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Can't address your question based on my own personal experience but would you mind discussing whether your editing workflow was slowed down much by the larger file size?  This is a major concern ...

To my eye the bokeh here is vastly in favor of the Samyang 85mm f/1.4.  Downside to the Samyang is a slightly yellowish tint compared to the Sony or Zeiss Batis.  (Many people view it as "warmth" ...

Similar, I own the Samyang 85mm f/1.4 for it's gorgeous rendering especially portraits, and I own the (previously purchased) Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 for it's faster autofocus and overall I just ...

I wish Apple gave us more details.  For example it is possible that they will start at the low end machines with ARM processors, and so the 16" MacBook Pro might still be a good or necessary buy ...

I edit photographs on my 2015 MacBook Pro 13, maxed out with I7 and 16gig ram.  I do notice that the RAM all gets heavily used but that may be because I tend to leave a lot of windows open in my ...

Sell the 85mm f/1.8 and get an 85mm f/1.4. Samyang 85mm f/1.4 is a great value, very high quality at around $600. Since you love the look of the 135mm f/1.8, and I suspect that you shoot it wide ...

SOLD.

I know what you mean about Nikon raws being amazing in C1.   That said, Lightroom profiles used to be unusable by comparison, but Adobe heavily revised their color profiles a couple years ago in ...

Do look at the menu entry for "shutter release" and try choosing "focus bias" rather than "balanced bias", which trades off focus accuracy for speed. This whole question raises a serious issue ...

Thanks for sharing this experience.   I'm not eager to spin my wheels with testing alternative lenses if not productive.  My Nikon 70-200mm f/4 is so good for headshots that I was guessing the ...

Interesting speculation.   Tamron could do a fresh design, a wider version to allow more native lenses for Canon R and Nikon Z, which have diameters of 54 & 55mm respectively, vs Sony 46mm.  But ...

You would have to give serious thought to the use cases to see which means more to you, the wider aperture or the stabilization. Also the Sony is more mature design, Tamron is still rushing out ...

Manny Ortiz compares the f/1.8 to the Sony f/1.4 and the Sigma f/1.2 in these videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZyysO1_1gI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5eqQcL9HAY&t=478s Nice practical ...

Well the Godox / Flashpoint models that appeal to me cost $180 or $250 each (but go on sale roughly 20% off).  And they have good reputations, well, come to think of it, except for misfiring with ...

The Nikon 70-200mm f/4 is wonderful. I use it for headshots, portraits and events.  Seems to have the perfect level of sharpness and responsiveness. I never ended up getting the f/2.8 version. And ...

If you are being paid a lot to shoot events, esp weddings, and reliability is key, and so many little things could go wrong, any one of which could badly damage your results .... that's where I'd ...

Which lenses are re-badged Viltrox, do you know? Thanks.

Why do you prefer the 20mm over the 24mm?  I would think the bokeh would be creamier out of the f/1.4 than the f/1.8, for example.

Several reviewers mentioned that lack of OSS in lens at longer focal lengths is noticeable if you are very aggressive about relying on stabilization, such as going for seemingly absurd slow ...

Something else to be aware of is that there was a huge leap in technology from gen 2 to gen 3 - particularly in battery endurance and autofocus. For example, A73 (A7iii) is VASTLY better than A72 ...