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

Maybe. Doesn't mean you don't wanna jump ship lol [emoji23]

Stick with Sony mate. Stop looking and start shooting.
I shoot Sony mainly because it's the only manufacturer that offers FF EVF cameras (bar Leica) since A99 days. Soon that won't be unique to Sony so they'll have to do something extra ;)

If I find something better all things considered inc. costs I'll jump ship otherwise I'll stay. Simples :D
 
Any cheaper alternatives to the 70-200 that can do decent low light sports? Any longer primes our there that might work?

Anyone using the 70-200 F4?
 
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I shoot Sony mainly because it's the only manufacturer that offers FF EVF cameras (bar Leica) since A99 days. Soon that won't be unique to Sony so they'll have to do something extra ;)

If I find something better all things considered inc. costs I'll jump ship otherwise I'll stay. Simples :D

Oh man, we had your leaving party sorted and everything. :(
 
I shoot Sony mainly because it's the only manufacturer that offers FF EVF cameras (bar Leica) since A99 days. Soon that won't be unique to Sony so they'll have to do something extra ;)

If I find something better all things considered inc. costs I'll jump ship otherwise I'll stay. Simples :D

From the outside looking in (I'm following Canikon with interest but have no intention of buying) I can't see what the new systems offer over Sony. I don't have legacy Nikon AF lenses and I'm not a blogger :D

What does the Nikon offer that's got you interested?
 
Change of topic, since I started this whole argument [emoji23]

Samyang 35mm 1.4fe or sigma 35mm 1.4 art?

I've watched a load of reviews and people favour the samyang image quality surprisingly, even though I imagine they are both decent. The sigma is more expensive but comes with a 3 year warranty.

I couldn’t make my mind up so I bought the Zeiss 35 f/1.4 and the Sigma 35 f/1.4 and will just return the one I decide not to keep. They both arrived today. Camera won’t be here until the end of the week though. :mad:
 
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From the outside looking in (I'm following Canikon with interest but have no intention of buying) I can't see what the new systems offer over Sony. I don't have legacy Nikon AF lenses and I'm not a blogger :D

What does the Nikon offer that's got you interested?
Nikon has the super wide mount for the £6000 0.95 Noct lens nobody can afford [emoji1]
 
I couldn’t make my mind up so I bought the Sony 35 f/1.4 and the Sigma 35 f/1.4 and will just return the one I decide not to keep. They both arrived today. Camera won’t be here until the end of the week though. :mad:
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I'm not rich enough yet to afford the Sony one. Why can't they do a 35mm 1.8 ffs.
 
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I'm not rich enough yet to afford the Sony one. Why can't they do a 35mm 1.8 ffs.

Because it wouldn’t be much cheaper than a 35mm f/1.4 I would imagine so why would anyone buy it.
 
If the 2.8 is like £650 and the 35/1.4 is £1500. You are still looking at £1k ballpark for the 1.8. It's not going to be cheap

The Nikon and Canon ones wont be bargain prices and if Sony did a compact one for £800 or less and it was really good, maybe 55mm f1.8 size and good, I'd be happy enough.
 
400mm 2.8 :D

Why cheaper? You've been using the similarly priced FL?

Because what I can sell mine for will not cover a 2nd hand Sony one and I’m on a bit of a budget switching over!
 
The Nikon and Canon ones wont be bargain prices and if Sony did a compact one for £800 or less and it was really good, maybe 55mm f1.8 size and good, I'd be happy enough.

The Canon 35/1.4 L mk2 is £1700, more than the Sony Zeiss….(although it is better), but modern lenses now are 50% more than it was 10 years ago in the previous generations of lenses. Expect all the new Canon mirrorless lenses to match or more than Sony's. That 50/1.2, £1999….
 
Because what I can sell mine for will not cover a 2nd hand Sony one and I’m on a bit of a budget switching over!

I know what you mean but compromising may not be a good long term idea if that's the lens you'll end up buying eventually.
 
I know what you mean but compromising may not be a good long term idea if that's the lens you'll end up buying eventually.

True. I had the Nikon F4 and always craved the 2.8!
 
Nobody else have stock yet? Could still cancel.

Think I might have got the last one from Bristol Camera they went straight from being in stock to showing as available to order when I bought mine. There seems to be a bit of a shortage it was the only place I could find showing stock. Amazon did have some but are sold out now. Was free next day delivery and came with a U.V filter I will never use as well.
 
Think I might have got the last one from Bristol Camera they went straight from being in stock to showing as available to order when I bought mine. There seems to be a bit of a shortage it was the only place I could find showing stock. Was free next day delivery and came with a U.V filter I will never use as well.

Yup, definite shortage. Been like that since launch. Popular lens.
 
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