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

Went out just for a bit of shutter therapy round the neighbourhood with the A7Cii and Viltrox 55mm EVO.

Autumn of life by Stephen Lee, on Flickr
 
MittyKitty said:
My camera and lens have arrived. Yay

Any settings tips? . For Fiji I always watched pall2tech on YouTube. Is there a Sony guy online ;)
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Remember that there's the Fn menu where you can put the things you're most likely to change so you don't need to dive into the menus very often.

Good luck with the kit and have fun.
 
MittyKitty said:
My camera and lens have arrived. Yay

Any settings tips? . For Fiji I always watched pall2tech on YouTube. Is there a Sony guy online ;)
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It's difficult to give tips as we all have different needs so will assign different things to different buttons. I would suggest assigning your most used functions to physical buttons, and your second most used settings in the Fn menu. I would also suggest having frequently used settings in mymenu and have a button assigned to go straight to mymenu.
 
snerkler said:
It's difficult to give tips as we all have different needs so will assign different things to different buttons. I would suggest assigning your most used functions to physical buttons, and your second most used settings in the Fn menu. I would also suggest having frequently used settings in mymenu and have a button assigned to go straight to mymenu.
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I am indeed assigning buttons. But sometimes there are a few basic settings which are useful and not basic to find.
 
MittyKitty said:
I am indeed assigning buttons. But sometimes there are a few basic settings which are useful and not basic to find.
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I can’t think of any off the top of my head, they’re all pretty basic.

I set all my cameras for BBF, Sony’s AF-C is ultra reliable and so you don’t need AF-S (unless you want to of course ;)).

When I’m back on the computer I’ll post my settings, whether you like them or not is a different matter. I have a drive mode dial though which you won’t have.
 
I use spot metering and spot focus on my A7III, eye detect and face detect on full-time. Outside of that just use the dials as indicated.
 
Anyone used both the tamron 35-150 and the 70-200gm2?

Contemplating my next buy and really struggling with what I would use the most.

The last 70-200 I had was the mk2 on Nikon. While optically it was great I found the size and weight ment I didn’t use it that often ( both my kids were under very young which didn’t help)

I mainly use wider lens 20/50 and 28-75 but find myself wanting more reach at times so the 70-200 was the logical step.
The tamron would just be an easier solution as it covers a wider range but looses max range.

My worry is I won’t be quite satisfied with the results
After buying the 20 and 50gm I’ve started to feel the 28-75 (v1)doesn’t match and the 35-150 could be similar
 
pmac said:
After buying the 20 and 50gm I’ve started to feel the 28-75 (v1)doesn’t match and the 35-150 could be similar
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I think the 35-150 would be a poor match for the 20-50, with too much overlap and never wide enough/long enough. I'd consider from Tamron the 70-180 (lower weight, fast max aperture) or 50-300. There's also a Sony 70-350 crop that is reckoned to be good on FF and has great image quality.
 
ancient_mariner said:
I think the 35-150 would be a poor match for the 20-50, with too much overlap and never wide enough/long enough. I'd consider from Tamron the 70-180 (lower weight, fast max aperture) or 50-300. There's also a Sony 70-350 crop that is reckoned to be good on FF and has great image quality.
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This interesting as I have a similar dilemma after moving to FF.

On my A6700 I used the Sony 70-350 and I was very impressed with it. Unfortunately it went with the rest of my gear. Therefore I'm considering rebuying to use on the A7CR in crop mode or like you an alternative.

In summary it was nice and sharp with very useful reach and I could carry it all day.
 
pmac said:
Anyone used both the tamron 35-150 and the 70-200gm2?

Contemplating my next buy and really struggling with what I would use the most.

The last 70-200 I had was the mk2 on Nikon. While optically it was great I found the size and weight ment I didn’t use it that often ( both my kids were under very young which didn’t help)

I mainly use wider lens 20/50 and 28-75 but find myself wanting more reach at times so the 70-200 was the logical step.
The tamron would just be an easier solution as it covers a wider range but looses max range.

My worry is I won’t be quite satisfied with the results
After buying the 20 and 50gm I’ve started to feel the 28-75 (v1)doesn’t match and the 35-150 could be similar
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I used to have the Nikon 70-200mm VR II and the Sony 70-200mm f2.8 GM II is noticeably lighter, as the stats would suggest. A lighter option is the Tamrom 70-180mm which is optically very good, but you do lose a number of the controls such as the aperture ring.
 
A zoom question but first a bit about my history just to give you an idea what I'm after.

As some long termers in the thread might have noticed I mostly use primes. I used to be a 50mm guy but moved to 35mm and now mostly use a 40mm f2.5 because it's small, has an aperture ring and decent manual focusing and because (IMO) it gives better image quality than the Sony 35mm f2.8. I used to take maybe 2, 3 or more primes out with me and swap from shot to shot but now I usually just take a camera and one lens, usually the 40mm but sometimes a 28mm or lately more likely a 24mm and I sometimes take two cameras, one with the Sony 40mm f2.5 and one with the Sony 24mm f2.8.

I keep thinking about zooms but I really haven't followed the news too closely so I just wondered if people could tell me what's out there that I could take a look at. Something in the 24-50mm or if possible 20-50mm range, I'd like a constant aperture as wide as possible and for it to be as small as possible. I have the original 28-70mm, I've probably used it low double digit times, the main thing is that it's variable aperture. I tried the Sony 28-60mm collapsible but that's variable aperture as well and I found the mechanism rough.

I haven't had a zoom as a main lens since my film days and early days with Canon DSLR's and I'm out of touch. Is there anything constant aperture and not too big that I could look at? I'd use it for days out in the UK and it probably wont replace all my compact primes and I'd definitely keep a couple of f1.8's but I could slim the kit down a bit if I got a zoom.

Thanks for any pointers people can give me.
 
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woof woof said:
A zoom question but first a bit about my history just to give you an idea what I'm after.

As some long termers in the thread might have noticed I mostly use primes. I used to be a 50mm guy but moved to 35mm and now mostly use a 40mm f2.5 because it's small, has an aperture ring and decent manual focusing and because (IMO) it gives better image quality than the Sony 35mm f2.8. I used to take maybe 2, 3 or more primes out with me and swap from shot to shot but now I usually just take a camera and one lens, usually the 40mm but sometimes a 28mm or lately more likely a 24mm and I sometimes take two cameras, one with the Sony 40mm f2.5 and one with the Sony 24mm f2.8.

I keep thinking about zooms but I really haven't followed the news too closely so I just wondered if people could tell me what's out there that I could take a look at. Something in the 24-50mm or if possible 20-50mm range, I'd like a constant aperture as wide as possible and for it to be as small as possible. I have the original 28-70mm, I've probably used it low double digit times, the main thing is that it's variable aperture. I tried the Sony 28-60mm collapsible but that's variable aperture as well and I found the mechanism rough.

I haven't had a zoom as a main lens since my film days and early days with Canon DSLR's and I'm out of touch. Is there anything constant aperture and not too big that I could look at? I'd use it for days out in the UK and it probably wont replace all my compact primes and I'd definitely keep a couple of f1.8's but I could slim the kit down a bit if I got a zoom.

Thanks for any pointers people can give me.
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Tamron 20-40mm?
 
woof woof said:
A zoom question but first a bit about my history just to give you an idea what I'm after.

As some long termers in the thread might have noticed I mostly use primes. I used to be a 50mm guy but moved to 35mm and now mostly use a 40mm f2.5 because it's small, has an aperture ring and decent manual focusing and because (IMO) it gives better image quality than the Sony 35mm f2.8. I used to take maybe 2, 3 or more primes out with me and swap from shot to shot but now I usually just take a camera and one lens, usually the 40mm but sometimes a 28mm or lately more likely a 24mm and I sometimes take two cameras, one with the Sony 40mm f2.5 and one with the Sony 24mm f2.8.

I keep thinking about zooms but I really haven't followed the news too closely so I just wondered if people could tell me what's out there that I could take a look at. Something in the 24-50mm or if possible 20-50mm range, I'd like a constant aperture as wide as possible and for it to be as small as possible. I have the original 28-70mm, I've probably used it low double digit times, the main thing is that it's variable aperture. I tried the Sony 28-60mm collapsible but that's variable aperture as well and I found the mechanism rough.

I haven't had a zoom as a main lens since my film days and early days with Canon DSLR's and I'm out of touch. Is there anything constant aperture and not too big that I could look at? I'd use it for days out in the UK and it probably wont replace all my compact primes and I'd definitely keep a couple of f1.8's but I could slim the kit down a bit if I got a zoom.

Thanks for any pointers people can give me.
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There is a 24-50 2.8 from Sony seems decent and is just over half the price of the 24-70gm2 if buying grey..
The tamron 20-40 ED mentioned above or they also do a 17-50 but f4.

It’s likely really worth considering the 24-70gm2 if it’s going to be a main replacement and everything use lens.. heard nothing but rave reviews on it.
 
woof woof said:
A zoom question but first a bit about my history just to give you an idea what I'm after.

As some long termers in the thread might have noticed I mostly use primes. I used to be a 50mm guy but moved to 35mm and now mostly use a 40mm f2.5 because it's small, has an aperture ring and decent manual focusing and because (IMO) it gives better image quality than the Sony 35mm f2.8. I used to take maybe 2, 3 or more primes out with me and swap from shot to shot but now I usually just take a camera and one lens, usually the 40mm but sometimes a 28mm or lately more likely a 24mm and I sometimes take two cameras, one with the Sony 40mm f2.5 and one with the Sony 24mm f2.8.

I keep thinking about zooms but I really haven't followed the news too closely so I just wondered if people could tell me what's out there that I could take a look at. Something in the 24-50mm or if possible 20-50mm range, I'd like a constant aperture as wide as possible and for it to be as small as possible. I have the original 28-70mm, I've probably used it low double digit times, the main thing is that it's variable aperture. I tried the Sony 28-60mm collapsible but that's variable aperture as well and I found the mechanism rough.

I haven't had a zoom as a main lens since my film days and early days with Canon DSLR's and I'm out of touch. Is there anything constant aperture and not too big that I could look at? I'd use it for days out in the UK and it probably wont replace all my compact primes and I'd definitely keep a couple of f1.8's but I could slim the kit down a bit if I got a zoom.

Thanks for any pointers people can give me.
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The Sony 24-50mm f2.8 and Tamron 20-40mm f2.8 spring to mind as others have mentioned but I’m not sure if they’ll be too big and heavy for what you like.
 
woof woof said:
A zoom question but first a bit about my history just to give you an idea what I'm after.

As some long termers in the thread might have noticed I mostly use primes. I used to be a 50mm guy but moved to 35mm and now mostly use a 40mm f2.5 because it's small, has an aperture ring and decent manual focusing and because (IMO) it gives better image quality than the Sony 35mm f2.8. I used to take maybe 2, 3 or more primes out with me and swap from shot to shot but now I usually just take a camera and one lens, usually the 40mm but sometimes a 28mm or lately more likely a 24mm and I sometimes take two cameras, one with the Sony 40mm f2.5 and one with the Sony 24mm f2.8.

I keep thinking about zooms but I really haven't followed the news too closely so I just wondered if people could tell me what's out there that I could take a look at. Something in the 24-50mm or if possible 20-50mm range, I'd like a constant aperture as wide as possible and for it to be as small as possible. I have the original 28-70mm, I've probably used it low double digit times, the main thing is that it's variable aperture. I tried the Sony 28-60mm collapsible but that's variable aperture as well and I found the mechanism rough.

I haven't had a zoom as a main lens since my film days and early days with Canon DSLR's and I'm out of touch. Is there anything constant aperture and not too big that I could look at? I'd use it for days out in the UK and it probably wont replace all my compact primes and I'd definitely keep a couple of f1.8's but I could slim the kit down a bit if I got a zoom.

Thanks for any pointers people can give me.
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On paper, the Thypoch 24-50mm is pretty similar to the Sony, but it is internal zooming - IQ probably isn't up to standard though at big apertures.
 
LeeRatters said:
On paper, the Thypoch 24-50mm is pretty similar to the Sony, but it is internal zooming - IQ probably isn't up to standard though at big apertures.
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I’m checking this out. Internal zoom is a big plus.
 
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