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    Which lens: (1) Brings you the most joy (2) Makes you the most money

    1) Sony 100-400GM 2) Tamron 28-200mm Although, for both questions, the 20mm G 1.8 comes as a very close second.
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    Unsharp shots of moon with A7RV - what am I doing wrong?

    Hi everyone, My Sony dealership exchanged the body without further questions, and after a week of work and a week of COVID I finally got to shoot the moon again with the A7RV and PixelShift with Motion Compensation. And I am relieved to report with this new body, the result is everything I had...
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    Used A1 or new A7RV?

    This is a very personal question, so what I can offer you is the journey I took to reach a decision. I have been in your position until I bit the bullet two months ago. And I also found the AF lacking for BIF on my A7R4a. Until I was in a bird hide together with a photographer who used an A7R2...
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    Can 20/1.8 G serve double duty cropped to 24mm (~f 2.2) on a7Cr?

    It can, I use it like that a lot on my A7R4/5 using the APSc Mode as a sort of digital zoom. It is so ridiculously sharp that you can make really tight crops and still have a very useful end result! Erik
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    Unsharp shots of moon with A7RV - what am I doing wrong?

    Sagging could actually be an issue with this lens at steep angles, I will give that extra attention next time! The bottom line is, coming from the A7R4 I didn’t expect/hope to have to ‘figure things out’ again. I had just assumed I could just do what I always did but with a flappy screen, CF-A...
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    Unsharp shots of moon with A7RV - what am I doing wrong?

    Thanks for taking the time to troubleshoot this with me! It is, but this was a clear night with lots of stars visible. I haven't had this happen to me before. But I will try again. Because I was getting desperate at getting a sharp shot and trying every trick in the book. As said, I took over...
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    Unsharp shots of moon with A7RV - what am I doing wrong?

    I have shot tack sharp images at 1/50th at this focal length with the A7R4. (see the image with Jupiter, for example) With some of the responses here in mind, and the results of another session where I had much less keepers than I was used to with the A7R4, I have reported to my camera...
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    Unsharp shots of moon with A7RV - what am I doing wrong?

    My experience is that with the TC and 100-400, going above F11 significantly improves the sharpness and reduces fringing, of which especially the TC suffers quite a lot.
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    Unsharp shots of moon with A7RV - what am I doing wrong?

    If I move the focus to infinity, the moon becomes blurry. The moon is actually in focus a tiny bit before it hits infinity. This was also the case on the A7R4 by the way. The focus distance limiter is an interesting option, I will look into that. I haven't been shooting other far away subjects...
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    Unsharp shots of moon with A7RV - what am I doing wrong?

    That's my problem: it doesn't. And I can actually think of very few scenarios were there is more contrast than between the sharp edge of a full moon, and deep black space behind it. My trick with the A7R4 with a full moon, where there is of course very little detail on the surface to focus on...
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    Unsharp shots of moon with A7RV - what am I doing wrong?

    I tried with OSS on lens switched on and off, with no meaningful difference. Would you suggest switching in-body IS off as well? Next night with a clear moon, I am also going to disable the AI Autofocus subject detection altogether, see if that does anything.
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    Unsharp shots of moon with A7RV - what am I doing wrong?

    AF may-or-may-not work? Seriously!? On a 4000EUR camera in a situation where its predecessor did remarkably well with the very same lens? That was clear from your first reply tbh, as much as I appreciate you investing the time to reply here, still you offer no meaningful suggestion in helping...
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    Unsharp shots of moon with A7RV - what am I doing wrong?

    Thanks for your response! Although my message may give you that impression, I am not a novice nor an idiot. ;-) I understand that, I have been doing this for a few years. ;-) I do, as stated. Frankly, a useless suggestion with this setup. The MF control is way too sensitive, for me at least...
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    Unsharp shots of moon with A7RV - what am I doing wrong?

    Hi all, Like many, every time when I see a nice clear moon outside I can not resist taking the camera out, putting it on a tripod and get some shots. With my previous camera, A7R4a, I got some nice results using the 100-400GM and 1.4TC. Fast forward to today, where I purchased an A7RV and...
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    Does anyone have both a7 IV and a7r IV?

    I got the A7IV on loan from Sony NL for two weeks to try it out, as I was facing the same decision as you do. It actually convinced me to purchase the A7RIVa. (400EUR extra in my country) The new menu is nice but once you have it setup the old menu is not much of an issue. Also I have been...
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