Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

the Precision Camera with Pro Support discount charged me 246 for the 85GM. They said they need to replace the aperture motor or something.

TRhoads wrote in post #18493241
there are enough complaints about photography being too far from reality already, and that the creative aspect is being lost...the Arsenal thing seems to be making that argument ever stronger...if I understand it correctly from looking at the Kickstarter and the rest I have read about it...it does all the work for you, basically tells you how to shoot a scene and does most of the work or at least tell the person behind the camera how to do it...I am not a fan...I think it makes it too automatic...just my two pesos...

I get where you're coming from, but really, all I want is something that will handle focus stacking for me, so I can rip off shots in quick succession as the light is rapidly changing. I don't need anything to tell my how to compose my shots, what aperture to use, what shutter speed to use, etc. I've got a pretty good handle on all of that.

However, because the Sony bodies don't communicate focus steps the way Nikon and Canon do there is no tethering software that allows manual focus control (through the software) for Sony cameras. Meanwhile, Sony has the worst remote software I've every used. If this could work as a full on camera remote, allowing me to shoot and control the camera wirelessly, while also allowing for focus control/stacking, it'd be worthwhile to me, and cheaper than upgrading to the A7RIII, which is expected to have that level of control native to the body.

TRhoads wrote in post #18493256
even then...that is taking some of the work, and need for user knowledge and skill out...SR has been fun for a while...but for LE I have all but stopped using it. Getting back to traditional workflow, just because I get more out of it...I will still use it for interior architecture, because I see that as a place where it really makes sense, especially after I have been editing the last few nights working on multiple frames to blend into one image...but overall, I want to be the one to make the decisions...not be influenced by AI and the way everyone else does it...

Who says all those other AI tools need to be used? My cameras have an auto mode, but I don't use it. Nobody denigrates the use of modern cameras because they have automatic modes. You simply choose not to use them, while taking advantage of all the other things the camera has to offer.

vinmunoz wrote in post #18493525
the Precision Camera with Pro Support discount charged me 246 for the 85GM. They said they need to replace the aperture motor or something.

This is one area where Batis>Sony. 3 year warranty

One from out trip out to the tidepools yesterday.

It's funny. There is one area here that is well known and every time I'm out there there's a group of photographers all stacked on top of each other, each with their camera about waist high aiming down at this flat area. Why they don't look for something else to shoot is beyond me. I walk a few feet away, drop into a gap in the reef and end up with this.

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mystik610 wrote in post #18493539
This is one area where Batis>Sony. 3 year warranty

oh really. that's nice. plus faster autofocus.

Looking for Smurfette and Papa Smurf. to no avail.

Setup and results

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Before and After

High-End Retouching
Photographer: Jennifer Mcintyre

cc's are of course welcome as always.

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vinmunoz wrote in post #18493662
Before and After

High-End Retouching
Photographer: Jennifer Mcintyre

cc's are of course welcome as always.

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only critique would be on skin color .. I think she should be... browner?


other than that , well done!

how did you go about the facial hair/side burns.. that is an area i'm struggling in

David Arbogast wrote in post #18493356
Chattahoochee Bend State Park with CV 65mm:

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A stunner David.

Scatterbrained wrote in post #18493552
One from out trip out to the tidepools yesterday.

It's funny. There is one area here that is well known and every time I'm out there there's a group of photographers all stacked on top of each other, each with their camera about waist high aiming down at this flat area. Why they don't look for something else to shoot is beyond me. I walk a few feet away, drop into a gap in the reef and end up with this.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/21iR​7XL Claustraphobic Seascape by tltichy, on Flickr

I agree. I understand wanting to take your turn at doing something that has been shot a million times but it’s more fun to look around and get another perspective. You can probably go find their shots in a hundred places but yours will be unique. Great job!

rantercsr wrote in post #18493666
only critique would be on skin color .. I think she should be... browner?

other than that , well done!

how did you go about the facial hair/side burns.. that is an area i'm struggling in

I think so too after i posted i felt like it’s more on the yellow side.

A combo of careful healing, cloning gradually at 20% flow or 10%, then clean it with dodge and burn.

Then and now

"Cascade Falls" is on the Pine Mountain Trail in Georgia's F.D. Roosevelt State Park:

Loxia 21mm:

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