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

You’d know if it were the calipers - I’ve had one seize on me before, it’s sort of a ‘always on or always off’ kinda thing, if it is.

What’s the issue with your brakes, out of curiosity? And what car? :)
 
ohms12 said:
You’d know if it were the calipers - I’ve had one seize on me before, it’s sort of a ‘always on or always off’ kinda thing, if it is.

What’s the issue with your brakes, out of curiosity? And what car? :)
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2 things really

1 - it squeaks when under braking but only at medium level of pressure. And it doesn't squeaks when on cold start, it will after its warmed up a little.
2 - around 40mph sometimes it has a weird whistling noise coming from the front. It will disappear if i tap the brakes even lightly, then it may come back, it may not.

It's a Volvo C30.
 
Good luck with the car Raymond, hope it's not too expensive and as importantly, hope it gets sorted.
 
Have a friend that switched to the A7RIII and he sent me this and said he was frustrated with the not so smooth gradation in the sky. Can anyone explain why it looks so severe? Is it just the camera screen making it look bad ?
 

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F/1.4 said:
Have a friend that switched to the A7RIII and he sent me this and said he was frustrated with the not so smooth gradation in the sky. Can anyone explain why it looks so severe? Is it just the camera screen making it look bad ?
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I'd imagine that's just the screen, I'm sure it looked fine when imported onto the computer?
 
F/1.4 said:
That's exactly what I said to him. He's done a fair aul bit of complaining since the change. Feel like telling him to stfu and go back to Canon lmao
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Good idea. Surely it’s the file that counts.
 
F/1.4 said:
Have a friend that switched to the A7RIII and he sent me this and said he was frustrated with the not so smooth gradation in the sky. Can anyone explain why it looks so severe? Is it just the camera screen making it look bad ?
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That looks like the sort of thing you get after shooting a high contrast scene or even if boosting everything post capture and viewing a JPEG. I've seen this with my own pictures especially when posting them (lower quality and smaller) on line but full quality JPEG's and especially Tiffs should look good and it shouldn't appear in prints, unless something has gone drastically wrong. Whatever, I'd expect a Sony A7x to be more capable than a Canon DSLR once he figures out what he's doing.
 
Update: Any ideas what's going on?
 

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The first picture with my new old lens :D a present from my family :D another 35mm f2.8 :D A Minolta Rokkor MC to replace the one which despite looking fine to me was mysteriously found to have damaged coatings whilst with a company in Scotland that I will not be using again.

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We're off out now so I'll get to play with it some more :D

I doubt I'll be using old lenses so much now that I have the Voigtlander 35 and 40mm lenses but I'll still use them now and again when I want a different focal length or when I want the different look they can give :D
 
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Have a friend that switched to the A7RIII and he sent me this and said he was frustrated with the not so smooth gradation in the sky. Can anyone explain why it looks so severe? Is it just the camera screen making it look bad ?
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Looks like the screen. It's something that tends to happen on older lcd TV's that have a poor contrast ratio. I bet it will be fine on a proper monitor, a decent phone screen or a print.
 
T_J_G said:
Not yet, currently looking at my options.
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I took my A6000 to Florida along with the 16-50 (small, light, fast silent AF for video), 50/1.8 and a Samyang 12/2 and it was a perfect setup for walking up to 8 miles a day in 35 degrees! Kept the camera on a capture clip on my belt and the other 2 lenses and a couple of batteries/tabletop tripod in a small bag.
 
stevelmx5 said:
I took my A6000 to Florida along with the 16-50 (small, light, fast silent AF for video), 50/1.8 and a Samyang 12/2 and it was a perfect setup for walking up to 8 miles a day in 35 degrees! Kept the camera on a capture clip on my belt and the other 2 lenses and a couple of batteries/tabletop tripod in a small bag.
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I may go with the same, loved my 12/2 Samyang on my old Fuji
 
jonneymendoza said:
aww thats a shame, the sony would have been amazing inside the church, silent shooting!
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I don't think there was any documentary wedding photographers that followed them from what I saw on TV. Lumbomirski is only there to shoot 6, just 6 formal photographs. Basically like a magazine spread of 6 images.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I don't think there was any documentary wedding photographers that followed them from what I saw on TV. Lumbomirski is only there to shoot 6, just 6 formal photographs. Basically like a magazine spread of 6 images.
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o ok. i saw one snapshot on bbc online of them inside already. a close up shot.

i do wonder if you are correct and if so, is the reason because of how loud most camera's are?
 
jonneymendoza said:
o ok. i saw one snapshot on bbc online of them inside already. a close up shot.

i do wonder if you are correct and if so, is the reason because of how loud most camera's are?
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I think there are a lot of royal wedding photographers stationed at key spots that photographed them at different part of the ceremony and the day but didn't see any togs moving about with a camera.
 
Speaking of Silent Shutter, I used that on Thursday and the couple asked me "I notice there is no sound coming out of that camera". I showed them and actually as it turns out, people, at least in photoshoot situations, like that shutter sound. The silence can be a little freaky.
 
So I'm considering getting back into photography with the A7 iii. Just got some questions if anyone knows the answer to some/all of them?

Any ideas what he lead time from WEX is?
Any ideas when the Sigma 50mm ART will be available?
Will the MC11 work OK with the Canon 17-40mm that I already own?
What size SD card do people recommend? Should I definitely go for UHS-2?

Thanks.
 
Trifid said:
So I'm considering getting back into photography with the A7 iii. Just got some questions if anyone knows the answer to some/all of them?

Any ideas what he lead time from WEX is?
Any ideas when the Sigma 50mm ART will be available?
Will the MC11 work OK with the Canon 17-40mm that I already own?
What size SD card do people recommend? Should I definitely go for UHS-2?

Thanks.
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WEX, no idea.
Sigma 50, next few weeks I believe.
17-40, it should work ok.
Get the largest and fastest size you need and afford. I have 64-256G cards.
UHS-2 is worth it only if you shoot loads (like 40 shots) in a row.
 
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