TheOwl360

You seem to be looking for cheap and fast sub-200mm lenses in Sony lineup: (1) Sony Fe 85 is cheap, light, fast but suffers from bad CA. Batis 85 is good alternative. 90mm has better CA control than ...

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I, too, can attest Best Buy is absolutely horrible. I stopped buying camera gear from Best Buy years ago but recently made the mistake of buying an iPhone XR through their website, on which they ...

Based on your post, you shoot action more than anything and probably do so in good lighting conditions. Thus, an apsc camera with good AF could work well for much of your shooting. Higher ...

Head’s up! This light is in stock. It’s quieter than the Nanlite Forza 300 but the Forza is brighter and more color accurate. https://www.dvestore.com/aputure-light-storm-c300d-mark-ii-led-light-ki ...

I own both lenses and plan on keeping them both so the following response will be admittedly a bit biased. That said, I bought the 24 GM not only for astro but mainly for video, as it’s lighter ...

@Noogy
IQ includes AF, DR, resolution and etc, while image quality includes aspects of IQ.
Again: the RIII has better image quality than the RIV.

Sony seems to have reached a plateau in its sensor R&D dept.

I will be sticking with my A7RIII (which has better image quality than the A7RIV) and may pick up an A9 Mark I when the price drops to $3k or below.

I'd also suggest looking at the Sigma 135, as opposed to the Sony 135. Could save yourself quite a bit of money.

I have Sigma 105 and Zeiss 135. I prefer the Sigma for full body because the 135 puts too much distance between you and subject when trying to get the full body shot.

@1Dx4me
Don't know if you're addressing your post to me or @wats0n but I'll afford you a reasonable response in any case.

We're talking about short telephoto portrait lenses here, not super...

No banding under fluorescent light when using electronic front current shutter? AF seems as good as the A9?
Are you saying apart from the noise the RIV is as good as the A9?

Sounds good! Happy shooting!

Sure. There's many qualitative data points, including the anecdotal data you linked in one of your postings above. Please reference the following link or just scroll down DPR's homepage to the Sony ...

I have the Voigt 65 and the Zony 50/1.4. I haven't found the 1:2 magnification of the Voigt limiting, particularly when using a high resolution camera enabling closer cropping. As for overlap with ...

I like the Northrups and have subscribed to their channel. I just referenced a video from Tony above and alluded to the segment in which he talks about confirmation bias, which I think is relevant ...

Right. From time to time, I check out their videos to stay abreast of releases but often find myself shaking my head at how manipulative the content is. And to be fair, it's not just the ...

These camera pundits have a symbiotic relationship with camera manufacturers; manufacturers have a vested interest in inviting the camera pundits to events and giving them access and other ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVW18cGdfUU Speaking of Northrup: check out this video he posted a week or two ago. I found the part where he talked about confirmation bias very interesting. I ...