Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

A little family time goes a long way, so away to the man-cave I went.
A7C ISO 25,600
I ran it through Topaz AI Clear from the old Topaz Studio. I have the latest Topaz Denoise AI but
I like the old old version better most times.

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David Arbogast wrote in post #19241784
I’m getting more doubtful that Sony will make aps-c wildlife camera. I really think a1, in spite of its very high price, is the answer.

David, the A1 isn't going to happen. I just can't justify the expense for a hobby. My wife would like to retire the end of next year so the extra 6500s are going into the retirement account. My desire for a crop body is that I remember my old Canon 7DmkII and how good it treated me.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #19241860
My favorite APS-C Sony camera of all time was the A7Riv in crop mode. All the ergos I love, fantastic AF, great buffer. Only thing missing --like all new A7 series-- a complete flippy
screen like on my a99ii.
The Alpha 1 with its mpx number can do APS-C just fine too.

I've always hated the rangefinder style Sony's for BIF/wildlife. So I can understand Bill's desire (mine too). The X-T4 was my answer and with the same pixel density as the A7Riv
it works a charm, and surprisingly has decent (not a9 level of coure) AF tracking. BUT no 200600...the greatest wildlife/bierding/BIF lens ever made (in good light).
Yeah, if Sony was gonna they would have. Not like they haven't had time to

I have really thought about the 7R4 Robert but the 7R3 is serving me so well at this point that I'm not willing to do it. I was tempted by the a6600 at the current price and may still if I can get it cheap through Greentoe.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #19241861
Remember I share the wins and losses.
Today was a bust. High was 58F (Lee that is 14.4c).
Constant rain.
But we went out anyway....to the swampy area uplake where the cattails grow hoping for a RWBB.
Found one, but not on a cattail.
That's the looser shot. Just a downpour, all of us soaked to the bone and cold for hours after (yes I had a rain jacket).
So back inside for a boredom shot using the FE20/1.8 and a crop from same.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2m2t​rNu An ungodly downpour by Stopitdown Stopitdown, on Flickr

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Lee, how 'bout a metal box sized to suit with flanges. Simply bolt to the floor of the boot?
In my 4Runner I have a slide out drawer system that is all metal under the carpet on all sides and is lockable. Many system like this are made depending on what you want to do.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2kNE​6gw dobinson by Stopitdown Stopitdown, on Flickr

That is nice I couldn't have drawers, need to be top opening /hinged but I like the look of that very much!

Fixing it down I don't think will be an issue, more locking set up or which locks to use.... I'll have a bigger look around later on.

Thanks

Zeiss Batis 135mm:

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David Arbogast wrote in post #19241965
Zeiss Batis 135mm:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2m2t​PtY The Eagle and Phenix Mills by David Arbogast, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2m2r​7Pn The Eagle and Phenix Mill Water Tower by David Arbogast, on Flickr

Excellent photography David.

Help please with simple photoshop question.

Say I have several layers open on an image.
Historically I click file then save and can choose jpg and it used to automatically
flatten the image as a jpg to the desktop in my case momentarily while saving the product.....then my layers
would reappear and I could keep editing.

Now I have to flatten the image then choose jpg (which was not an option until I flatten or merge all layers/only tiff
and two other file types available until I merge the layers), then I can save.

Setting? New thing with PScc?

Help Vinz, or anybody with A7C.
Issue. Normally the center large focus square looks like the diagram on the left.
Quite a few times now it splits in two and looks like the diagram on the right when looking
through the viewfinder.
Eye AF still works.
Anyone heard of this issue?
It also happens when looking in the menus.
Something I'm missing in the setup options?

Thanks for any thoughts.

48F this morning/June 1st haha summer, what's that?

Easy to set this shot up. Plenty of blooms all over the yard.

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24-105

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MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #19242025
Help please with simple photoshop question.

Say I have several layers open on an image.
Historically I click file then save and can choose jpg and it used to automatically
flatten the image as a jpg to the desktop in my case momentarily while saving the product.....then my layers
would reappear and I could keep editing.

Now I have to flatten the image then choose jpg (which was not an option until I flatten or merge all layers/only tiff
and two other file types available until I merge the layers), then I can save.

Setting? New thing with PScc?

It's a new feature added to the latest update of Photoshop and it's a PITA. Now you can only save layered files as .PSD, .PSB, or .TIFF. To save your layered file as a jpg or png, you now need to 'save a copy'. The thing is, that will append the word 'copy' to your file name and you'll have to remove that from the file name if you don't want it there.

I've gotten around it by naming and saving the layered file I'm editing as a psd as usual. Then when I want to 'save as', I click the new 'save a copy' command which is just below the old 'save as'. That opens the folder where my named psd is located. You'll notice the file is now named like the psd file but with the word 'copy' added. I just click on the original psd file which will use that filename to save without the word 'copy' and you can now use the drop-down menu to select all the different formats you might want to save to as before such as .jpg or .png.

(I hope that made sense)

Almost halfway through our trip and finally got some images off the SD card. Did a few quick edits from one of our big hiking days, but I plan on really processing these files when we get back. Thought I'd share a glimpse from our adventure. These are from Petrified Forest/Painted Desert National Park.

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PD Overlook

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Painted Desert Detail

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Painted Desert Road

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #19241860
My favorite APS-C Sony camera of all time was the A7Riv in crop mode. All the ergos I love, fantastic AF, great buffer. Only thing missing --like all new A7 series-- a complete flippy
screen like on my a99ii.
The Alpha 1 with its mpx number can do APS-C just fine too.

I've always hated the rangefinder style Sony's for BIF/wildlife. So I can understand Bill's desire (mine too). The X-T4 was my answer and with the same pixel density as the A7Riv
it works a charm, and surprisingly has decent (not a9 level of coure) AF tracking. BUT no 200600...the greatest wildlife/bierding/BIF lens ever made (in good light).
Yeah, if Sony was gonna they would have. Not like they haven't had time to

Canon rumors has a R7 coming soon, suppose to do what the 7DII did, but mirrorless. If that becomes reality, all we can hope for is Sony says all wright Canon we can do that to. Then we keep are fingers crossed its not in the form of a rangefinder.

4000' ASL good clean & healthy fresh air living...

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #19242025
Help please with simple photoshop question.

Say I have several layers open on an image.
Historically I click file then save and can choose jpg and it used to automatically
flatten the image as a jpg to the desktop in my case momentarily while saving the product.....then my layers
would reappear and I could keep editing.

Now I have to flatten the image then choose jpg (which was not an option until I flatten or merge all layers/only tiff
and two other file types available until I merge the layers), then I can save.

Setting? New thing with PScc?

I'm not sure if this what your asking

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #19242041
48F this morning/June 1st haha summer, what's that?

Easy to set this shot up. Plenty of blooms all over the yard.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2m2p​MTe Hello summer by MedicineMan4040, on Flickr

Nuthatches are the corgis of the bird world: super cute and my delight in seeing one never ceases. That set up with the rhododendron bloom is so sweet.

Adobe’s latest Photoshop update:

Adobe has wrecked my sweet sweet Save as jpeg Action that I created several years ago. I created the complicated save actions to maximize the quality of my downsized jpegs for Flickr. The action still works fine except for the very end where it wants to change my save filename to “Screen.jpg” instead of leaving as [Original Filename].jpg. Super-annoying.