Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

digital_AM wrote in post #18521020
Very sorry to hear that Carlo. We lost our grandma a few weeks ago.

man...rough times around here lately...sorry to hear that.

David Arbogast wrote in post #18521165
Loxia 21mm:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/CZPB​yP Tranquility Manor by David Arbogast, on Flickr

that looks like a rendering, really well done David.

mystik610 wrote in post #18521248
Hehe yes. There are HUGE diminishing returns as you start spending more money on audio....much more so than photography. The sad thing about audio is that its sort of a sad thing that you enjoy alone as very few people can really appreciate it. Very different from photography, which is something inherently shared

I'm sure this is grounds to revoke my audiophile card, but this is my audio gear of choice these days. I still have my B&W P7's and fiio amp that I use at work, but these Jaybird's sound pretty good and are so cool and convenient.

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I would lose those in no time...I have a hard enough time keeping up with my earbuds as it is...

TRhoads wrote in post #18521263
man...rough times around here lately...sorry to hear that.

that looks like a rendering, really well done David.

I would lose those in no time...I have a hard enough time keeping up with my earbuds as it is...

or step on them

Sony DSC-RX10M4
24-600mm F2.4-4.0
ƒ/4.0 220.0 mm 1/640 250

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TRhoads wrote in post #18521263
that looks like a rendering, really well done David.

Thank you Travis, really appreciate that comment.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18521124
Yes 77mm, my bad. Sorry Eriet

Here's a shot via the Chinese 25mm F1.8 --Chinabay-- that arrived today. $64.
Yep a cropper but 18mpx is plenty to goof off with.
Manual focus of course with yellow focus peaking on the word 'Syrp'.

https://www.ebay.com …ksid=p2057872.m​2749.l2649

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Love my Syrp Genie. Had a problem with it this year and luckily for me, their office is only a 10 minute walk from my business in Auckland. They replaced my unit fully, no problem at all

I'm resolving to use my camera to document my own life more.

Here are some photos from a holiday party we threw at the house. a7rIII + FE 351.4

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Also...my snowday photo.

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TRhoads wrote in post #18521263
I would lose those in no time...I have a hard enough time keeping up with my earbuds as it is...

I've had a few close calls already. The charger case makes it harder to lose them though...I put them straight into it when I'm not using them.

gaabnz wrote in post #18521283
Love my Syrp Genie. Had a problem with it this year and luckily for me, their office is only a 10 minute walk from my business in Auckland. They replaced my unit fully, no problem at all

Gaab I had the big Genie but sold it to a co-worker's brother who is aspiring pro photographer.
For me the mini is awesome....not really used yet but played with at home and works with all the cameras
I've tried so far (a6500,a9,a7rii), still have to try on the RX100v and RX10iv but I've got a good feeling.
The big Genie has the best interface of all the revolvers I've tried, glad to report the mini is just as slick.

mystik610 wrote in post #18521287
I'm resolving to use my camera to document my own life more.

Here are some photos from a holiday party we threw at the house. a7rIII + FE 351.4

I have made that same resolution...and did better this year, have to do better next year...we as photographers can preserve those in our family that might not be around in a few years...and that is invaluable...

mystik610 wrote in post #18521248
Hehe yes. There are HUGE diminishing returns as you start spending more money on audio....much more so than photography. The sad thing about audio is that its sort of a sad thing that you enjoy alone as very few people can really appreciate it. Very different from photography, which is something inherently shared

I'm sure this is grounds to revoke my audiophile card, but this is my audio gear of choice these days. I still have my B&W P7's and fiio amp that I use at work, but these Jaybird's sound pretty good and are so cool and convenient.

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Agreed on all points. I still use my P7 Wireless at work all day, but I always have my AirPods in my pocket. So easy to be able to pull them out and be listening in 20 seconds. No cords to mess with ever. Just such a great solution. You forget how small they are when you are listening to them, but then when you put the P7's back on, you remember.

I have a few friends that I can talk music with, but not many. As you said, it's a very personal thing. Everyone likes something different. I enjoy tracking my listening on last.fm (in my sig) and using that and Spotify for discovery (Apple Music isn't that great for discovery I've found) I think I'm more of a music fan than an audiophile, but I love good sound along with the music itself.

randy98mtu wrote in post #18521346
I think I'm more of a music fan than an audiophile, but I love good sound along with the music itself.

this is me...I don't claim to be an audiophile...but I love music, and listening to it...and I want it to sound good...I think part of it comes from being 100% non musical...I can't read music, can't play anything...but always wanted to...

randy98mtu wrote in post #18521346
Agreed on all points. I still use my P7 Wireless at work all day, but I always have my AirPods in my pocket. So easy to be able to pull them out and be listening in 20 seconds. No cords to mess with ever. Just such a great solution. You forget how small they are when you are listening to them, but then when you put the P7's back on, you remember.

Yup. And I love how discrete they are....I find myself listening music when doing things like walking around the mall, on my lunch break, whatever. Everyday life has a soundtrack now hah

randy98mtu wrote in post #18521346
I have a few friends that I can talk music with, but not many. As you said, it's a very personal thing. Everyone likes something different. I enjoy tracking my listening on last.fm (in my sig) and using that and Spotify for discovery (Apple Music isn't that great for discovery I've found) I think I'm more of a music fan than an audiophile, but I love good sound along with the music itself.

Yes thats a good way of putting it.....nowadays I'm more of a music lover than an audiophile these days. I had an audiophile phase, and after a while it really becomes more about an obsession with the technical aspects of the gear than the actual music...very much akin to buying photography gear just to pixel and shoot brick walls. I think I've settled into a happy medium where its more about the music, and I care about the gear only to the extent that it can faithfully reproduce the music. I don't need all the technical nuances I used to look for when I would listen to the gear, and not the music itself. Nowadays convenience takes precedence over pure audio quality...so compressed audio be damned, I'm all about streaming services!

Funny thing is my dream was always to have a dedicated home theater/listening room and I never use it because it's not worth the hassle. I really want to turn that space into a studio.

But headphones amps and DAC's...definitely worth at least something simplistic. Don't buy expensive headphones if you can't drive them properly...its kind of like buying an a7rIII and shooting small JPEGS all day.

TRhoads wrote in post #18521334
I have made that same resolution...and did better this year, have to do better next year...we as photographers can preserve those in our family that might not be around in a few years...and that is invaluable...

Yeah totally. I had that epiphany when we were trying to find a photo of my mother in law for the funeral services. All we had were crappy cell phone photos that look fine on a mobile, but looked like crap when we printed them large. It's nuts because my clients don't have that problem, but here I am with all this gear but no photos for myself. I ended up using a more recent photo we took when we knew what was coming, but she had already lost a lot of weight and I had to do some photoshop tricks to put some weight back on her. My family was happy with it, but it bugged me that it came to that.

mystik610 wrote in post #18521287
I'm resolving to use my camera to document my own life more.

Here are some photos from a holiday party we threw at the house. a7rIII + FE 351.4

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/HGnL​yP DSC03007 by Carlo Alcala, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/HGnL​Jt DSC03025 by Carlo Alcala, on Flickr

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https://flic.kr/p/HGnM​8zDSC03105 by Carlo Alcala, on Flickr

Looks like a great party!