Been through all my 85mm images and this is the only image I can find that has bokeh that has any sort of resemblance to yours, but I don't mind it at all.
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[I'm more a cat person but I can appreciate a nice dog, just don't wish to own one!]
I think this (terrible) photo shows the 85 1.8 bokeh wide open at varying distances with a very distracting subject (imo worst case scenario), I thought it was a good performer when I considered the whole package VS vfm, I still think its a great lens.
In my picture the foliage in the foreground looks the worst. Compare the bottom right to the bottom left and the right looks much better because the messy background is much further away, further out of the dof and rendered smoother. Ditto yours too I think if you look at the foreground of yours, bottom left to the dogs feet.
and even closer destroying the background.
It shows where the 1.8FE shines and where it doesnt so much. Shooting full body against a busy background is nervous in comparison to the top lenses but then the top lenses are 1.4, bigger, heavier, slower to AF and cost a lot more. Will the client notice? Probably not the majority, will the shooter? If theyve used the best, they would but then its up to them how much it bothers them and the level of work they want to deliver, choice is great.
For web I export at 2000px on the long edge, with standard sharpening for monitor.I assume you have your LR export setting to full res? like I say I've noticed it at times that on FLickr my images were sharper, as intended, and then sharing on here saw a slight reduction but never anything major - certainly not as in I feel the need to make any excuses. When I see an image I like posted on here I always click through to the Flickr version if it's been linked, I'm a sucker, like many here, for detail and also like to see the exif data. So rest assured, at least when I'm viewing your images, I will click through
TBH that one doesn't look bad on here for some reasonOk, perfect example here, to me this looks as sharp on here as on Flickr, at least at a quick glance comparison - another lurvely doggy too
And thanks
He has some cracking sports shots taken with M43 system too, I do admire these type of shots as it's something I could never get the hang of - panning! To me, it's tougher than getting a sharp 1:1 macro image, I just couldn't hang with sports.
For web I export at 2000px on the long edge, with standard sharpening for monitor.
TBH that one doesn't look bad on here for some reason
Thanks. I thought I’d posted enough from this event before I edited this
Yep added some extra blur Thanks
I never know what and how people steal images online so don’t post/upload full res.
Honestly, they're welcome to mineI never know what and how people steal images online so don’t post/upload full res.
She is called Betty
I think you'll find it's BEEEEEETTTTTYYYYYYYI never know what and how people steal images online so don’t post/upload full res.
She is called Betty
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AFAIK you can take pictures of the people you want to give priority to, register them, and then choose the one you want when using eye/face detect from the list.
Which model do you have? If you have real time AF or whatever it’s called just use the tracking AF and start it on the face you want, otherwise I believe it’s a case of registering faces as above. I’m pretty sure with the Z7 it picked up the face it wanted but you could then change the face if there is more in the frame by pressing the D-pad, not sure if Sony is the same?
if you use expanded AF focus point and have that on his face and press eye af, it will focus on the eye on the person on that focus point. It does mean you need to move the points quickly.
Smashing. Thanks Raymond.
i had that same problem at the start when I got the camera and thought “how do I pick out the bride in a crowd?”
www.sonyalpharumors.com
They just can't be bothered to do it more like it and can use that as a feature on their next incremental update to a "new" cameraNew menus not coming to old cameras
Sony says the new menu is not coming on older cameras - sonyalpharumors
Sony told at Tweakers that older cameras will not get the new menu design because it’s ‘technically not possible’. The menu is designed to be used with the new Bionz XR processor. Still, from now on all future cameras will…
I kinda expected that but I was still a little hopeful and this kills it
YepThey just can't be bothered to do it more like it and can use that as a feature on their next incremental update to a "new" camera
Yep, the only trouble with this is that if the AF point moves off the face for whatever reason it no longer tracks the eyes. I wonder why Sony haven’t released a firmware update so that it works like the A9 and A7RIV? Processing power?
They did release a firmware update, it does to do realtime eyeAF but not real time tracking like A9/A7RIV.
Indeed I am generally more annoyed that they didn't add real time animal eyeAF with A7RIV & they decided to use the same processor on A7RIII even though they had a new one.They just can't be bothered to do it more like it and can use that as a feature on their next incremental update to a "new" camera
It is a shame it doesn’t have real time animal AF on the R4. Do all Sonys have the irritating ‘lock up’ whilst they’re taking forever to clear the buffer or is it just the R4?
All Sony's do this. At least all Sony's I have used including A9. I imagine they are all the same.
Yeah, better sell it and buy a Canon....
I have always been unhappy and been quite vocal about all the annoyances frequently. Now there is an alternative.
True, you can always come back when Sony fix all the annoyances and bring out another Canikon beater....
Nope, pretty happy with the Sony. Its not perfect though and I’ve brought the niggles up from day one.Yeah, better sell it and buy a Canon....
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