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No, don't worry....and i'm glad my re-purchase has been reassuringI really liked the R5, especially the AF, but rolling shutter issues and a dissapointment in the RF600mm f4 lens which i found very soft, lead me to rethink...again. I'm sure much of my trouble with perfecting the Sony af is down to experience and time in the field....i for one am looking forward to Steves imminent set-up guide for further pointers.
I bought one ...tried it for a while, but it was far less sharp than my RF100-500.....remarkably so. It was very disappointing. It could be i had a bad copy, but i waited months for that one and would have had to wait several more for another copy.... I was going to replace the R5 anyway as i shoot fast action at fast shutter speeds and experienced rolling shutter effect issues..... overall i just gave up with that gear and decided to give Sony a go... Less or no rolling shutter, and good reports on the 600 f4. Its the AF differences that need some work on my part.... the R5 eye AF was very easy to lock on.... in my experience less work than the Sony at this early stage in my working with it.... I expect to improve my understanding of how to best use it over the coming months.
_DSC4915 by leon kirkbride, on Flickr
_LTK2614 by leon kirkbride, on Flickr
That pigeon is toast... Amazing pic...Its not the ISO that impressed me but the low shutter speed of 1/1250 for a peregrine falcon in poor light flying close by the front of a building, usually 1/1600 is the best I can get with my D850 and the percentage of keepers is much lower than the A1 .
This one was at ISO4000 but faster shutter speed
Great shot!! Do you think the difference you are seeing regarding your shutter speed might be related to not having a mirror/shutter causing vibration or maybe slightly better panning from the blackout free EVF?Its not the ISO that impressed me but the low shutter speed of 1/1250 for a peregrine falcon in poor light flying close by the front of a building, usually 1/1600 is the best I can get with my D850 and the percentage of keepers is much lower than the A1 .
This one was at ISO4000 but faster shutter speed
Thanks , just wish the 200-600 motor was quicker to grab , one of the reasons I'm interested in the Z9 500mm PF , the 600mm F4 GM would be great with the A1 but they are physically larger and it makes handling for these fast hunters tricky . Usually can take several hours of waiting to see them so you get one chance , sometimes the 200-600 is a little too late to grab
Definitely! both of those things help a lot , I now mainly have the EVF set to Hi+ for these birds , seems to be better when panning across things like this old building
Yeah.The video AF in A1 is disappointing.It strugged to get initial focus even whene the subjects were just at around 10 ft & it took nearly 3 seconds to AF the two small birds in ok lighting conditions
I have A7RIV and A1. Im just hearing about the 200-600 issues with the RIV. Eck! I have a 600mm f4. If I understand correctly this would best set up for bird trip next week for rushing grebes, flying pelicans and other smaller most likely perched birds
He says he leaves it there so we’ll see how it works
Let us know how it works. My next day off I’ll be trying it as well
2-6 on RIV use mode 3 or OFF if you get your SS up to 1/1600 or faster.
I have the current firmware
This happened to me today number of times & my fw is the latest 1.2. I switched off & on & did miss few shots
I must admit when eye AF works it works extremely good . If sometimes EAF grabs the wrong part I tap a button that turns off eye priority and rely on flex spot S .
