Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

navydoc wrote in post #18580184
I think the problem with faster shutter speeds while shooting video is when shooting motion. Shooting wide open with a fast lens means fast shutter speeds which freezes action on each frame which will cause a jerky look, especially when shooting motion at 24fps. The idea of slowing down the shutter speed by using an ND filter is to eliminate that. This will give your video a more cinematic look.

Yeah that's what I'm trying to avoid. I want to video to be smooth.

David Arbogast wrote in post #18580042
It’s a visible effect in the EVF or Liveview screen. I tested mine and found I could get around 7-stops of darkening on the Batis 25mm before getting the uneven shading, but only 5-stops on the Batis 18mm.

I suppose the best way to avoid the issue is to be fully aware that the bad effect will happen if you go too dark and to look for it when dialing up the darkness. Be especially cautious with lenses wider than 35mm.

If I ever had a screw-up and got that uneven shading from a taken shot, then I don’t remember it.

maybe the 16mm end of a 16-35L was the issue, because we had the crazy cross pattern through the whole adjustment of the filter, from as little as possible to as much as possible...and since a lot of my LE photography is wide angle...it makes no sense for me to invest in something that might ruin my image.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18580043
If I can do it anyone can. I even bought a loop to actually see the gunk on the sensor.
Do you have an Arctic Butterfly yet? Highly recommended as the intermediary step between in-camera shaky shake cleaning and the wet process.

I don't have one of those yet...but I really need to clean both sensors before my trip next week...I got most of the stuff off both of them with the rocket blower, but there are some that are still there.

from last year, SR image, 16 10 second frames. Finally finished it up this week...been sitting on it for a while.

Sony Artisan Miguel Quiles talks about the new Slow and Quick (S&Q) Motion mode on the Sony a7r3. I haven't tried the 'quick' mode for shooting timelapse but I did shoot the "Anna's branch" video using the 'fast' mode at 120fps to 24fps (I upscaled that from 1080p to 4K in post as a test).

navydoc wrote in post #18580224
Sony Artisan Miguel Quiles talks about the new Slow and Quick (S&Q) Motion mode on the Sony a7r3. I haven't tried the 'quick' mode for shooting timelapse but I did shoot the "Anna's branch" video using the 'fast' mode at 120fps to 24fps (I upscaled that from 1080p to 4K in post as a test).

That doubled as a cold, wet weather test...

TRhoads wrote in post #18580007
is that the 50 1.2L? whatever it is....looks so odd with the adapter.

Speaking of Peak Design, I ordered 2 of the Leash this week...after shooting the 5K trying to fumble two bodies and not drop one...it was time.


For those that wet clean your own sensors...how many drops of the solution do you use...I am pertified to do this...scared I am gonna fubar the sensor, and I don't have a cheap camera to practice on!

pick your choice

https://www.youtube.co​m …n+a+sony+sensor​+on+a7riii

So played with the new Sigma firmware today with the mc11 and 135 f1.8. Eye AF does indeed work across the entire frame now, and yeah it will continuously track at 10fps. The fake native hybrid AF also seems a lot snappier. I didn't see any of that annoying pulsing, but I'll have to test some more later

mystik610 wrote in post #18580263
So played with the new Sigma firmware today with the mc11 and 135 f1.8. Eye AF does indeed work across the entire frame now, and yeah it will continuously track at 10fps. The fake native hybrid AF also seems a lot snappier. I didn't see any of that annoying pulsing, but I'll have to test some more later

I haven't updated the firmware on my MC-11 since I got it, over a year. It's been working just fine with all my lenses and I've heard so many horror stories with other products that it has made me reluctant to try. Maybe I should give it a go.

I've been considering adding the Canon MPE 65 macro lens until I saw this from Venus Optics:

Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra-Macro: A $399 Full-Frame 5:1 Lens

https://petapixel.com …o-399-full-frame-51-lens/

mystik610 wrote in post #18580263
So played with the new Sigma firmware today with the mc11 and 135 f1.8. Eye AF does indeed work across the entire frame now, and yeah it will continuously track at 10fps. The fake native hybrid AF also seems a lot snappier. I didn't see any of that annoying pulsing, but I'll have to test some more later

i assume that's going to be the same for the upcoming welded mc-11 to the sigma art series....

tmalone893 wrote in post #18580276
I haven't updated the firmware on my MC-11 since I got it, over a year. It's been working just fine with all my lenses and I've heard so many horror stories with other products that it has made me reluctant to try. Maybe I should give it a go.

MC-11 + Sigma global vision lenses..... gives me bad vibes

I'm glad to hear that's been mostly resolved. I may borrow the MC-11 to play with, but I can make due with the metabones until I can get the conversion service.

Don't know if anyone remembers awhile ago when I said Sony was not publicly marketing using adapters, but they basically were through Jason Lanier. Well, I believe this video tells us exactly what Sony's intentions and strategy were releasing the A7iii at such a low price for a feature rich camera. Apologize if this has already been shared. https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=QfFxbFJ9jdM

another sensor cleaning video if you guys never seen :P

https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=lrdkFXsr5Us

TRhoads wrote in post #18580239
That doubled as a cold, wet weather test...

I asked Miguel A about the weather sealing and here's his answer.