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

woof woof said:
More from Robin Hoods Bay.

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I'd like to be able to link metering to the focus point. Out of the camera...

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But it was just about rescuable.

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Can you not link the spot metering to the AF point on the early models? For me you've probably rescued it a bit too much, lacking a little contrast to my eyes (y)

dancook said:
Lou and I went to Waterstones so she could sign a copy of her book :)

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Great moment, and nicely captured.
 
snerkler said:
Can you not link the spot metering to the AF point on the early models? For me you've probably rescued it a bit too much, lacking a little contrast to my eyes (y)
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I don't think I can with my A7. I have looked and tried but I can't see a way. I think I can with some and maybe all of my Panasonic cameras, I'll check my Panasonics and my Sony again later just in case I've missed something obvious.

Contrast increased from 10 to 45 but it makes other areas too dark so I upped the general exposure a bit as shadow is maxed out. The background scenery in the distance is hazy.

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I'll have a think but I think the first recovered version is closer to the reality of what I saw looking into the glare.
 
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woof woof said:
I don't think I can with my A7. I have looked and tried but I can't see a way. I think I can with some and maybe all of my Panasonic cameras, I'll check my Panasonics and my Sony again later just in case I've missed something obvious.

Contrast increased from 10 to 45 but it makes other areas too dark so I upped the general exposure a bit as shadow is maxed out. The background scenery in the distance is hazy.

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I'll have a think but I think the first recovered version is closer to the reality of what I saw looking into the glare.
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Obviously it’s just taste and you’re the only one that knows what it looked like (y). I don’t tend to use the shadows slider much at all as I always think it gives a more ‘digital’ look so I tend just to boost exposure, and if needs be brush in exposure to a specific area. We all have our ways ;)
 
Few from the weekend when we went to the local farm for some pumpkins. Children loved it.
For the first time I enjoyed using the 50mm f1.8 as well but my god the AF is slow. Great pictures for such a cheap lens though.

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robj20 said:
Such minor updates now.
Not for me, not going bigger than the C. I'll almost certainly stick to the C line now.
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I hope the C line continues but at the mo the one available isn't for me. As always all the best to you and others who love them. I'm hoping one more to my liking comes along and if it does I might try and sell some MFT kit.
 
robj20 said:
Its that good for UK price?
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Googling brings up higher prices. A grey seller has them for £1,379.

I can't see them for £1,550 on Amazon. Maybe I'm not searching right.

Ah. It didn't come up for me searching Amazon but googling "buy sony a7c amazon" finds it...


I'm very tempted but then I remember how many times I've looked at this camera and changed my mind.
 
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I'd never heard of colour runs, sounds a bit daft to me but what do I know.
 
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And everything except the dropping the camera is easy to design against. Not even that expensive to implement either, it's the extra time it takes I guess.
 
robj20 said:
And everything except the dropping the camera is easy to design against. Not even that expensive to implement either, it's the extra time it takes I guess.
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The article on LensRentals suggests otherwise - in order for lenses to zoom, dials to turn, cards to be removable, etc, there have to be places where ingress of liquids and fine particles are controlled via seals - and such seals are imperfect.
Of course, you can get much more rigorous sealing by using an underwater housing - but the best of these cost significantly more than the camera itself, and add considerable bulk.
 
Faldrax said:
The article on LensRentals suggests otherwise - in order for lenses to zoom, dials to turn, cards to be removable, etc, there have to be places where ingress of liquids and fine particles are controlled via seals - and such seals are imperfect.
Of course, you can get much more rigorous sealing by using an underwater housing - but the best of these cost significantly more than the camera itself, and add considerable bulk.
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Well they're frankly wrong, plenty of options to make a camera and lens waterproof, dust proof within reason. Obviously not 10M but have rain from any direction is easy.
You'd certainly sacrifice some smoothness to actions like the zoom ring, buttons and switches you can even buy ready waterproof ones.
 
Mike.P said:
Looks like the £ is getting a bit stronger, A1 down to £4760 on Panamoz.
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Still going to be a long time before it’s in my price range ;)
 
Spent a few days last week in Minehead as we wanted to see a few local places.

Well, the missus wanted to go to Dunster, Lynmouth & a few walks.

I wanted Porlock dead trees at high tide, to chase the steam train with the drone for a few videos & Valley of Rocks.

Lets start with Dunster :)

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Lovely pictures Lee. We had some relatives in Minehead but they've sadly moved on to their final and forever home. I remember holidaying there :D
 
woof woof said:
Lovely pictures Lee. We had some relatives in Minehead but they've sadly moved on to their final and forever home. I remember holidaying there :D
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Thanks Alan. We actually stayed in the Butlins site but in a private caravan. Not idea in a way but it was pretty cheap, the caravan allowed the dog and it's fairly central for visiting places.
 
LeeRatters said:
Spent a few days last week in Minehead as we wanted to see a few local places.

Well, the missus wanted to go to Dunster, Lynmouth & a few walks.

I wanted Porlock dead trees at high tide, to chase the steam train with the drone for a few videos & Valley of Rocks.

Lets start with Dunster :)

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Very nice, I love the processing
 
mstphoto said:
That "stupid flippy screen thing" is the only reason I would even consider moving from the a7R4a
So, it's a NO from me
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I thought I'd dislike the flippy screen but have grown to appreciate it, yes there are times it's not as fast to use as the plain fold out, but then it also does more.
 
robj20 said:
I thought I'd dislike the flippy screen but have grown to appreciate it, yes there are times it's not as fast to use as the plain fold out, but then it also does more.
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I've been using flippy screens since I first started in Digital nearly 20 years ago with the Canon G2.
I really missed the screen when I moved to Sony and was one of the reasons for adding the a7c to my collection.
Hopefully, all future bodies will have them.

I do realise they are not for everyone but for me they are "almost" a must have feature
 
Having had both types of screens simultaneously they both have thier pros and cons. The older regular up-down tilt is quicker to use a lot of times but the newer flippy screen allows for more angles plus you can reverse it to protect the LCD while traveling which I really like (even though I have never damaged the LCD on the older types).

Personally prefer the older style simply because it's quicker for 70-80% of what I shoot but it did annoy me when I tried shooting in portrait orientation at angles or tried selfies lol

But both types are inferior to the fully articulating screen from the old Sony A77/99 series. They were the best in business and that's what everyone should really want. Everything thing else is a compromise.
 
nandbytes said:
Having had both types of screens simultaneously they both have thier pros and cons...

But both types are inferior to the fully articulating screen from the old Sony A77/99 series. They were the best in business and that's what everyone should really want. Everything thing else is a compromise.
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I think tilt/fully articulated is something many people would quickly get over. There'll be people and instances for and in which one would be clearly better but on the whole and for most of us I think we'd adapt well enough and I do seem to remember some people bemoaning the tilt screen and wishing for fully articulated a while back and before the move to fully articulated became pretty much he norm.

A do it all would be best :D
 
nandbytes said:
The properly fully articulating screen like the one in A77/A99 would do it all.
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I wonder what the additional manufacturing cost would be? I don't believe it would cost £25 or anything like it but even if it did what's £25 on the cost of an A7x?
 
woof woof said:
I wonder what the additional manufacturing cost would be? I don't believe it would cost £25 or anything like it but even if it did what's £25 on the cost of an A7x?
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I don't think it's cost related. Think they are just trying to keep the size down as much as possible.
 
I might be mad but I've been looking at Fuji X100s/t.

I don't suppose one makes much sense as I have way too many cameras and too little opportunity to use them. The advantage over my Panasonic GX80/GX9/G100 would be that it would be slimmer and maybe more pocketable but the AF could be worse? Maybe I should just try and use the GM5 and TZ100 more.

I do I suppose have too much Sony kit sitting there unused, ditto MFT and I definitely have too many film era primes.
 
woof woof said:
I might be mad but I've been looking at Fuji X100s/t.

I don't suppose one makes much sense as I have way too many cameras and too little opportunity to use them. The advantage over my Panasonic GX80/GX9/G100 would be that it would be slimmer and maybe more pocketable but the AF could be worse? Maybe I should just try and use the GM5 and TZ100 more.

I do I suppose have too much Sony kit sitting there unused, ditto MFT and I definitely have too many film era primes.
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Nice camera, just a matter if you can put up with the Fuji files. I’ve looked at the X100’s several times but they’re just not flexible enough for me.
 
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