The Sony A73/A7R3/A7S3/A9 Thread

GSXRMovistar · 2 Oct 2018 at 21:48

Raymond Lin said:
Get Godox (I am going to as well).

First, get a X-Pro trigger for your camera.

Pick the head that suit you, go for ETTL, then decide on size and whether you want AA or not.

and also AD200 for off camera flashes if you do OCF.

Been doing some reading on Godox, any reason you recommend the X-Pro for on camera opposed to a flashgun that has controller capability built in?

Was considering the V350S as I thought the smaller size might make a good combo with the Sony as a general walkabout. Also really liking those AD200 units however just sold my Lencarta studio stuff so will leave it a little while before invest heavily into a new system.

Raymond Lin · 2 Oct 2018 at 21:52

GSXRMovistar said:
Been doing some reading on Godox, any reason you recommend the X-Pro for on camera opposed to a flashgun that has controller capability built in?

Was considering the V350S as I thought the smaller size might make a good combo with the Sony as a general walkabout. Also really liking those AD200 units however just sold my Lencarta studio stuff so will leave it a little while before invest heavily into a new system.

Will probably end up with both but the trigger is cheap and actually fires IR !

sHo0sH · 2 Oct 2018 at 22:24

Isn't eye AF already mapped to the center button on the scroll wheel as standard?

Why would you change it from there?

Raymond Lin · 2 Oct 2018 at 22:39

sHo0sH said:
Isn't eye AF already mapped to the center button on the scroll wheel as standard?

Why would you change it from there?

Too low and end up hitting the wheel.

Greebo · 2 Oct 2018 at 23:07

Raymond Lin said:
Too low and end up hitting the wheel.

He's right you know.

Raymond Lin · 2 Oct 2018 at 23:17

Hitting that wheel accidentally is the bane of Sony A7 ownership existence.

Twice now I was shooting in bracketing mode accidentally !

sHo0sH · 3 Oct 2018 at 07:28

That could potentially explain why sometimes my iso or shooting mode has changed without me doing it!!?

Raymond Lin · 3 Oct 2018 at 13:26

sHo0sH said:
That could potentially explain why sometimes my iso or shooting mode has changed without me doing it!!?

I would turn it all off if I could except there are not enough buttons, basically the 4 buttons at the top of Canon DSLR is missing and they are now on the dial (ISO, Drive etc)

GSXRMovistar · 4 Oct 2018 at 10:57

Raymond Lin said:
Full size SD. The the Sandisk 64G 95mbs is the one I go for.

I'm being a pain now, would there be much of a real world difference between the following SD cards, does that 5MB/s make a difference for general shooting on an A7III?

SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC Memory Card up to 95 MB/s, Class 10, U3, V30
SanDisk Extreme 64 GB SDXC Memory Card up to 90 MB/s, Class 10, U3, V30

Looking to grab several cards so the difference in price soon mounts up.

The_Abyss · 4 Oct 2018 at 11:36

I guess it'll depend on how quickly and often you expect to be filling up the buffer? I'm not sure on the impact for video - can't recall the bit rate.

Raymond Lin · 4 Oct 2018 at 11:44

GSXRMovistar said:
I'm being a pain now, would there be much of a real world difference between the following SD cards, does that 5MB/s make a difference for general shooting on an A7III?

SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC Memory Card up to 95 MB/s, Class 10, U3, V30
SanDisk Extreme 64 GB SDXC Memory Card up to 90 MB/s, Class 10, U3, V30

Looking to grab several cards so the difference in price soon mounts up.

I can't comment as I never compared them side by side but I would guess you wouldn't be able to tell.

Greebo · 4 Oct 2018 at 14:00

Am I the only one who wastes my money by only buying 300mb/s cards?

jonneymendoza · 4 Oct 2018 at 14:18

Greebo said:
Am I the only one who wastes my money by only buying 300mb/s cards?

i do too

Greebo · 4 Oct 2018 at 14:23

Phew was starting to get worries then! Lol

Raymond Lin · 4 Oct 2018 at 17:21

Greebo said:
Am I the only one who wastes my money by only buying 300mb/s cards?

I have 2 Lexar ones because they were cheap when they went bust. Not bought any other.

Greebo · 4 Oct 2018 at 21:55

Got 4 of them. Started buying the Sony G ones now

Raymond Lin · 4 Oct 2018 at 21:58

Greebo said:
Got 4 of them. Started buying the Sony G ones now

I am going to stick with my philosophy of buying lenses…."save up to get what you really want and nip that upgrade bug in the bud."

Will have 24GM, 35ZA, 50ZA, 85GM.

Greebo · 4 Oct 2018 at 23:43

Nice collection

Greebo · 5 Oct 2018 at 07:04

Up to 1000 euros off Sony lens and bodies on Amazon Germany right now.

https://www.amazon.de/b/ref=as_li_s...27a11778d5776646eee89f7f7354d5&language=de_DE

Some great bargains in there if looking for a new lens which isn’t grey import

Greebo · 5 Oct 2018 at 07:05

Raymond Lin said:
I am going to stick with my philosophy of buying lenses…."save up to get what you really want and nip that upgrade bug in the bud."

Will have 24GM, 35ZA, 50ZA, 85GM.

I was talking about memory cards when I said Sony G. But bizarrely I will have 4 GM lens

24Gm, 85GM, 24-70GM, 100-400GM

Rest are all G or Zeiss lens and not bothered about getting their GM versions as they are either too big and heavy or have issues with not taking screw on filters.