Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

TRhoads wrote in post #18906461
I know I have mentioned it before...and was going to send the a9 in for service...the Card Slot 1 not reading error...turns out that it is a UHS-i vs UHS-II issue...Card SLot 1 no longer reads UHS-I cards. Maybe a glitch in a FW update that caused it and apparently FW 5.01 fixes it....I thought I was on 5.01, but will have to look when I get home. All of my UHS-II cards work just fine in that slot...

And a picture to go with words...from the beach trip...probably missed a dust spot or two but after removing a couple hundred I got tired of looking for them...not sure how the sensor got so dirty on that trip...but it took 3 swabs to get it clean.

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Lovely colours!

From a recent trekk in the Douro River valley in Northern Portugal. in this area the Douro River is the boundary between Portugal and Spain.
The highlight of the day was to watch 6 or 7 Griffon Vultures with their 91/2 ft wingspan circle us over head as they lifted off of the granit cliffs below only to be overshadowed by a pair of Golden Eagles that appeared a bit later, definitely a day I will never forget, even my partner who is not much into "wildlife" was awed by the experience!

Ive been going thru the flickr group for sony 85 1.8...... dang I dont need it with the 90 macro and 28-75 tammy but compared to flickr groups of those two lenses the 85 is a gem

Miranda1 wrote in post #18906631
From a recent trekk in the Douro River valley in Northern Portugal. in this area the Douro River is the boundary between Portugal and Spain.
The highlight of the day was to watch 6 or 7 Griffon Vultures with their 91/2 ft wingspan circle us over head as they lifted off of the granit cliffs below only to be overshadowed by a pair of Golden Eagles that appeared a bit later, definitely a day I will never forget, even my partner who is not much into "wildlife" was awed by the experience!

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And where are the vulture and eagle pics???????????????
Poof has me scheduled for Costa Rica again next year but for Griffons and Goldens I can overrule.

eriet30 wrote in post #18906683
Ive been going thru the flickr group for sony 85 1.8...... dang I dont need it with the 90 macro and 28-75 tammy but compared to flickr groups of those two lenses the 85 is a gem

Poof loves the 85/1.8 and it taking it to Alaska.
I keep looking at the 35/1.8, no need but it would complete the three 1.8's eh.

Supposedly Allan's Camera is to ship the 200-600mm tomorrow.
Replacement foot should arrive Friday.
Already have the 'snow camo' Lenscoat and the collapsible rubber hood and filter.
Should be good to go by end of weekend.

Back from a fantastic trip to Australia, a whole month! Absolutely gorgeous. I visited new places and revisited some old ones. I have actually lived in Australia for 12 years in the early 80s.

Anyway, while in Sydney I had the wonderful opportunity to meet with one of our forum members Dan Lee, who was kind enough to take me and my friend to Chinatown's special place: Spice Alley that I didn't know.
We shot some pictures and while I was shooting myself stupid in Spice Alley he captured me So here it is or here I am.
Thank you Dan

itsallart wrote in post #18906783
Back from a fantastic trip to Australia, a whole month! Absolutely gorgeous. I visited new places and revisited some old ones. I have actually lived in Australia for 12 years in the early 80s.

Anyway, while in Sydney I had the wonderful opportunity to meet with one of our forum members Dan Lee, who was kind enough to take me and my friend to Chinatown's special place: Spice Alley that I didn't know.
We shot some pictures and while I was shooting myself stupid in Spice Alley he captured me So here it is or here I am.
Thank you Dan

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I didn't know you used to live in Australia in the past Renata. You don't have much of an accent at all.

David Arbogast wrote in post #18906497
I missed something. You sold your CV 40? I see your sig shows an FE 35...that a place-holder for the new FE 35 1.8?

Correct. Sold the cv40 and pre ordered the 35

xpfloyd wrote in post #18906802
Correct. Sold the cv40 and pre ordered the 35

Tempting idea for me as well. Hope it’s a great lens, like the FE 85 1.8!

Finally got out, was looking for a low tide and flaming skies..... neither worked out

Had time to evaluate the 17-28, and I'm most confident that it's not as sharp as the 12-24. Certainly very good and it's really convenient shooting two tamrons with similar characteristics, after I run a batch job, I cant even tell them apart aside from focal length. Generally liked how the 28-75 shots came out for this particular place, if there were better reflections and sky, the 17-28 would have been used more.

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itsallart wrote in post #18906783
Back from a fantastic trip to Australia, a whole month! Absolutely gorgeous. I visited new places and revisited some old ones. I have actually lived in Australia for 12 years in the early 80s.

Anyway, while in Sydney I had the wonderful opportunity to meet with one of our forum members Dan Lee, who was kind enough to take me and my friend to Chinatown's special place: Spice Alley that I didn't know.
We shot some pictures and while I was shooting myself stupid in Spice Alley he captured me So here it is or here I am.
Thank you Dan

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Was great to finally meet you too Renata and put a name to the face after all this time. It’s a shame that you didn’t visit a bit later as they just opened a really nice new area in Darling Harbour that you would have loved!

David Arbogast wrote in post #18906812
Tempting idea for me as well. Hope it’s a great lens, like the FE 85 1.8!

Whilst I loved the cv40 and was getting used to manual focus I couldn’t really justify having both lenses and at the end of the day I realised I prefer AF in that range for the things I photograph most (kids that don’t sit still ) so I just sold it. I also sold the batis 85 which I also loved. I’ll likely add the FE85 at one point too

xpfloyd wrote in post #18906844
Whilst I loved the cv40 and was getting used to manual focus I couldn’t really justify having both lenses and at the end of the day I realised I prefer AF in that range for the things I photograph most (kids that don’t sit still ) so I just sold it. I also sold the batis 85 which I also loved. I’ll likely add the FE85 at one point too

Personally, I couldn't tell the difference between images from the two 85's.