Beatsy

I had three of the Otuses, 28, 55 and 85mm. They were wonderful for "slow, thoughtful" stuff - second to none. I was willing to give up AF to use them. Until I noticed a lot of newer AF lenses, ...

No idea. This looks to be pretty a comprehensive description of it though. A near-the-top result from a google search... https://fstoppers.com/education/do-you-want-more-resolution-use-super-resolu ...

I'm pretty sure the A7rii IBIS lacks the required speed/accuracy to support pixel shift. That came in later models. Was it A7riv first? Not sure. You could try super-resolution - taking several ...

You asked about a macro lens but haven't mentioned anything about actually shooting macro. Your stated priorities seem to be street, portraiture and good AF. AF macro lenses have extra glass to ...

...you grab another camera in a hurry, then wonder why the darn thing keeps clicking when you take shots. In this case I ignored the A1 because my A7r4 already had a macro lens attached and I ...

Hardly seems worth a whole new release just for tweaks. Unless there's some show-stopper problem with eye-AF (that I haven't heard of, let alone experienced).

Ref an 85mm. I never got the GM85 as I had already bought the Zeiss Batis 85/1.8 as my first "portrait" lens when I switched from Sony to Canon. Never felt a need to "upgrade" it and still don't. ...

The things that make the A1 a great sports and action camera also make it a great general purpose camera. Many "normal" situations benefit greatly from faster frame rates, better tracking, more ...

Good post, and seconded. I know all generalisations are rubbish ( :-) ) but, in general, modern lenses don't work well outside what they were designed for. Everything being optimised to death ...

MH-100, monogimbal head.

I use a Gitzo GM4542 carbon monopod with a Wimberley mini side gimbal. The GM400 lens foot fits to the Wimberley. When you put the lens and camera over your shoulder (on the monopod), the "step ...

I almost didn't want to open this post to read it. Horrifying thought, a dropped A1! Made my toes curl just thinking about it. Glad to hear it survived relatively unscathed though. Phew. PS. I also ...

Is it old enough to have the misfiring problem at close range (to the strobes). The fix is to hold down a button when turning the trigger on. The light will flash a few times and the trigger works ...

Just like to echo the endorsement of 4x pixel shift over 16x (and single shot). I find the 16x creates a pretty nasty pattern effect most times - a sort of checkerboard of slightly different tones ...

A1, GM glass, Capture One, Affinity Photo, DxO PureRAW 2, Topaz Sharpen AI, DaVinci Resolve and Zerene stacker. That's every "want" satisfied, every likely situation covered and every result ...

Ah, binning means "throwing away" then (using one of the 4 pixels?). I thought it meant "combining" (4 pixels into one in this case). It used to. Explains why quality is in doubt... Thanks.

Interesting. Would 4 to 1 pixel binning (if it's happening) increase colour fidelity? Each S-sized output pixel could have had 4 inputs, true R,G,G,B instead of the single (Bayer-matrix) colour of ...

Thanks for the heads-up, installing now. Strange that I never hear about updates from Sony even though I have an account with them. I always find out here. Must have clicked some "don't bother me" ...

Yikes! I'm having a flashback! Unattractive noise is no longer an issue now I use DxO PureRAW as my "noisy image" RAW converter. I think it does a much better job with lens corrections too. It's ...

I started looking for alternatives to Lightroom and Photoshop the moment Adobe announced the "software subscription" malarkey. It took a while, but I settled on Capture One Pro and Affinity photo. ...