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I remember in years past how many used to point out that none of the contest winners were shot with a Sony. How times have changed.

Why is it tribalism? Sony makes very capable systems so why not consider them?

FWIW: https://ymcinema.com/2021/07/01/adventure-filmmaker-renan-ozturk-tried-to-break-the-sony-alpha-1-has-he-succeeded/

"would actually benefit from Sony electronics". Sony is a huge corporation that makes many electronic products that could easily benefit an organization. Their laptops , TV/projectors, audio and...

I've always wondered if the industry as a whole would be better off with a universal mount

Sony's 40 has an aperture ring and a focus hold button which is nice imo.

Seems like a lost opportunity IMO.  Sounds more like the current RAW situation.  It should be well defined at least on how to represent a 2d image:  size X axis,  size Y axis and  bit depths.  ...

I was able to read the one from here: https://filesamples.com/formats/heic I can't read the A1 files from here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/o5tgfv28bpyh23x/AADEvdEaUm9f1rCKeyS_dusea?dl=0 I tried ...

Thanks.  Just tried opening them with GIMP and got an unknown file type error. I thought this was a well defined file format.  How can the Sony files be different from other?

GIMP list support for HEIC format.  I don't have access to an A1 HEIF file but I found a sample HEIF file online and GIMP did open it.

@MoonMadness Maybe when there is a Sony sample gallery without attacks by the color scientists?

I have a good copy of the Sony 10-18/f4 but I would definitely cross shop the Tamron if I was looking now

This person think coma performance is excellent: https://www.albertdros.com/post/sony-14mm-f-1-8-in-the-field

You haven't bought a new lens is a while have you?

Strange. The person who used it for astro in the dpr video said it was great.