Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

I hate having no camera. Sold all my gear to fund the A7iii and patiently waiting for the release date. Hoping I've made the first batch on release. If not, it will be another few weeks of waiting.

The sunrises and sunsets have been stunning down here in Auckland for the past 2 weeks. Can't wait to get back out and shoot them!

Very interested in the Pluto trigger. Will be keeping an eye on the posts about that for sure. I love water collision shots. Have shot water drops with my old 6D, but never done a collision shot.

Bianchi wrote in post #18592970
Get there early before the crowds get the good location for the shot and definitely bracket

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You absolutely have to put that one on the wall!!

TRhoads wrote in post #18596904
Got into my jobsite town early on Wednesday, had time to go out and catch sunset...10 Stops with Formatt Hitech 6 and 4...I need to just buy the 10 already, the color is so much more true with them.

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Georgeous image!!

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18597184
Georgeous image!!

Thank you very much! These are what I am used to...the Birds are something all new!

TRhoads wrote in post #18597186
Thank you very much! These are what I am used to...the Birds are something all new!

Well you certainly do a beautiful job on both.

I shoot people too...and enjoy it.
From the E-Session in San Francisco nearly two weeks ago...finally have time to sit down and start editing.


85GM doing what it does best...

TRhoads wrote in post #18597186
Thank you very much! These are what I am used to...the Birds are something all new!

I’m at South Padre Island on vacation with my family. We visited the local birding and nature center today. Awesome place and lots of nice birds too. There was even an eagle but it wasn’t a bald eagle. I had no camera with me unfortunately. I saw one older man with a Sony a99 and a telephoto lens. Still we had a good time walking around and watching the birds hunt for food.

Here is a quick iPhone shot

digital_AM wrote in post #18597278
I’m at South Padres Island on vacation with my family. We visited the local birding and nature center today. Awesome place and lots of nice birds too. There was even an eagle but it wasn’t a bald eagle. I had no camera with me unfortunately. I saw one older man with a Sony a99 and a telephoto lens. Still we had a good time walking around and watching the birds hunt for food.

Here is a quick iPhone shot

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I have not been to South Padre since I was a kid...we played a soccer tourney there every year...have fun on vacation!

Learning a bit (very little bit) on luminosity masking--on my own and not using plug-ins. Thought I'd
revisit a shot-

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TRhoads wrote in post #18597290
I have not been to South Padre since I was a kid...we played a soccer tourney there every year...have fun on vacation!

Thank you. First time visiting for us. Fun place so far.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18597305
Learning a bit (very little bit) on luminosity masking--on my own and not using plug-ins. Thought I'd
revisit a shot-

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/25E1​eeT Kirkjufell re seen by MedicineMan4040, on Flickr

10* landscape work--really like DR, tones, composition . . .

Because it was there

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Travis, you were right about the low light AF performance of the FE 16-35 GM. It performed poorly at sunrise this morning. I had to manually focus. I didn’t want to risk changing lenses on the beach so I kept using. Granted it was very dark out there. The lens also had a weird issue where it would hunt and rack focus back and forth when there was more available light. Restarting the camera solved the issue but it was disconcerting. It’s rock solid during good light though.

digital_AM wrote in post #18597338
Travis, you were right about the low light AF performance of the FE 16-35 GM. It performed poorly at sunrise this morning. I had to manually focus. I didn’t want to risk changing lenses on the beach so I kept using. Granted it was very dark out there. The lens also had a weird issue where it would hunt and rack focus back and forth when there was more available light. Restarting the camera solved the issue but it was disconcerting. It’s rock solid during good light though.

Sounds just like my experience with it...really put me off the lens.

TRhoads wrote in post #18597339
Sounds just like my experience with it...really put me off the lens.

Agree. For such an expensive lens, I’m surprised that it behaves this way.