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

    Went out shooting with our new a7RV, yesterday. It's incredible. We bought it for landscape/fine-art, but it would make one hell of a wedding camera if I could only afford 3 more of them - having the ability to switch between S,M,L lossless RAW is very useful.
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    Poll on Drone use

    I use one, albeit sparingly. I'm against lazy drone photography/videography, but there is some breathtaking artistry from some people doing it.
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    The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

    I'll probably upgrade in future when they come down in price. Mainly because my A7IIIs will have been pretty used by then. Though, if an A9III comes out, I might consider a few A9II bodies instead. All I know is this isn't a 'jump at it' upgrade for me, and most pros I have spoken to have said...
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    The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

    It's not Sony 'Hate' at all. You can be critical without 'hating' Sony. I was referring solely to Sony in terms of the A7IV, not lenses. The camera I wanted wasn't a £2k A1, but rather something modestly improved in different areas than what Sony have gone for. What I wanted, in order, was 1)...
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    The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

    While Sony have failed to blow me away, Tamron absolutely have. Their 70-180 is absolutely brilliant. The first zoom I’ve bought in nearly a decade. Sharp, basically as light as a 1.4 prime and produces lovely colour and contrast. it’s really making me consider getting the 35-150.
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    The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

    I don’t think anyone is saying it’s a bad camera. It’s just not anything revolutionary, yet the price has gone up significantly. It’s “improved” in areas where I didn’t need improvement and not improved in areas I wanted. Can’t please everyone, of course, but the a7iii got so much spot on. I...
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    The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

    That vlogger screen is annoying. I regularly flip out the back screen on my a7iii when shooting low. It’ll p*** me off not being able to do that. I’d also hoped for slightly better silent shooting and a better evf. I know, that’s where the a1 comes in, but if you don’t cannibalise your own...
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    The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

    Irish wedding rain ie. the worst imaginable. I've never had any problems.
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    The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

    At weddings, the only time to do this is during mealtime, so not applicable to jobs where I'm done at mealtime. But yes, during this downtime I do some of my transfers, but my preference is always to shoot on the same cards for the duration of the day unless I fill it up (which is rare). I'm of...
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    The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

    I shoot weddings. We take anywhere between 5-8000 images a day between myself and my wife. To shoot uncompressed RAW I'd need to replace all my cards with 128 or 256mb ones. We have 8 sets of 8 cards, so that's thousands of pounds to replace them. Then, double the amount of HD storage as well...
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    The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

    The most exciting thing about the A1 for me is that Sony have finally introduced Lossless Compressed RAW. Certain to be in the A7IV. Incredible camera on paper, and for the market it's aimed at, the £6500 price tag won't be much of a stumbling block. Will be interesting to see how much of...
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    Isolation: Any Gamers? Even Old Ones?

    My mate is a doctor and literally his only big social interest is pub quizzes, so we started this last night to help his sanity...
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    Nikon have lost the plot

    For the majority of D700 users, the D750 was the ideal replacement. Regardless, the D780 is significantly cheaper than the D700 price with inflation. The D870, should it arrive, won't be much more than £3500 if it is that.
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    Nikon have lost the plot

    Prices roughly adjusted for inflation based on BofE calculations 2008: D700 £2599 = £3500 in 2020 2008: D3x £5500 = £7600 in 2020 2009: D3s £4200 = £5535 in 2020 It's also worth taking into account that the pound was significanly stronger in 2007 and 2008 (around 2:1 on the dollar). The...
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    Nikon have lost the plot

    I think these companies realise exactly who is and who isn't buying their gear. Nikon's most profitable sales come from pros. The entry-level/mid-range is where they're losing money. You could argue it's because they're too expensive, but in reality, people just don't buy as many of those...
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