Official Sony A7 or A7r discussion thread


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jlee1974 said:
Yes I did. The pictures came out the way I wanted. Just not used to the green box not staying with my focus point. It's perpetually in the center even when I de compose my shot

Imagine this:

I focus on a tree. The focus locks on, I hear a beep sound and the green box appears in the centre (tree). I keep my finger half pressed on the trigger, and recompose my shot using rule of 2/3 (I.e tree at the side)

On my d90: green box stays with tree, because of this I know that the focus is still on the tree.

On my a7: green box perpetually in the centre on my viewfinder, although focus is still on the tree.
 

Imagine this:

I focus on a tree. The focus locks on, I hear a beep sound and the green box appears in the centre (tree). I keep my finger half pressed on the trigger, and recompose my shot using rule of 2/3 (I.e tree at the side)

On my d90: green box stays with tree, because of this I know that the focus is still on the tree.

On my a7: green box perpetually in the centre on my viewfinder, although focus is still on the tree.

Set your a7 focus mode to AF-C.
Edit: "and focus point: multi"

The other option is : use object tracking ( Choose activate by half press shutter ).
 

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skygon said:
Set your a7 focus mode to AF-C. Edit: "and focus point: multi" The other option is : use object tracking ( Choose activate by half press shutter ).

Thanks! will try. Charging in progress. Terrible battery life
 

Sorry if this has been discussed before.. but is the a7 supported in lightroom 4? Can't process the sony raw files.. is it really a must to upgrade to version 5. Tx
 

Sorry if this has been discussed before.. but is the a7 supported in lightroom 4? Can't process the sony raw files.. is it really a must to upgrade to version 5. Tx

Right now the only program is either Image Data Converter or Lightroom 5.3 Release Candidate
 

Set your a7 focus mode to AF-C.
Edit: "and focus point: multi"

The other option is : use object tracking ( Choose activate by half press shutter ).

Bro can u explain further on

The tracking vs afc. They are like similar when to use which.

In nex, there was touch screen, I mostly use tracking for video during dolly shot. For still never use before.

Now come to a7, not very clear. Esp the manual... Quite useless
 

Right now the only program is either Image Data Converter or Lightroom 5.3 Release Candidate

Yeah there's one more also adobe camera raw.... I have not tried it, Alison sadly LR4 still no update for A7x raw files.
 

Bro can u explain further on

The tracking vs afc. They are like similar when to use which.

In nex, there was touch screen, I mostly use tracking for video during dolly shot. For still never use before.

Now come to a7, not very clear. Esp the manual... Quite useless

I have not tried object tracking in A7r don't have a native FE lens yet hehehe. But if you set e.g. your focus point to center and frame your object to center of your screen and half press it will engage tracking and from there you don't need to hold the shutter half press anymore you can let go and if you want to disengage press half again..... for AFC I think you know how this work you need to half press if you let go the AFC will dis-engage...
 

IT Camera @ Changi T1 selling the 35mm together with A7r. They have stock for A7 kit lens too.
 

IT Camera @ Changi T1 selling the 35mm together with A7r. They have stock for A7 kit lens too.

I think today it's better to buy A7/r inside the airport (Duty Free) less 7% from SRP.... CP and MS all selling as retail prices no discounts yet..
 

Yeah there's one more also adobe camera raw.... I have not tried it, Alison sadly LR4 still no update for A7x raw files.

Adobe DNG Converter 8.3 beta will also convert A7/r raw files.

I'm not sure, but I believe the current version of ACR works only with CS6 and newer.
 

I think today it's better to buy A7/r inside the airport (Duty Free) less 7% from SRP.... CP and MS all selling as retail prices no discounts yet..

Yup.less 7% gst and they offer the Sony freebies too. But salesman refused to sell just the 35mm. I offered to buy A7 body but he said only sell with A7r. He was rude and his attention was attracted to a PRC tourist. If he wasn't rude, I was thinking of getting the A7r and sell it to another cser at the same price. Hmm...maybe i look poor to him.
But anyway, for those who wants A7r with 35mm...get them at Changi!
 

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You need playmemories home

The playmemories home is just an app to manage photos/videos right? i use LR for this purpose..
anyway i have installed this playmemories home and it seems to be very unstable.. and i'm still unable to transfer wirelessly from camera to computer
 

Yeah there's one more also adobe camera raw.... I have not tried it, Alison sadly LR4 still no update for A7x raw files.

LR4 will never support it Because Adobe does not release camera raw for older products.
 

Yup.less 7% gst and they offer the Sony freebies too. But salesman refused to sell just the 35mm. I offered to buy A7 body but he said only sell with A7r. He was rude and his attention was attracted to a PRC tourist. If he wasn't rude, I was thinking of getting the A7r and sell it to another cser at the same price. Hmm...maybe i look poor to him.
But anyway, for those who wants A7r with 35mm...get them at Changi!

Oh I was under the impression that IT.Camera wasn't in the GST absorption scheme, only the Electronics Hub was in the scheme (and Electronic Hubs doesn't carry the A7R)? Gosh A7R + 2,8/35 without GST is 270+ of savings!
 

Bro can u explain further on

The tracking vs afc. They are like similar when to use which.

In nex, there was touch screen, I mostly use tracking for video during dolly shot. For still never use before.

Now come to a7, not very clear. Esp the manual... Quite useless

Let's say u set ur focus point to centre (or spot). For explanation sake, there's a tree on the left, a man in the centre and a dog on the right in your frame. All different distance from u.

AF-C:
U half press on the man, then u move your camera so that the centre focus point go to the tree, your camera will focus on tree ( and any other things along the trail from man to the tree, if u move slowly). Your camera will auto adjust the focus based on the object where your centre point laid on.

Object tracking:
U focus on man, when u half press (and u set to activate tracking by half shutter press), your focus "green square" started to jiggle around and track the man. When u move your camera so that the centre focus point to the dog, the green square is still focus on the man.

Sony tracking is a bit more than this.
If u turn in face detection to track the face: happen that the mbs turn away while tracking, the camera will focus in the body, when the man turned back facing the camera, it will auto track the face again.

And A7&a7r has eye AF, to track eyes. That even cool!
 

Yup.less 7% gst and they offer the Sony freebies too. But salesman refused to sell just the 35mm. I offered to buy A7 body but he said only sell with A7r. He was rude and his attention was attracted to a PRC tourist. If he wasn't rude, I was thinking of getting the A7r and sell it to another cser at the same price. Hmm...maybe i look poor to him.
But anyway, for those who wants A7r with 35mm...get them at Changi!

Do you mean the price is already without GST or you have to proceed to get the GST rebate? If it is the former, then tourists can get it for less GST price and GST rebate. A combine 14% off MSRP price?!? If it is the latter, it does not apply to locals.

For HK, all are selling at HK11990 for A7 and HK16990 for A7R. The only difference is in the freebies. Wing Shing gave me free 32MB SD, original charger and additional battery valued at HK620.
 

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