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

Is still good :) I really have no brand loyalty whatsoever and zero reason to justify whatever gear is in my bag (still got Fuji gear hanging around), but I'd honestly put the a7RII alongside the D750 for pretty much everything I've shot. For example covering the Festival of Speed, shot the exact same angles all day with both systems and there is absolutely nothing in it. The few areas where the Sony is clearly deficient are, for me, easily made up for by the inherent benefits of mirrorless (more so in a wedding environment).

I do get surprised at the number of people on forums (not here, necessarily) shying people away from the a7RII. I appreciate the a7III / a7RIII is a bit special, but considering the price of a7RIIs these days it's one hell of a good buy and I'd say more than capable of being more camera than the majority of users would need. Oddly enough not something I hear so much with Nikon DSLRs, with the D750 still highly recommended despite the D850 being on the scene.
 
A7RII doesn’t have dual card slots hence I wouldn’t consider it for weddings. D750 does.
 
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A7 and Canon 85mm f1.8 go bramble picking...

Butterfly at 100%.

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It's a bit dreamy and some shots were affected by flare and glare and it maybe doesn't stand up to pixel peeping too well at the wider apertures, but it's ok :D
 
Well here's a surprise...

The rumor site is saying that Zeiss will launch a FF fixed lens camera using Sony tech...

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr4...rame-camera-a-rebranded-rx1rii/#disqus_thread

Or maybe it's a Zeiss branded Sony?

I was wondering only yesterday if Sony would have another go at the FF fixed lens compact market. I'm sure I've read that the RX1 was soundly thrashed in sales by the Leica so maybe they'll (Sony and / or Zeiss) have another go...
 
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I thought I might weaken and buy a modern lens, FE 85mm f1.8, but when I looked everywhere seems to be out of stock.
 
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jonneymendoza said:
Woof buying a af lens? Wait what!

There's more of a chance of Brexit being canceled then woof buying a af lens!
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Yeah I know but... using the FD yesterday the light wasn't brilliant and it suffered a little with flaring and glare and the like causing a lack of contrast in some areas in some shots and of course it's softer at the wider apertures than a modern lens and there's the interesting bokeh at f1.8 too :D so all in all I was thinking of getting a modern lens as a I took a couple of shots which disappointed me. The FD isn't my best 85mm, I think the Rokkor f2 is better, and I could have used a lens hood but really none of these lenses is going to match a modern lens like the 85mm f1.8 so I thought I'd get one for the couple of times a year I'll use it and actually I might use it more. I did like the Sigma 85mm f1.4 on my 5D.

So, if I get the 85mm f1.8 I'll have the following modern lenses...

35mm f2.8, 55mm f1.8, 85mm f1.8 and 28-70mm lit lens plus the Voigtlander 40mm f1.2 and 35mm f1.4. I know some would say that the Voigtlander 35mm f1.4 isn't a modern lens but compared to the FD, Zuiko and Rokkor 35's I have it most definitely is :D At some point I may also add a 20mm or there abouts too as Iiked the Sigma 20mm f1.8 on my 5D, the one catching my eye at the moment is the Tokina Firin 20mm f2.
 
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I see that if I buy today I can't claim cash back for 30 days which takes it outside the cashback offer which ends on 2nd September. Does anyone know if I can still claim?
 
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addicknchips said:
agreed. compact and optically very good. @woof woof i may be wrong, but thought you'd previously said you were not a fan of cats eye bokeh. this lens renders the bokeh pretty much the same as the batis.
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I'm not really a fan of the cats eye thing but as you can see from some of my manual lens pictures characterful bokeh is something I live with. Maybe it'll grow on me.
 
I used face detect and area focusing for the first time last night with my Sony 35mm f2.8 and it seemed to work well enough so I've set those options in C1 on the top dial so I can set the camera up that way quickly. Previously they were just options I'd stick in the custom menu but hadn't used.

I'll have a look at the handling and what option suits the button.
 
When the bride surprises everyone by asking all the guests to go outside for a photo (at 10pm, pitch black!) and then this happens...

Wedding Fireworks by Chris Harrison, on Flickr

a7RII and Sigma 35mm 1.4, handheld 1/40, ISO1600, f1.4. Sent this quick edit over the next morning but will play around to try and balance the couple and background a little better before they are delivered.

Never done anything even vaguely like that before so had to act extremely fast, popped a flash down on the floor to the side of me and started shooting away. 13 keepers which I was thrilled with considering. They even had a dance, which obviously made my job even harder but I got 2 keepers from that with fireworks in the background, which will be a portfolio one for sure.
 
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