Old Sony Gear Image Thread

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p.1 #1Old Sony Gear Image Thread

I've just been going through some lightroom archives looking at images from kit I no longer own.

thought it might be interesting see images from gear you no longer own, and the story behind the reason you no longer own that lens/camera

I'll kick off with an image of a sunset in some fields local to me. Sadly this could be redeveloped into housing.
Taken on A7r4 which I still own, but using a Voigtlander 50mm Apo Lanthar which I sold.

Fantastic lens, but I sold it when I started to use AF lenses more. Considering getting a used 35 Apo lanthar just to reconnect to the process a bit more, sometimes on AF it's a bit to easy to blat away

Jan 06, 2026 at 06:38 PM

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p.1 #2Old Sony Gear Image Thread

My parents from 2001
Taken with a Sony Mavica FD-88 camera. The FD stands for Floppy Disk.
I tried dressing it up a bit in Photoshop, it helped, but it isn't great.

Jan 07, 2026 at 01:11 AM

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p.1 #3Old Sony Gear Image Thread

Two years ago, I was firmly hooked on the NEX6 with a set of lenses that satisfied me 100%. This photo was taken with a Zeiss 12mm.
But I was already in love with the Nokton 40/1.2; I read all the reviews and the entire thread here on the forum. The transition was painless; the cameras were bought used, along with some of the lenses. I haven't regretted it once.

If I ever have to go back to cropped lenses, I'll get the NEX6 again. It's a rock-solid camera with a fantastic color sensor.

Панорама 6 кадров by demontver, on Flickr

Цирк Раслака и перевал Геологов by demontver, on Flickr

Перевал Геологов by demontver, on Flickr

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Jan 07, 2026 at 03:45 AM

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p.1 #4Old Sony Gear Image Thread

2011 and my 1st foray into the Sony world with a Nex-5N. On line comments touted it's high dynamic range compared to the FF Canon I was using and I found that to be so. Obviously a pretty wide angle lens but no data transmitted, so not Sony and no recollection what it might have been. The 5N is probably still in a closet somewhere but as I recall it went on the fritz after being used in some rain and then donated it's lens flange to another body when I fell on my rucksack (and a body/lens) and bent the mount (a Sony A7R I think).

Truro_DSC0376_7_8_tonemapped by Mike Broomfield, on Flickr

Jan 07, 2026 at 04:02 AM

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p.1 #5Old Sony Gear Image Thread

I miss my old A7R2 sometimes

Untitled by Tyrone Barthelemy, on Flickr

Jan 07, 2026 at 07:41 AM

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p.1 #6Old Sony Gear Image Thread

From my first Sony A7 walkabout, 12/3/13.
Sony FE 35 2.8 ZA, because that was the only lens available (I think).

"Tailor Man"

Jan 07, 2026 at 08:30 AM

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p.1 #7Old Sony Gear Image Thread

Sony 717 in night mode. (Infra red)
Not sure what year, probably early to mid 2000's.

Using these filters.

Jan 07, 2026 at 08:37 AM

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p.1 #8Old Sony Gear Image Thread

Here is my first ever foto taken with the Sony A7 back November 2013 only a month after it's release (must be with the Sony/Zeiss 35/2.8). No great image but certainly historical

Coffee and Bokeh Blue by David Viramati Sampson, on Flickr

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Jan 07, 2026 at 11:15 AM

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p.1 #9Old Sony Gear Image Thread

From my first Sony camera, the A7R.

ILCE-7R FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS lens 16mm f/16.0 1/160s 200 ISO -1.0 EV

Jan 07, 2026 at 06:22 PM

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p.1 #10Old Sony Gear Image Thread

California wildflowers with my first Sony, the A900, from 2009. Lens was a Minolta 100mm f/2. Sold when I moved to the Nikon D3X, and did not return to Sony until 3 years ago with the A7RV.

DSLR-A900 100mm F2 lens 100mm f/20.0 1/10s 100 ISO 0.0 EV

Jan 07, 2026 at 07:19 PM

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p.1 #11Old Sony Gear Image Thread

A bear I encountered in the spring of 2015 captured with the A7II when I eventually went all in with Sony cameras, previously using Nikon cameras. The A7II was the camera that finally convinced me mirrorless cameras were the future and never looked back.

ILCE-7M2 FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS lens 240mm f/7.1 1/50s 400 ISO 0.0 EV

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Jan 07, 2026 at 08:20 PM

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p.1 #12Old Sony Gear Image Thread

Fun thread! A900 or A850

Jan 07, 2026 at 08:25 PM

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p.1 #13Old Sony Gear Image Thread

a900 and Leica Summilux-R 35/1.4...

a900_iso1600_3 by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr

NEX-7 and the Canon FD 85/1.2L

Leaf_on_Rock by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr

ABF_9_2013 by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr

a99 and the Miniolta Rokkor 85/1.7

Jack_in_Autumn by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr

a99 and the Summilux-R 35/1.4

75_Tough_Chicks by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr

ABF_7_2013 by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr

ABF_10_2013 by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr

G&D_9 by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr

G&D_18 by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr

NEX-7 and the Tele-Elmar-M 135/4

NEX7_TE135_4_Cass by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr

a7 and the Canon FD 20-35/3.5L

a7_FD20-35L_Silo by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr

a7 and the Canon FD 85/1.2L

Snow_a7_FD85L_3 by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr

a7rII and the Minolta Rokkor 58/1.2

a7rII_Rokkor58_Magnolia by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr

Jan 07, 2026 at 11:36 PM

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p.1 #14Old Sony Gear Image Thread

Crystal River, Colorado — Sony A7II with the 16-35mm f/4 ZA lens

ILCE-7M2 FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS lens 20mm f/8.0 30s 640 ISO 0.0 EV

Jan 08, 2026 at 10:51 AM

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p.1 #15Old Sony Gear Image Thread

Field of thistles — Sony A6000 with kit lens

ILCE-6000 E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS lens 50mm f/8.0 1/1000s 200 ISO 0.0 EV

Jan 08, 2026 at 10:54 AM

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p.1 #16Old Sony Gear Image Thread

These two were from the Nex-5N and Ne-7 respectively. Hard to imagine these two are now 14 and starting high school next year.

Jan 08, 2026 at 03:15 PM

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Jan 08, 2026 at 03:25 PM

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p.1 #18Old Sony Gear Image Thread

nehemiahphoto wrote:

freaklikeme wrote

Great set Brad! Didn’t know you shot the r 35/1.4. Can I get your opinions on that lens?

Thanks, brother! And sure. Objectively, its two biggest dings against are coma and astigmatism, which should be quite clear from the "Defy Gravity" balloon shot. You can see the field lights along the bottom edge look more like dishes than lights. Otherwise, flare resistance is average, CA correction is good, SA correction leans a bit towards under, so it's very gentle with people at wide apertures but the bokeh remains well-balanced. Contrast and resolution are pleasing and stood up to 42mp well, though it's obviously been surpassed there by modern designs. Specific to the Sony stock sensor, you do pick up some wavy FC closer focused, but my solution there was to stop down to f/2 and the distracting elements were minimized to the point of irrelevance. It was a decent landscaper by 5.6, but not my first choice for the task.

The only reason I think about it these days is because I think it would make a gorgeous cine lens. I didn't shoot video when I owned it, so I never considered that aspect, but, now, I'd love to give it a try on my FX-3. I just don't love the idea enough to pay the ridiculous prices I see for decent copies.

Jan 08, 2026 at 05:35 PM

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p.1 #19Old Sony Gear Image Thread

The Wave.
Sony Nex 7 with the 18-200 lens.