Sony A7x lounge

eriet30 wrote in post #17689367
Probably for a brief moment in time but one of my butterfly photos from yesterday is now the cover photo for a flickr group....

https://www.flickr.com​/groups/vintagebokeh/

wow congrats mate.

i missed processing this before. i did it just now. A7R+Nikkor 135mm F2 AI/S

They had this strange trigger-less revolver at the American History Museum... and no explanation for why it didn't have a trigger... not sure how this thing fired.

FE 28mm + a7S

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http://americanhistory​.si.edu …earch/object/nm​ah_1313407

eriet30 wrote in post #17689469
http://americanhistory​.si.edu …earch/object/nm​ah_1313407

That's about how much info they gave at the exhibit... unfortunately it still didn't say how it was fired.

Thank you for giving me the name though, I found more info on it

http://www.nramuseum.o​rg …terson-revolver-no-5.aspx

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #17689256
Xpfloyd that cheap remote will it allow going beyond 30 sec in bulb??

Yes, one click to start exposure one click to stop. You just need to keep count yourself. That's what I used on my a7r

^thanks!! Now please give us a 4-5 min. exposure with LENR turned off
I think I've got one of those remotes ---if I can find

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #17689490
^thanks!! Now please give us a 4-5 min. exposure with LENR turned off
I think I've got one of those remotes ---if I can find

I done a 4 minute exposure at the weekend with LENR turned off using the lee big stopper to test for hot pixels. I didn't have a remote (still need to repurchase that cheap one) so just held the button in for 4 mins on a tripod. It was at ISO 100 and the resulting image had zero hot pixels and was very clean. It seems the hot pixels only appear when the iso is increased but are easy to remove if they do appear. This issue blown way out of proportion.

Not going to post the image as it was just a test photo in my back garden of a flower but trust me, zero hot pixels

Techart have released a firmware update for their eagle mkiii adaptor which allows fast af of the contax g lenses on the a7rii and can utilise all 399 focus points. Apparently the g90 focusses as fast as the batis 85. There seems to be a slight issue with some if the g lenses whereby it hunts at MFD but the 90mm is looking good. I'm seriously thinking about giving it a go. I have the batis 85 on order but this is a fraction of the price and smaller. Only thing is its 2.8 vs 1.8

vinmunoz wrote in post #17689259
i think with sharpness they're close. even if the batis is a bit sharper, it can't do macro. MFD is even farther on most 85mm. Bokeh though I'm sure the batis wins but I just got out of being obsess with bokeh now. The 90mm will force me to shoot at 2.8 which is good(for me). Tested shooting at my usual shooting time or ambient and I only need to go up to ISO400 which is nothing for all the A7 cameras.

I'm more into sharpness and macro capability. now if i win lotto tomorrow, i will order all the FE lenses including both the Batis.

Well, I can understand that people prefer the FE 90mm F/2.8 Macro G OSS over the Batis 1.8/85 because it has macro capabilities and a shorter MFD. But I don't get the argument "it is sharper" since I haven't seen any proof of that. To me, the strongest point of the FE 90mm F/2.8 Macro G OSS is the macro feature and its secondary function (not its strongest point) is that it can act as a portrait lens. Even if people don't care about the bokeh, the difference is still 1 stop and 1/3 which is a lot. While ISO400 may not be noisy at all, I would still prefer ISO160 over ISO400 if I could live with the limited DOF that F/1.8 brings with it. And then there's also the Zeiss rendering. So as a portrait lens, the Batis 1.8/85 is the clear winner to me.

xpfloyd wrote in post #17689575
Techart have released a firmware update for their eagle mkiii adaptor which allows fast af of the contax g lenses on the a7rii and can utilise all 399 focus points. Apparently the g90 focusses as fast as the batis 85. There seems to be a slight issue with some if the g lenses whereby it hunts at MFD but the 90mm is looking good. I'm seriously thinking about giving it a go. I have the batis 85 on order but this is a fraction of the price and smaller. Only thing is its 2.8 vs 1.8

Remember that you went for the A7II at first and finally ended up with the A7RII? Save yourself some trouble and stick to the original plan (read: get the Batis 1.8/85).

You might be right mate

I've always liked the g90 though but it was manual focussing that put me off it

I'm glad I don't have a dog in the Batis vs. FE90 fight. I think I've shot one portrait in the last 5 years. Would love to give that macro a try but really getting to grips with what I've already got, plus a new camera is on the way. But for you guys wrestling with the decision of Batis vs dual function FE90, can you really loose either way?

Just ordered the CV15 iii. Hoping it arrives before I go on holiday on Friday. Can anyone help me with choosing an adaptor for m to e mount?

Prices range from £10 to £250. Some are helecoid and some are not. Some say close focussing some don't. Help please!

Got off work, needed to destress-

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