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

woof woof said:
To date Sony have kept the older cheaper and in the case of the A7 smaller cameras in production so that option is there for people who prioritise size and weight over features and handling. How many of these they'll keep in production and for how long I don't know.

I also don't know how much weight people give to reviews and bloggers but they must be factors and if handling and weather sealing get repeatedly bashed and also used by the competition as marketing plus points for their systems someone at Sony should be making a decision as to if it's worth improving these things or not.
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I think Sony should re-introduce the original A7 body as a new A6 FF model series.

- A7 body with stronger / weather sealed build
- No IBIS
- A7 III sensor
- 11 fps
- Single SD card slot
- Original A7 battery
- AF joystick
- Improved AF, possible like the A7 III

There is a market for small FF mirrorless.

Also think a FE 35mm f1.8 is a must.
 
Riz_Guru said:
I think Sony should re-introduce the original A7 body as a new A6 FF model series.

- A7 body with stronger / weather sealed build
- No IBIS
- A7 III sensor
- 11 fps
- Single SD card slot
- Original A7 battery
- AF joystick
- Improved AF, possible like the A7 III

There is a market for small FF mirrorless.

Also think a FE 35mm f1.8 is a must.
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An A7 redone and warmed over and sold as an A6 would make a lot of sense for people like me who don't push the gear too hard.

I don't know about a 35mm f1.8 coming anytime soon. I think Sony must be protecting sales of the 35mm f1.4 but as has been said many times if you don't cannibalise your own sales the competition will.
 
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woof woof said:
An A7 redone and warmed over and sold as an A6 would make a lot of sense for people like me who don't push the gear too hard.

I don't know about a 35mm f1.8 coming anytime soon. I think Sony must be protecting sales of the 35mm f1.4 but as has been said many times if you don't cannibalise your own sales the competition will.
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I don't think they are protecting 35mm f1.4 because that's a different class lens. Like 85GM and 85mm F1.8.
 
Must be the A7s release surely? Too early to replace any of the other models?

Hopefully some more prime lenses! I reckon they will release a 35mm 1.8, it will sell very well!
 
An A7s would be my guess but with Sony you never know :D

I can almost guarantee buying a 35mm f1.8 if it's quite compact and under £1k but it'd be nice if it was good too :D and hopefully 55mm f1.8 good :D
 
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How about a surprise A7L (for large) - an A7iii in a slightly bigger body with a top plate OLED display and full weathersealing... :D
 
A much more compact, yet still high quality short zoom, possibly with folding capacity like the Olympus 14-42 pancake please. I am still taken aback by the size of some of the current kit.
 
35mm 1.8, what’s so special about this lens? Why does everyone go on about wanting one, person Malloy I have never used a 35 1.8 so no idea and interested to know what it offers over a 35 2.8 other than the obvious stop of light, the 2.8 is super tiny on the a7
 
I've just got an old 35mm and... it's a paper weight. The coatings are totally shot. I think it's time for me to give up on buying lenses of this age as it's becoming increasingly difficult to get good ones.
 
RPhotos said:
35mm 1.8, what’s so special about this lens? Why does everyone go on about wanting one, person Malloy I have never used a 35 1.8 so no idea and interested to know what it offers over a 35 2.8 other than the obvious stop of light, the 2.8 is super tiny on the a7
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It's f1.8 and it's usually smaller, lighter and cheaper than a f1.4.

The advantages over f2.8 are for dof and light gathering but you could argue that neither are too significant and if you think that then the f2.8 is perfect and you don't need a f1.8 :D
 
Quick Sony noob question when I turn on my camera the focus point is in the top left of the screen. It wasn't doing that before so I have obviously changed something or other, any ideas?
 
If you centre it does it go to the top left again next time?
 
f/2.8 said:
Quick Sony noob question when I turn on my camera the focus point is in the top left of the screen. It wasn't doing that before so I have obviously changed something or other, any ideas?
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Check your vertical and horizontal settings. Turn the camera landscape set to centre, turn portrait set to centre, turn off and check.
 
I think I'd be open to buying a 35mm 1.8 if they released one. It would have to be 55mm 1.8 size or smaller though and around the same price as the 85mm 1.8, maybe a tad more. Otherwise I'd go for a sigma 35mm 1.4 which is my plan at the moment.
 
Just shot our first destination wedding with the A7III and this is really where mirrorless comes into its own.

I could fit all our Nikon kit in our thinktank bag before, but it would take two of us to lift it into the overhead locker, it was so heavy. The weight saving with the Sony gear is really noticeable. 4 bodies, 5 lenses, 2 flashes, trigger, chargers, laptop and holdfast straps all in the one case. I'd like to see a 35 1.8 hit the market before our next destination shoot in 2019. The Sigma 35 spoils the slimming-world party a little.

EVF is also super handy in sunny countries, although I'd already seen this benefit during our unusually good summer this year.
 
f/2.8 said:
Yes touch screen is on

Will try that thanks.
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I think you can set the default AF point position in the menu system so that when you click the joystick to reset the point, it defaults to your positon of choice rather than the centre. I do find, as a BB focuser, that my thumb has a habit of knocking the joystick. I do miss Nikon's physical focus point lock switch.
 
decigallen said:
Just shot our first destination wedding with the A7III and this is really where mirrorless comes into its own.

I could fit all our Nikon kit in our thinktank bag before, but it would take two of us to lift it into the overhead locker, it was so heavy. The weight saving with the Sony gear is really noticeable. 4 bodies, 5 lenses, 2 flashes, trigger, chargers, laptop and holdfast straps all in the one case. I'd like to see a 35 1.8 hit the market before our next destination shoot in 2019. The Sigma 35 spoils the slimming-world party a little.

EVF is also super handy in sunny countries, although I'd already seen this benefit during our unusually good summer this year.
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Which flash did you go for?
 
decigallen said:
I think you can set the default AF point position in the menu system so that when you click the joystick to reset the point, it defaults to your positon of choice rather than the centre. I do find, as a BB focuser, that my thumb has a habit of knocking the joystick. I do miss Nikon's physical focus point lock switch.
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Yes I think that's what it is I remember seeing a video somewhere that mentioned it but can't remember how to activate / deactivate it.


decigallen said:
The wee Godox one. TT350 is it? We're not big flash users tbh. Just wanted a small/light one and it more than does the job.
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I was looking at those the other day. Did you get the newer one with the lithium battery or the one that uses 2 x AA's? The newer one is supposed to have autofocus assist beam and the older doesn't.
 
decigallen said:
The wee Godox one. TT350 is it? We're not big flash users tbh. Just wanted a small/light one and it more than does the job.
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I have this flash, it's nice and neat, but I find it lashes through batteries, so you need always have a bunch of spares in the bag. I also have a Yongnuo 560 that takes 4x AA but lasts much more than twice as long in my experience. The YN560 is a lot more powerful too so it's weird, no idea why the Godox runs out so quickly
 
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Low light continues shooting on the A73 seems to blow my D750 out of the water.

I need to check if everything was in focus but there was no slow down in the FPS where as my Nikon seemed to start slowing down even on still subjects.

The card slots being backwards and in the wrong order as well as the zoom being the other way are things that the memory needs to adjust too!

The 28-70 isn’t actually that bad for a kit lens!

Oh and I splashed out on a charger using plastic fantastic lol
 
Well just trying to catch up on the posts here. Seem there are some new users now.

I wonder how many Nikon or canon users going to move ship now they have announce their mirrorless.

Tbh if I was still with Nikon I prob of given the z6 a go along with the adapter and had 2 bodies one for light duties other for when I want the best. But I guess would depend which DSLR I had.

I still think Sony got a better overall package.
 
rookies said:
Well just trying to catch up on the posts here. Seem there are some new users now.

I wonder how many Nikon or canon users going to move ship now they have announce their mirrorless.

Tbh if I was still with Nikon I prob of given the z6 a go along with the adapter and had 2 bodies one for light duties other for when I want the best. But I guess would depend which DSLR I had.

I still think Sony got a better overall package.
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The Specs of the Nikon and Canon made the choice a lot easier for me. Which is a good thing as it simplified things!
 
rookies said:
Well just trying to catch up on the posts here. Seem there are some new users now.

I wonder how many Nikon or canon users going to move ship now they have announce their mirrorless.

Tbh if I was still with Nikon I prob of given the z6 a go along with the adapter and had 2 bodies one for light duties other for when I want the best. But I guess would depend which DSLR I had.

I still think Sony got a better overall package.
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I have just added a Sony body and have always used pretty much used Nikon. At the moment between me and my wife we have 4 x D750's and 2 x D850's. There will be plenty of people that the Z will work well for, I really wanted to buy a couple of them and had been waiting for some time for the official spec, but the single card slot was a real issue for me personally. I had a quick play with a Z7 ergonomics are much better than the Sony A7III I bought instead and there was a lot I liked about the Z as everything was so familiar. At the moment for me there is no perfect mirrorless system but Sony seemed to be the best option of what is currently available. I will probably get another Sony body and retire a couple of our D750's. My wife on the other hand on first impressions anyway is probably going to stick with DSLR's for now, which isn't ideal but maybe the Sony will grow on her. I don't see us going away from Nikon all together and I would imagine it's likely that we may jump in with whatever the next gen of Nikon mirrorless offers.
 
rookies said:
Well just trying to catch up on the posts here. Seem there are some new users now.

I wonder how many Nikon or canon users going to move ship now they have announce their mirrorless.

Tbh if I was still with Nikon I prob of given the z6 a go along with the adapter and had 2 bodies one for light duties other for when I want the best. But I guess would depend which DSLR I had.

I still think Sony got a better overall package.
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The fanboys on other forums are still genuflecting. It'll take Jesus himself and no one less to demonstrate any weaknesses in either of the new Canikon systems before they'll even begin to question their greatness.

I'd wait for more independent reports on how these cameras work with native and especially adapted lenses. Reading stuff on line and reading between the lines I'm still shocked that Canikon have come out with expensive systems that are clearly lagging behind Sony in some key tech areas.
 
rookies said:
Well just trying to catch up on the posts here. Seem there are some new users now.

I wonder how many Nikon or canon users going to move ship now they have announce their mirrorless.

Tbh if I was still with Nikon I prob of given the z6 a go along with the adapter and had 2 bodies one for light duties other for when I want the best. But I guess would depend which DSLR I had.

I still think Sony got a better overall package.
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Did you ever buy that Fuji you spent like 3 months pondering over? :D So this is where you went
 
f/2.8 said:
I have just added a Sony body and have always used pretty much used Nikon. At the moment between me and my wife we have 4 x D750's and 2 x D850's. There will be plenty of people that the Z will work well for, I really wanted to buy a couple of them and had been waiting for some time for the official spec, but the single card slot was a real issue for me personally. I had a quick play with a Z7 ergonomics are much better than the Sony A7III I bought instead and there was a lot I liked about the Z as everything was so familiar. At the moment for me there is no perfect mirrorless system but Sony seemed to be the best option of what is currently available. I will probably get another Sony body and retire a couple of our D750's. My wife on the other hand on first impressions anyway is probably going to stick with DSLR's for now, which isn't ideal but maybe the Sony will grow on her. I don't see us going away from Nikon all together and I would imagine it's likely that we may jump in with whatever the next gen of Nikon mirrorless offers.
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The body does seem really nice shape wise on the Z6 but the 5.5fps with live view in teh viewfinder is a bit of a put off for me, bearing in mind that Sony does 8fps. A lot of early reviews/views seem to be avoiding this or prehaps they are unaware.
 
JJ! said:
The body does seem really nice shape wise on the Z6 but the 5.5fps with live view in teh viewfinder is a bit of a put off for me, bearing in mind that Sony does 8fps. A lot of early reviews/views seem to be avoiding this or prehaps they are unaware.
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And also the Sony will AF/AE in each of thos fps. The Nikon is locked to frame 1? :D :eek:
 
Riz_Guru said:
And also the Sony will AF/AE in each of thos fps. The Nikon is locked to frame 1? :D :eek:
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D750 does 6.5fps... quite a backwards step for me.

Be shooting with the Nikon this weekend for which might be its farewell moments!
 
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