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Panasonics are the go to camera for most videographers. They are just as useful as a stills camera, with no corner cutting. I cannot fault the 2 I have, one was a GX7 now sold to pay for my Panny bridge FZ330, I cannot fault them, for my type of photography which is mainly Jpegs, They never let me ...

I did ponder Panasonic, the S5 is priced well relative to other cameras. However it seems a bit video focused, over stills. I'm not sure how well lenses adapt either or how good their AF is.
Was there a micro 4/3 forum? I don't remember it

The earlier camera jpegs were IMO not great. Too much noise reduction, and the settings if they were present didn't do much. It got better later on, a bit - can't say I was ever a fan of the A57 or A77 jpegs. A99 was not bad when set to low, quite good really. You can keep using stuff as long as you...

I see more bodies coming to the used market. Quite a lot of stuff around Cameras like the A77ii are overpriced on the used market IMO, so is the A68 (some places selling it for near what it cost new) A99 is probably the best bet if you want full frame, or the A77 if you want a crop body at a fair pr...

This is the second response I got from Sony. This is via twitter, and the technical team for Sony (not the same as the one above) From our website, we can confirm that these 2 models [ILCA-77M2, ILCA-68] has been discontinued, but we can try to check the availability for the ILCA-99M2. But in the pr...

Just for fun I contacted Sony UK on their live chat. I asked 2 questions. The first was is the LA-EA4 discontinued, the reply I got was no it's just out of stock. I then asked about A Mount, and this is the response I got. I'm not reading anything into it at all, just passing it on. Think of it what...

My final update is that I have now sold the A6300 It was worth trying I think, as I have said before you can't go wrong if you want an adaptable APS-C video camera. For me, my primary use it stills, and I can't get along with the odd and uncomfortable body design. It's as if, it was made for use in ...

I have never seen anyone with a Pentax, not that I can remember. Their market share has always been very small. Even when A mount was doing something (aka 10 years ago), I did see quite a few Sony A bodies around. I believe it did fairly well for it's time, but Sony had other ideas! I've no doubts e...

Thought I would update this The new A7IV now supports the LAEA5 adapter for screw drive or in lens motors The A1 and A7IV do not work for AF with the LAEA4 from what I can see https://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/www/cscs/accessories/compatibility.php?area=gb&lang=en&mdl=LA-EA5&cat=3 Unf...

Interesting shots, I always liked the Tokina lens (still have it)
I should do more night shots, not done anything for ages

In case anyone is wondering what it looks like; of course it can vary. At the time I wondered if it was something else, ie lens separation This was on the 80-200mm APO G, so I contacted the seller, it was cleaned and returned to me I have never had Fungus, on any lens ever (so far). I believe this w...

I suspect Ricoh, are trying to turn Pentax into the Voigtländer of the SLR world. Clearly they're not at Leica levels to charge that much, so they settle for a pretend upmarket thing, sort of poor man's Leica. Pentax have not had a good owner for a long time. Hoya nipped in there, only to keep the p...

IR have a gallery up this one is ISO 204,800 https://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/pentax-k3-iii/Y-JG-PENTAX-K3-III-1179-ISO-204800.HTM And here is one ISO 1,600,000 https://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/pentax-k3-iii/Y-JG-PENTAX-K3-III-1182-ISO-1600000.HTM Neither are pretty, the last one is bord...

Evidently Nikon have now discontinued this lens! Looks like F mount is starting it's wind down
https://nikonrumors.com/2021/05/12/niko ... nses.aspx/

Thanks I try my best, the last shot was A6300 as the A99 was kicking off again with the turn off error. I have another body fortunately What I like the most is often the non action shots, after the race or before it DSC00734.jpg DSC00767.jpg This one is a film look I went for, think it's fairly clos...