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

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nandbytes said:
Might work, though I haven't seen reports. Works with sigma 100mm f2.8 macro also

Next time I'm in town i can try testing it if Wex have a copy of sigma 200mm f2
Certainly a tempting combination....

Apparently works with laowa 200mm f2
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Hmmmm just I wonder how many months until a z mount tc is released
 
I have ordered a new camera.

Have been putting it of for a while. Just have to wait on Panamoz getting it to me.

I should really sell some as that will bring us up to 8 bodies and that’s just stupid even for a pro. :D
 
I quite like the specs of the new a7r v1 not too worried about the readout speed once a few birders have had a good play with it i may well get one as i think it will be fine.
 
Spent a week in Cornwall last week. When we arrived on the Saturday my wife heard a weird noise whilst unloading the car and too our surprise there were three Pheasants on the grass verge opposite our lodge. Had to get the camera out and take some photos. I have seen Pheasants many times whilst driving but I have never had the opportunity to photo them.

Male Pheasant Sony A6700 & 70-350mm Lens.

Male Pheasant by Swansea Jack, on Flickr


Female Pheasant Sony A6700 & 70-350mm Lens.

Female Pheasant by Swansea Jack, on Flickr
 
A Few more from Cornwall.

When we were away at Cornwall the wind chill made it feel a lot colder than when we were there for last New Year. Usually Fistral beach is always busy with surfers but it was the quietest we have ever seen it in 16years or so since we have become regular visitors.

Fistral Bay
A7RV & Sigma 24-70mm f2.8

Fistral Beach Cornwall by Swansea Jack, on Flickr

Padstow Harbour
A7RV & Sigma 24-70mm f2.8

Padstow Harbour by Swansea Jack, on Flickr

Padstow > Rock...Foot passenger Ferry.
A7RV & Voigtlander 28mm F2 Apo Lens.

Padstow > Rock Ferry Cornwall by Swansea Jack, on Flickr
 
I've never seen dolphins or porpoise. When we were having dinner on our cruise people rushed over to our table and when I asked what was going on they said "Dolphins!" I missed them, I was facing the wrong way.
 
woof woof said:
I've never seen dolphins or porpoise. When we were having dinner on our cruise people rushed over to our table and when I asked what was going on they said "Dolphins!" I missed them, I was facing the wrong way.
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Sounds like me last year when I went out to photograph our Puffins.
I was waiting patiently for ages and a woman came up to me and asked me what I was hoping for.
When I told her I was waiting for the Puffins to come ashore she said "Isn't that them there?"
When I turned round, there were about 10 behind me :D
 
I've posted a few times about when I had a Tamron 17-50mm on my Canon 20D and thought it was too sharp for pictures of my then GF. I know there's more things to take pictures of than our other halves but is sharpness something to think about when looking at modern lenses?

I can see how sharpness across the frame is something to look at and I do but I can't remember the last time sharpness was an issue for me even with film era lenses.

Would anyone change a lens for a sharper one or base their choice on sharpness?
 
I think detail is a better consideration than sharpness, which might not be the same thing. I like a lens with enough resolution to out-resolve my (24mpx) sensor, but beyond that I don't care. Sharpness might be viewed as high edge contrast, which may be unkind in a portrait setting.
 
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woof woof said:
I've posted a few times about when I had a Tamron 17-50mm on my Canon 20D and thought it was too sharp for pictures of my then GF. I know there's more things to take pictures of than our other halves but is sharpness something to think about when looking at modern lenses?

I can see how sharpness across the frame is something to look at and I do but I can't remember the last time sharpness was an issue for me even with film era lenses.

Would anyone change a lens for a sharper one or base their choice on sharpness?
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I don't think I would no.

Yes, I changed from the Voigtlander Nokton Classic 40/1.4 in M mount to the Nokton 40/1.2 in E mount, but that wasn't strictly for sharpness as such. More general performance (and exif) really.
 
LeeRatters said:
I don't think I would no.

Yes, I changed from the Voigtlander Nokton Classic 40/1.4 in M mount to the Nokton 40/1.2 in E mount, but that wasn't strictly for sharpness as such. More general performance (and exif) really.
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I haven't tried the 40mm but I did have the M mount 35mm f1.4 and the Sony mount one is in a completely different league at least on my A7. Sharpness wise, I had no real issues though. My issues were more bokeh, flare and veiling but these can be good things in themselves.
 
woof woof said:
I've posted a few times about when I had a Tamron 17-50mm on my Canon 20D and thought it was too sharp for pictures of my then GF. I know there's more things to take pictures of than our other halves but is sharpness something to think about when looking at modern lenses?

I can see how sharpness across the frame is something to look at and I do but I can't remember the last time sharpness was an issue for me even with film era lenses.

Would anyone change a lens for a sharper one or base their choice on sharpness?
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I’ve been guilty of it in the past, but thinking about it it’s probably more what Toni said, it’s the ability to resolve detail.

These days it’s far more about rendering, does it have depth to an image, does it have nice bokeh, is it too clinical etc etc.

I look back at some of my Olympus images and they look “too sharp”, but it’s not sharpness really as the detail looks soft when you pixel peep, but somehow they have a kind of harshness to the images. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it’s also how I feel sometimes when looking at images taken with the Sony 55mm f1.8 :thinking:
 
woof woof said:
I often think we should never sell anything.
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The most annoying thing is, I have sold a lot of mine such as the 40/1.4M not because I needed the money, but because I didn't want them sat around doing nothing.....

Hindsight eh :rolleyes:

I even looked up the cost of buying another and a Leitz Tele-Elmarit 90/2.8 too a few months ago - but I thought it was just for the sake of owning again rather than regularly using.....

April 2015


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snerkler said:
I’ve been guilty of it in the past, but thinking about it it’s probably more what Toni said, it’s the ability to resolve detail.

These days it’s far more about rendering, does it have depth to an image, does it have nice bokeh, is it too clinical etc etc.

I look back at some of my Olympus images and they look “too sharp”, but it’s not sharpness really as the detail looks soft when you pixel peep, but somehow they have a kind of harshness to the images. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it’s also how I feel sometimes when looking at images taken with the Sony 55mm f1.8 :thinking:
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I haven't used the 55mm f1.8 a lot but when I have I've never been disappointed with the image quality, just the focal length.
 
LeeRatters said:
The most annoying thing is, I have sold a lot of mine such as the 40/1.4M not because I needed the money, but because I didn't want them sat around doing nothing.....
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Yup.

I haven't used my film era lenses for quite a while now and I'll be selling some and maybe all when I get around to it, maybe the Voigtlanders too but I know I'll regret it.
 
LeeRatters said:
Don't sell!!

Buy. Buy. BUY!!! :ROFLMAO:
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I've haven't bought a lens since the 40mm, I haven't bought a camera since the A7cII, I've managed to stop buying watches although I'll be building another two and possibly swapping the hands on another then that's it for that hobby. I will probably buy an A7cIII or two if they bring one out with the do it all back screen though and if a nice compact 28mm f1.x/f2 comes out I might get one.

I think sometimes things run their course or in my case with photography maybe I'm just more settled.
 
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