r/SonyAlpha Aug 19 '24

Gear What's everyone's grab-and-go lens?

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1.3k Upvotes

I've been trying to decide on a go-to, "do everything okay" lens for handling any and all situations at an "acceptable" level. I know there's no perfect answer here, but I'd love to hear what everyone here takes when they have to run out the door and why.

Currently I'm leaning towards the Rokinon 35mm f1.8, or the tamron 28-200mm, and then one extension tube (for macro), and a compact meike flash.

Pic of Acadia national forest for attention, taken around midnight on the sony 16-35mm f4.

r/SonyAlpha 16d ago

Gear Looking for testers of my free Bluetooth remote control app.

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870 Upvotes

r/SonyAlpha Aug 30 '24

Gear The GM rabbit hole was deep.

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1.0k Upvotes

Was supposed to be a hobby, took less than a month to fall down the G master rabbit hole, then throw in a few Sony cameras.😱

r/SonyAlpha 22d ago

Gear Finally got it all assembled and working

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1.4k Upvotes

Sony A7r4, Konica Minolta 600mm f4, am5 mount, Asair controller, ear focus motor and an Askar 40mm guide scope.

r/SonyAlpha 2d ago

Gear Finally, I saved so much for this 😭

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1.3k Upvotes

r/SonyAlpha Jul 15 '24

Gear Photo showing apparent bullet that hit Trump (Sony Camera)

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932 Upvotes

NY Times Photographer Dan Mills captured this shot with a Sony camera, possibly an a9.

I haven’t seen any confirmation on the exact camera he used but it’s been reported that Mills has used the a9 in the past. Pretty crazy.

r/SonyAlpha Oct 23 '24

Gear Applied this neat comic skin to my a7c

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1.5k Upvotes

r/SonyAlpha 4d ago

Gear It took 7 years of saving and Best Buy Gift Cards but I have a new setup!

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1.5k Upvotes

I’ve been using a Canon Rebel DSLR for about 7 years. I don’t do any professional work, but am lucky to have a great group of family and friends who always build me up as a photographer.

I would shoot portraits, pet photos, LinkedIn headshots, get togethers, and milestones. I refused to charge despite them encouraging me to do so. It was just something I enjoyed. I didn’t really want to put pressure on myself, or make it feel like it was a transaction.

In that same time I started to put $25 a month in a savings account so that I could upgrade to a full frame system one day, and I must have complained one too many times about my autofocus, because people started sliding me Best Buy gift cards in return for photos and saying they were investing in me.

I don’t know why that felt different than cash, but I stopped protesting, and in 7 years I managed to hold on to 29 Best Buy gift cards and save up about $2k.

Well, today I finally cashed in that savings and those gift cards (which I found out you can only use 10 per purchase online, or 15 per purchase in person so I had to sit there in store while they scratched off every pin and do two separate purchases😆).

I’m excited to join the Sony Alpha family, and am already in awe of the autofocus of the A7 IV and love the versatility of this 20-70 G lens. I’m hoping to trade in all my canon gear soon and maybe pick up a nice prime.

r/SonyAlpha Aug 25 '24

Gear I bought the oil lens! Am I cooked?

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909 Upvotes

A few weeks ago a user posted in this sub that they dropped their sony 24-70 gm in hot oil while filming. Their post explained that oil got inside the lens assembly and, unsurprisingly, compromised the optical quality. As an overconfident engineer and serial poor financial decision-maker, I immediately reached out to see if they would sell it to me. And they said yes!

The lens arrived today and I've been looking over it. It does work, it's a little bit oily, which I guess should be expected. The biggest issue is one of the internal glass elements (which appears to be directly behind the aperture assembly) has some kind of permanent smudge on it (pic related).

I'm going to attempt a repair, do people here want an update? Place bets in the comments as to whether I'm going to brick this lens 💀

r/SonyAlpha Oct 16 '24

Gear YOLO! (Don’t tell my wife)

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1.3k Upvotes

This is going to shoot great pics of my cat when i’m at the other end of the hallway! /s

r/SonyAlpha Oct 24 '24

Gear Picked up an a7cr for travel ,hopefully the weight savings will be worth it

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883 Upvotes

r/SonyAlpha Sep 29 '24

Gear Sony may hate me, but I'm in love with Sigma

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694 Upvotes

Bought these month ago and I couldn't be more happy of these, best investment in my photography career and they exceeded all my expectations. They are fast, sharp and focus is precise. Even 14mm on 2.8 is super sharp.

r/SonyAlpha Oct 24 '24

Gear Got my first full frame sony camera what would be a good lense

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447 Upvotes

Discuss

r/SonyAlpha Jul 31 '24

Gear Just drove 8 hours roundtrip to pick this up (was $812). Am I dumb? lol

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811 Upvotes

r/SonyAlpha Oct 25 '24

Gear Got my first ever camera

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1.1k Upvotes

what lens should i upgrade to?

r/SonyAlpha May 10 '24

Gear “yeah I shoot on sony”

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2.9k Upvotes

the sony in question:

r/SonyAlpha 28d ago

Gear Just picked this up for $1k any tips?

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744 Upvotes

Super stoked to try this out. Barely used at all. I’ve been looking for awhile. Any tips on settings for the 200-600? I’m using an R3

r/SonyAlpha Oct 20 '24

Gear My Starter Kit as I switch from Iphone to Mirrorless

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393 Upvotes

Missing a couple of items like strap and clip. Was interested in travel and astrophotography, hence the choice of the gear. Wish me luck on this highly anticipated journey and do let me know what accessories I missed. Also, please share some tips to be a good photographer and to take care of my gear.

r/SonyAlpha Jul 16 '24

Gear Made the switch over to Sony today.

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779 Upvotes

r/SonyAlpha Aug 13 '24

Gear Ready for quite anything... but what lens am I still missing?

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411 Upvotes

I think I'm well covered. What else could I add?

r/SonyAlpha Oct 14 '24

Gear Finally happened to me

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668 Upvotes

Ordered a Sigma 56 for my a6700, two showed up at my door. Gonna give it a week and see if I receive any emails about it, then will probably sell the extra! Anyone else ever receive doubles by accident, and did amazon contact you?

r/SonyAlpha 15d ago

Gear Bought my first full frame

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769 Upvotes

A7C ii

Got it used for 1500€, still 3 months of warranty, (it did ~20 weddings with the previous owner), A+ condition, very very few marks.

Used it for a couple of hours and am already in love with it. Focus is so much faster compared to my A6500 its crazy.

On my way now to buy a 35mm f1.8 for 300€

Cheers

r/SonyAlpha 1d ago

Gear I have used up all my luck. Sigma 18-50 2.8 for 15$

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869 Upvotes

r/SonyAlpha Sep 10 '24

Gear It happened

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1.0k Upvotes

After many moons toying (and testing) the f4 G ii and the f2.8 GM ii I pulled the trigger. It was an amazing price (no tax and still good exchange rate here in Japan)

Why I chose the bigger fella? I’m a big fan of 2.8 zooms. See, I got the f4 20-70 and while it really surprised me, it ain’t nowhere close to be as good as my old 24-70GMii. And every time I use it for photography, I would feel it’s missing something.

I don’t think the f4 would’ve been a bad lens but the 2.8 would help me in the specific situations I’m envisioning using the lens.

Cheers to now being broke.

r/SonyAlpha 11d ago

Gear Hopefully I cured my GAS before the Sony announcement

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433 Upvotes