Heck, I have three of the five Batis lenses (25/2, 40/2, and 85/1.8). They are a perfect fit for A7V. Does their firmware work well? It’s been a long time since I tried them.
zeitlos wrote:
Is there already a grip extension available for the new Sony A7 V?
Are you looking for a battery grip, or just an L-bracket? I haven’t tried the battery grip I own, VG-C4EM, that I use on my A1 and A7R5 which I believe should fit. For an L-bracket I have to go through my collection to see what fits.
swldstn wrote:
Heck, I have three of the five Batis lenses (25/2, 40/2, and 85/1.8). They are a perfect fit for A7V. Does their firmware work well? It’s been a long time since I tried them.
I've been really busy over the last few weeks, so I still haven't had the chance to tried it out. But I will report back as soon as I have.
swldstn wrote:
Are you looking for a battery grip, or just an L-bracket? I haven’t tried the battery grip I own, VG-C4EM, that I use on my A1 and A7R5 which I believe should fit. For an L-bracket I have to go through my collection to see what fits.
On my Sony A7 III I have the Sony GP-X1EM which just extends the grip. I wouldn't mind a L-bracket if it offers a solid grip extension. A battery grip might be also an idea, but it will be considerably bigger. Maybe your VG-C4EM fits? Would be great if you could report back if you know more
zeitlos wrote:
On my Sony A7 III I have the Sony GP-X1EM which just extends the grip. I wouldn't mind a L-bracket if it offers a solid grip extension. A battery grip might be also an idea, but it will be considerably bigger. Maybe your VG-C4EM fits? Would be great if you could report back if you know more
I got theA7V yesterday and immediately ordered the Sony vertical grip. I shoot portraiture and some sports. I’ll get it next week. My old Sigma 35/1.4 ART FE lens felt heavy with it so I think the vertical grip will help with the ergo.
jojib wrote:
I got theA7V yesterday and immediately ordered the Sony vertical grip. I shoot portraiture and some sports. I’ll get it next week. My old Sigma 35/1.4 ART FE lens felt heavy with it so I think the vertical grip will help with the ergo.
Cool. Maybe you can report back when you got a chance to try it out. Which battery grip was it?
Little (user) problem here. As shown above, I'm coming from the A7III. With that camera, you could move the autofocus area to wherever you wanted it using the joystick. If you wanted to use Eye AF, you either configured a button for it on the camera body or on the lens.
With the A7V, I'm having the following problem, which is certainly my own fault. Either I activate the mode where I can move the autofocus area with the joystick, in which case Eye AF works—a small box appears around the eye—but only if I half-press the shutter button and the eyes are within the movable autofocus area. If I move the camera and the face or eye is no longer within this area, Eye AF stops working.
If I select the first autofocus option, called "wide" in the German menu, then Eye AF works across virtually the entire viewfinder area, but I can no longer move the autofocus area with the joystick. That's also annoying.
Which is the first autofocus option, called "wide" in the German menu? In this case, Eye AF works across virtually the entire viewfinder area, but I can no longer move the autofocus area with the joystick. So that's no good either.
Sony's menus are very powerful (and unfortunately not very intuitive). Can anyone tell me how I can restore the functionality of my A7III (or even an optimized version) on the Sony A7V?
I've also tried using the AI to answer solve my problem. Apparently, Sony has simply removed the A7 III's approach. And supposedly, it no longer always displays the green boxes next to the eye, but only when the AI decides it's appropriate. Otherwise, it decides on its own that, for example, the face is sufficient?
Does this mean I can no longer manually specify that I don't want to use the AF field for focusing, but rather that the eye AF should also work outside the AF field? And if I want to, I can simply move the focus point with the joystick again?
I got my A7V two days ago and had a chance to shoot today. I love the quality it produces, the sound of the shutter and pre-capture! The only issue I've found is rolling shutter with fast moving small birds so I'll be using mechanical on flight shots from now.
zeitlos wrote:
I've also tried using the AI to answer solve my problem. Apparently, Sony has simply removed the A7 III's approach. And supposedly, it no longer always displays the green boxes next to the eye, but only when the AI decides it's appropriate. Otherwise, it decides on its own that, for example, the face is sufficient?
Does this mean I can no longer manually specify that I don't want to use the AF field for focusing, but rather that the eye AF should also work outside the AF field? And if I want to, I can simply move the focus point with the joystick again?
I think the confusion stems from Sony changing the name of this button/option from "eyeAF" to "Subject detect" (or something like that).
I'm not sure when you updated firmware on your A7III, but you don't have to use a separate button for eyeAF anymore since quite a long time . You can still assign eyeAF to separate button though, to emulate the "old" eyeAF behavior . I think this should be possible also on a7V, but as I said, the function you need to assign to the button is not called "eyeAF" anymore...
How do you (Sony A7V owners) edit your pictures? I normally use Capture One but it still can’t view pictures taken with the Sony A7V. In addition, the JPGS I took yesterday have a very yellow/greenish color cast in CO1. So I need an alternative til Capture One releases the profile for this camera.
I've been using Adobe Camera RAW. It's been cold and wet here lately so I bought roses just to practice with the new camera. Here's using my old Sigma 35/1.4 ART FE lens.
zeitlos wrote:
Little (user) problem here. As shown above, I'm coming from the A7III. With that camera, you could move the autofocus area to wherever you wanted it using the joystick. If you wanted to use Eye AF, you either configured a button for it on the camera body or on the lens.
With the A7V, I'm having the following problem, which is certainly my own fault. Either I activate the mode where I can move the autofocus area with the joystick, in which case Eye AF works—a small box appears around the eye—but only if I half-press the shutter button and the eyes are within the movable autofocus area. If I move the camera and the face or eye is no longer within this area, Eye AF stops working.
If I select the first autofocus option, called "wide" in the German menu, then Eye AF works across virtually the entire viewfinder area, but I can no longer move the autofocus area with the joystick. That's also annoying.
Which is the first autofocus option, called "wide" in the German menu? In this case, Eye AF works across virtually the entire viewfinder area, but I can no longer move the autofocus area with the joystick. So that's no good either.
Sony's menus are very powerful (and unfortunately not very intuitive). Can anyone tell me how I can restore the functionality of my A7III (or even an optimized version) on the Sony A7V?...Show more →
I am not sure if this can help. When using [Subject Recognition AF] via a custom key, then "The focus area temporarily becomes the entire screen, regardless of the setting for [Focus Area]."
And, "The camera focuses on the recognized subject's eye, head, or body or the entirety of the subject anywhere on the screen, regardless of the setting for [Focus Area]." https://helpguide.sony.net/ilc/2540/v1/en/contents/211h_about_eye_af.html
I don't see an option for switching AF from one person to another, when focusing on a group of people - there seems to be no mention of such functionality.
ruthenium wrote:
I don't see an option for switching AF from one person to another, when focusing on a group of people - there seems to be no mention of such functionality.
Thanks for looking up the exact name of the function.
As for switching focus between multiple people, it was possible via joystick since A7*R*V from what I remember...
Just got my A7V today. I’m a video shooter by profession but I do photography as my hobby. That’s my preface in case this is a dumb question. I took some shots of the kids today and noticed that there isn’t “true” raw and what you get is lossless compressed. When I take that into Lightroom it works but with limitations. The profile shows as “Beta.” When I try to use my profiles that I use on my Leica and Nikon, the only show as “non raw” versions, as if it doesn’t recognize that it’s a raw file. Is this just a matter of waiting until adobe updates and recognizes these files correctly?
ariviere80 wrote:
Just got my A7V today. I’m a video shooter by profession but I do photography as my hobby. That’s my preface in case this is a dumb question. I took some shots of the kids today and noticed that there isn’t “true” raw and what you get is lossless compressed. When I take that into Lightroom it works but with limitations. The profile shows as “Beta.” When I try to use my profiles that I use on my Leica and Nikon, the only show as “non raw” versions, as if it doesn’t recognize that it’s a raw file. Is this just a matter of waiting until adobe updates and recognizes these files correctly?...Show more →
I think so, that is what I get as well. Hopefully we'll get Adobe updates soon. My presets are available though.
ruthenium wrote:
I am not sure if this can help. When using [Subject Recognition AF] via a custom key, then "The focus area temporarily becomes the entire screen, regardless of the setting for [Focus Area]."
And, "The camera focuses on the recognized subject's eye, head, or body or the entirety of the subject anywhere on the screen, regardless of the setting for [Focus Area]." https://helpguide.sony.net/ilc/2540/v1/en/contents/211h_about_eye_af.html
I don't see an option for switching AF from one person to another, when focusing on a group of people - there seems to be no mention of such functionality.
Thank you! It kind of fascinates me that Sony hasn't implemented such a (in my view) basic function. But then again, people seem to have found a way to get used to it or circumvent it by taking a different path.I will keep on trying.
The Sony A7 V.
