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

The difficulty of birds in flight, is not to get them in focus - it's to actually create a good photograph, well composed, good light etc..

I have so many birds in flight shots now, but it's hard to actually find any that would make the grade of 'acceptable' when it comes to things like composition and what I think is a good wing shape.. why can't the A9 do that for me.

Heron by dancook1982, on Flickr
 
dancook said:
The difficulty of birds in flight, is not to get them in focus - it's to actually create a good photograph, well composed, good light etc..

I have so many birds in flight shots now, but it's hard to actually find any that would make the grade of 'acceptable' when it comes to things like composition and what I think is a good wing shape.. why can't the A9 do that for me.

Heron by dancook1982, on Flickr
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it doesn't have the tec yet, maybe the A9iii
 
JJ! said:
Not much in it really!!
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Exactly. If the AF is nearly as good as the D850 then it's good enough for me.

JJ! said:
F*** you paypal. Put my account on hold due to me selling over a certain amount money.

A7R3 on hold whilst I have to 'identify' myself. ITS MY MONEY YOU t***s. GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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That sucks :lol:

dancook said:
missed focus on eye, but i don't care so much that I'll bin it.

DoTD by dancook1982, on Flickr
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Lol, looks plenty sharp enough to me

dancook said:
DSC02786 by dancook1982, on Flickr

2500px file
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They're looking good these bird pics, are they cropped at all?

dancook said:
The difficulty of birds in flight, is not to get them in focus - it's to actually create a good photograph, well composed, good light etc..

I have so many birds in flight shots now, but it's hard to actually find any that would make the grade of 'acceptable' when it comes to things like composition and what I think is a good wing shape.. why can't the A9 do that for me.
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TBH the biggest issue I have is seeing the bird, putting the camera up to my eye and then trying to find the damn thing through the viewfinder. 600mm is a completely different perspective to looking with the naked eye :lol:

Riz_Guru said:
Sony A7R III down by £200.... £2999, not sure if a price drop is incoming.

https://www.harrisoncameras.co.uk/pd/sony-alpha-a7r-mark-iii-digital-camera-body_ilce7rm3
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That's the one I've had my grubby mits on, anything I touch instantly devalues ;) It would be nice if Sony did a double cash back offer now whilst they had this offer too ;)
 
Spoke to my mate who ordered the a73 from Harrison’s. He called them up as the money had been taken out of his account. They confirmed that they take full payment to confirm the order and not on dispatch like jessops etc.

I wonder if they have a cash flow issue. £1,700+ on multiple orders with no concrete fulfillment date. That’s a lot of risk
 
addicknchips said:
Spoke to my mate who ordered the a73 from Harrison’s. He called them up as the money had been taken out of his account. They confirmed that they take full payment to confirm the order and not on dispatch like jessops etc.

I wonder if they have a cash flow issue. £1,700+ on multiple orders with no concrete fulfillment date. That’s a lot of risk
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Harrison's? Nope.

I got told Sony is favouring upfront payments and that's how the dealer gets guaranteed stock from the next batch for their customers. Remember, worldwide shortage.

Early April.
 
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dancook said:
The difficulty of birds in flight, is not to get them in focus - it's to actually create a good photograph, well composed, good light etc..

I have so many birds in flight shots now, but it's hard to actually find any that would make the grade of 'acceptable' when it comes to things like composition and what I think is a good wing shape.. why can't the A9 do that for me.

Heron by dancook1982, on Flickr
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you need this ;) - https://www.dpreview.com/news/50852...-the-artistic-style-of-one-photo-onto-another
 
Well this is annoying, just got a shiny new 90mm FE lens and it has a really annoying high pitched whine when focusing, happens with OSS on or off and in AF or manual.

More time and money wasted...
 
twist said:
Harrison's? Nope.

I got told Sony is favouring upfront payments and that's how the dealer gets guaranteed stock from the next batch for their customers. Remember, worldwide shortage.

Early April.
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Wilkinson’s rather.

I get the shortage issue. Always thought there was a card scheme rule that distance selling merchants should charge on dispatch.
 
There is a "cough" discussion going on in another thread about metering, it got me thinking since I have a slight obsession with meters and metering, the 1DX2 has linked spot meter to AF point as does the a9, it's meter covers 1.5% of the viewfinder, thus I thought I wonder what the meters coverage is in the a9? I see Sony show it as STANDARD or LARGE? So how big is then...? I know the Sony boffins will say its... STANDARD or LARGE :LOL:
 
arthurbikemad said:
There is a "cough" discussion going on in another thread about metering, it got me thinking since I have a slight obsession with meters and metering, the 1DX2 has linked spot meter to AF point as does the a9, it's meter covers 1.5% of the viewfinder, thus I thought I wonder what the meters coverage is in the a9? I see Sony show it as STANDARD or LARGE? So how big is then...? I know the Sony boffins will say its... STANDARD or LARGE :LOL:
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That's a point, is spot metering linked to the AF point or is it centre only on the latest Alpha models (A7iii, A7Riii, A9), and on wide (or matrix or whatever Sony call it) is there still some bias to the AF point. In wide on my Nikon I wish you could turn of AF bias for landscapes as it can really mess up the metering/exposure, and then turn it back on for everything else.
 
addicknchips said:
Wilkinson’s rather.

I get the shortage issue. Always thought there was a card scheme rule that distance selling merchants should charge on dispatch.
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More in terms of contract is formed when payment (consideration) is taken and as a retailer it might be prudent to hold that off until later because if it’s a misprice, you can always say there was no contract formed as yet and can cancel the order, instead of taking the hit.

There are lots of small prints and caveats of course.
 
snerkler said:
That's the one I've had my grubby mits on, anything I touch instantly devalues ;) It would be nice if Sony did a double cash back offer now whilst they had this offer too ;)
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If Sony does cash back deals I may give in to GAS :(

:o
 
snerkler said:
That's a point, is spot metering linked to the AF point or is it centre only on the latest Alpha models (A7iii, A7Riii, A9), and on wide (or matrix or whatever Sony call it) is there still some bias to the AF point. In wide on my Nikon I wish you could turn of AF bias for landscapes as it can really mess up the metering/exposure, and then turn it back on for everything else.
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You can link it on the a9 and set the size (I think), but no where does it say what the sizes are? I've not read up on the other models, perhaps someone knows?
 
dancook said:
The difficulty of birds in flight, is not to get them in focus - it's to actually create a good photograph, well composed, good light etc..

I have so many birds in flight shots now, but it's hard to actually find any that would make the grade of 'acceptable' when it comes to things like composition and what I think is a good wing shape.. why can't the A9 do that for me.

Heron by dancook1982, on Flickr
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Exactly right. I’m deleting lots of my initial BIF pics for this reason. It takes a lot more planning and time to get well framed image BIF plus landscape.
 
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