The Sony A73/A7R3/A7S3/A9 Thread

jonneymendoza · 13 Mar 2018 at 19:39

Raymond Lin said:
It's 2018, you can get 8G in a £500 phone.

It's fine.

what mobile phone has 8gb ram?

all i see are ones between 4 and 6gb.

the new samsung s9 is 6gb?

Point is, There is not a camera out there with more then 8gb of ram for buffer. exciting times

Raymond Lin · 13 Mar 2018 at 19:43

jonneymendoza said:
what mobile phone has 8gb ram?

all i see are ones between 4 and 6gb.

the new samsung s9 is 6gb?

Point is, There is not a camera out there with more then 8gb of ram for buffer. exciting times

I just googled 8G ram android phone and like a bunch of links popped up.

https://www.androidauthority.com/best-phones-with-8gb-ram-801953/

https://www.geekbuying.com/item/ZTE...XVuUtD2qWwQ9jqUM0SYPCeSEq8kJzFB8aAmAoEALw_wcB

Here you go, less than £400.

jonneymendoza · 13 Mar 2018 at 19:49

o nice!. still cool to see tech from smartphones on camera's! hopefully 16gb is up next! would benefit camera's more then phones though imo

Raymond Lin · 13 Mar 2018 at 19:49

My £160 crappy Chinese phone has 6G of RAM

Minstadave · 13 Mar 2018 at 20:34

jonneymendoza said:
what mobile phone has 8gb ram?

all i see are ones between 4 and 6gb.

the new samsung s9 is 6gb?

Point is, There is not a camera out there with more then 8gb of ram for buffer. exciting times

The S9 actually has embedded DRAM on the camera PCB solely for the camera. Not seen that before.

The_Abyss · 13 Mar 2018 at 22:17

I'm still not quite sure on the camera - missing some basic options such as intervalometer. But I'm really in the dark about the lenses available on the Sony E mount - I know nothing about it. The Sony lenses look hugely expensive - what are the other options?

Raymond Lin · 13 Mar 2018 at 22:21

The_Abyss said:
I'm still not quite sure on the camera - missing some basic options such as intervalometer. But I'm really in the dark about the lenses available on the Sony E mount - I know nothing about it. The Sony lenses look hugely expensive - what are the other options?

You can get an adapter and use canon glass with full auto focus.

The_Abyss · 13 Mar 2018 at 22:22

Raymond Lin said:
You can get an adapter and use canon glass with full auto focus.

This does not 100% help me sitting with a D750 and a few Nikon lenses!

Raymond Lin · 13 Mar 2018 at 22:27

The_Abyss said:
This does not 100% help me sitting with a D750 and a few Nikon lenses!

Oh, I thought you had a canon set up!

Erm, I think there are adapter for Nikon, not sure 100%

jonneymendoza · 13 Mar 2018 at 22:28

The_Abyss said:
I'm still not quite sure on the camera - missing some basic options such as intervalometer. But I'm really in the dark about the lenses available on the Sony E mount - I know nothing about it. The Sony lenses look hugely expensive - what are the other options?

Not all the Sony lenses are expensive! But look at the none gm lenses for a start And also look at third party ones by samyang and now sigma with its art primes

The_Abyss · 13 Mar 2018 at 22:58

Thanks for that. Prices still TBA on the Sigma's, by the looks of things. I wonder if this might be better to wait until a bit later in the year when the body prices have cooled somewhat and there's more coverage of the lens performance.

The_Abyss · 13 Mar 2018 at 23:02

Raymond Lin said:
Oh, I thought you had a canon set up!

I moved about three years ago and had convinced myself that I'd use the D750 for more video. Unfortunately it really isn't very good for that (in my hands, at least) and I've become increasingly frustrated with the size of it. I've used my RX100 IV far more frequently, and the portability and video are far better, but even at my level I still find it quite limiting sometimes.

Raymond Lin · 13 Mar 2018 at 23:05

The_Abyss said:
I moved about three years ago and had convinced myself that I'd use the D750 for more video. Unfortunately it really isn't very good for that (in my hands, at least) and I've become increasingly frustrated with the size of it. I've used my RX100 IV far more frequently, and the portability and video are far better, but even at my level I still find it quite limiting sometimes.

To be fair, I don't think video is D750's strong point, even from the die hard Nikon fan, even in the in D850, this is mostly to do with the AF when shooting video, Canon's Dual Pixel AF is arguably the best.

For a pocket choice, the its hard to beat a Rx100 series camera.

The_Abyss · 13 Mar 2018 at 23:15

Indeed, the RX100 is really good, to a point. I guess I'm wrestling with dumping around £3,000 of Nikon gear to probably end up with £4,000 or so of Sony compatible gear, so just want to make sure that I'm actually moving to something that really does what I want it to do as opposed to the next bright new thing that ultimately disappoints after a few months of use.

I have a nagging feeling that, given the rate of progress, there's an A7 IV not a million miles away, and perhaps a more mature lens lineup by then to accompany it. I think I might sell all the Nikon gear after my next trip away in April. That will at least focus the mind!

Raymond Lin · 13 Mar 2018 at 23:27

If the Sigma Art E-mount is on par with their DSLR prices then it'll be okay, they would solve pretty much all my lens problems, from 20mm to 135mm.

The_Abyss · 13 Mar 2018 at 23:57

Hopefully it should be close - from reading the reviews tonight they appear to be basically the same lenses with an integrated adaptor built in.

jonneymendoza · 14 Mar 2018 at 07:53

The_Abyss said:
Indeed, the RX100 is really good, to a point. I guess I'm wrestling with dumping around £3,000 of Nikon gear to probably end up with £4,000 or so of Sony compatible gear, so just want to make sure that I'm actually moving to something that really does what I want it to do as opposed to the next bright new thing that ultimately disappoints after a few months of use.

I have a nagging feeling that, given the rate of progress, there's an A7 IV not a million miles away, and perhaps a more mature lens lineup by then to accompany it. I think I might sell all the Nikon gear after my next trip away in April. That will at least focus the mind!

THE SONY has far better video capablilities that are worth the extra 1.5k u are switching .

jonneymendoza · 14 Mar 2018 at 07:53

Raymond Lin said:
If the Sigma Art E-mount is on par with their DSLR prices then it'll be okay, they would solve pretty much all my lens problems, from 20mm to 135mm.

it is on par with the DSLR in price and performance apparently!

hopefully they have them in the photo show this weekend

DeathStorm · 14 Mar 2018 at 10:37

A shame they're all big beasts, I really would like a relatively small 35mm f/1.8 but will probably settle for the Zeiss f/2.8 and the 85mm Batis assuming I like what I see in the A7 III.

SDK^ · 14 Mar 2018 at 14:31

DeathStorm said:
A shame they're all big beasts, I really would like a relatively small 35mm f/1.8 but will probably settle for the Zeiss f/2.8 and the 85mm Batis assuming I like what I see in the A7 III.

From the reviews I have read; the Sony FE 85mm F1.8 provides near identical results of the Batis, for a fraction of the price and weight.