Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

One more of my daughter from early February 1969.

"Time to go to Sleep"

Nikon F Photomic T | Nikkor 50mm f1.4 | Kodak Tri-X Pan 400
Scanned with Epson Perfection V850
Negative Lab Pro v2.2.0 | Color Model: B+W | Pre-Sat: 3 | Tone Profile: Linear + Gamma | WB: Auto-Neutral | LUT: Frontier
Final editing in PS CC 2021

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Little Downie posing.

Don't mess with me.

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This past Sunday, the weather in Montreal was fairly nice. Images taken with the Rokinon 18mm and (Samyang) 75mm.

David Arbogast wrote in post #19231635
More brutal honesty here: Selling lenses is no fun and pain-avoidance is playing a role here as well.

DTBaan wrote in post #19231658
it's sad how much camera gears depreciates these days. it hurts to sell them.

I think it's more the aggro and ½ price offers and scammers out there that makes selling gear such a pain and why we end up with more equipment than we need!

I need to do some selling myself really.

LeeRatters wrote in post #19231753
I think it's more the aggro and ½ price offers and scammers out there that makes selling gear such a pain and why we end up with more equipment than we need!

I need to do some selling myself really.

Plus it seems to me as well that a lot of people don't really do any research on the gear before they try and buy from you, and so you have to end up having to explain about design flaws/focusing speeds/lens creep etc. vs potential copy issues that really should have been easy to find out about through a basic Internet. It's really aggravating. Plus I find organizing shipping to be a pain, since the post office (at least here in Canada) doesn't ever seem to have boxes that fit the lens I'm selling, leading to either 'postal waste' (shipping in a box that's way too big) and/or postal cost overruns... Just a pain.

Plus you run the risk of making the ultimate blunder like me and accidentally listing your Tamron 28-75 as the Tamron 17-28 (that I didn’t even own!) and posting it out to the buyer

Had to pay for return postage and relist on that occasion. Still not sure how I managed that

David Arbogast wrote in post #19231635
I’ve had a change of mind: my 14GM pre-order has been cancelled and the Sigma 14-24mm stays.

I’m not sure selling the Sigma 14-24mm, purchased just a couple months back, and buying the 14GM represents a good value trade-off for me. In the Sigma I already have a superb 14mm f2.8 lens - possibly the sharpest 14mm lens (including the 14GM according to Lenstip review) - that offers zooming convenience. The 14GM, otoh, provides a valuable extra 1 1/3 stop, superior AF, better distortion correction, and much less weight/bulk. What do I value more? To be 100% candid about it I’m not sure. So, I’ll stick with the Sigma 14-24mm until I get sure.

More brutal honesty here: Selling lenses is no fun and pain-avoidance is playing a role here as well.

I havent cancelled mine...... yet

A couple from last night. Perspective correction is not perfect...but my laptop screen sucks.

Eddie wrote in post #19231897
Plus you run the risk of making the ultimate blunder like me and accidentally listing your Tamron 28-75 as the Tamron 17-28 (that I didn’t even own!) and posting it out to the buyer

Had to pay for return postage and relist on that occasion. Still not sure how I managed that

Lol yeah, I remember you having mentioned that before. You were really lucky that the buyer actually was both honest enough and was willing to go through the hassle of sending it back. I guess they kinda had to to get their money back, but still.

Apricane wrote in post #19231892
Plus it seems to me as well that a lot of people don't really do any research on the gear before they try and buy from you, and so you have to end up having to explain about design flaws/focusing speeds/lens creep etc. vs potential copy issues that really should have been easy to find out about through a basic Internet. It's really aggravating. Plus I find organizing shipping to be a pain, since the post office (at least here in Canada) doesn't ever seem to have boxes that fit the lens I'm selling, leading to either 'postal waste' (shipping in a box that's way too big) and/or postal cost overruns... Just a pain.

I find you have to list absolutely every detail about the lens/item!

Eddie wrote in post #19231897
Plus you run the risk of making the ultimate blunder like me and accidentally listing your Tamron 28-75 as the Tamron 17-28 (that I didn’t even own!) and posting it out to the buyer

Had to pay for return postage and relist on that occasion. Still not sure how I managed that

I remember that too! At least you can laugh about it now.

Well, I played it safe in my eyes and went for the Sony 20G in the end. There's a chance I may get it Friday depending on how it's posted so need to start thinking about the Samyang 24 & Voigtlander 21 now...... Oh, the star tracker arrived too today.

Apricane wrote in post #19231945
Lol yeah, I remember you having mentioned that before. You were really lucky that the buyer actually was both honest enough and was willing to go through the hassle of sending it back. I guess they kinda had to to get their money back, but still.

Luckily for me the lens I had was cheaper than the one he thought he bought

Well isn't that just awesome...the screen protector film that the original owner put on the A7r2 had a loose corner that wasn't sticking anymore...it got snagged on the bag taking it out today and it pulled it most of the way off...too bad some coating stayed on the LCD.

Not much on feeders for this bird. Pollen face tells the story.

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TRhoads wrote in post #19232005
Well isn't that just awesome...the screen protector film that the original owner put on the A7r2 had a loose corner that wasn't sticking anymore...it got snagged on the bag taking it out today and it pulled it most of the way off...too bad some coating stayed on the LCD.

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No good. Would it help to install a new protector?