how much better the A9III's global shutter is he uses the A7R V not a stacked sensor camera, if you read the article with that in mind (even though he mentions stacked sensors) his comments about electronic shutters make more sense. I think it's fair to say the A9 was a game changer and while the newer stacked sensor and A9III make improvements on that, it's not been the same jump.
I can certainly see for shooting in mixed lighting banding from electronic shutters could be an issue although I'm curious the benefits of an electronic shutter is for that use, when I previously used to do those short of shots being silent is no benefit in a loud environment, nor is blackout free shooting or high speed. It doesn't help the entire article reads like a marketing piece where he oddly has to state all the flagship specifications and try to justify how those apply to his use when they clearly don't, his explanations of seeing things he's never seen in someone playing an instrument and needing the high speed AF seem a stretch to me. And he's a bit vague about the high iso capability which for me was one of the main issues when shooting live music and concerts for me, although perhaps only having pre-release jpegs needs to be taken in account.
This is nice, looks very noisy though have you run it through any noise reduction?A little bit of what was meant to be Aroura hunting but turned out more Aroura dodging as the best was before, after and during our hot chocolate break. A shooting star cheers us up and the usb heated vests made a big difference. a 6 hour shift tomorrow will be hard going.
Portobello Aroura by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
As the review says you can just swap to mechanical shutter and job done so it’s not really an issue for older cameras.
I can certainly see for shooting in mixed lighting banding from electronic shutters could be an issue although I'm curious the benefits of an electronic shutter is for that use, when I previously used to do those short of shots being silent is no benefit in a loud environment, nor is blackout free shooting or high speed.
There’s clearly times when it will be of benefit and there’s no doubting how good and significant this tech is, I just think people are OTT in their praise For example he marvels how you can shoot with zero distortion, well you’ve been able to do that since day dot with a mechanical shutter, and you’ve been able to do that with an electronic shutter since the launch of the A9But that's you. What if someone isn't in a noisy environment or wants blackout free shooting? I'd also add to that overly tetchy people even in a noisy environment.
This camera just isn't for me and significant trickle down tech may be too late for me but I am sure some people will use this cameras abilities.
Only did a quick process on the laptop. It is way too slow for noise reduction on the A1 files so I will make the effort to use the PC when I get the chance.This is nice, looks very noisy though have you run it through any noise reduction?
A little bit of what was meant to be Aroura hunting but turned out more Aroura dodging as the best was before, after and during our hot chocolate break. A shooting star cheers us up and the usb heated vests made a big difference. a 6 hour shift tomorrow will be hard going.
Portobello Aroura by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
There’s clearly times when it will be of benefit and there’s no doubting how good and significant this tech is, I just think people are OTT in their praise For example he marvels how you can shoot with zero distortion, well you’ve been able to do that since day dot with a mechanical shutter, and you’ve been able to do that with an electronic shutter since the launch of the A9
That's the first time I've seen rolling shutter with the A9, it can happen then It would be interesting to see how the A1 fairs in the same scenario as that has a 50% faster readout.Trying to rewrite history? "Still, the subtle warping seen above is light years ahead of any other electronic shutter, and really only shows up in specific circumstances."
Shooting Golf with the Sony A9 - Admiring Light
I took the new Sony A9 out for some golf shooting at the 2017 Memorial Tournamentadmiringlight.com
I do look back and think when I was choosing my first camera system for full time photography, it was between the 1DX, 5D4, Nikon D4/5? and the A9
The A9 was pretty new and I didn't know much about it, I knew I'd be shooting sport where the 1DX would excel but I couldn't have the sound of a gatling gun for concerts, I also needed a deeper buffer than the 5D4 for a fashion show catwalk. I watched some AF performance comparison videos where the A9 held it's own, and in the end was the certainly the optimal choice to cover such a huge variety of situations.
I welcomed all the improvements the A1 had to bring and I'm very happy with them for professional work, but... the A9 III is of some interest to me for theatre and it's LED lighting. It would be nice just stick it on 1/500th and just focus on shooting.
I photographed a candlelit choir a couple of nights ago with the A1, I was asked if my cameras were silent - i thought it was because it was such a delicate audience event.. but it was because they had microphones everywhere and didn't want to pick me up