Sony A7x lounge

I also believe, that we won't see a7rII anytime soon... a9r with 70mp (like some rumors were claiming) in range of 5000-5500 is more likely.

Interesting read...

https://www.dpreview.c​om/forums/thread/41476​06

the loud shutter (on Nikon) reactions are great...

Sony may indeed release an a9r, but the segment that the a7 competes in is a arguably a more important segment as this where a much larger bulk of FF sales are happening. Cameras like the a9, 1DXII, and d5 are special purpose halo type products, and are not really priced to sell in the volumes that the likes of the a7 and 5D cameras do. The a9 will not sell as well as the a7 cameras for the same reason you don’t see many of us here pre-ordering an a9, whereas there were 10-15 of us in this thread who had pre-ordered the a7rII. It’s priced outside of most people’s price range and the feature-set is very specialized. Based on how cameras are currently priced, $4,000 seem the be the psychological price barrier. If Sony is indeed serious about being a major player in the camera realm, it needs to have competitive products across the entire spectrum of the market….and Sony’s competitive advantage is their ability to release products that are on the forefront of the technological curve at each given segment.

does anyone here own sony's 90 2.8 macro?

am kinda ready hit the purchase button..

I am interested in messing with some macro stuff ( never owned a macro lens)

for photos and I think it could occasionally come in handy for video maybe

I like that its 2.8 atleast .. and at 90mm it should be decent for portraits ,, no spectacular bokeh like 1.8 or 1.4 .. but that's the compromise I suppose.

anyway.. maybe its just that no one here is really into macro photos?

rantercsr wrote in post #18341177
does anyone here own sony's 90 2.8 macro?

am kinda ready hit the purchase button..

I am interested in messing with some macro stuff ( never owned a macro lens)

for photos and I think it could occasionally come in handy for video maybe

I like that its 2.8 atleast .. and at 90mm it should be decent for portraits ,, no spectacular bokeh like 1.8 or 1.4 .. but that's the compromise I suppose.
anyway.. maybe its just that no one here is really into macro photos?

I got one. I dont use it as much as I thought for dedicated macro but I have found it to always be on one of my cameras. However I am thinking about selling it the 70-300 and the tameron 150-600 to just get the 100-400 GM or pull some cash and sell the 90 and the 70-300 and get the 70-200 GM

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mystik610 wrote in post #18341149
Sony may indeed release an a9r, but the segment that the a7 competes in is a arguably a more important segment as this where a much larger bulk of FF sales are happening. Cameras like the a9, 1DXII, and d5 are special purpose halo type products, and are not really priced to sell in the volumes that the likes of the a7 and 5D cameras do. The a9 will not sell as well as the a7 cameras for the same reason you don’t see many of us here pre-ordering an a9, whereas there were 10-15 of us in this thread who had pre-ordered the a7rII. It’s priced outside of most people’s price range and the feature-set is very specialized. Based on how cameras are currently priced, $4,000 seem the be the psychological price barrier. If Sony is indeed serious about being a major player in the camera realm, it needs to have competitive products across the entire spectrum of the market….and Sony’s competitive advantage is their ability to release products that are on the forefront of the technological curve at each given segment.

Yeah, many seem to be assuming that a9 will also have an R and S versions. But if Sony follows the CaNikon formula, the a9 will stand on it's own. There's no 1DXR or 1DXC, there's just the 1DX. However they go, I do hope some of the improvements will make their way to the R / S versions. Dual slots and the joystick, specifically

rantercsr wrote in post #18341177
does anyone here own sony's 90 2.8 macro?

am kinda ready hit the purchase button..

I am interested in messing with some macro stuff ( never owned a macro lens)

for photos and I think it could occasionally come in handy for video maybe

I like that its 2.8 atleast .. and at 90mm it should be decent for portraits ,, no spectacular bokeh like 1.8 or 1.4 .. but that's the compromise I suppose.

anyway.. maybe its just that no one here is really into macro photos?

I have the 90 Macro, and have actually been thinking about putting it up for sale. It's spectacularly sharp, but I rarely ever use it. My Batis 85 is usually my go-to for portraits nowadays, so the 90 just sits on the shelf. If you're looking for a lightly used copy, give me a shout.

A bit of variety with what seems to lately be a do-it-all lens

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bpaulette wrote in post #18341200
Yeah, many seem to be assuming that a9 will also have an R and S versions. But if Sony follows the CaNikon formula, the a9 will stand on it's own. There's no 1DXR or 1DXC, there's just the 1DX.

There actually is a 1DxC - called the 1DC - it has the same pixel density at 18 megapixels (as the Mark 1 1Dx) - and shot 4k years before anything else - you can still buy it for $4k. It wouldn't surprise me if Canon re-releases a new version - the 1DC Mark II with the upcoming Olympics.

that was a bit of a weird camera tbh... Ive never seen anyone shooting one... but that's just me

wouldn't surprise me the least if canon did release a mkii

wallstreetoneil wrote in post #18341296
There actually is a 1DxC - called the 1DC - it has the same pixel density at 18 megapixels (as the Mark 1 1Dx) - and shot 4k years before anything else - you can still buy it for $4k. It wouldn't surprise me if Canon re-releases a new version - the 1DC Mark II with the upcoming Olympics.

lets not forget that it started out as a 8-9k camera, that very quickly started dropping on price, because of very very poor sales.

Here is a simple technique to correcting white balance in an image. I use it for astrophotography but hadn't thought about using it for all my images. I first heard about this from Ian Norman from lonely speck but here Blake shares the technique.

nekrosoft13 wrote in post #18341311
lets not forget that it started out as a 8-9k camera, that very quickly started dropping on price, because of very very poor sales.

I think it was actually more like $12K when it was first released. I recall drooling a bit over it at the time

Here's some sample shots from the Yongnuo EF 100m F2

focusing is a tad slower than the Canon version, focusing is louder but I'd say it's 90% there. For 30% the cost of the Canon!

This weekend I will be borrowing a A6000 to see if focusing is better on that, I have the A7 original, which is not known for blistering autofocus.

Lens is available for pre-order on adorama or B&H, official release date is this Monday.

https://www.adorama.co​m …=cpc&utm_source​=adl-gbase

https://www.bhphotovid​eo.com …keyword}&is=REG​&A=details

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