Sony A7x lounge

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A couple more from a walked this morning....

Don't have a cat so these tiny puppies will substitute for now....

One of the Paleontologists at the fossil lab in the Natural History Museum in Washington DC

FE 28mm + a7S

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EverydayGetaway wrote in post #17688781
One of the Paleontologists at the fossil lab in the Natural History Museum in Washington DC

FE 28mm + a7S

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I've got my finger hovering over the "Add to Cart" button on Amazon for the 21mm UWA converter for my FE 28mm... does anyone have any first hand experience with it? I'm curious to know if it's worth having in the bag or not... I feel like it's not something I'd use often, but much like a Fisheye, would be a great thing to have for those few times I need it.

I like mine but then again I don't shoot a lot of wide angle. The 28 was the first lens I picked up for the a7rII. To be honest I've been using my 24-70 he majority of the time since I've gotten it since I have kids and the simplicity of a standard zoom is nice to have. And since I recently rebought the 55 as well, I'm using that the 2nd most.

So far I've used the 21 attachment for about 70 or so shots. I'm satisfied with it. It's nice to go wider than the 24 when I need to. Since you already own the 28, I say go for it. At this point think of it as a $250 21mm lens.

If you're shooting a lot of wide angle though, the 16-35 is substantially better. Doesn't fit my shooting style so I wouldn't get it. But if say you shoot wide a lot, then re 16-35 is going to make more sense than the 21 attachment.

The best part for me is that you don't have to fiddle around with the menu to activate the converter like you have to with the Fuji x100 ones. Countless times I forgot to turn it on or off. With this one it's done automatically for you. The lack of being able to attach filters is not a big deal for me.

More shots from my kiddo's shared birthday. All shot on the a7rII with a mix-up between the EF 24-70II, FE 35 1.4, and FE 90 f2.8:

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TMaG82 wrote in post #17688835
I like mine but then again I don't shoot a lot of wide angle. The 28 was the first lens I picked up for the a7rII. To be honest I've been using my 24-70 he majority of the time since I've gotten it since I have kids and the simplicity of a standard zoom is nice to have. And since I recently rebought the 55 as well, I'm using that the 2nd most.

So far I've used the 21 attachment for about 70 or so shots. I'm satisfied with it. It's nice to go wider than the 24 when I need to. Since you already own the 28, I say go for it. At this point think of it as a $250 21mm lens.

If you're shooting a lot of wide angle though, the 16-35 is substantially better. Doesn't fit my shooting style so I wouldn't get it. But if say you shoot wide a lot, then re 16-35 is going to make more sense than the 21 attachment.

The best part for me is that you don't have to fiddle around with the menu to activate the converter like you have to with the Fuji x100 ones. Countless times I forgot to turn it on or off. With this one it's done automatically for you. The lack of being able to attach filters is not a big deal for me.

Thanks for the input!

The FE 28mm is already my favorite lens, but I don't usually shoot wider than that either (though I do enjoy using a 24mm sometimes). I'm just thinking it would be handy to try, I think part of the reason I never shoot wider is that I never have... lol, you don't miss what you don't know.

The ZA 55mm is also on my short list... though I'm thinking I might just get a C/Y Zeiss 50/1.7 instead for the time being, since now they can be had for under $200 and are supposed to be one of the top manual lenses out there, especially given their size and weight.

Hmm... now that I think of it, I could get both the 21mm converter and the C/Y 50/1.7 for less than the cost of a used ZA 55/1.8...

Another from the Natural History Museum

FE 28mm + a7S

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I just realised I haven't changed the battery in my A7rII yet. I got the camera on Thursday night and have been using it since including chimping and checking menu settings etc. It still has 42% left!

xpfloyd wrote in post #17688847
I just realised I haven't changed the battery in my A7rII yet. I got the camera on Thursday night and have been using it since including chimping and checking menu settings etc. It still has 42% left!

Clearly you haven't been shooting enough

xpfloyd wrote in post #17688847
I just realised I haven't changed the battery in my A7rII yet. I got the camera on Thursday night and have been using it since including chimping and checking menu settings etc. It still has 42% left!

The short battery life of these cameras is greatly exaggerated. I can go an entire day of shooting, chimping and even using the WiFi and still come home with %20 battery life. The only thing I can think of is that people must just be leaving the camera on constantly without turning on the power saving function and expecting it to work like a DSLR would... which is just silly, the thing has 2 very high resolution monitors on it, obviously if you leave it on all day the battery is going to drain. Thankfully they wake up from sleep and turn on pretty much instantly, so there's no reason to turn off power saver or to even keep the camera on unless you're actively shooting.

I'm trying to emulate a film noir look from the 1940's. I think I'm going to need at least one more light. For this shot, I used a single flash in a 24" softbox fired straight down and a reflector to kick some light towards my face. The rest is all pp.

In this edit, I did add a Venetian blind cookie in post.

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I've got it on airplane mode and turn it off fully when not I'm use. I must have taken about 500 photos so far

navydoc wrote in post #17688868
I'm trying to emulate a film noir look from the 1940's. I think I'm going to need at least one more light. For this shot, I used a single flash in a 24" softbox fired straight down and a reflector to kick some light towards my face. The rest is all pp.

In this edit, I did add a Venetian blind cookie in post.

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I love it as is, really cool shot

xpfloyd wrote in post #17688871
I've got it on airplane mode and turn it off fully when not I'm use. I must have taken about 500 photos so far

I never turn off my WiFi, I use it too often to bother, still get fantastic battery life

shot this this morning for my fall ads with the 90macro.

added 3D text inside photoshop and rendered.

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Playing with toys

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