Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

A friend of mine who bought the D850 came over and we decided to swap gear for the rest of the week. He's borrowing my a9 and lenses while I have his D850, 24-70/70-200 and 35 for the rest of the week. First thing I notice is the size. It's noticeably heavier but not disgustingly slow, maybe because the a9 is already 673 grams and the RRS plate adds another 95 grams to it. The D850 is 915 grams or 147 grams more but arguably more comfortable to hold because of the grip and better ergonomics. Hearing the mirror slap is a throwback. And the AF points seem to cover maybe 40% of the screen, a huge drop from the 91% of the a9. And have to get used to shooting at 1/2x or even 1/3x FL, so I'm at 1/125 or faster with the 35, and 1/125 or 1/250 with the 24-70. No more crazy 1/15 or 1/20 because of no IBIS. DR though is very impressive and 46mp to crop is crazy.

I love shooting the a9 but it's still like most Sony cameras to me, it feels more technical and like I'm using a computer for computational photography at times while going back to a DSLR feels more traditional, and old school at times. I'm of the camp that neither is the best and both have their places. I love an EVF, I like an OVF. I love shooting with h the rear screen on a mirrorless, hate shooting with one on a DSLR.

yah i saw the padded waist strap of the 400AW that's why i'm leaning towards it. it will become my vacation bag so the laptop space is needed as well.

Took a visit to the Palm Beach Science Center with the kids yesterday. We were lucky to be there during feeding time.

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Another milky way shot.

Bethell's Beach on Auckland wild west coast. Cloud came in a little bit, but got some nice shots. 7 shot single row in portrait oreintation panoramic

A7mkii, Batis 18mm @ f2.8 15 seconds iso 10,000

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Charlie wrote in post #18455886
what are you shooting with these days?

A9 with 35 2.8/55 1.8/ 85 1.8. Been meaning to get a standard zoom, since I sold off my 24-70 GM. In hindsight I should've held onto it until I got my RRS base plate. But since then I've used my 55 most of the time, too lazy to swap lenses all the time. I realized that I'm more of a zoom guy. Enjoying my buddies D850 and 24-70 VR, heavy as a brick, but quality. Definitely different going from a silent shutter to a loud smack. Silent shooting via live view is just useable, any fast movement and it's almost useless.

xpfloyd wrote in post #18455818
Sad day yesterday, I had to get my cat put to sleep. I had him for 10 years but he developed heart failure and his heart scan yesterday confirmed the worst. Amazing how these wee guys become part of the family.

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posted by Eddie originally in forum: Sony Digital Cameras

I am so sorry for your loss... We have 2 small doggies (10 & 9) and yes they really do become part of families. We don't even have kids so we kinda treat them like our children.

Sorry for your loss Eddie. I haven't had the heart to get another pet since my dog passed away 5 years ago

xpfloyd wrote in post #18455818
Sad day yesterday, I had to get my cat put to sleep. I had him for 10 years but he developed heart failure and his heart scan yesterday confirmed the worst. Amazing how these wee guys become part of the family.

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posted by Eddie originally in forum: Sony Digital Cameras

I'm sorry to hear that, Eddie. That picture is a beautiful, wonderful tribute to him. Thanks for sharing it with us.

This mural in downtown San Antonio was built by renowned Mexican Architect/Artist, Juan O'Gorman in time for the 1968 fair. The massive piece of art was built of about 400,000 rock chips cemented into meter square tiles. There are twelve colors in the mural and eleven of them are natural stones from Mexico. There was one shade of blue that he could not find, and that they had to get from Italy. The impressive mural is 130 ft long and 30 ft tall.


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digital_AM wrote in post #18456262
This mural in downtown San Antonio was built by renowned Mexican Architect/Artist, Juan O'Gorman in time for the 1968 fair. The massive piece of art was built of about 400,000 rock chips cemented into meter square tiles. There are twelve colors in the mural and eleven of them are natural stones from Mexico. There was one shade of blue that he could not find, and that they had to get from Italy. The impressive mural is 130 ft long and 30 ft tall.


Loxia 35mm (3 shot vertical pano):

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Nice one Alfredo...it's a beautiful mural.

You're reminding me that I still need to order a nodal slide. What slide are you using?

Can't wait to get past these dang shingles, and start doing my own blue hour urban shoots, now that the temperatures are getting really comfortable.

David Arbogast wrote in post #18456275
Nice one Alfredo...it's a beautiful mural.

You're reminding me that I still need to order a nodal slide. What slide are you using?

Can't wait to get past these dang shingles, and start doing my own blue hour urban shoots, now that the temperatures are getting really comfortable.

Thanks David. Yes it's beautiful indeed. I hope you can visit one day.

I haven't purchased a nodal slide yet. I haven't had much opportunity for horizontal panos yet. I'll probably pickup one of the FLM slides.

I'm looking forward to seeing more urban shots from you. It's fun shooting early in the morning or late.

digital_AM wrote in post #18456262
This mural in downtown San Antonio was built by renowned Mexican Architect/Artist, Juan O'Gorman in time for the 1968 fair. The massive piece of art was built of about 400,000 rock chips cemented into meter square tiles. There are twelve colors in the mural and eleven of them are natural stones from Mexico. There was one shade of blue that he could not find, and that they had to get from Italy. The impressive mural is 130 ft long and 30 ft tall.


Loxia 35mm (3 shot vertical pano):

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/YC9Y​pL 20170913-satx-convention-center-8-Edit-Edit-Edit-copy-2-proc-web-1280px by Alfredo Mora, on Flickr

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Beautiful shot.

What are you using to stitch the shots together?

Timphoto wrote in post #18456444
Beautiful shot.

What are you using to stitch the shots together?

Thank you Tim. I'm using Photoshop to stitch the shots. I use Auto Align and then Auto Blend. The key thing in the field is to lock your vertical plane. My FLM ballhead has a dedicated tilt lock knob for this purpose. It prevents the camera from moving side to side as you pan up on a vertical plane. This is kind of a poor man's version of a tilt shift lens. There is a tiny bit of sharpness dropoff when stitching this way but the resulting image still looks great when zoomed in.

digital_AM wrote in post #18456480
Thank you Tim. I'm using Photoshop to stitch the shots. I use Auto Align and then Auto Blend. The key thing in the field is to lock your vertical plane. My FLM ballhead has a dedicated tilt lock knob for this purpose. It prevents the camera from moving side to side as you pan up on a vertical plane. This is kind of a poor man's version of a tilt shift lens. There is a tiny bit of sharpness dropoff when stitching this way but the resulting image still looks great when zoomed in.

I wonder if my Husky tripod would work for vertical panos? It has tilt using an arm like a video head that doesn't effect panning and a center shaft that raises the camera platform vertically too.