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

I like cat shots too :D

I hope you like the lens. I think the 135mm f3.5's are a real bargain.
 
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SsSsSsSsSnake said:
don't you have the A7Rii Riz? thought you did.
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Hi,

No I ended up selling them before I moved to Fuji including all my lovely Zeiss/GM lenses.
Luckily I didn't lose too much in moving to Fuji and then back to Sony again but it's a lesson learnt and glad to have been able to try the Fuji out.

The Sony A7RII is the ultimate for high resolution and DR if that's what you need, it's a more specialised body whereas the Sony A9 feels more a all round body.

I'm not ruling out a higher resolution body in the future but I was struggling with the 42.2mp files. 24mp seems a sweet spot.
 
Riz_Guru said:
I agree, as an overall package the Sony A9 is pretty hard to beat but then it should be considering the cost.

I made a brief move to the Fuji XT-2 (APS-C) from the Sony A7RII and realised soon after that for day to day usage the XT-2 was excellent, but when greater ISO/DR was needed the Fuji just couldn't compete with the Sony FF sensors I'd been accustomed to.

I did briefly consider the Sony A7RII again but I never found the original A7/7II files lacking, I also much preferred 24mp files with a more speedy body.

Gaining operation speed at the expense of a little bit of high ISO/DR seems a good compromise to me.
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I looked at the Fuji xt2 also and decided it was a backwards step for me going away from a full frame sensor. It had a lot going for it and was the only other real consideration to the A9. Low light performance put me off
 
Despite claims of amazing ISO performance, I have never found Fuji to be particularly good at this. They loose lot of details. I found Sony to be better and not to mention easier to process RAW files which means I could squeeze out a bit more from Sony.
 
Riz_Guru said:
Hi,

No I ended up selling them before I moved to Fuji including all my lovely Zeiss/GM lenses.
Luckily I didn't lose too much in moving to Fuji and then back to Sony again but it's a lesson learnt and glad to have been able to try the Fuji out.

The Sony A7RII is the ultimate for high resolution and DR if that's what you need, it's a more specialised body whereas the Sony A9 feels more a all round body.

I'm not ruling out a higher resolution body in the future but I was struggling with the 42.2mp files. 24mp seems a sweet spot.
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when you sold your Fuji's what did you buy body wise from Sony besides the A9 you just got?
 
nandbytes said:
Despite claims of amazing ISO performance, I have never found Fuji to be particularly good at this. They loose lot of details. I found Sony to be better and not to mention easier to process RAW files which means I could squeeze out a bit more from Sony.
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Agreed and also the Fuji files seem different in exposure at same ISO values compared with Sony.
 
I'm (pretty) sure it'll arrive :D

I'm still using the 55mm f1.7, nothing from the last few days worth posting here though.
 
I went to see my friend who bought a job lot of old camera stuff from a deceased persons wife.
first up a Miranda macro 70-210 4.5-5.6 think its a Pentax fit so could get an adaptor.are the lenses any good, condition looks A1
 
A gossen bisix 2 light meter, a mini rex ii light meter and a Sekonic microlite meter
any good
 
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Grest stuff and now you know how to do it you'll never need to pay and you'll do a better job :D
 
Hi all,

well the Sony G SD cards arrived today, not had a chance to test them back to back with the Sandisk SD cards for buffer speed.
I'm not impressed because I'm getting 87 less photos on the Sony SD cards.

Sony G = 2418
Sandisk = 2505
 
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Riz_Guru said:
Hi all,

well the Sony G SD cards arrived today, not had a chance to test them back to back with the Sandisk SD cards for buffer speed.
I'm not impressed because I'm getting 87 less photos on the Sony SD cards.

Sony G = 2418
Sandisk = 2505
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Oh dear
 
Riz_Guru said:
Hi all,

well the Sony G SD cards arrived today, not had a chance to test them back to back with the Sandisk SD cards for buffer speed.
I'm not impressed because I'm getting 87 less photos on the Sony SD cards.

Sony G = 2418
Sandisk = 2505
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I'm sure if you tried any other 64Gb card you'd get a different final number of images too, unless you directly copied the exact same files to each card? Not every image will be the exact same size.

You've paid over the odds for the minor transfer speed gain, not the capacity so I wouldn't be too concerned.
 
stevelmx5 said:
I'm sure if you tried any other 64Gb card you'd get a different final number of images too, unless you directly copied the exact same files to each card? Not every image will be the exact same size.

You've paid over the odds for the minor transfer speed gain, not the capacity so I wouldn't be too concerned.
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I believe the Sony bodies calculate the maximum number of RAW images that can be stored when the cards have been formatted (based on the max RAW size obtainable off the sensor).
I can only think that the total formatted capacity is less compared to the Sandisk SD cards. The Sony G cards have a total useable capacity of 57.6GB

The Sony G SD cards came in at around £13 cheaper than the Sandisk versions so it was worth it, I was planning on getting a couple more SD cards eventually. :)
 
jonneymendoza said:
Hello all. What flash does hss for Sony a7r2/A9 and work with the yn 622 triggers.?
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The YN685 or YN600 both support HSS with the 622 triggers, however I'm not sure whether they would work with Sony as Yongnuo don't do a Sony version, I suspect that as the are manual only they may not support HSS. I switched from Yongnuo to Godox as their triggers supported Sony TTL. Also they have a more complete lighting set-up, portable speedlight (TT350) right through to studio strobes (600) al on the same trigger
 
ChrisHeathcote said:
It's about the same size and weight as the Sigma 35mm art + the MC11, wondering where the benefit in swapping would be?
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Yes noticed that too. The only benefit I can imagine is price but if you already own the sigma combo then not much point.
 
nandbytes said:
saw that, its huge! :(
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The spec says 115mm in length, I think the 55mm f1.8 is 71mm.

As said, it'll probably be cheap but for anyone wanting a more compact lens maybe it'll be worth waiting to see what the rumored Sigma is like.

Dunno if I'll buy a new 35mm but I'll be interested to know about the Sigma and also the recently announced Voigtlander 35mm f1.4 MF lens.
 
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twist said:
Yeah, it's such a great little lens. A used 55 is around 500, a used 50 and 35 oss are 400 so you can save another 100 off the 24.
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After everyone's excellent advice, I decided not to go for a second camera at all but to add second Nikon lens to my arsenal instead. 24-120 will give me the coverage I need.
 
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