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Sony NEX-7 Discussion

Godfrey

Godfrey

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remote for NEX 7

I was reading the Luminous-Landscape rolling review of the NEX 7 and I got to wondering: "Is there any cable remote available for a NEX 7?" I see in the manual that it can be used with an IR remote but I don't see any way of using a cable remote with it.

This latter would be kinda nice as then theoretically an RF remote could be used.

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Terry

Terry

New member
No cable.
I have remotes that work from the back and front and then I have tried another remote that only worked from the front so there is some different technology being used between front and back.

The remote that I will be getting is here:

http://triggertrap.com/

The problem is a wireless remote and time-lapse are sort of a PITA combination as on my wired remotes, I can hang them on the tripod.
 
Godfrey

Godfrey

Well-known member
Terry said:
No cable.
I have remotes that work from the back and front and then I have tried another remote that only worked from the front so there is some different technology being used between front and back.

The remote that I will be getting is here:

http://triggertrap.com/

The problem is a wireless remote and time-lapse are sort of a PITA combination as on my wired remotes, I can hang them on the tripod.
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Interesting. The notion came to mind as I have Cactus V5 RF transceivers that can trigger both flash and shutter with the appropriate cable. They work great with the E-5 and E-1 bodies, and I could make a cable for them for the GXR since it has a cable remote ... I could buy another cable for both and do some customization.

I didn't see that there was a remote sensor on the back of the NEX 7 ... where is it?
 
Terry

Terry

New member
I used this product to do a time lapse on the NEX 5n

http://sonyalphanex.blogspot.com/2011/05/tempus-nex-sony-nex-intervalometer.html

It would only trigger from the front of the camera and you can see in the video the positioning they used for the product. In reality this would be a PITA for a time-lapse in the field as there isn't a good spot to rest the remote with a tripod. I thought it was odd since I could always trigger the camera from the back with either the Sony remote that I had with my A900 or the cheap $5 remotes I bought on eBay. So when I got home after the time lapse I tried my cheap remote and absolutely could control it from behind the camera. I can run one more test on the 5N and that is with the front of the camera shielded off. (to avoid window reflections with this product (http://philipbloom.net/2011/12/01/lenskirt/) and see if I can still trigger the camera (rules out my other remote simply bouncing it signal off of a wall giving me a false positive result.

I don't have a NEX 7 yet but it will be one of the first things I test.
 
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m_driscoll

New member
Got my Sony Nex 7 body today! Took it out of the box at Glazer's Camera; put a charged battery and a SD card in; swapped a few lenses on and off, including my Zeiss 24mm; passed it around; and went back to work until around 8:30 pm...maybe, tomorrow?

Cheers, Matt

http://mdriscoll.zenfolio.com
 
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m_driscoll

New member
Carlos: Congratulations! The cat didn't appear impressed. :)

Not worth starting a "Fun with Sony Nex 7" thread. Just screwing around at the Camera store. RAW converted into DNG's in LR3 and WB at "As Shot" or "Auto".

Zeiss 28mm M-Mount; ISO 1600


Sony 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3; 92mm; 1/60s @ f/5.6; ISO 1600


Zeiss M-mount; ISO 1600


Sony Zeiss 24mm f/1.8; 1/60s @ f/1.8; +1/3 EV; ISO 1600


Cheers, Matt

http://mdriscoll.zenfolio.com
 
etrigan63

etrigan63

Active member
She never does. It would detract from her "aura of inscrutability." At least she poses which is more than I can say for my children.
 
Godfrey

Godfrey

Well-known member
kuau said:
For what its worth over at http://diglloyd.com/
seems like he does not like the NEX-7 at all...
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I particularly liked this paragraph:

"...As is usual with such cameras, the user interface is littered with irrelevant settings that degrade the usability. These settings persist even when made irrelevant by the choice of RAW (and are largely useless anyway). What’s wrong with one electronic colon-cleanse setting that says “hide all moron-mode and irrelevant settings”? Where is the Steve Jobs of the camera industry who could un-f*ck all this? ... "
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I realize quite clearly that the primary reason I would like an Leica M9 is for the superb *lack* of miscellaneous BS features I never want and never use. I love my M4-2 for this very reason.

Seems it costs a fair bundle to keep all that BS out of a camera.
 
etrigan63

etrigan63

Active member
That's because of the reduced audience the camera would appeal to if they implemented that. Let's face it guys like Lloyd and the rest of us here who would appreciate such a camera are a very tiny minority compared to the mass market. Sony has to make their cameras appeal to a wider audience. Consumer electronics marketing.

Now if they simply hid all of the cruft that is invalid when the camera is set to RAW mode, then they would really be on to something.
 
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llumiombres

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Honestly, someone that writes something like this… It's like he wants all cameras being a retro exercise!

A shutter speed dial like the Fuji X100 would go a long way to making the camera feel like a camera instead of a gadget (but real credit goes to Sony for a really solid handgrip).
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jonoslack

jonoslack

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kuau said:
For what its worth over at http://diglloyd.com/
seems like he does not like the NEX-7 at all...
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He drives me crazy - the stuff about lens caps is the epitome of his dogmatic approach - still, one should envy him, it must be nice to be so absolutely sure that one is right!.

Godfrey said:
I particularly liked this paragraph:



I realize quite clearly that the primary reason I would like an Leica M9 is for the superb *lack* of miscellaneous BS features I never want and never use. I love my M4-2 for this very reason.

Seems it costs a fair bundle to keep all that BS out of a camera.
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You put it so much better than he does Godfrey!
 
jonoslack

jonoslack

Active member
etrigan63 said:
Now if they simply hid all of the cruft that is invalid when the camera is set to RAW mode, then they would really be on to something.
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Hi Carlos
you could be right, but don't you think that some RAW shooters want this stuff . . . . or even that those who want this stuff usually shoot RAW?

I think it's easy - you just have a 'photographer' mode in the menus, which simply offers the obvious options, but with no extras?
 
etrigan63

etrigan63

Active member
I agree Jono, but if the camera cannot do a certain function while in RAW mode Sony has two choices:

EASY CHOICE: Hide that which does not apply to RAW mode.

TOUGH CHOICE: Make the feature work in RAW mode.
 
Godfrey

Godfrey

Well-known member
llumiombres said:
Honestly, someone that writes something like this… It's like he wants all cameras being a retro exercise!
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Personally, I'd say he wants cameras to be cameras.

And I concur. I could care less about "retro" ... I want cameras that work properly in my hands, that work with me. The Olympus E-1 is superb in this department (the E-5 almost as good) as are the Panasonic L1 and Leica M.

This has nothing to do with being retro, has everything to do with being usable, being logically laid out in a way that is easy to learn and easy to remember.
 
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