Ronny Olsson wrote:
The fact is that I haven't photographed landscapes much since the last trip to Iceland in 2019 and the Loxia 21, 16-35 and 24-105 have mostly just been in the camera bag since completely unused
Sure, I've photographed some birds, but not that much, but mostly only macro or semi-macro images in recent years
A9 and A7R III are getting old..
My A9 was from 2017-2018, I think, so no one knows how long it worked
In terms of AF, the A9 still holds up relatively well and my A7R III was from 2019, I think, and in terms of image quality, there are still not many cameras that beat it.. but to be honest, the AF is not that good on it..
to be honest, I miss eye focus for birds which is not found on these either..but of course I could just buy a new body and keep the lens though
For semi-macro pictures, 100-400 Gm was really good and 200-600 worked well for that too .. but in recent years I have taken my Olympus also for this as the Sony stuff had to stay home
Of course I might regret it in terms of bokeh and MP
My decision has been based on what I have photographed in the last 4 years
and so to be honest, most of it has been macro
and for this, I think that the Olympus works better
I think it was a shame that the stuff just lay unused and at best I only photographed with them a few times a year and as I said especially the camera body started to old so you don't know how long it worked before they broke .. the lenses there are no major problems with them, I don't think they will break..
Let's see if I miss Fx too much, I'll buy a newer camera body and maybe a fixed long lens and something for macro again
for the bird photography, I have a fixed 300 f4 and 100-400 for Olympus which works quite well for that too
Thanks Ronny, interesting.
I followed you on the MFT threads and wondered why.
Now I know. You certainly post stunning images there with high IQ.
I still have my MFT gear and would use it more if there was a more advanced camera.
For my kind of shooting the latest Sony cameras and lenses are hard to beat.
Sony A7RIV with 100-400mm lens. I was playing with the fact that such long lenses compress distant objects to the point I could make an abstract image of reflections of big commercial fishing boats. I made the original image at 285mm, f13, ISO 400. Then as an afterthought, I decided to have some fun by including the yellow rubber duck. The image was a real hit on our Facebook page. I also shoot a lot of medium format and I have come to like the 4:3 format, so I extended both sides from 3:2 to 4:3 using Content Aware Fill. PS did an excellent job changing formats here. At age 87 I guess my sense of humor is getting warped.
Thanks for looking
Dave in NJ
k-h.a.w wrote:
Thanks Ronny, interesting.
I followed you on the MFT threads and wondered why.
Now I know. You certainly post stunning images there with high IQ.
I still have my MFT gear and would use it more if there was a more advanced camera.
For my kind of shooting the latest Sony cameras and lenses are hard to beat.
K-H.
Thanks K-H
yes, I know.. but your camera body is at a completely different level than the ones I had.. so i totally understand you
I know that gear is not everything, but it can makes it easier to have good gear.. not because the gear that I had was in any way bad.. they were really good but the camera bodys was getting a little old and the technology is moving forward quickly
I've had visiting crows I feed die in the back yard near their water dish, it's hard to watch. Many birds have short lifespans. This guy may have had a wonderful life, and he will get to pass in the rightful place for him - in the wild, his home even as the inevitable day approaches. We should all be so lucky. I'm convinced many climbers (as one example) have a wish to do exactly that, they know death is a constant companion. Enjoy the moment, it's all you really have.
