Bman70

Canon: We've investigated the current field of offerings, and found a gap: Fixed focal length telephotos that still have a telescoping body like zoom lenses!
Photographers: That's the only thing...

It was a pure blue sky, I just put it in grayscale in Photoshop because it's easier to see any sensor dust. I did have the 1.4x teleconverter on, I wonder if that has anything to do with it. It ...

Haha well Sony is usually ahead of the competition. Yes the 4 o'clock is a dust ball on the sensor, there are also a bunch of smaller particles. Time to get out the rocket blower.

Well I was shooting at the sky to check for dust, and it seems the center of the exposure is just a shade lighter than the rest. It's hardly noticeable until I crank up the contrast like I do when ...

That's the most logical explanation for sure. It's just a bit odd that not only new, but older lenses are still available everywhere... like the old FE 70-300 telephoto, the 50mm 1.8 crop portrait ...

OK they haven't officially said anything, but for months now, it's been unavailable on Amazon, and now it's unavailable on Adorama and B&H ('backordered'). Of course it could have to do with ...

Maybe this is more a graphic design question.. but it involves processing photographs. Has anyone seen something like this in a program they use? Any ideas what effect might be used to completely ...

Not to hijack the thread, but I also just bought all the Affinity graphics apps, they are currently 50% off. So $24.99 each I got Photo, Designer (vector), and Publisher. Amazing deal! The mobile...

@munn1 yes I agree the photography plan is a good price, I'd buy that over Netflix. However, I need Illustrator, InDesign, and video editing as well. There's no plan for all these for under $70....

moga For me just Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign, and Premiere Pro. That covers my photography and graphic design and video. Those total $73 though so the All Apps is cheaper. Currently...

The all apps plan is $53 monthly. So in 5 years someone could buy a $3000 lens with that. Realistically, the best Sony prime lenses are probably $1500 or less (50mm f/1.4 etc). So a top of the line...

But even before Autel, I patented 'stuff that looks cool and flies'

Well, they said send it in for repair, but it's brand new so an exchange from Amazon  makes more sense. And, yes, a lens where it's a crap shoot whether you get a good 'version' or not of a $1500 ...

Thanks for the tips. Yes the post is a rant since I had looked forward so much to the lens for so long Lol. But also I've since read quite a lot of reports of pulsing issues with only this GM ...

Thanks I'll probably exchange it and hope for the best. Your train picture is amazingly sharp where the rather thin f/2 focal plane is. My pictures were f/6 to f/11 and not as good.

Maybe his is a bad copy as well. I thought my 100-400 image, while not incredible, is nice for a zoom lens. This one from the 24mm has weird sharp areas in the foreground, but my focus spot was on ...

Just thought I'd add to this thread that my new copy can't acquire focus on AF-C, but just pulses back and forth, yes I can feel the thudding but more distracting is the image in the viewfinder ...

Here's the same a7 body with my 100-400GM, at f/8, no processing. Granted it has image stabilization in the lens. But I was using over 1/200 shutter on the 24 at f9, which should be plenty of ...

Maybe I'm not doing enough post processing, I could boost saturation and use the 'sharpen more' filter..

Compare to this guy's image at only f/4, it's razor sharp on an a6300. Mine at f/9 is mush in large swaths of the image. I also have an a6300 and the 24mm images look bad on that too. If I have ...