Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

vinmunoz wrote in post #18580374
I asked Miguel A about the weather sealing and here's his answer.

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Great to see but I take that with a grain of salt. I wouldn't expect him to say anything else since he's affiliated with Sony.

Jarvis Creative Studios wrote in post #18580360
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

yep...pretty clear that they are after those that don't want to buy all new lenses...

vinmunoz wrote in post #18580374
I asked Miguel A about the weather sealing and here's his answer.

good to know...thanks!

Jarvis Creative Studios wrote in post #18580360
Apologize if this has already been shared.

Multiple times.

Shot from the flooded rivers here in Memphis

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.

Lol I'll be the guinea pig. I'll let you guys know how it works out. Looks promising so far.

Its been like Christmas around my place...little stuff coming in...yesterday it was a Sensor Loupe, today it was the MagMod Starter kit, which is pretty cool, looks way more friendly than the Gary Fong...tomorrow is the PD leash's...Monday will be the Artic Butterfly...last week it was the 85GM and the Backlight 36L...I am all set for my upcoming trip that has 4 shoots and some PTO...

David Arbogast wrote in post #18580411
Multiple times.

Darn haha. I had been away from the forum for a few days and hadn't seen.

Wow! How good is eye af on the a7riii!! Was trying it out there on the kids and it locks almost instantly. Got loads of keepers with ease. I would miss loads of shots on the a7rii in that scenario as it struggles to lock at times or it locks and then loses it. I’m seriously impressed

I'm getting the feeling the 85 gm isnt for me..

Took to work with me today.. just doing random shots ..
The AF is just too sluggish. .. and I thought the 90mac was a slow focused

I figured it wouldn't be a quick at AF lens.. just didn't think it would be this slow..
I know it's going to be great for portraits.. for posed pics this is great ..but I don't do enough portraits to justify to myself having to much money tied up in one lens, that only gets used for one thing and if it were that i had portrait sessions almost every weekend that would be different ..
It produces lovely images though so of course that makes me want to keep it , love the aperture ring..

Will test for another couple of days

rantercsr wrote in post #18580495
I'm getting the feeling the 85 gm isnt for me..

Took to work with me today.. just doing random shots ..
The AF is just too sluggish. .. and I thought the 90mac was a slow focused

I figured it wouldn't be a quick at AF lens..
I know it's going to be great for portraits.. for posed pics this is great ..but I don't do enough portraits to justify to myself having to much money tied up in one lens, that only gets used for one thing and if it were that i had portrait sessions almost every weekend that would be different ..
It produces lovely images though so of course that makes me want to keep it , love the aperture ring..

Will test for another couple of days

Check out the Batis 85 or the FE85. They will focus faster. I love my B85

Carlo, I tried turning my little arm into a shoulder rig.... works great for video. Simply pull into your shoulder with both arms, and it's very stable for walking speeds, will probably keep the gimbal when I want to run with my kids.

this thing will be great for incidental video as it takes up very little space. Only think I wish it had would be a quick connect arca plate. I can get this done, but not sure if I'm going to put in the effort yet as the phone attachment would be need a bottom plate too. Will use it a bit more before making the decision.

Charlie wrote in post #18580502
Carlo, I tried turning my little arm into a shoulder rig.... works great for video. Simply pull into your shoulder with both arms, and it's very stable for walking speeds, will probably keep the gimbal when I want to run with my kids.

this thing will be great for incidental video as it takes up very little space. Only think I wish it had would be a quick connect arca plate. I can get this done, but not sure if I'm going to put in the effort yet as the phone attachment would be need a bottom plate too. Will use it a bit more before making the decision.

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That looks really nifty Charlie and yeah a lot more compact they a gimbal. What is the name of that arm?

xpfloyd wrote in post #18580492
Wow! How good is eye af on the a7riii!! Was trying it out there on the kids and it locks almost instantly. Got loads of keepers with ease. I would miss loads of shots on the a7rii in that scenario as it struggles to lock at times or it locks and then loses it. I’m seriously impressed

yeah, for me EYE-AF was not really working on the r2...but on the a9 it is crazy good...glad you are liking it!

rantercsr wrote in post #18580495
I'm getting the feeling the 85 gm isnt for me..

Took to work with me today.. just doing random shots ..
The AF is just too sluggish. .. and I thought the 90mac was a slow focused

I figured it wouldn't be a quick at AF lens.. just didn't think it would be this slow..
I know it's going to be great for portraits.. for posed pics this is great ..but I don't do enough portraits to justify to myself having to much money tied up in one lens, that only gets used for one thing and if it were that i had portrait sessions almost every weekend that would be different ..
It produces lovely images though so of course that makes me want to keep it , love the aperture ring..

Will test for another couple of days

What are you using as the body again? I don't remember it being super sluggish...if you want faster AF, the Batis 85 is much faster from what I have read, and I really nearly went that route to save the extra $900...but I wanted that f/1.4.

TRhoads wrote in post #18580511
yeah, for me EYE-AF was not really working on the r2...but on the a9 it is crazy good...glad you are liking it!

What are you using as the body again? I don't remember it being super sluggish...if you want faster AF, the Batis 85 is much faster from what I have read, and I really nearly went that route to save the extra $900...but I wanted that f/1.4.

I have a7r3.

To me with the way this focuses , shooting an event would be frustrating.. with very little keepers ..
Like I said posed would be fine ..
It will focus .. just does a check evem after I get the green confirm
So for a second i think im good but then goes out of focus and refocuses..so I need to wait for the second confirmation beep.(greenlight)

It does this atleast half the time .. unless I go smaller aperture

rantercsr wrote in post #18580512
I have a7r3.

To me with the way this focuses , shooting an event would be frustrating.. with very little keepers ..
Like I said posed would be fine ..
It will focus .. just does a check evem after I get the green confirm
So for a second i think im good but then goes out of focus and refocuses..so I need to wait for the second confirmation beep.(greenlight)

It does this atleast half the time .. unless I go smaller aperture

My FE90 is like this in lower light to the point where I don’t even try and af it