Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

This was probably one of my favorite images from the session...and not one on the edit list from the parents...but I edited it anyway for my portfolio....

crap.... I think I got a crappity crap crap crapadoo Tamron 28-75 2.8

Going to at least try shooting this weekend when I can focus on what im doing but I dont think its a keeper.

Sigh

my son is a junior now and one of his elective is Film Making and Video Production. I'm giving him my A6000. I'm excited.

My daughter at a recent ranch trip.

Talley wrote in post #18685690
My daughter at a recent ranch trip.

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Is that an e mount 85mm art?

TRhoads wrote in post #18685662
This was probably one of my favorite images from the session...and not one on the edit list from the parents...but I edited it anyway for my portfolio....

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the 85Gm did the brunt of the work on this shoot...I freakin love that lens...

Really nice work travis.

Yeah 85GM never disappoints.

AlanU wrote in post #18685697
Is that an e mount 85mm art?

No sorry after double checking it was indeed the 85 1.8. I corrected the lens info.

I’ll be sending my 85A to get converted soon. It destroys the Sony 1.8

Nikon's two mirrorless cameras look like they could be solid FF cameras. But they're about a year too late IMO. When I look at the a7riii, a7iii, and a9, there's really nothing that glaringly holds me back. I think I've hit my G.A.S equilibrium point.....haven't bought anything in 2018!

The one thing I'm curious about is what advantages the diameter of the z-mount yields, since a lot of the teasers seem to be emphasis it a lot. A couple of years back Sigma made a comment about the challenges involved in making lenses for the FE mount since the throat diameter was so narrow. It's possible that Nikon's mount is able to accommodate simpler, smaller (cheaper) lens designs for fast aperture glass and this is why they keep hyping up this f .95 Noct glass. I don't really care for F.95 glass as that pushes into DOF's that are too narrow for most uses. But if it means smaller f1.4 or f2 glass, that would certainly be a big advantage over Sony.

Then again the leaked photos of the nikon mirrorless with what looks like the F4 zoom don't look much smaller than the Sony F4 zooms so who knows.

Talley wrote in post #18685823
No sorry after double checking it was indeed the 85 1.8. I corrected the lens info.

I’ll be sending my 85A to get converted soon. It destroys the Sony 1.8

How much is the conversion? I'm thinking of sending my 135 in.

mystik610 wrote in post #18685821
Really nice work travis.

Yeah 85GM never disappoints.

thank you sir...no, it does not...and for me...it sits so nice in the hand when working that I love it...it stays on the camera a lot.

TRhoads wrote in post #18685831
thank you sir...no, it does not...and for me...it sits so nice in the hand when working that I love it...it stays on the camera a lot.

Yeah I love the way it balances on the camera. Plus the 85mm working distance is ideal for posed portraits.
135mm is a lot harder to shoot with in terms of working distance.

I get weird ideas of the Sigma 105, but don't think it will work as well as the 85GM overall.

Plus of of course the 85GM rendering is pretty special.

mystik610 wrote in post #18685834
Yeah I love the way it balances on the camera. Plus the 85mm working distance is ideal for posed portraits.
135mm is a lot harder to shoot with in terms of working distance.

I get weird ideas of the Sigma 105, but don't think it will work as well as the 85GM overall.

Plus of of course the 85GM rendering is pretty special.

for me, I think I am good with my lens lineup for portraits...I can't part with the 135L, even though I don't use it as much now that I have the 85GM...and the 135 hunts like a redneck on opening day when it is shooting into the sun or low contrast scenes...but there are times when it just kills it...so I can't get rid of it...

My lens lineup needs bolstering in the TSE arena...

TRhoads wrote in post #18685835
for me, I think I am good with my lens lineup for portraits...I can't part with the 135L, even though I don't use it as much now that I have the 85GM...and the 135 hunts like a redneck on opening day when it is shooting into the sun or low contrast scenes...but there are times when it just kills it...so I can't get rid of it...

My lens lineup needs bolstering in the TSE arena...

Lol!

Yeah a solid 135mm is always useful in the bag. Less versatile than an 85, but good for really pleasing, tightly framed shots, or circumstances where you need to really compress the background.

My focus has been almost exclusively on portraits these days as I don't really have time to shoot anything else. It was simplified my gear lust a lot.

mystik610 wrote in post #18685826
How much is the conversion? I'm thinking of sending my 135 in.

I've read it's 350..... I'll pass at that price.

On subject of Nikon mirrorless, love the potential of the wide throat, but a few things don't sit well with me.

Nikon has a historically large 24-70, and the refresh was even larger. Doesn't seem to me they care about size. The body seems substantially bigger than Sony..... More creep in the wrong direction, something that big would not interest me.

That said, these initial bodies may be the higher end where they want to compete with Sony, should they make smaller versions, they may have my attention.

I'm hoping they come out with a spectacular system, Sony could right done wrongs. Half of Playmemories is crap