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

[Cagey75]

Unless you need a zoom

Well if you do, then you're not looking at an X100 to begin with I 'liked' the RX100, but sold it on quicker than any other camera I've owned I think. Too small and fiddly for my liking, images were pretty good though.

 

[twist]

Well if you do, then you're not looking at an X100 to begin with I 'liked' the RX100, but sold it on quicker than any other camera I've owned I think. Too small and fiddly for my liking, images were pretty good though.

I'm a prime shooter but my x100 varieties went very quickly, loved the form, hated the output and the rubbish af. Got on much better with the Fuji ilc cams.

 

[woof woof]

I fancy a sony RX100 again

You could have a look at the Panasonic TZ100. It's a bit bigger but you get an EVF and a looooong range zoom.

 

[Raymond Lin]

A used Fuji X-100S is only like £400 used these days!

 

[Cagey75]

That's the one I had ^^ X100s [it's in my avatar], lovely little camera and well worth it at that price

 

[SsSsSsSsSnake]

Well if you do, then you're not looking at an X100 to begin with I 'liked' the RX100, but sold it on quicker than any other camera I've owned I think. Too small and fiddly for my liking, images were pretty good though.

It was only small and fiddly cus of your big meat hooks,I’ve got fine artistic fingers

 

[Cagey75]

It was only small and fiddly cus of your big meat hooks,I’ve got fine artistic fingers

The ladies who have had the pleasure of my company would tend to disagree

 

[SsSsSsSsSnake]

The ladies who have had the pleasure of my company would tend to disagree

No comment

 

[nandbytes]

Had one, meh ... any of the Fuji X100 series are better

Nah they aren't. That lens is rubbish and they refuse to update it.

 

[trevorbray]

Is the output the same for A73 and A9’ ?
Same colours?
What are they like for Mono jpg ?

 

[trevorbray]

One more than thing. A73 and A9
How is AF-C performance ?

 

[Raymond Lin]

Is the output the same for A73 and A9’ ?
Same colours?
What are they like for Mono jpg ?

Why are you shooting mono JPGs?

They are different sensors but I’d say the difference is minimal, if any.

 

[Raymond Lin]

One more than thing. A73 and A9
How is AF-C performance ?

A9 is MARGINALLY better, at the extremes.

 

[trevorbray]

Why are you shooting mono JPGs?

They are different sensors but I’d say the difference is minimal, if any.

Raymond. I often shoot snaps in mono on my Fuji. Quite like the look of them.
I shoot RAW at the same time, just in case I manage to get something worth exploring further.

 

[ianmarsh]

One from Hampstead Heath today. Seven shot pano, A7 and Olympus 50/1.8

Sandy Heath Pond by Ian, on Flickr

 

[rookies]

One from Hampstead Heath today. Seven shot pano, A7 and Olympus 50/1.8

Sandy Heath Pond by Ian, on Flickr

I really like that mate.. Ive never tried doing Pano trying to see where the 7 are in that image.. What software do you use mate

 

[ianmarsh]

I really like that mate.. Ive never tried doing Pano trying to see where the 7 are in that image.. What software do you use mate

Just lightroom. It works nine times out of ten without problems for me. These were vertical shots panned left to right with some generous overlap. The tripod wasn't level but a bit of boundary warp filled the missing bits. Nothing vertical in this shot to worry over a bit of warp!

 

[trevorbray]

One from Hampstead Heath today. Seven shot pano, A7 and Olympus 50/1.8

Sandy Heath Pond by Ian, on Flickr

Lovely Ian, very well seen. always find it a bit difficult to imagine the final result before shooting. Great job.

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

One from Hampstead Heath today. Seven shot pano, A7 and Olympus 50/1.8

Sandy Heath Pond by Ian, on Flickr

Very nice multi shot pano Sir, well composed with some beautiful colours.

George.

 

[T_J_G]

Managed to grab the camera for a bit today and Amelia was feeling a bit better...

Amelia_ by Tim G, on Flickr

Amelia_-2 by Tim G, on Flickr

 

[Deleted member 41401]

Playing with gels in the studio today...

A73 with Sony 85mm f1.8

Emily by CFC Photo, on Flickr

 

[T_J_G]

Love a bit of black and white:
Amelia bike fun by Tim G, on Flickr

EDIT: Loved this pic when I edited it, now the composition seems a bit poop.

 

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[JJ!]

So today out of 200 images only 1 was out of focus!

Was back to the arena from hell, with the light from the devil - but they are re-doing the lights soon so it will be much brighter and consistent throughout the arena.

Anyway, more images to bore you with...

 

[rookies]

That with the A7iii what settings did you decided

 

[T_J_G]

View attachment 138920

Backlit is the order of the day

 

[JJ!]

That with the A7iii what settings did you decided

Yes A73

 

[LeeRatters]

What's with all these photos instead of chat....!??!


*** by Lee, on Flickr

 

[jonneymendoza]

Innit

 

[Deleted sulking member 63079]

Backlit is the order of the day

I always love a bit of backlighting, not sure it'd print very well with so much white though

 

[woof woof]

There was a time when people would deliberately have over exposed areas to show off the lovely paper. Believe it or not.

 

[jonneymendoza]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STUgkwPvvCM

 

[woof woof]

The rumor site has a bit on the upcoming A7sIII which is apparently coming in early 2019...

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr4...d-sensor-and-will-be-on-market-by-early-2019/

That's nice.

 

[Livin The Dream]

The rumor site has a bit on the upcoming A7sIII which is apparently coming in early 2019...

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr4...d-sensor-and-will-be-on-market-by-early-2019/

That's nice.

Are the S models a little more geared towards sports, ie lower res and faster fps?

 

[twist]

Are the S models a little more geared towards sports, ie lower res and faster fps?

No. They are low light, video.

 

[Daniel_Paul]

A couple of questions regarding the sony's, inparticular the A7iii. Can you use 3rd party batteries with it and also do you have to use an XQD card or can you use two SDxc cards?

 

[f/2.8]

A couple of questions regarding the sony's, inparticular the A7iii. Can you use 3rd party batteries with it and also do you have to use an XQD card or can you use two SDxc cards?

3rd party batteries aren’t recommended due to recent firmware update although some work fine.

You need to use sd cards there is no XQD card slot. If you need fast 300mbs cards Sandisk and Sony both make cards at that speed. For photography the normal 95mbs Sandisk cards work well enough.

 

[Daniel_Paul]

3rd party batteries aren’t recommended due to recent firmware update although some work fine.

You need to use sd cards there is no XQD card slot. If you need fast 300mbs cards Sandisk and Sony both make cards at that speed. For photography the normal 95mbs Sandisk cards work well enough.

Great stuff thank you, I should be ok on that side of things then! I hear the battery life on the A7iii is actually pretty decent anyway too which is good.

 

[f/2.8]

Great stuff thank you, I should be ok on that side of things then! I hear the battery life on the A7iii is actually pretty decent anyway too which is good.

It is, I can pretty much get through a wedding to just after the speeches before changing the battery. If you don't use the evf much you could easily get longer than that.

 

[jonneymendoza]

Hello