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 p.107 #7 · Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless | |
Samuli Vahonen wrote:
Carsten, thanks for your ergonomic comments in past 10 pages - has been hard to read from all the hype and hardcore fanboyism (=all is so damn great, nothing can't be wrong by so many persons here - I never understood why defects cannot be discussed without fanboy vs. hater thing going on; all products have design failures, would be everyones benefit to understand them and figure wayarounds together/take them into account otherwise), but your comments I can trust.
Can you open this up? I don't understand why. HDR/pano are very important part of my shooting techniques.
HDR - No autobracketing in A7?
(not sure about D800 but 5DmkII when in live view and 2s timer takes 3 shots within second, really great for HDR)
panos - No wired trigger possible? or what?
(if I shoot with panohead having wired remote, it makes work about 50% faster compared to 2s timer for every shot)
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Thanks for your generous comment, Samuli. I should really go back and check that everything I wrote is still my opinion, since it has moved a bit over the last few days, but I think it is.
Anyway, the D800 has a labelled bracketing button right on top of the camera, which is very handy. Hold button, scroll wheel, to choose how many exposures.
I use a couple of different workflows, sometimes shooting them while holding the shutter button down and shooting continuously, sometimes using the bracketing controls but shooting the frames individually, sometimes just setting the aperture and ISO (base), and then varying the shutter speed manually. The latter can be done as well on the Sony, but given that the A7 has fewer buttons, although they are highly programmable, you eventually have to choose which button has what, and there are only two save sets.
The D800 can do up to 9 brackets, you can hold down the button in continuous mode, or shoot them individually, including the option of using the timer. You can use a remote release, or press the button. The A7 can do individual shots or continuous, but I didn't yet see how to use the timer to space them for vibration reduction. The camera is complex and the manual horribly insufficient, so maybe there is a way. I don't see a way to increase the number beyond 3, but see above. I don't know if there is a remote release for the A7, but I would guess so. Sony is quite good at making high-priced accessories 
Even if it cannot do it this way, my most common way to do HDRs is to set aperture and ISO and vary it myself, so it isn't a disaster. It is just another way in which Sony shows that they can add complexity to a camera without necessarily improving functionality. There is so much stuff in these menus that I will never touch, yet some basic things are missing. Setting the minimum shutter speed for Auto ISO is also missing, a huge blunder, IMO. Again, I can survive, using the default shutter speed, or moving to S mode or something, but it could be better.
For panos, forget what I said, I had a brain problem when I wrote it.
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