I am but the little one is flying back from LA so a family day for us. Im not too worried, I don't want to take it out until it is protected with the lens coat in any case. I don't want any accidental knocks to mark it. That should be here either Tue or Wed, I have enough to keep me occupied til then...
The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!
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Guys, who are you using for insurance for all your gear. I use protectmybubble as I've been with them years and the original policy I had allowed 5 devices covering loss, theft and accidental damage for 16 quid. I have reached my 5 device limit, 1 phone, 2 cameras and 2 lenses so would need to open another policy which costs alot more now.
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No one, never felt a need to insure it.
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Who remembers Sony's first attempt at the APS format - the DSC-R1?
I bought one, when they were remaindered off for £400 (they were £1,000 when launched). My only complaint was that they never followed it up with a 16MP version when the higher densities became available...
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I bought one, when they were remaindered off for £400 (they were £1,000 when launched). My only complaint was that they never followed it up with a 16MP version when the higher densities became available...
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Currently with eversure. They seem have very good reviews on the whole.
I don't remember how much I paid but I paid for the entire year.
It was under £200 though so not much more than £16/month.
But my phone is not covered and I don't really mind. I don't have expensive phones.
But I have a Sony A1 on it which is pretty expensive
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MY first digital camera was a compact Sony Cybershot W-something....... Maybe.....
I can remember my first film camera. There's one on eBay right now in the same colour for about £35.......
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Sony Cybershot P52
Sony Cybershot W800
Fujifilm S9500
Canon 450D
Canon 5D2
Sony A7
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Sony Cybershot W800
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Mine is through Policy Bee, but I use mine for a living but everything’s covered new for old.
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Glover and Howe, who paid up replacement value in less than 4 days when I had a total loss incident with my Fuji GFX earlier in the year
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Covered on my house insurance, some items are specified.
Canon G2
Pentax K10D -had that for years
Pentax Kx
Pentax K30
Sony a6000 - bought to experiment with my legacy Pentax glass
Sony a7r2 - was so impressed with the mirrorless idea, but wanted a better viewfinder for my F1.2 lenses
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just check the terms if you are using home insurance, i queired mine, and it transpires accidental damage is only covered when while you are not using it , work that one out. also there was some anomilly about the kens and camera body being separate or attached,
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As it's a bit slow... For your viewing pleasure...
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The rumor site has a Laowa 35mm f0.95 review.
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I read that then this...
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It doesn't look too good to me, in fact to me some of the sample pictures look nothing short of horrible. I think the subjects and scenes that suite f0.95 are (for me) few and far between.
Sony Alpha Blog : Laowa 35mm F0.95 Argus
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I read that then this...
Laowa 35mm F0.95 Argus Review - DustinAbbott.net
Photographer Dustin Abbott shares a thorough, real world review of the Laowa 35mm F0.95 Argus premium MF full frame prime lens.
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It doesn't look too good to me, in fact to me some of the sample pictures look nothing short of horrible. I think the subjects and scenes that suite f0.95 are (for me) few and far between.
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Yup. But it's not necessarily the end of the world and doubtless compatibility will come. My CS5 has never worked with my A7 and never will so I convert to DNG but for owners of later cameras I suppose any in camera corrections will be missing with DGN and will have to be added manually.
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I’ve no idea how long it take to develop the software compatibility tbh, does the dng converter not work straight away?
It cannot possibly take that long. They've had years and years to streamline the process. The camera also got announced 6 weeks ago, and was circulating for reviews prior to that, so they could have started the process months ago. It just surprises me that this isn't planned properly by Adobe and significant camera manufacturers.
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Ever thought it’s not Adobe causing the delay but could be the manufacturers not releasing the necessary data upfront? I’m guessing things can be tweaked last minute so they don’t release it or they worry about data getting out before release (I reckon anyone with the pre production models has to sign away their rights with some quite big penalties if they leak information).
There has always been a delay between camera release and software update. Another reason why to wait (along with the price reduction that’s usually seen after a few months).
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I remember struggling with the free Sony software when I got my A7, I thought was just awful and the results awful too. The free Panasonic software was awful too. Maybe in camera options of JPEG, RAW or DNG would be good.
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This was an issue with the A7iii and ZV-1.
A sort of work around is use the Sony software and you can export DNG to Lightroom or Photoshop from that.
They won't be long getting the A7iv covered though.
I think the primary problem is it simply doesn't recognise the camera name in exif data.
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I have been with Aaduki for the last couple of years, it's just over £220 for the year as I get a discount for being a member of the Societies. That is for just over 30k worth of equipment, public liability insurance up to the value of 10 million and professional indemnity cover. They have also given me 15 months for the price of 12 for the last 2 years as I pay it upfront rather than monthly.
Previous to that I was with Towergate but for the same thing it was closer too £400.
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Firmware update news for A7c owners.
www.dpreview.com
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Sony adds Animal Eye AF for video to its a7C, ZV-E10 cameras with 2.00 firmware update
The 2.00 firmware updates bring Animal Eye AF to video recording for two of Sony's compact camera systems: the full-frame a7C camera system and the ZV-E10 compact camera system.
www.dpreview.com
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Sounds like some minor bug fixes as well, leave it a few weeks and will update mine.Firmware update news for A7c owners.
Sony adds Animal Eye AF for video to its a7C, ZV-E10 cameras with 2.00 firmware update
The 2.00 firmware updates bring Animal Eye AF to video recording for two of Sony's compact camera systems: the full-frame a7C camera system and the ZV-E10 compact camera system.
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The Zenitar 50mm f0.95...
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There have been a few wide aperture primes recently but apart from portraits like the ones in the review with next to no depth or context I can't help thinking that most pictures would be better at f2 to f5.
How many pictures do you want like this?
Anyone interested?
Sony Alpha Blog : Zenitar 50mm F0.95
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There have been a few wide aperture primes recently but apart from portraits like the ones in the review with next to no depth or context I can't help thinking that most pictures would be better at f2 to f5.
How many pictures do you want like this?
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Seems a bit pointless to spend $1250 for something weighing over a kilo to shoot at f/.95 when the lens is crap wide open and then it doesn't even cover a full frame sensor?
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Quick Review: Zenitar 50mm 0.95 E - phillipreeve.net
Zenit is back with the Zenitar 50mm 0.95 lens for E-mount. It took quite some time for this lens to finally hit the market, so we were
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AFAIK it's a FF lens. I could be wrong.
Anyway. It wouldn't be much use to me as usually don't crave zero dof pictures all that often and it's not a look I'm going to want many pictures to give. Looking at the pictures in the various reviews I don't think there are many or even if any I'd want to take and keep. When testing out the lens, yup, but after that, not so much.
Anyway. It wouldn't be much use to me as usually don't crave zero dof pictures all that often and it's not a look I'm going to want many pictures to give. Looking at the pictures in the various reviews I don't think there are many or even if any I'd want to take and keep. When testing out the lens, yup, but after that, not so much.
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You're not wrong, it's marketed as full frame, but the black corners even when stopped down point to the fact it doesn't cover the whole sensor.