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Might be selling my A7RIII at some point... If that floats your boat
But don't know when...
Might be selling my A7RIII at some point... If that floats your boat
But don't know when...
Well out of my league that one, been saving an age to gather as much as I have as is Will obviously need some lenses too
Much?
Was tempted by the Z6 myself but Nikon haven't come out with a single lens I'd want! (Yet)
My plan was to use some of the old tried and trusted Fx primes for a while, see how it goes and what they come out with. Atm their 50mm 1.8 is stupidly over priced. If you bought from the likes of Panamoz though the 24-70 only works out about £300 in the kit
Don't like the 24-70mm for a number of reasons.
I just came back from my holiday. It became blindingly obvious that the ergonomics of Sony bodies kinda sucks.
@snerkler mentioned it a number of times in the past and I brushed it off. but the grip and body doesn't let me shoot or even comfortably hold it safely with one hand even with smaller lenses like 24-105mm.
Either need to find a more ergonomic body or move to APS-C.
Is this something you do a lot?
I have my right hand on the grip and my left under the lens with all my cameras.
Previously no hence I never thought it was an issue. These days yes because keeping my toddler son in check needs some effort.
Sometimes it became a choice between keeping my toddler son from hurting himself (which he constantly tries very hard to do) or keep my camera safe.
Well, good luck handing any camera and zoom lens one handed.
I occasionally have to manage with bags of shopping and someone in a wheelchair, yes it can be a pain but is a Nikon going to cure the inherent problems of shooting one handed with a Sony?
Looks like we'll have a samyang AF 45mm f1.8 for e-mount soon
https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr5...the-new-samyang-45mm-f-1-8-fe-autofocus-lens/
Why not a sling type strap like a Black rapid? You can literally drop the camera any time and it'll slink down to rest by your hip.
You do have me re-thinking though, I do like a nice grippy body as I rarely use straps.
Had to do this many a time especially on holiers. Our daughter was in a chair until she was 6 and when whizzing about with her I often had a camera in one hand to capture snaps on the go. Have never dropped one in my life thankfully. But a strap like I mentioned is the most sensible option.
Well, good luck handing any camera and zoom lens one handed.
I occasionally have to manage with bags of shopping and someone in a wheelchair, yes it can be a pain but is a Nikon going to cure the inherent problems of shooting one handed with a Sony?
Why not a sling type strap like a Black rapid? You can literally drop the camera any time and it'll slink down to rest by your hip.
You do have me re-thinking though, I do like a nice grippy body as I rarely use straps.
Odd focal length. Are they not allowed do a 35 or 50 1.8?
No idea why they didn't do a 35mm. Perhaps they don't want to cannibalise their other two 35mm options.
There are already plenty of 50mm-ish options on Sony. Not mention rumours of yet another AF option form yungnuo too.
Would have been nice if it was a tad bit wider, like 40mm instead of 45mm.
Shooting is one thing, but just being able to comfortably hold on to it safely for little amount of time is another.
I want to be able to at least hold on to it! We can get on to shooting issues after that
Also as I said perhaps I just need to move to APS-C. I don't know yet.
I can sling it with my peak design strap and did do it a number of times in the end. Not ideal with a bagpack on my back or if I have to quickly get down to grab him etc.
All I can say is my experience with A7RIII has not been a good one last 5 days (purely ergonomics wise). So it got me rethinking.
I have cheap wrist straps on all my cameras and haven't had any damage to date. I usually manage to slip my hand through the wrist strap as I reach into the bag, I can't see one make/model being a massive improvement here but using a prime is a massive advantage for one handed handling.
I use a double-sided Velcro loop through the strap ring on the right side of the body. I then put my middle finger through it which allows me to put my fingers around the grip and hold the camera with one hand without risking it dropping. I can then also loosen the grip on the camera and the loop keeps it securely in place. I do that with my A6500 now and previously with my A7. Having a camera swinging on a strap always gets in my way, especially when my kids are around!
Not quite sure I get the idea, could you perhaps show me a picture please?
Odd focal length. Are they not allowed do a 35 or 50 1.8?
Missus bought me a leather wrist strap a couple Christmas's back but I found it uncomfortable, it didn't have any padding just all leather though.
Not quite sure I get the idea, could you perhaps show me a picture please?
I think sometimes makers go for odd focal length for historical reasons, like they made a 45mm in 1902 but with Samyang maybe that's not the case and maybe they're just going for a niche, something to differentiate themselves with and maybe appeal to people who want the slightly wider than 50mm FoV.
My Kodak Instamatic has a 43mm lens and I think some of the very first lenses were 40mm-ish. As a one lens to do it all a 45mm could make a lot of sense. I do like my 40mm Voigtlander and the much cheaper 45mm Minolta Rokkor and I think I could live with a 45mm f1.8
Thanks for the linksIn fact, it's basically the same as the Cosyspeed Fingerloop, except mine was free and a smaller diameter so I just put one finger through it.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...ed_cs0011_fingercamstrap_10_finger_strap.html
https://www.cosyspeed.com/products/cosyspeed-finger-strap?ls=en
Many photographers are all programmed to prefer certain FL I think, I see many comments on there moaning about the fact it's 45mm when it really isn't a big deal. Might be nice to try something different. I can adjust to any FL no problem but some are set in their ways, If it's not the standard 12/24/28/35/50/85 then it seems odd to them. 45mm might actually be truer to 'standard' view than a 50
Shooting is one thing, but just being able to comfortably hold on to it safely for little amount of time is another.
I want to be able to at least hold on to it! We can get on to shooting issues after that
Also as I said perhaps I just need to move to APS-C. I don't know yet.
I can sling it with my peak design strap and did do it a number of times in the end. Not ideal with a bagpack on my back or if I have to quickly get down to grab him etc.
All I can say is my experience with A7RIII has not been a good one last 5 days (purely ergonomics wise). So it got me rethinking.