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Jul 24, 2021 11:57:35   #
Kishka wrote:
I'll buy if Wasabi passes.


Sounds good.
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Jul 24, 2021 11:42:50   #
[quote=Wasabi]I am interested, how do you want to handle payment? Wasabi[/q]

I'll PM you.
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Jul 24, 2021 09:57:37   #
Ksocha wrote:
Has the lens been dropped or banged? What caused the mark?


No, it has not been dropped. I scraped it against a rock wall while holding it on my wrist strap. Should have left the lens hood on.
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Jul 23, 2021 10:58:36   #
PM sent.
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Jul 23, 2021 10:06:16   #
This lens is considered one of the best APS-C lens for the Sony A6xxx cameras.

Lens is in very good condition except for a little scrape in the front lip of the body. See second photo. The optics are very clean. Priced at a big discount because of the scrape. New current price for this lens is $1,100.

No box for this lens, just the lens hood, front and rear caps.

Check out the outstanding reviews for this lens:

https://www.kenrockwell.com/sony/zeiss/24mm-f18.htm#:~:text=The%20Sony%20Zeiss%20Sonnar%20T,great%20sharpness%20and%20superb%20bokeh.

https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/sony-carl-zeiss-sonnar-t-e-24mm-f18-za

Price of $325 includes PP fee and shipping to lower 48 states.








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Jul 23, 2021 10:02:04   #
This is a major step-up from the kit lens for the A6600. Very clean except for a few rub marks on the body. Excellent IQ.

Can't find the box, just the lens hood, front and rear caps.

Check out the outstanding reviews for this lens:

https://youtu.be/rNm3ezkrrQU

https://www.kenrockwell.com/sony/lenses/18-135mm.htm

Price of $275 ($548 new) includes PayPal fee and shipping to lower 48 states.






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Jan 29, 2021 12:48:22   #
lotusb3 wrote:
This is a really simple answer: A real photographer can take the best picture with any type of camera if he/she has the artist's eye to see what is around them. They must then be able to edit and print with what ever equipment they have once again using that artist's eye to bring out the best in the photo. The expensive camera is not important to the "real photographer".


Why do artistry and tools have to mutually exclusive?

"Real" photographers don't need expensive cameras? Then all the pros should be shooting with brownies, otherwise they are just "fake" photographers.
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Jan 29, 2021 10:49:11   #
Canisdirus wrote:
There are only two (as far as I know) MF lenses that are really fast. The Hasselblad 80mm F/1.9 @ $4800 and the Hasselblad HC 100mm f/2.2 @ $4400. To defeat the FF DOF war...it's another huge chunk of change that has to be laid out.
Fuji just doesn't have the lenses.
The Fuji camera body is just the beginning of a thin wallet. The lenses will do the rest of the thinning, and for it's really one purpose...product and portrait photography.
Medium format is a niche system, as opposed to the all around FF bodies.
There are only two (as far as I know) MF lenses th... (show quote)


I do wonder how many MF bodies Fuji sold last year.
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Jan 29, 2021 10:35:23   #
gwilliams6 wrote:
Folks the reason there is normally blackout with mirrorless cameras is: Mirrorless cameras black out because the camera has to close the mechanical shutter and clear the data off the sensor before it can re-open the shutter to expose the sensor for the LCD or EVF to display the scene. It is not about not having a mirror. The blackout is caused by the mechanical shutter opening and closing.

You might assume then that when shooting in electronic shutter ,all mirrorless cameras or DSLR cameras when in electronic shutter mode would have no blackout. Not true as electronic shutters in all mirrorless and DSLRs read the sensor row by row from top to bottom and that still causes delay to clear the data before the EVF or rear LCD can reset. That is the blackout in electronic shutter operation.

But with the exclusive stacked-sensor of the Sony A9, A9II and now A1, the sensor readout is so fast (only a full global shutter would be faster) so there is totally no EVF blackout in the A9, A9II, and now A1. No other digital fullframe cameras can claim that, though some are better and have reduced blackout. But until they have a stacked sensor or a global shutter all other fullframe cameras will have some degree of EVF blackout in electronic shutter shooting as well as mechanical shutter operation.

I have to teach this stuff to my University Photography course students, so I have to be correct on the physics and technology . I realize that unless you understand the uniqueness of the Sony-exclusive stacked-sensors in the A9, A9II and now A1 it can be confusing.
Cheers
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Jan 29, 2021 10:13:29   #
gwilliams6 wrote:
I think you mean the shots above, thanks


Yes, forgot to quote reply.

BTW, you probably know this already, I heard from Sony Pro Support yesterday that Pro Support members will be receiving an email next week to prioritize the delivery of the A1.
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Jan 29, 2021 10:02:48   #
Great light!
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Jan 29, 2021 09:47:14   #
gwilliams6 wrote:
It only has 5fps max, 2fps with AF-C so no sports or action shooting pro will want it. And the list of lenses is very limited currently. Maybe if you are a studio or product professional shooter then you would want it. Most pros like myself won't want it, although the image quality will be excellent. Cheers




I imagine some landscape photographer would want the high pixel count.
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Jan 29, 2021 06:52:09   #
gwilliams6 wrote:
I pay my full taxes just like everyone else and have for the past five decades, so please don't act like you are taking care of me. When my photography business takes a loss, or my equipment wears out, I am allowed to deduct business losses and depreciate my equipment just like millions of other US companies, big and small.

I have worked hard from the bottom up to have my career, fighting injustice and racial prejudice and more to have an opportunity like other photographers. I have risked my life covering war and broken many parts of my body in the most dangerous and horrible working conditions to provide the news you take for granted when you look at a newspaper or magazine or turn on your TV from your easy chair. I chose this as my avocation and my passion and I make no apologies for being finally able to afford the gear I need to do my job.

Feel free to share your opinions about the A1 and whether or not it is anything you like or not. You don't have to be able to afford it to have an opinion about it. We all love to share our interests as a community of photographers, amateur to professional . We are all equals here at UHH and everyone's photographic opinion and experiences matters the same.

Just don't make it a personal tirade about budget inequities. I work as hard for my money as anyone, always have. Cheers
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Jan 28, 2021 16:54:39   #
gwilliams6 wrote:
I have pre-ordered the Sony A1. I am keeping my Sony A7RIV and my Sony A7SIII, but I am selling my Sony A9 and my Sony 70-200mm f2.8 GM lens and some other gear to help pay for the A1. I almost never use my Sony 70-200mm f2.8 Gm lens anymore since I got the Sony 135mm f1.8 GM lens.


I pre-ordered mine as well and am thinking if I should sell my A9 or A7RIV. Probably will be keeping the RIV for the pixel counts. Also been wondering if I should keep some of my lenses. The 70-200mm, being an older lens, could its AF keep up with 30FPS? Waiting for Sony to release the list of A1 compatible lenses. Also have the 135GM, which sort of makes most other lens in that focal range lesser.

I am also a photojournalist. Do I need the A1 for my work? Probably not, but it sure makes my work more fun! :)
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Jan 28, 2021 15:13:37   #
joer wrote:
The frame rate and black out are not linked. All ML cameras have no block out, since they have no moving mirrors but just about all of them can not shoot at 30fps.


I didn't phrase it properly. The "blackout" effect on ML's EVF's is more like a slideshow, especially when the camera is capable of shooting at high FPS.
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