The Sony A73/A7R3/A7S3/A9 Thread

crinkleshoes · 26 Apr 2019 at 17:27

doodah said:
Noice - what aperture is the 135mm?

Supposed rumour that the A9ii will be coming out in September and it will be 'revolutionary'. It's fairly balls to the wall so other than upgrading the flip & touch screen, SD card slots and FPS in mechanical - not sure how revolutionary it can be.

Edit - 135mm f1.8 ! Wowsers. Keen to see some reviews on how it does compared to the 85mms.

Yes, f1.8

That quick shot was just a little play after unboxing to test at f1.8 and see what it could do, with a gf who wouldn’t let me take many shots as she didn’t feel like being photographed lol.

Think it came out well and the sharpness at f1.8 is impressive and bokeh looks good.

Will pop back with some more shots when I’ve had a better play.

The 85 was my fav lens but this might overtake it.

tatts · 28 Apr 2019 at 22:08

Testing animal eye af with the 85mm, cant complain

Eye AF test by liam tattersall, on Flickr
heavy crop

Eye AF test by liam tattersall, on Flickr

The_Abyss · 28 Apr 2019 at 22:13

That is rather impressive.

And · 28 Apr 2019 at 22:19

Look forward to the a9 getting it.

crinkleshoes · 28 Apr 2019 at 23:33

tatts said:
Testing animal eye af with the 85mm, cant complain

Eye AF test by liam tattersall, on Flickr
heavy crop
Eye AF test by liam tattersall, on Flickr

Wow

doodah · 29 Apr 2019 at 11:35

A7iii going for £1,519.00 (E-Infinity) with a kit lens - absolute steal. If only I could justify the purchase now...

tatts · 29 Apr 2019 at 13:59

The_Abyss said:
That is rather impressive.

I thought it was too good not to share

And said:
Look forward to the a9 getting it.

It's really impressed me even on smaller animals. I go to a lot of zoos, parks etc so its very useful. Hopefully it wont be far behind on the A9

Richdog · 29 Apr 2019 at 14:20

tatts said:
I thought it was too good not to share

It's really impressed me even on smaller animals. I go to a lot of zoos, parks etc so its very useful. Hopefully it wont be far behind on the A9

Sony Eye-AF is in my opinion revolutionary, the animal addition now makes a Sony A73/A9 cameras so versatile for almost all kinds of photography.

Greebo · 29 Apr 2019 at 15:02

It is like magic. It even worked on a Caymen the other day

Sony has really set the bar high with the new firmware.

doodah · 29 Apr 2019 at 15:04

What's their post launch support like for previous versions of the A7S/A7R/A7x?

These latest firmware sound game changing, wonder if there is any left in the tank for the likes of the A9 and A7iii? Particularly the touch screen (making the menus touch)...

Raymond Lin · 29 Apr 2019 at 15:09

doodah said:
What's their post launch support like for previous versions of the A7S/A7R/A7x?

These latest firmware sound game changing, wonder if there is any left in the tank for the likes of the A9 and A7iii? Particularly the touch screen...

Touch screen in all.
EVF for A7III.
Curtain to go down when camera is off.

Incremental but welcome.

Greebo · 29 Apr 2019 at 16:32

doodah said:
What's their post launch support like for previous versions of the A7S/A7R/A7x?

These latest firmware sound game changing, wonder if there is any left in the tank for the likes of the A9 and A7iii? Particularly the touch screen (making the menus touch)...

Could be easily done. So could focus stacking in camera.

aoaaron · 29 Apr 2019 at 21:03

doodah said:
A7iii going for £1,519.00 (E-Infinity) with a kit lens - absolute steal. If only I could justify the purchase now...

Are they dependable do you think? Warranty etc. if something goes wrong? The problem I have is the Sony A7iii had some audiojack issues. Not sure if the extra £300 via Amazon is a bit safer..

I keep trying to convince myself to get a different camera with a flip screen but that eye autofocus is just ridiculous. Its like a hack for portraits.

And · 29 Apr 2019 at 22:21

Summer sometime, but after my time out on the Hebrides.

tatts said:
It's really impressed me even on smaller animals. I go to a lot of zoos, parks etc so its very useful. Hopefully it wont be far behind on the A9

doodah · 30 Apr 2019 at 10:38

aoaaron said:
Are they dependable do you think? Warranty etc. if something goes wrong? The problem I have is the Sony A7iii had some audiojack issues. Not sure if the extra £300 via Amazon is a bit safer..

I keep trying to convince myself to get a different camera with a flip screen but that eye autofocus is just ridiculous. Its like a hack for portraits.

I haven't used them myself but they seem to rate well enough on Trust Pilot. I have used a grey import site for my Sigma 18-35 1.8 though and had no issues. Hopefully someone else can interject but I assume the warranty is valid and could you not put the camera on a gadget/contents insurance to cover it after the first year?

wozzizname · 1 May 2019 at 10:28

I see Sony are now doing a cash back offer - £150 off the A7iii.

robj20 · 1 May 2019 at 11:16

wozzizname said:
I see Sony are now doing a cash back offer - £150 off the A7iii.

Makes the Amazon price look better against the grey imports. Might take them up on their 5 months payment as well.

Greebo · 1 May 2019 at 11:29

wozzizname said:
I see Sony are now doing a cash back offer - £150 off the A7iii.

Yeah for the first time ever. Never been a better time to buy a A7iii. £1650 is only £100 more than the import sites.

robj20 · 1 May 2019 at 11:37

Greebo said:
Yeah for the first time ever. Never been a better time to buy a A7iii. £1650 is only £100 more than the import sites.

It's not, £1,389 it can be had for.

Greebo · 1 May 2019 at 12:01

robj20 said:
It's not, £1,389 it can be had for.

Thats a good price, I had only seen it at £1550 at most of the reputable grey sites I would use.