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What exactly does DRO do, and how does it work?
DRO stands for Dynamic Range Optimization. It is designed to fit more dynamic range into images. A single exposure is still taken so you are always limited to the sensor's latitude. However, from what ...
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Do old manual focus prime lenses give better image quality than new kit lenses?
Does old mf lenses give better image quality compared to new kit lens?
You'd have to test it, or find tests others have made with those specific lenses. "Old MF lens" spans a huge range of image ...
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What's the equivalent of a 85mm portrait lens on Sony A6500 (APS-C)?
Well, sort of. There's no such thing as absolute equivalence.
In terms of angle of view a 55mm lens will give the same AoV with a 1.5X APS-C sensor as an 85mm lens on a 36x24mm FF camera.
In terms ...
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Why do these images from my Sony a7III have a dark semi-circle on the left side?
Sorry for the bad news:
Semi circular artifacts especially on a fast shutter speed are usually an early indication of shutter failure on the a7 III.
Examples:
Please inspect the edges of your shutter ...
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Why does my camera choose an insane ISO & shutter time combo in Aperture mode?
On some SONY Alpha cameras there is a setting for minimum shutter speed. It give you a option (when use AutoISO) to set more modest or more aggressive shutter speed. Please check, maybe you set ...
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How long does an image circle need to be, in order to be tilt/shift lens?
How large does the image circle have to be to get it to project correctly on the image sensor?
This part of the answer deals with the shift of the lens only. The answer for the tilt is much more ...
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Do old manual focus prime lenses give better image quality than new kit lenses?
1) First of all. Forget the "bad reviews"... forget the reviews in general. If you like the way your lens works, enjoy taking photos. You need to test your lens and know the specific flaws you detect. ...
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What are the options for an ultra-wide angle rectilinear lens adapted for Sony Full Frame?
Ultra-wide lenses typically didn't exist in film days. Anything below 24mm is very hard to find. You might be able to grab an 18mm (like, say, the Olympus OM 18/3.5), but understand these were super-...
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What are the options for an ultra-wide angle rectilinear lens adapted for Sony Full Frame?
Nikkor Ultra-Wide Lenses
Nikon used to make, and still makes, several non-distorting manual-focus prime ultra-wide lenses. Some are discontinued whilst others are still available for sale new to date....
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What is the source of patches in those photos?
This looks like sensor dust. It probably is. The reason that it appears only in certain conditions is that dust spots get larger with a smaller aperture. Since you were shooting into the sun, the ...
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Sony A7III: 85mm lens by itself or 55mm 1.8 in a crop mode on fly to "simulate" 85mm?
Zeiss 55 1.8 is a very expensive lens.
I believe you could get two used Sigma Art 1.4 lenses to roughly the same price.
If you want to get the shallow depth of field then cropping is not what ...
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How to transfer photographs from my camera directly to my laptop after I take the shot?
It seems to me you have an X-Y problem here. The actual issue you're trying to solve is "how can I tell if my product photography is sharp", but you've jumped straight to the solution of "view it on a ...
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Would it be safe to mount a metal adapter to my cameras hot shoe or would I risk damaging it by short?
The hot shoes I am familiar with are designed to accept metal cold shoes. You can tell by looking closely at the shoe on the camera, the contacts will be slightly recessed and only have contact when ...
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Need help with removing fungus from Sony 55-210 mm lens(SEL55210)
A simple lens consisting of one glass element can be used for pictorial photography. However, all lenses suffer degradation due to focus defects called aberrations. Lens makers have struggled with ...
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How do I select a fixed lens for my APS-C sensor camera for a specific field of view/zoom
There is no calculation required. If you are happy with 50mm now, just buy a 50mm "fixed' lens, as 50mm is always 50mm regardless of what the sensor size is. Yes, the field of view changes with ...
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What is the maximum amount of exposure bracketing the a7R II can do?
A cursory Google brings up several solid results, including this one, which reports 9 shot bracketing:
Sony a7RII features more bracketing mode options than any other a7-Series camera, including NINE-...
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Is it safe to test a (possibly) salt-water damaged lens (Tokina 11-16mm) on a new camera body?
It could damage the new camera, but if everything is dry it's quite unlikely. But if you're risk-averse don't try it.
If there are or were any signs of salt water having got inside the optics it ...
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How do I use a Macro Lens for Jewelry Photography?
My Answer maybe a little off topic as I am not recommending a Macro Lens.
The challenges and issues you are encountering, are not as a result of the camera equipment you mention, but more to do with ...
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Should I get the Sony Alpha a7r II or a DSLR?
The one hesitation you mention is whether you can use your existing lenses, so I'm going to answer from that perspective. Ultimately the choice of whether or not something is better for you is a very ...
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Does the Sony A7 run Android, or if not, is there another way to write applications for it?
The latest Sony cameras include an Android subsystem used to run apps from the proprietary Sony PlayMemories Camera App Store (PMCA). We reverse engineered the installation process. This allows you to ...
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How can I use a Nissin i40 as an off-camera flash with an A6000?
There are a number of different ways to trigger the i40 off-camera.
SD/SF slave modes
These are simple optical slave modes that are built into the flash, and can trigger it remotely on any flash ...
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Can I mount Sony A-mount lenses to a Minolta MD/MC body?
You can share your A-mount lenses with an autofocus A-mount Minolta 35mm film body, but not an MC/MD-mount manual focus one--that's a completely different mount, different registration distance, ...
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How can I enter text on my Sony Alpha 77 ii?
From Section 235 of the ILCA-77M2 Help Guide
The support page for your camera that includes several other resources can be accessed at https://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model-home.pl?mdl=ILCA77M2&...
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HDR mode disabled on Sony A55
Have you tried it with image settings set to JPEG instead of RAW? The Auto HDR function is not selectable if you are saving raw images.
There are also other settings that will disable Auto HDR. They'...
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Do old manual focus prime lenses give better image quality than new kit lenses?
Modern lenses have some advantages when it comes contrast, because coatings have gotten better, but there are some vintage lenses with great contrast like the Contax Yashica Carl Zeiss Planar T* ...
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Do these Sony bodies have integrated AF motors?
Sony has made this super confusing by using alpha (α) —which is commonly rendered "A" — in the names of these E-mount cameras. (Thanks, Sony!) The current scheme seems to be: α followed by two digits ...
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Can i use intervalometer to engage continuous shooting?
Can i use intervalometer to engage continuous shooting (setting continuous with speed ~5fps on camera instead of bulb) for 20 seconds and delay/timer of few minutes ? (with sony a6000)
Yes, you can (...
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Sony A7* ND filter app
Is there any practical difference with a physical filter?
For the most part, in most typical "I need a 1-, 2-, or 3-stop ND grad filter" scenarios, there's not really a practical difference between ...
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How to turn on manual focus for Sony α7R II?
From the online manual:
You can easily switch the focusing mode from auto to manual and vice versa while shooting without changing your holding position.
Switch the AF/MF/AEL switch lever to the AF/...
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