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

The second is closer to what I had in mind, but *my* taste would lift the highlights more because the warm tint has reduced the apparent brightness of the highlight areas.
 
Been going through some photos from earlier this year and giving them a black and white edit, I think I might finally be happy with my B&W settings

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A1_08605-Edit-2 by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

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A1_08736-Edit-2-Edit by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

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A1_08761-Edit by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

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A1_09104-Edit-2 by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

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A1_09267-Edit-2 by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

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A1_09317-Edit by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

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A1_09535-Edit by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr

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A1_09711-Edit by Toby Gunnee, on Flickr
I’m looking at these on a iPad but they look good, the blacks, whites and greys all seem fine.
 
Nice processing, I'm not sure what you mean by the descriptions though?

Left is neutral, right is tinted. Regarding the black areas, I can't give you a value, but the black isn't 100% black, rather a little less dark.
 
Anybody taken any winter leaf shots yet?

I haven't been able to get out with a camera for a while, bug then another bug and generally too busy. Having a day out on Thursday :D

I haven't bought anything for weeks. Weeks. I've been looking at the 35mm f1.4 GM and the 24-50mm f2.8 and comparing them to the 20mm f1.8 on the comparator thingy. The 20mm is the biggest lens I have for Sony.

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It'd be mad to get the zoom though, I'd use it once a year.
 
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I have just ordered 2 Sigma lenses for my a6700. The 23mm & 56mm f1.4’s. Should then have a lightweight kit for street. I took the a9 and the new Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 mkII out for it’s first test yesterday, I was quite impressed with the images taken.
 
Great to see this thread still going strong. I don't think I've used my camera much for about 2 years now, other hobby taking up all the time and money.
 
Anybody taken any winter leaf shots yet?

I haven't been able to get out with a camera for a while, bug then another bug and generally too busy. Having a day out on Thursday :D

I haven't bought anything for weeks. Weeks. I've been looking at the 35mm f1.4 GM and the 24-50mm f2.8 and comparing them to the 20mm f1.8 on the comparator thingy. The 20mm is the biggest lens I have for Sony.

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It'd be mad to get the zoom though, I'd use it once a year.
I took some photos of autumnal leaves yesterday, not the best and not really worthy of sharing. The colours aren’t great this year, just gone dull brown rather than vibrant oranges and reds except for the odd tree here and there.
 
The autumn colours are spectacular around here this year.
I took this shot on the a1 + 200-600 while on the hunt for Otters and Dippers.
The Otters were a "No Show" but got some reasonable Dipper shots with the autumn colours creating some lovely abstract patterns on the water.

Autumn Landscape by Mike Stephen, on Flickr
 
The colours look pretty nice here and I'm hoping they last until I can get out and try and photograph them but we did have a lot of rain last night and that might not have helped.
 
Is it okay to update the firmware now on the a7iv ?
 
Is it okay to update the firmware now on the a7iv ?
I've not seen anything negative about it but you takes your chance and all that ;)
 
Went out at lunchtime with my new A7RV and the APS-C Sony 70-350 OSS lens to a local nature park to see if I could get any birds. Nothing really showed themselves in the limited time I had, but I did get a video of this little fella searching though the leaves (looks to me like he has a poorly rear leg ?)

One thing to note, is that it was quite dark and murky, and even though I was shooting 4k 50p with a shutter speed of only 1/100 sec (twice the frame rate), the A7RV set to Animals in the subject tracking options was really struggling to lock onto this mouse, and in the end I turned of subject detection and just just standard AF tracking. Like i say it was quite dark though.

View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sootchucker/54102288706
 
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RX1R III?
 
So we are getting an A1 II and a 28-70 f/2.

Yawn fest.
So much for the 24-70mm f2 he's been predicting, they've obviously decided to go head to head with Canon
RX1R III

Would also liked to have seen a replacement for the oldest lens in the line up the humble 50mm f/1.8.
A pancake 50mm f1.8 like the Canon RF version would be nice.
 
Ok a new RX1R or perhaps pancake 50 are a good shout. Though there is the 50/2.5 right?

or rather than RX1R maybe an aps-c more direct x100 competitor…
 
Ok a new RX1R or perhaps pancake 50 are a good shout. Though there is the 50/2.5 right?

or rather than RX1R maybe an aps-c more direct x100 competitor…
I feel like Sony have abandoned the RX1 line but you never know.

My primes have to be f1.8 or wider, if you’re going to shoot at f2.5 you may as well get an f/2.8 zoom lens ;)
 
I feel like Sony have abandoned the RX1 line but you never know.

My primes have to be f1.8 or wider, if you’re going to shoot at f2.5 you may as well get an f/2.8 zoom lens ;)
They clearly have abandoned the RX1 line since the RX1Rii was launched all the way back in 2015 (in the the A7RII era)and given the lack of success of the RX1 series compared to the FE-mount cameras. Bearing that in mind I think the case for bringing back the RX1 series is a lot weaker now given the range of FF mirrorless cameras there are especially the smaller A7C series.

As an RX1R fan I feel the cameras were underrated when you look at the success of the Leica Q series and Fuji X100's, the RX1 was amazingly small (smaller than the Leica Q and A7C with an equivalent lens) and had a great lens to go with it. While personally I'd be interested in a newer one I'm not sure what Sony could do that would make it more of a success, I think an APS-C sensor isn't a bad idea because one of the issues I have with the RX1R is the lens sticks out a lot which means it cannot go in a pocket whereas the X100 lens is tiny in comparison.
 
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I think you have to think carefully about f2.8 or there abouts primes as you can get zooms with similar apertures but the primes can still make sense if they're cheaper, better or lighter and more compact.

I have three AF primes which are small, 24mm f2.8, 35mm f2.8 and 40mm f2.5. It's the fact that they're good and small which appeals to me plus of course they are primes and zooms confuse me.

I suppose having a 35mm f2.8 and a 40mm f2.5 is a bit silly but I've had the 35mm for years. My ideal would be a 35mm f2.5 of the same build and image quality as the 40mm f2.5 G but I'll be surprised if Sony do one.
 
As an RX1R fan I feel the cameras were underrated when you look at the success of the Leica Q series and Fuji X100's, the RX1 was amazingly small (smaller than the Leica Q and A7C with an equivalent lens) and had a great lens to go with it. While personally I'd be interested in a newer one I'm not sure what Sony could do that would make it more of a success, I think an APS-C sensor isn't a bad idea because one of the issues I have with the RX1R is the lens sticks out a lot which means it cannot go in a pocket whereas the X100 lens is tiny in comparison.

I wouldn't even attempt to put a X100 in anything other than a jacket pocket and even then it is IMO too big. I did put mine in an inside jacket pocked a couple of times but IMO it is too heavy and really isn't ideal in a pocket. Mine usually went in a bag.

The X100 line does IMO have weaknesses. IMO the lens is ok but nothing special so that's an area for improvement as is the X100's IMO appallingly bad MF function, it really is just awful IMO. Other than that I was never impressed with the X100s/f AF and when I watched Manny's review of the latest one he claimed that there are still AF issues, so that's another area Sony could improve on. Then there's DR and overall IQ which again IMO could be improved upon. Improve on those things and fit X100 style dedicated old time dials, fit a fixed evf rather than a pop up one and load it with film and B&W styles to keep the trendies happy and who knows? Sony might sell some.
 
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But that's the problem, the Sony RX1RII already improved in almost all the areas you've just mentioned but here we are with the RX1 series long discontinued and the X100 so popular it's been completely sold out. That's why I struggle to see what Sony could do with the RX1 series now in a much busier market with more competition in general and in particular from other Sony cameras.

It's something I'm keen to be proved wrong on as I am in the mood for a new smaller camera so if Sony could pull of something a lot smaller than the A7C I'd definitely be interested.
 
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But that's the problem, the Sony RX1RII already improved in almost all the areas you've just mentioned but here we are with the RX1 series long discontinued and the X100 so popular it's been completely sold out. That's why I struggle to see what Sony could do with the RX1 series now in a much busier market with more competition in general and in particular from other Sony cameras.

It's something I'm keen to be proved wrong on as I am in the mood for a new smaller camera so if Sony could pull of something a lot smaller than the A7C I'd definitely be interested.

FF with a reasonably fast prime with decent AF would be an 'upgrade' for many X100 users. The Leica Q3 is fantastic but its very spendy!

The X100 line does IMO have weaknesses. IMO the lens is ok but nothing special so that's an area for improvement

Lens redesigned for X100V and X100VI - you had an X100F which is definitely weak wide open.
 
@woof woof said you are drunk & talking rubbish.

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Lol, when did he say that? :LOL:

My comment was tongue in cheek hence the emoji, I obviously see the size weight advantage of slow primes.
 
Interested to see what the A1ii has to offer, which I guess also means the chances of seeing some added (missing) features to the current A1 is less likely.

Not sure about the price though as alpharumors seem to think it could be close to £8,000! I'm hoping for pre-capture, focus bracketing and improved AF in video but if that's all it does (other than a few more fps) it would be a bit disappointing. I'm glad it's not going the globalshutter route, I don't think that technology is quite good enough yet.
 
Interested to see what the A1ii has to offer, which I guess also means the chances of seeing some added (missing) features to the current A1 is less likely.

Not sure about the price though as alpharumors seem to think it could be close to £8,000! I'm hoping for pre-capture, focus bracketing and improved AF in video but if that's all it does (other than a few more fps) it would be a bit disappointing. I'm glad it's not going the globalshutter route, I don't think that technology is quite good enough yet.
I'm very interested in the A1 II, mainly due to seeing how good the subject recognition is on the A7RV as I've already said, for me that's the only improvement I'd want. 30fps is overkill for most things so I don't need more fps, pre-capture I think will get added but again not something that I'd use.

I think the A1 II will get a lot of criticism as it will only be an incremental update on the A1, but the A1's already that good it's hard to improve on imo. The question would be whether there'll be enough difference to make A1 users upgrade, which is unlikely imo, especially if it's £8000. I can't see it being that though, I'd expect it to be close to the A1 release price which was £6500 is my memory serves me correctly.

For fun here's my predictions for the A1 II:-

Same 50mp sensor
AI AF with improved subject recognition
Pre-capture
Focus Stacking
30fps
Improved LCD resolution
Probably the multiangle screen.
Probably some video specs that I know nothing about ;)
 
For fun here's my predictions for the A1 II:-

Same 50mp sensor
AI AF with improved subject recognition
Pre-capture
Focus Stacking
30fps
Improved LCD resolution
Probably the multiangle screen.
Probably some video specs that I know nothing about ;)

That's pretty much what I'm expecting, actually forgot about adding the Improved LCD to my list and definetly something that is required as I've moaned about the current one enough.
If it's £6500 then I'd be likely to upgrade, at £8000 probably not but look at getting one on import. I just can't see it being that much though , I could possibly see £6999 but really hope they keep to the £6499.
 
That's pretty much what I'm expecting, actually forgot about adding the Improved LCD to my list and definetly something that is required as I've moaned about the current one enough.
If it's £6500 then I'd be likely to upgrade, at £8000 probably not but look at getting one on import. I just can't see it being that much though , I could possibly see £6999 but really hope they keep to the £6499.
I’ll have to wait until it’s closer to £4k grey so it’ll be a while ;)
 
FF with a reasonably fast prime with decent AF would be an 'upgrade' for many X100 users. The Leica Q3 is fantastic but its very spendy!



Lens redesigned for X100V and X100VI - you had an X100F which is definitely weak wide open.

IMO wide open is not it's only weakness, it is IMO just an ordinary lens rather than something a bit special. I'm ok with ordinary and in fact I'm often ok with quite poor but a lot of people are not and the lens seems to be an obvious thing to improve but having said that the Fuji crowd don't seem to care too much about the X100 series cameras weaknesses (iffy focus springs to mind and some reviewers are saying this is still the case with the latest camera) and everything costs and I suppose Sony would need to be careful as don't improve the current Sony much and it wont appeal any better or sell any better and improve it a lot and it could be nudging Leica money rather than just upping the Fuji money a bit.

Whatever they do I don't think I'll be interested as an A7c would do the job for me but as I can't see them doing an A7c I'd be interested in either I think I'll be sticking with the SLR style cameras.
 
I'm very interested in the A1 II, mainly due to seeing how good the subject recognition is on the A7RV as I've already said, for me that's the only improvement I'd want. 30fps is overkill for most things so I don't need more fps, pre-capture I think will get added but again not something that I'd use.

I think the A1 II will get a lot of criticism as it will only be an incremental update on the A1, but the A1's already that good it's hard to improve on imo. The question would be whether there'll be enough difference to make A1 users upgrade, which is unlikely imo, especially if it's £8000. I can't see it being that though, I'd expect it to be close to the A1 release price which was £6500 is my memory serves me correctly.

For fun here's my predictions for the A1 II:-

Same 50mp sensor
AI AF with improved subject recognition
Pre-capture
Focus Stacking
30fps
Improved LCD resolution
Probably the multiangle screen.
Probably some video specs that I know nothing about ;)
I would say that’s pretty close it’s also gonna have the A9III body which is a huge improvement and the new card slots that support the quicker CFExpress
 
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