The Sony A73/A7R3/A7S3/A9 Thread

Raymond Lin · 4 Oct 2019 at 14:46

Greebo said:
That i could understand for the UK but the European price is out by even more. Even worse for low VAT Eu countries. Normally you can save some money getting it from the EU and shipping it to the UK but not this time.

So why are they setting the price so high for the EU?

New EU/Japan trade deal kicking in?!

That I dunno, may be they expect the Euro to go even lower.

Greebo · 4 Oct 2019 at 14:48

Raymond Lin said:
New EU/Japan trade deal kicking in?!

That I dunno, may be they expect the Euro to go even lower.

You would expect the new trade deal would make it cheaper than before in the EU. Maybe they expect the Euro to tank even more than the pound against the dollar!

The_Abyss · 5 Oct 2019 at 01:37

There is no magical new trade deal that makes UK photographers happy.

The unicorn isn't asleep, nor is it dead, it just ever existed.

Buddy · 9 Oct 2019 at 19:51

Anyone who has the A9 what the Iso performance? My current 7dii has unusable images beyond iso 800.
I'm tempted to go for a A9ii + 200-600 instead of a 500mmii Prime for the 7d.

I was waiting for the 90d and well that fell flat.....

jonneymendoza · 9 Oct 2019 at 22:14

Buddy said:
Anyone who has the A9 what the Iso performance? My current 7dii has unusable images beyond iso 800.
I'm tempted to go for a A9ii + 200-600 instead of a 500mmii Prime for the 7d.

I was waiting for the 90d and well that fell flat.....

I can safely shoot at 6400 on my a9. Its pretty good. Will try and post an example later

Buddy · 9 Oct 2019 at 23:02

jonneymendoza said:
I can safely shoot at 6400 on my a9. Its pretty good. Will try and post an example later

Really?

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2019 at 07:33

yea

JackWalpoleCupFinalA9_pt2_-434.jpg by Jon Richy, on Flickr

GrassRoots-fcniva-training-a9-11.jpg by Jon Richy, on Flickr

12800 example

JDR05335.jpg by Jon Richy, on Flickr

robj20 · 10 Oct 2019 at 07:37

Buddy said:
Really?

Even my Mk1 A7R will easily go above ISO800 with no issues. Maybe 3200 before you notice any noise.

And · 10 Oct 2019 at 15:44

I find a9 ISO performance is similar to that of the 1DXII.

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2019 at 15:50

And said:
I find a9 ISO performance is similar to that of the 1DXII.

Which is the best in its class. These cameras where designed for low light

Buddy · 10 Oct 2019 at 16:09

In fairness there is quite a bit of noise in the first and last pic but much less than what my 7dii would have shown in those situations.

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2019 at 16:13

Buddy said:
In fairness there is quite a bit of noise in the first and last pic but much less than what my 7dii would have shown in those situations.

Nice.

The first pic was heavily cropped and of course the last is done at 12800!

Middle pic is optimal with next to no crop

Buddy · 10 Oct 2019 at 16:14

jonneymendoza said:
Nice.

The first pic was heavily cropped and of course the last is done at 12800!

Middle pic is optimal with next to no crop

Very useful. Thanks for the samples.

Space Monkey · 18 Oct 2019 at 13:48

Absolutely no buying or selling outside the MM!

robj20 · 18 Oct 2019 at 14:11

I wasn't buying anything just asked about the price! It would have gone to a MM thread if anyone wanted to buy, talk about over reaction.

Captain · 18 Oct 2019 at 14:13

Space Monkey said:
Absolutely no buying or selling outside the MM!

Sorry I wasn’t trying to sell it outside the MM, was just giving a heads up about it going up for sale.

Space Monkey · 18 Oct 2019 at 14:20

Clov!s said:
Sorry I wasn’t trying to sell it outside the MM, was just giving a heads up about it going up for sale.

Still not acceptable though I'm afraid

Captain · 18 Oct 2019 at 14:42

Space Monkey said:
Still not acceptable though I'm afraid

Ok sorry my bad.

SDK^ · 19 Oct 2019 at 14:29

A question for the Sony Jedi's in here please

How effective are Canon adapted lenses on the A73? Does focus work well - tracking and eye tracking AF for both photo and video? Is there any hit to image quality? Will I lose F stops?
The Canon lenses I'm looking to use on the A73 are Canon 135L F2 and Sigma 24mm F1.4 Art.

Also, which adapter will work best?

Thanks

Lord-Jaffa · 20 Oct 2019 at 20:25

SDK^ said:
A question for the Sony Jedi's in here please

How effective are Canon adapted lenses on the A73? Does focus work well - tracking and eye tracking AF for both photo and video? Is there any hit to image quality? Will I lose F stops?
The Canon lenses I'm looking to use on the A73 are Canon 135L F2 and Sigma 24mm F1.4 Art.

Also, which adapter will work best?

Thanks

From what I read the 135 is very hit and miss when adapated on the A73, its probably my favourite lens so I just went with the EOS R, works great!