The Reasons Why Gary Fong Switched From Canon and Nikon To Sony
Gold BOx on the Rx100m2 in Germany (via DL).
Lossless RAW petition on Change.
Zeiss Loxia 2/35 review on Fstoppers.
16-35mm review at Mirrorlessons.
Kathmandu, Nepal with the Sony A7s and the Mitakon 50mm f.95 by Judd Weiss
Pics with Zeiss Distagon FE 35mm f/1.4 (SonyAlphaForum).
35mm Distagon review by Jorge Torralba.
Fog gallery taken with A7 II and X-T1 (Mirrorlessons).
Jerry: “I have now owned both a Sony a7 and an a7II.
One of the very few shortcomings, as noted in practically all reviews on these cameras though, is the fact that if you want to use its LCD finder on the back, and hold the camera down at waist level, which in many cases shades the camera’s eyepiece sensor heavily, the sensor within the EVF’s rubber hood thinks the camera is being held to your eye and turns the LCD completely off in favor of the EVF only. Of course, there’s the menu setting on the camera to set one or the other SOLELY, but this is a hassle when you need to switch back and forth frequently .
I finally discovered a simple fix to remedy this very aggravating situation using a product called Light Dims, which are little inexpensive, stick-on pre-cot pieces of a neutral gray shading material actually made for putting over glaring, bright LED’s that are overly bright and irritate you at night or in dark places.
By simply cutting a 3mm X 5mm piece of this material and applying it over the left half of the EVF sensor window, the sensor functions perfectly and the LCD remains on even in very low light, plus the EVF still switches on again automatically when the camera is held up to your eye! This is an incredibly simple fix that many Sony a7 users have wrestled with for months and have hoped and hoped that Sony would correct via a firmware update! It seems to work for all the Sony a7 models including the a7, a7R, a7II and a7S. These little gadgets are available on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/LightDims-Original-Strength%C2%AE-Minimal-Packaging/dp/B00CLVEQCO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1428490110&sr=8-1&keywords=lightdims) or directly from the company at: www.lightdims.com
I am in no way affiliated with the company and have no vested interest. I just discovered this from another post on a Sony a7 forum, tried it and was super impressed.”
Peter: “i Tried SONY a6000 + HOYA 28mm F2.8 reverse for macro shooting. This is probably cheapest alternative for macro lens. Work perfectly on Full Frame A7R as well.
http://www.izzino.sk/hoya-28mm-f2-8/
http://www.izzino.sk/hoya-28mm-f2-8-sample/“
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Gary Fong switched because he got paid to switch. I still use my A99 and A7 but not because of Fong.
The A6000 looks technologically amazing and enticing, but the colors are NOT as good as the A99.
My thoughts exactly
Exactly, while he does tell good points (what every mirrorless owner should know, as that is obvious when you have shot DSLR/SLR for decades and dreamed about new features) but the way how He tells them and repeats goes too much to fanboyishm style. “Oh look this sony, oh this sony! oh sony! only in sony!”. Others has had that too (not Canon or Nikon) but that repeating Sony as getting paid for that wears out the magic what the mirrorless cameras can do. When you smear one brand to others face, many (most?) will find it offensive and the marketing turns against the manufacturer as there comes the question, what others has to offer when one needs to promote so highly their product?
Some of the samples he showed, like the breakfast on front of window, smeared so badly that you didn’t see the details, highlights burned too much and middle tones gone. The A7r harbor sample, air so polluted that you couldn’t even see the benefits of 36Mpix sensor! It was like taken with kit lens! Should have gone to areas where the air compression doesn’t affect the quality (winter times in cold weather).
The samples of their kids popping soap bubbles was similar, missing frames like some out of focus frames were taken away from between, as no kids hand is so fast that it goes from up to down in 11fps capture speed. Should have spent one day on sports to capture samples for that A6000 capability as well.
Now the good gear just left me (and couple others viewing it) turning away from Sony as brand.
I’m the one who found the LightDims trick originally. Glad it’s getting around
Seriously? Egoistic so much?
You are not the only one, you were not the first one. But glad that you are happy to believe you were.
Sony RAW = Nikon JPG.
Wow, did you come up with this all by your own?
Nikon Camera = Made completely by Sony
Nikon Camera = all made by Sony.
What an AWESOME suggestion by Jerry! The exact situation he describes annoys me as well. I ran to get my pack of Light Dims and after a few adjustments (only covering the left third) my viewfinder only switches over when it is right up to my eye now. THANK YOU!
For anyone interested, I did a shootout comparison between the new Distagon 35/1.4, the 35/2.8, the Loxia 35/2 and the new 28/2.
http://backgroundblur.com/#!/articles/5528f2a4bc1317ac11f1f945
Question: Does face detection on the A7′ work with third party manual focus lenses? I wonder whether I could use that face detection instead of moving the focus point manually. Thanks!
I have to expand that I would intend to use magnification mode while composing. If face or eye detection would drive the focus point I could jump in and out magnification mode while composing during e.g. e portrait shooting. That would be much easier than placing the focus point manually and then use magnification mode for getting sharpness. So, I hope I put that question right… Answers appreciated if my question shows as relevant and is practical at all. Thanks!
regarding the petition: I’ve signed it but nevertheless I don’t understand the logic to limit the lossless RAWs to A7 and E-mount cameras, and not simply “all Sony RAW-capable cameras”. As for me, I’d like to have this in my A99 and its future replacement, shall I create concurrent petition just because the author chose to limit the scope to the cameras he has interest in? Think outside your own sandbox…
Simply cut a piece of black electrical tape and cover 1/4 of the eye sensor from the right. Experiment with it until it switches to the EVF when something is just half an inch behind it. Takes about 2-3 minutes and all you need is some black electrical tape.
I found it what he says is misleading. When he says head knock, he only say 1 reason behind it. Why we all know center point is most camera. For example, A900 center point is so accurate u rarely miss.. i find the Sony’s tracking system is for amateur.Sony never really improve focus system, buffer and processing speed on the chip, but dumping extra features. If you look at A900 and A99. yes a99 you get more focusing points, but the hell we lost the center focusing point in A900. let me compare cars and camera. If you look at ABS- system in car. Good driver will never depend on ABS system. Is good to have it for average driver. it seem to me Sony are targeting average or amateur custom with all their camera.
Not exactly the same as ABS system. Many ppl have this misconception that a good driver don’t need ABS is because some so called “pro” told them this. While a good driver may not need ABS on a race track because the road condition is very controlled. You know exactly how fast and what gear you should be in way before you entered a turn. But real world daily driving is totally different. You may have to drive 70 mph on a road you never drove before. There may be potholes, ice, oil, or rocks which you don’t see. Even a race driver can’t beat the response time of a decent tracking system.
Wow the Raw petition has 900 signature in 4 months….That’s like 7 a day….man….too hot!…Still waiting for any real example of ‘Rawgate’
Be seriuos and don’t underestimate the lossy RAW-compression:
IF you are a real professional wedding or sports photographer, and you get paid for shooting test-charts only, this can be an issue.
It is an issue as I’ve seen it first hand. Nothing like a trail of “dirt” showing up around your highlights. You don’t have to push your files 3 to 5 stops to see it either.
Please share Raw raw file. All hot air until people show examples. Have been shooting A7 cameras since release. Never seen it…..
At work but I have no problem sharing. I’ll see what I can do when I get home. Let me clarify further though. I took a few shots in the city about a month ago. This is where I started seeing it. It appeared around bright lit areas as weird orange and green lines….very similar to what showed up here: https://photographylife.com/reviews/sony-a7-ii/3.
I can deal with that and honestly- I wasn’t quite sure at first that was it. Started doing some portraits a few weeks ago. This time I noticed it again. It showed up like “dirt” whenever there was a bright lit background…around and down the arm. Again, 200 or 300 percent crops here…but still. It was very noticable and started seeing if I could replicate it. Sure enough, no problem. Don’t get that with any of my other cameras and I’ve tried mutiple lenses and only shoot RAW.
Cool. appreciated 🙂
Another “feature” that Sony misses and I don’t understand why they can’t implement this as the feature is already in the camera, as in when you use manual lens with no electronic contacts, you can see the box hovering around people face but it’ll not magnify into it
Thanks Tan, a missed chance…
He’s volunteering? lol! He is not standing there on that Sony Podium talking to all journalists for nothing.
Shut up Peter.
Voluteering?! lol He is not standing on that Sony Podium talking about Sony cameras to all those journalists for nothing.
Shut up Peter.
This is the worst kind of marketing going. I can’t even believe people still think this rubbish works.
There are just as many Sony users who can say they’ve switched to Nikon- we’re just not hearing about it because they’re not broadcasting it.
What is that trick?
Nikon FF camera mirror less in the works huh? I think we knew this was coming.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/04/nikon-full-frame-mirrorless-camera-in-the-works-rumor/
and Nikon still outputs better picture files and scores higher for IQ.. go figure..
There is no Nikon, Nikon is a myth. It’s all Sony. Your Nikon 810 is a big heavy A7R.
I want my Sony D810 a.k.a. A99II.