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Fun With Sony Cameras

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Vivek

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Re: Fun with the Sony A7 Series Cameras( all of them)

My most expensive A7 cam. Hacked for Ultraviolet captures and that is what I had with me yesterday.

Untitled by Vivek Iyer, on Flickr
Hacked A7, Ultraviolet capture, The Hague
 
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Malina DZ

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pegelli said:
Interesting observation Malina, but isn't that something that can easily be solved by a different default raw conversion? At least in Lightroom I'm using different defaults conversions between my different cameras to have a more or less consistent starting point between them.
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I haven't developed a custom preset for each camera+lens combination because I'm pretty much very confident and satisfied with color accuracy of the LR default (adobe standard) starting point (for a100 & a850). I tried different color profiles and custom actions, but they don't work for the same cam+lens combo in different shooting environments for me. BTW, I tried to match the colors of a100 & a850 in the test shots I shared and could not achieve it completely. The color difference between a100 & a850 could be called "negligible", but it is huge when you compare either one of those discontinued cameras to the newest model, a77 mkII.
 
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Vivek

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etrigan63 said:
Kind of looks like what will happen when the ozone layer breaks down...:cry:
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Not a problem, Carlos. At ground level, cars (emission/ particulates) protect us better than Ozone for blocking UV. ;) Paris, very little UV. The Hague, a lot of UV.
 
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Vivek

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I was thinking about a famous quote from a colorful former prez about chopping down all the trees that are the biggest polluters (CO2 emission). :D
 
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pegelli

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Thanks for the explanation Malina, I don't have an A77ii but sometimes think I should get one just so I can continue using my A-mount lenses on a native A-mount camera. However as long as my trusty A850 keeps clicking I probably won't take the plunge. Maybe I'll have to steer towards an A99 then (or A99ii)

Here's an example from last weekend with my A850 and an el-cheapo Helios 44-2 (a Russian 58/2 Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar clone with M42 thread). This shot is at f2.8, nothing to complain about for the 25 UK pounds I payed for that lens I think

 
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pegelli

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Hope so too Malina, although mine needed a 600 € repair of the AF unit a couple of month ago :(

Shot with the same combo as pictured in the last post on page 134 (A850 + CZ135/1.8)

A sea of bikes:


Strategy for finding your own bike back
 
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MikalWGrass

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P,

My a900 isn't worth 600 Euros, though I wish it was. I had to buy the battery grip to power the machine because the camera's electronics shut down at one of my son's first swim meets.

I would like to pick up the a77II but after Molina's review, I just don't know. I could use the extra reach and AF speed and tracking ability, but not at the loss of color.

Ah the ZA 135/1.8 - a real beauty, no?

Mikal
 
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pegelli

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Agree Mikal, that ZA 135/1.8 is a wonderful lens. Every time it gets used it delivers.

Don't know about the A77ii, I didn't like what I saw in Malina's post but on the other hand I've seen many great (and colourful) pictures posted with it. I think flatter files "out of the box" are the price you pay for higher DR, but I also think that with the right raw converter workflow you should be able to get good results that are equal (not necesarily the same) to the A850/900 output. Fortunately I don't have to decide now but I can understand that with the state of your A900 it's getting closer to decision time. How about an A99 or an a7II (with LA-EA4 adapter)?
 
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