Not with that pessimistic attitude. You need to believe harder.
Sorry
Not with that pessimistic attitude. You need to believe harder.
In the menu there should be a section for customising the dials, top front and top back. You should be able to set things up so that you can at least live with them.
Other than that one thing which may help with the shutter speed issue is to set some custom settings. You could have a custom setting set up for manual with whatever aperture you want and 1/250 (or whatever) with auto ISO and eye/face detect and anything else you fancy and another with different settings...
This would give you the option of using aperture as normal and setting whatever you want and then switching quite quickly to a custom setting with known values without having to change anything except selecting the custom setting.
There's a matcha Haagen Daz incream ?
Great start to the week!
Look wed all love a fast APSC/FF prime that is optically perfect with a 1.4 aperture and is only 10mm in length with a build quality like a brick outhouse and triple linear AF motors, but it aint going to happen.
Customising a setting sounds like a good idea but as I’m currently struggling to set both the shutter speed and aperture simply in manual mode I’ve still got a long journey to go before then.
Worked out how to change both now and feel such a dunce!!!! Just shows you have to play around with your camera and it’s dials
How about taking everything I post and massively exaggerating it to make a nit picking point? Oh, you've already done that? Well done Twist
Thanks woof woof
Ah at last. Civility. I was going to say I liked you much better when I ignored you but this new you is almost tolerable.
Keep it up twist
Glad you're getting there.
PS.
The main thing is not to read the manual. It's much better to ask other men on the internet
Ok so it looks like manual mode is the way to go, next question how do you set the two different parameters of aperture and shutter speed. Currently the wheel that changes the aperture in AP mode changes the shutter speed when in manual mode but can’t work out how to then toggle over to setting the aperture. Back in my day I’d just change the aperture on my lens!!,,, Apologies if these seem very basic controls and thanks for all your help and suggestions to date.
Was going to say, when in manual mode the rear dial changes shutter and the front apertureWorked out how to change both now and feel such a dunce!!!! Just shows you have to play around with your camera and it’s dials
Not on a tripod but I can't see any shake tbh, it's not the best print. But shake or not the left side is clearly worse than the rightyep looks bad but....
did you test on a tripod? there seems to be a little shake.
mine wasn't as bad as his test chart though.
Was going to say, when in manual mode the rear dial changes shutter and the front aperture
Me tooNot for me it doesn't lol I swapped mine around as in manual mode I found it easier adjusting shutter speed on the front dial. Just feels more natural and easier than with the thumb on the back.
Not on a tripod but I can't see any shake tbh, it's not the best print. But shake or not the left side is clearly worse than the right
About a month in my Canon to Sony switch ... definitely (for me!!) it has been the right choice.
Last Canon camera going at the end of the week - then it is all Sony in my camera bag. 2 x A9 II and 1 x A7R mkIV
Has been interesting to go into a new eco-system for the first time since I started photography.
Not sure if it me all of a sudden becoming a better photographer or what.. but I do think my rate of keepers has increased since the switch (I do 99% sports)
So - a switch that was (and maybe still is ) full of pitfalls.. has so far gone swimmingly.
What lenses are you using?
Using various brands.
Sony 70-200mm f2.8
Sigma 24-70mm f.28
Sigma 14-22mm f2.8
Laowa Zero-D 12mm f2.8
Sigma 105mm f1.4 (man!! Why have I not bought this lens earlier!!!)
and getting
Sony 28-135mm lens - which will mainly be for video.. as I do fair bit of that as well.
Then I do have an EF-E adapter - just so I could keep my :
Canon 200mm f1.8
Just could not bear the thought of losing this
It is not as good as it was on the Canon native body.. but still delivers results.
Nice set of lens.
Interesting you have gone after 12mm/2.8 as 14-24/2.8. you must really want the f2.8 aperture.
There is a Sony 12-24mm f2.8 rumoured
Using various brands.
Sony 70-200mm f2.8
Sigma 24-70mm f.28
Sigma 14-22mm f2.8
Laowa Zero-D 12mm f2.8
Sigma 105mm f1.4 (man!! Why have I not bought this lens earlier!!!)
and getting
Sony 28-135mm lens - which will mainly be for video.. as I do fair bit of that as well.
Then I do have an EF-E adapter - just so I could keep my :
Canon 200mm f1.8
Just could not bear the thought of losing this
It is not as good as it was on the Canon native body.. but still delivers results.
That's what I thought!200 1.8
Pffft... Only f1.8. it's all about F1.2s these days200 1.8
200 1.8
And that's why I had to get the adapter to be able to use it with the Sonythat’s a unicorn!
Would give me the horn toothat’s a unicorn!
Shooting handheld you can be pretty sure you're parallel to something or not. But I will test again to be sure.Yes it looks worst but if it's not a tripod how can you be sure it was parallel to the wall when you took the shot.
Your initial testing is definitely a cause for concern but I wouldn't send it back before testing it properly on a tripod.
And that's why I had to get the adapter to be able to use it with the Sony
Once you find a unicorn... you'll keep it
I think my Samyang 24mm has a decentering issue, what do others think?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q2uae0ringrgabm/A7R00424.JPG?dl=0
Great... that'll save you some money chap
Great... that'll save you some money chap
However I know you'll just ordered it from Harrison's though so perhaps you won't saving anything.... start collecting them big daddy lenses boyo! lolKnew you say that lol