Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

One from sunrise this morning. . .

Sony α7R II / ILCE-7RM2 • Samyang 14mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC @14mm • 3.2s. • f/11 • ISO 64

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This was a perfect opportunity to test out PTlens in Ps, since C1 doesn't have a profile for the Rokinon 14mm and the mustache distortion is so bad with this lens that an uncorrected horizon would be unusable.

Scatterbrained wrote in post #18515552
DOn't forget you can set WB by skin tone too.
The only think C1 lacks for me are lens profiles, but after downloading PTlens I think I'll manage.

You can?! Lol man I really need to spend more time with it.

Aurora HDR 2018 is Apple app of the year? What are they thinking?

xpfloyd wrote in post #18515549
In C1 if you edit a raw file and then in say 6 months time go back and look at that file again are the edits still there? Trying to get my head around how C1 operates without a Lightroom style catalogue.

I’ve always felt stuck with LR due to the catalogue but was thinking there what is it about it I feel I can’t live without? One thing is that I can go back to previous files and don’t have to start from scratch again on the edit but can’t think of much beyond that. The file structure I can control manually so that’s not a major issue.

C1 uses a catalog system just like LR. They didn’t in the past and it’s only gotten really stable in the last three releases.

For me, I prefer the handshake workflow that exists between LR and C1. Although C1 makes your images look better by default Mark Galer claims it just comes down to what each app uses as a default processing starting point and suggests how to easily modify LR’s defaults to be more C1 like. Also, I use a custom color calibration as my LR default, which gives me a more accurate image than “camera standard”.

this thread sucks!

I was doing fine with the 3 lens I got with the a7r1 when they came out.
55 1.8
35 2.8
24-70 f4

late June i got the 70-200 gm and now this is on it's way *shakes fist*

mystik610 wrote in post #18515490
35mm FOV this time.

Whenever I shoot environmental portraits and there are dominant structures like this is the frame, I think of the commentary of the architecture guys. I try to watch my verticals, and make sure to do whatever perspective corrections need to be done in post. Definitely makes for cleaner compositions.

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cool shot. did you take a wider one?

xpfloyd wrote in post #18515549
In C1 if you edit a raw file and then in say 6 months time go back and look at that file again are the edits still there? Trying to get my head around how C1 operates without a Lightroom style catalogue.

I’ve always felt stuck with LR due to the catalogue but was thinking there what is it about it I feel I can’t live without? One thing is that I can go back to previous files and don’t have to start from scratch again on the edit but can’t think of much beyond that. The file structure I can control manually so that’s not a major issue.

The edits will still be there. C1 has a catalog, and sessions. You can import into the folder of your choice, just as you would with Lr, but it also keeps track of the "sessions/imports" separately. So if you shoot the same location 5 days in a row, and keep the images in the same named folder, then C1 will still keep them separated by shoot date in it's catalog. So you can either go to the folder to all the images, or the shoot date when looking for specific images.

David Arbogast wrote in post #18515559
C1 uses a catalog system just like LR. They didn’t in the past and it’s only gotten really stable in the last three releases.

For me, I prefer the handshake workflow that exists between LR and C1. Although C1 makes your images look better by default Mark Galer claims it just comes down to what each app uses as a default processing starting point and suggests how to easily modify LR’s defaults to be more C1 like. Also, I use a custom color calibration as my LR default, which gives me a more accurate image than “camera standard”.

David, do you mind sharing your custom color calibration?

digital_AM wrote in post #18515558
Aurora HDR 2018 is Apple app of the year? What are they thinking?

Macphun did an outstanding job of creating hype for that awful app. I would have titled the software Maximum Candy Saturation Sugar Rush HDR 2018, but I have to admit that “Aurora” sounds a lot catchier...

mystik610 wrote in post #18515262
I have mixed feelings about the Sigma 135. On one hand, really sharp and nice contrasty rendering that is reminiscent of Zeiss.....OTOH, the OOF rendering can get really nasty when you have a lot of specular highlights in the background. The compressed FOV means that its really not an issue most of the time, but its rendering has all the good and bad characteristics of a typical Sigma lens.

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was this taken with silent shutter or normal?

David Arbogast wrote in post #18515566
Macphun did an outstanding job of creating hype for that awful app. I would have titled the software Maximum Candy Saturation Sugar Rush HDR 2018, but I have to admit that “Aurora” sounds a lot catchier...

Your title of the software is more fitting than Aurora.

digital_AM wrote in post #18515565
David, do you mind sharing your custom color calibration?

I use the xrite colorchecker passport system. Tons of videos on YT showing how to make the calibration in LR (it’s super easy).

Ideally you’re supposed to make a new profile for every project, but I just make one in natural light and use it for everything because I never found a huge difference when I made custom profiles on a project-by-project basis.

DTBaan wrote in post #18515563
cool shot. did you take a wider one?

Not yesterday. But I photographed the monument about a year ago

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DTBaan wrote in post #18515567
was this taken with silent shutter or normal?

Efcs. I need to remember to shut that off when I'm shooting outside.

David Arbogast wrote in post #18515577
I use the xrite colorchecker passport system. Tons of videos on YT showing how to make the calibration in LR (it’s super easy).

Ideally you’re supposed to make a new profile for every project, but I just make one in natural light and use it for everything because I never found a huge difference when I made custom profiles on a project-by-project basis.

Thank you David. I will order one and create a profile.