Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

Playing with the Sigma 16/1.4, this one at 5.6

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navydoc wrote in post #18674459
A "behind the scene" shot. No 'scene' itself as I've decided to go a different route but liked this shot anyway.

I finally got my 15' remote cord in and even though I need to learn my way around the Sony Imaging Edge software better, it seems to work very well. Of course, I have nothing to compare it with such as Capture One but to be honest, I don't care for the workflow in C1 and Imaging Edge is free. I think it's better than Lightroom tethering because I get a live view and that comes in very handy when I'm in a position where I can't see the camera LCD but I can turn the laptop so I can see what my adjustments to the background are doing for example.

My back also likes the idea that I can sit while fiddling with the camera settings and then viewing the resulting image. I have to admit that making changes to the camera this way is slower than turning a dial on the camera though.

I wonder if this would work for you in the field Alfredo as a way to see your images on a larger screen? I know it's far from portable though.

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I'm tethering with C1 is the fastest IMO Gene. It has liveview too, i manual focus with it and it's awesome. Nailed my focus everytime.. but I still edit in lightroom+PS.

I still control the settings in-camera, not on C1.

digital_AM wrote in post #18674443
I'm considering getting a Hoodman loupe. Anyone use one to assist with focusing or reviewing images on their LCD?

https://shop.hoodmanus​a.com/product-p/h32mb.htm

I used that on my 5D3 time. i love it. i gave it away when i switched.

Off topic, but if anyone was interested in the release of Mavic Pro 2, check below link.. Wow, Zoom and Pro models.

https://bgr.com …hanks-to-british-catalog/

If anyone wants to buy the Mavic 2 upon release, I strongly suggest pre-ordering on release date. I am carefully speculating that they will sell out fast and remain sold out for weeks if not months, just like how the first Mavic Pro did..

mystik610 wrote in post #18673444
I'd stick with the EF 35 and 85 GM combo. UWA has very limited use for posed portraiture. I've tried getting creative, but the distortion on the subject usually ends up ruining to photo. I'd say UWA are useful for maybe 1-2 creative shots to add some variety to the set, but most of the shots will look best at 35mm or 85mm...depending on how much of the environment you want to pull into the frame. Plus you'll want the fast apertures to get more separation from the background and your subject. At 35mm, you've pulling a lot of the background into the frame, so you want to throw it out of focus as much as you can, and you want to pull more attention to your subject with isolation.

Dual 200 should be powerful enough for golden hour. And yeah a lot less cumbersome to drag around than the AD360 or AD600 since you don't have battery packs to jack with. When the sun is still pretty high earlier in the shoot, it ends up being your fill light. As it comes down, you can split the AD200's into two separate lights and set one to key, and the other to fill.

thanks for your input, didnt take the distortion wit uwa into considertation., will most likely stick with the 35.

Going to risk it with the dual ad200..

i'm bringing the ad360's as well incase i need the added power.. hopfully its not a windy day, as i will only have one person helping me.
will have weights in the trunk just incase though

joonrhee wrote in post #18674571
Off topic, but if anyone was interested in the release of Mavic Pro 2, check below link.. Wow, Zoom and Pro models.

https://bgr.com …hanks-to-british-catalog/

If anyone wants to buy the Mavic 2 upon release, I strongly suggest pre-ordering on release date. I am carefully speculating that they will sell out fast and remain sold out for weeks if not months, just like how the first Mavic Pro did..

I read that earlier this week. So tempting!! No 4K video?

digital_AM wrote in post #18674577
I read that earlier this week. So tempting!! No 4K video?

Original Mavic Pro had 4k video, so no reason to believe new ones won't have 4k video..

New Mavic Pro's portability now with 1" sensor is absolute gold! I'll be ordering this on first preorder date.

joonrhee wrote in post #18674582
Original Mavic Pro had 4k video, so no reason to believe new ones won't have 4k video..

New Mavic Pro's portability now with 1" sensor is absolute gold! I'll be ordering this on first preorder date.

and i think it will have 4k 60p

vinmunoz wrote in post #18674566
I'm tethering with C1 is the fastest IMO Gene. It has liveview too, i manual focus with it and it's awesome. Nailed my focus everytime.. but I still edit in lightroom+PS.

I still control the settings in-camera, not on C1.

I do have C1 Pro 10.2 and just tried using that to tether after installing on my laptop. I have to say I've never used a program that made me feel dumber. My camera shows up, I can control the settings, I can even open the window to view live and to set focus points. But whenever I make an exposure, no image shows up on the screen to preview.

I admit I have no idea what I'm doing. If I need to create a new catalog, new session, new capture. Good grief! I can find the images using Windows Explorer but they don't show up when trying to import them into C1. Could they make this any more confusing?

At least Imaging Edge, while basic is something that just seems to work and fairly easy to figure out.

navydoc wrote in post #18674623
I do have C1 Pro 10.2 and just tried using that to tether after installing on my laptop. I have to say I've never used a program that made me feel dumber. My camera shows up, I can control the settings, I can even open the window to view live and to set focus points. But whenever I make an exposure, no image shows up on the screen to preview.

I admit I have no idea what I'm doing. If I need to create a new catalog, new session, new capture. Good grief! I can find the images using Windows Explorer but they don't show up when trying to import them into C1. Could they make this any more confusing?

At least Imaging Edge, while basic is something that just seems to work and fairly easy to figure out.

Gene, I had the same experience with Capture 1 Pro. Steep learning curve. I'm so used to Lightroom that I don't see myself switching.

Here's a very good video on tethering using Imaging Edge. This is for the Sony RX10 IV Camera but it works the same with th a7xx camera as well. He does have the image quality set to jpg and is why he can add picture effects, etc.

I should add that the captured images show in the Imaging Edge viewer app but I just use that to view the captured image. I have the captures saved to a known folder so I just open that folder later to send the raw files to photoshop. If imported through Imaging edge, they get sent as a tif or jpg.

navydoc wrote in post #18674623
I do have C1 Pro 10.2 and just tried using that to tether after installing on my laptop. I have to say I've never used a program that made me feel dumber. My camera shows up, I can control the settings, I can even open the window to view live and to set focus points. But whenever I make an exposure, no image shows up on the screen to preview.

I admit I have no idea what I'm doing. If I need to create a new catalog, new session, new capture. Good grief! I can find the images using Windows Explorer but they don't show up when trying to import them into C1. Could they make this any more confusing?

At least Imaging Edge, while basic is something that just seems to work and fairly easy to figure out.

you need to click window and into the library. i don't know if there's a shortcut for that.

vinmunoz wrote in post #18674669
you need to click window and into the library. i don't know if there's a shortcut for that.

I'm not at my laptop right now but which window and what Library??

it should appear here Gene