Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

navydoc wrote in post #18707053
Nice job Charlie. I'm also curious what you used as the slider to move the camera.

my feet

if you notice the top left of the bridge stays in the same spot for the entire sequence. That's because that's the point that I lock into with my gridlines. Keep on that point with every movement. While I do the movements, I have my R3 in a corner on a triggered panning device (syrp genie mini). I pack with me 2 tripods, both very small and light (RRS TQC + Benro proangel series 0), as well as a tabletop tripod in case I need a floor level shot. I do the hyperlapse with the R2 because the battery is so untrustworthy that it has ran out in the middle of a timelapse before. it also has limitations doing timelapses at faster intervals, at slower intervals, it's ok, but either way, you risk battery issues when doing timelapses with the R2

not interested in sinking more money into it for a grip, just waiting for the 7iii to drop in prices

Thanks for the details, Charlie. I don't think my back could stand me standing for the length of time it takes to film these time lapses. Hmmm...I wonder if there's a way for me to use my walker as a camera mount/slider.

navydoc wrote in post #18706682
I'm sure others can point you in the right direction but in my case, I've been fortunate not to need wet cleaning yet. For dust, I use the Eyelead Stick for Sony sensors.

That's exactly what I've used on my Sony/Oly sensors. It's worked great for me so far. I do have some pre-packaged wet sensor swabs if I ever need them, but I've only used them on my Canon sensors.

navydoc wrote in post #18707076
Thanks for the details, Charlie. I don't think my back could stand me standing for the length of time it takes to film these time lapses. Hmmm...I wonder if there's a way for me to use my walker as a camera mount/slider.

Yes!

Anything with wheels can be great for sliding movements. I have a set of wheels for my tripod for flat areas.

I have a few places in LA that I plan on doing more shoots. My main purpose of buying a drone is for hyperlapse, and the occasional hiking photo.

navydoc wrote in post #18707076
Thanks for the details, Charlie. I don't think my back could stand me standing for the length of time it takes to film these time lapses. Hmmm...I wonder if there's a way for me to use my walker as a camera mount/slider.

The walker would make an incredible platform for HYPERLAPSE. It is rigid, uniform, and you can meter off each
step of the progression. Timelapse is wonderful, well done hyperlapse is in another world of awesome.
Walker could easily be modded to accepted the ball head.

Anybody know what the next week's challenge will be? Just curious, we
are traveling/escaping the oncoming Florence's rain. We get enough rain eh, and
the thought of 7 more days of it pushed us into the campervan heading west 7 hours
and 6 days of sunshine.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18707094
The walker would make an incredible platform for HYPERLAPSE. It is rigid, uniform, and you can meter off each
step of the progression. Timelapse is wonderful, well done hyperlapse is in another world of awesome.
Walker could easily be modded to accepted the ball head.

...and, I can lock off the brakes too. I'll have to see how I can mount a video head to it and report back.

Have a safe trip but I don't think we would know the next theme until the next winner announces it. Won't you have access to a wifi hotspot where you're going?

(My Cadillac has a hotspot built in. Rather than paying for a monthly subscription, I can buy data by the day. )

digital_AM wrote in post #18706873
Oakland Cemetery Angel, Atlanta

Loxia 85 with 10 stop ND and SR app

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/28gx​c5y Oakland Cemetery Angel by Alfredo Mora, on Flickr

Wow

So just an FYI on my bombo filter.

I bought the filter holder on ebay for a pretty good deal and it came with the cv12 adapter which I hoped I could mess with and get on my CV 10 but no.

So I ordered a Bombo CV10 adapter. It came in but I could not get it on the 10 it just was too tight.

Emailed Bombo and got an immediate email back saying no problem we will send you another. of course its 2 weeks from across the sea. Came in yesterday and fits the 10 like a charm. They then emailed me to make sure everything was a-ok.

I love good customer service

First time ever in Ireland tomorrow as I’ve got a wedding on Saturday. Hopefully visiting the giants causeway on Sunday before I fly home. Only taking the rx1rii but packed a table top tripod so that I can try smooth reflections on it at the causeway if possible

Lyndön wrote in post #18707088
That's exactly what I've used on my Sony/Oly sensors. It's worked great for me so far. I do have some pre-packaged wet sensor swabs if I ever need them, but I've only used them on my Canon sensors.

Never tried the "sticky Sticks " method, I read somewhere that they are prone to leaving some residue on the sensor surface, not sure if that's true or not but I never tried them. My usual sensir cleaning steps usually involve:

1:Camera clean mode

and/or

2:Rocket Blower

3:Finally a wet clean as a last resort for really stubbon dust.

After my experience yesterday I purchased some Eclipse solution and a new set of swabs, two passes cleaned all the gunk off of the sensor. Sometimes it better to just stick with what you know works.

Miranda1 wrote in post #18707217
Never tried the "sticky Sticks " method, I read somewhere that they are prone to leaving some residue on the sensor surface, not sure if that's true or not but I never tried them. My usual sensir cleaning steps usually involve:

1:Camera clean mode

and/or

2:Rocket Blower

3:Finally a wet clean as a last resort for really stubbon dust.

After my experience yesterday I purchased some Eclipse solution and a new set of swabs, two passes cleaned all the gunk off of the sensor. Sometimes it better to just stick with what you know works.

I keep wondering why most mirrorless manufacturers just can't build in the curtain that would close in front of the sensor when you turn off the camera. Seems like Canon is the only one (with EOS R) who's done this.

OoDee wrote in post #18707222
I keep wondering why most mirrorless manufacturers just can't build in the curtain that would close in front of the sensor when you turn off the camera. Seems like Canon is the only one (with EOS R) who's done this.

Leica does this to.

Reason you would not want to do this is because the shutter is very delicate, whereas the cover glass on the sensor is pretty hardy. Dust suck, but broken shutter is worse.

mystik610 wrote in post #18707238
Leica does this to.

Reason you would not want to do this is because the shutter is very delicate, whereas the cover glass on the sensor is pretty hardy. Dust suck, but broken shutter is worse.

I haven't really looked into this so I am relatively ignorant about the trade-offs. All I have is my 5D3s which have lasted well for the past 5 years, with almost no need for sensor cleaning. And no shutter failures either. So I'm just wondering if it's really that much of a trade-off if you'd be able to reduce the burden of sensor cleaning on the user side. Sensor cleaning is a mental pain in the ass, at least for me.

OoDee wrote in post #18707243
I haven't really looked into this so I am relatively ignorant about the trade-offs. All I have is my 5D3s which have lasted well for the past 5 years, with almost no need for sensor cleaning. And no shutter failures either. So I'm just wondering if it's really that much of a trade-off if you'd be able to reduce the burden of sensor cleaning on the user side. Sensor cleaning is a mental pain in the ass, at least for me.

DSLR has the mirror in front of the sensor.