Sony A7x lounge

Just got back from London last night...

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vinmunoz wrote in post #17660556
i'm not a multi-day backpacking guy so i guess it's ok for me. I only do random portrait works(not everyday, i hope so) and 8 hours of wedding sometimes. if we go out of town with family, usually a max of 3 days only.

Do you think it's find for those kinds of stuff? otherwise i'll return it on arrival. hehe i thought it's all aluminum, why heavy?

I bought and used the Capture Pro myself. It's a useful part of the kit, but not an essential part of the kit. The reason that it may be considered too heavy is if you use it with a heavy dslr and longer lens. I tried it on 2 different backpacks, my go to Mindshift Gear Panorama and a standard coach backpack that I use to carry the kids stuff around in. Definitely works better on a pack with a thicker shoulder strap.

Going back to it being heavy, the clip itself isn't heavy. But I had my Nikon D810 and my 24-120 on it. It was a little awkward being that the camera is heavy and the lens was long and somewhat heavy. It would awkwardly droop down into my chest area. But with a smaller mirrorless camera like I used with my a6000 and 28, it's much better. I could imagine a a7 series and up to maybe the 24-70 being ok. Anything longer (Zeiss 35, Sony 90 macro) and I could see it getting awkwardly long again.

I still prefer to use my Crumpler Singspore Sling camera strap that has a thicker neck strap, is quickly adjustable from neck to sling to carry a camera around. But since I have two kids now and need all the free hands, holding my daughter with the camera clipped to my shoulder removes one viable arm to hold them in. And with a 2 yr old, if I have my $3,200 camera clipped to my left shoulder, good luck not having her mess around with something clipped right next to her.

vinmunoz wrote in post #17660558
is this statement with a canon lens?

Yeah its with Canon lenses. The lack of cross type points is likely the weakness here....easily overcome with the hybrid AF you get with native lenses, since contrast detect is used at the last stage of focusing. Mind you I'm comparing it to a 5DIII, which has a huge array of cross type and double cross type points. I see the same 'issue' with Canon bodies and non cross type points (i.e. the corner points on the 5DII and 6D)....this is the reason I've turned the non cross-type points off on my 5DIII.

At the end of the day its more material when doing very methodical AF testing, as when you're doing real world shooting, you aren't typically focusing on horizontal lines....particularly if you're focusing on faces.

Puckman wrote in post #17660554
Same here.

In somewhat related news....Pulled out the 6D and the 100 Macro this evening. Started off as an exercise in photographing the gear, but ended up finding a couple of brown widows in the yard on my way out to bring in the trash bins.
In all this Sony hype, I do forget how capable the 6D is focusing "in the dark"...

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The Sony "kit": A7II with the FD 135/2 attached. Back row: FE 24-70/4 and Rokinon 85/1.4. Front row: CV 40/1.4 and CV 15 III.

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Neither of the spider shots are crops...

Awesome Nadim...I had no idea there was a such thing as a brown widow.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #17660599
OK, back to the A7Rii (TBO=the big one). I've been playing with different lenses. So far the 400DOii is good, the 300 2.8 IS II is good, so I try the EOS 135mm F2 and CRAP, can't get it to focus at all. I give up on it and try the Tamron 24-70 2.8 and its rock solid in AF...BUT an anomaly, here is a pic of the boss but what is causing the feaky purple color in her hair:

The 135 F2 is a really old lens from the 90's. According to metabones, only lenses from 2006 going forward will work.

Wow, I go away from the computer for awhile and this thread exploded!! Nadim, the only reason for my response to your earlier post was that it sounded like in your mind, the only improvement on the a7rII over the a7II was the resolution. I think we are in agreement in regard to a two camera system but with a caveat.

Based on the results Carlo is seeing, it could very well be that my AF tests may be influenced by two things. That I'm using a Metabones III to test and I think more importantly, many of my lenses were produced before 2006. I think Canon's version II lenses like Carlo's 24-70 seem to AF fine on the a7rII. One might think this would encourage me to replace my version I models with their newer replacement but if I become frustrated with what I have now, I would opt to go with Sony A mount lenses such as the 70-400 which at the moment is $1 cheaper than the Canon 100-400 II. Of course, there is also the expense of the adapter to consider but that would give me a one brand system.


Medicine Man, terrific waterfall images. Thanks for sharing them.

Vinz, I also have the Peak Design clamp and while I think mounting a camera to a shoulder strap may be too heavy unless clamped to a backpack with large straps, I like the idea of the clamp used at the waist and "wearing" the camera on the hip like a holster. To do that, you'd want to also get their "Pro Pad". https://peakdesign.com​/store/propad

Oh, and Nadim, thanks for those brown widow shots. On reviewing my spider shots, I think it might be a brown widow too.

^DF I'm sitting in the bird studio hoping for some visitors but what I've. Learned so far with long EOS glass and the A7Rii best to prefocis. I'm trying the 300 2.8 as I type.

I really didnt like the look of the peak design clamp in the chest area. Looks awkward to me and hard to grab. I intend to use it like a holster on my belt. I am trying to remove the weight out of my shoulder or shall i say upperbody. In the hips must be ok. I will try first without the pad.

Thank you guys.

StudioAbe wrote in post #17660402
Don't kill spiders, just let them be - they catch other winged nuisances such as mosquitoes and gnats. Most spiders in the US will not harm humans if left alone. They will weave beautiful web that will glisten with dew at the dawn's breaking light.

However, I have zero tolerance for ants in the house, termites, cockroaches, mosquitoes, and especially ticks. We found a big fat tick feasting on one of our beloved cats earlier this summer so after extracting it, I let it live in a aerated jar, left it in direct sun and gave some water every once in a while to prolong its misery

Hehe, that sounds a lot like me.

My general rule of thumb is: don't hurt animals unless they put you in danger/hurt you. However, for mosquitoes and ticks I'll gladly make an exception.

Reminds me of a few years ago when I was outside and went back inside. When I opened the door, I wanted to scratch the back of my head with my right hand. Just before touching my head, I feel this sharp pain and burning sensation. I look at my right hand and notice that a wasp has stung me and the little bastard is still attached to me because his stinger was still inserted in my middle finger. In all my anger, I performed the following steps:

- I removed the wasp and his stinger from my middle finger.
- I let the wasp know how it feels to be impaled i.e. I used a toothpick to impale his lower body (aka returning the favor).
- I removed the toothpick and took some macro shots since he was pretty stationary at this point.
- After photographing him, it was time for him to experience a burning sensation, just like I did i.e. I burned him down until he was fully black (aka returning the favor).
- Finally: I placed his dead body on the doorstep for a few days, so his cousins would know what would happen to them if they tried to mess with me.

This may sound cruel to some folks, but if wasps don't hurt me, I don't hurt them. Yet, they always try to stalk me (and running away from them doesn't help) and are often aggressive towards me.

vinmunoz wrote in post #17660801
I really didnt like the look of the peak design clamp in the chest area. Looks awkward to me and hard to grab. I intend to use it like a holster on my belt. I am trying to remove the weight out of my shoulder or shall i say upperbody. In the hips must be ok. I will try first without the pad.

Thank you guys.

Why not spyder holster or belt? Much more comfortable than any shoulder application, however, geeky looking.

I carry the 200/2 on a belt. Could shoot all day with that setup.

Charlie wrote in post #17660843
Why not spyder holster or belt? Much more comfortable than any shoulder application, however, geeky looking.

I carry the 200/2 on a belt. Could shoot all day with that setup.

Yeah I've got a spider holster and love it. I also got a b grip uno which is cool because it's basically an arc Swiss plate that fits onto a belt holster.

Eliminates the strain you typically get on your back with straps. Those cross shoulder sling straps I used to use are actually pretty bad for the back.

you got it geeky looking. i will try this PD first. looks modern that may look good with mirrorless.

the latest PD design is with arca swiss attachment and also compatible with manfrotto quick release.

Jocau- this link is for you
https://www.flickr.com​/photos/medicineman404​0/20151330805/in/datep​osted/

OK, I've been working in the bird studio for the last 1.5 hours. Extremely overcast and misty (normal weather here). This time using the 300mm 2.8 IS II + MBiv on the A7Rii....really crap crap light, so pushing the ISO. First at 4000, second at 6400. Personally I'm loving the ISO performance of this body. I think both clean up well. First had Luminance Noise Reduction in LR slider at 41, second at 39.
After using the 400DOii and the 300 2.8 my take away is this.
With adapted EOS long lenses auto-focus via Metabones is a perquisite, a nice one at that.
That there is a happy zone of about 4-5 feet of depth where I can move from target to target and think I'm using the 5Diii,
move out of that zone and it's like that A7R, see a target on a distant tree then I need to manually pre-focus.

My take away on the ISO performance of this camera is wow!

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MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #17660859
Jocau- this link is for you
https://www.flickr.com​/photos/medicineman404​0/20151330805/in/datep​osted/

OK, I've been working in the bird studio for the last 1.5 hours. Extremely overcast and misty (normal weather here). This time using the 300mm 2.8 IS II + MBiv on the A7Rii....really crap crap light, so pushing the ISO. First at 4000, second at 6400. Personally I'm loving the ISO performance of this body. I think both clean up well. First had Luminance Noise Reduction in LR slider at 41, second at 39.
After using the 400DOii and the 300 2.8 my take away is this.
With adapted EOS long lenses auto-focus via Metabones is a perquisite, a nice one at that.
That there is a happy zone of about 4-5 feet of depth where I can move from target to target and think I'm using the 5Diii,
move out of that zone and it's like that A7R, see a target on a distant tree then I need to manually pre-focus.

My take away on the ISO performance of this camera is wow!

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IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/x6dm​xx ISO 6400 by MedicineMan4040, on Flickr

Wow indeed. Very impressed with that 6400 shot. Nice work

With certain older lenses you have to go in the menu and switch to contrast detection. Second tab (gear symbol) item 7. The 135 works then, but pretty much the same as it does with the other a7 cameras. I may make this a custom switch if the system allows it. Nope, not an option. You have to change the setting when you switch lenses. Now, I have to add--the 135 works with the af set to contrast detection, but I get quicker results for my taste using the manual approach.