The guy in the process of turning off the lights just before we took these pictures noticed us with cameras in hand down below and told us to wait a second and he would get out of our way and leave the lights on for us while we got our pictures. Real Christmas spirit! (You can just barely see him in the vertical shot through the lighthouse glass on top - red parka.)
Got out for a "car hike" (my L leg is recovering from ACL surgery) up into my local mountains here in the North Cascades. Very limited in my options since I can't walk in snow yet.
First one is a bit unusual - spot the "Green Man" and his son who hang out in a swampy area near my house in Lake Stevens. This was my first try at pixel shift - 16 images: ISO 100, 24-105mm/100mm, f13, 1/20. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52559316172_6b922cd67c_o.jpg
Finally got out to try mine on BIF.
I was waiting for the 10 or so Osprey in the inlet to dive for fish, to see how the tracking is. None of them dove, but this guy came from the ocean side and stared at me all the way until it was right over me.
It's encouraging to see such a fine example of the A7R5's tracking capabilities. Some seem to criticize it as compared to the A1, and others say in some ways it's better. I'll be getting mine to try out hopefully tomorrow if the snow doesn't keep the trucks from getting it out for delivery. Looks like that poor fish is saying "I'm done for".
Just got my A7R5 yesterday and was working out the AI focus methods. Finally got that worked out. So went out today and shot down by the Snake River in small focus area but Continuous Focus. The Pelican shot was full Mechanical Shutter, but the Waterfall was full Electronic Shutter. Not noticing ANY difference. I shoot static subjects typically so likely will stick to the ES for longevity and no shutter shock so to speak. I'm enjoying the resolution jump.
Did a quick test shoot tonight and our dog wanted to join, switched to animal eye AF (I have it mapped to a custom button) and it instantly pick up his eye. So far very satisfied with the A7RV
ILCE-7RM5E 35-150mm F2.0-F2.8 A058 lens76mmf/5.61/200s100 ISO0.0 EV
Megastatic wrote:
The IBIS is definitely better, I have been able to pull off razor sharp images at around half a second (85 mm f1.4) even though not every shot was great.
But for me the thing is, I CAN get sharp shots with it as with my old RIII I almost never made something below around 1/20th even if I tried ten times...
The only issue I'm having so far is the 200-600 Sony lens seems to have a lust for higher shutter speeds. I have an OM-1 with their 100-400 (eq: 200-800mm) lens and it can easily be shot in Aperture Priority mode which tends to seek slower shutter speeds down to some ridiculous lower speeds for a long zoom. The Sony not so much. But I'm going to be testing it out further over the next few days. Its a lot to lug around and if it can't do as the Olympus does I may send it back.
71sbeetle wrote:
Did a quick test shoot tonight and our dog wanted to join, switched to animal eye AF (I have it mapped to a custom button) and it instantly pick up his eye. So far very satisfied with the A7RV
I too chose that Tamron 35-150. It's a real gem. A bokeh monster but also sharp all over if you want. It's a tad on the heavy side but balances very well. Too bad Sony doesn't have anything comparable.
