Any Sony DLSR Users here? How About A6500 users?

[Misled]

That said, I will be in deep tomorrow when I really start diving in.

Trust me Scott, you haven't met deep yet, but it"s coming!!!! :lol:

 

[trivan]

If your converting to RAW, make sure you increase your hard drive space on your computer as well. This also mean your back up device. Raw files are a lot bigger then jpgs.

 

[DamonG]

If your converting to RAW, make sure you increase your hard drive space on your computer as well. This also mean your back up device. Raw files are a lot bigger then jpgs.

Good point!

Dedicated drive or RAID array is the best with a separate for cache also(even a thumb drive with a couple extra gigs works).. Especially if your going to work with video, it's almost a must!

Since drives are so cheap these days, it's a tiny investment into the future..

And also,a good set of legs and head.. Benro actually makes excellent heads for a very low cost.. I have a Benro 8 series head on manfrotto 3046(I think I remember them being the 3046, as I've had them for quite a few years) legs..

From note 5..

 

[slief]

Ha! That's comical.. I actually have done both, local and ircha(for a few years).. I started flying around 93, and have done it off and on over the years. I did ircha, and other events around the country when I flew for Byrons for two years(i actually did FAI class 1).. I then did discs and same day edits for people I knew..

But yes, I was one of those at the noon demos wrenching my neck and shoulders to death.. And I didn't have the little mini cams, but a pretty decently outfitted rig. And that thing was decently heavy..

I never made the money that Derrick made with his editing, but we always use to stay in contact and talk about/exchange ideas.. Good guy from my memories..

We used to tent and kick around with Nick, Bobby, Bert, Beast, some of the Curtis crew, and the rest of the normal goofballs in those groups. It was fun, though I never got to the level of those guys.. And yes, I knew the Szabo brothers, but always found Danny to be much more approachable and down to earth.. But I remember when they were kids too and flew for Kalt and Airtronics.. Back in the old Excell Custom days..

I still mess around with my little heli, just hovering.. But none of the flip flop I used to do.. And Imess with my little mini drone.. Both just for fun.. But yep, Iremember all except your shop.. But I kind of remember the name.. It rings a bell for some reason.. It may have been parts, not sure, because I flew synergies, raves, my good old ergo(long ago), 700's, and of course started on a plastic fantastic..

But honestly, I try to not think of that time much.. Lots of pain involved..

From note 5..

Sounds like we both go back a similar distance in the RC Hobby. You may recognize some of these guys..

Me, Todd Bennet, Jason Kraus and Curtis Youngblood. I rented the Heli and had us flown into to the So. Cal 3D Classic and delivered pizza's for the entire crowd as a publicity stunt for my shop. Alan Szabo wanted to fly in with us but we didn't have room. At the time, he was an up and comer and I felt bad then and even worse now.

 

[slief]

Trust me Scott, you haven't met deep yet, but it"s coming!!!! :lol:

Yea, I can see this becoming pretty bad.

If your converting to RAW, make sure you increase your hard drive space on your computer as well. This also mean your back up device. Raw files are a lot bigger then jpgs.

That's not an issue for me. I'm in the computer and data storage business. Hard drives are a dime a dozen but just playing with Lightroom has already exploited the weakness in my older computer at home. My brother is pushing me to get a MAC but I have too many programs including some that control Aquarium stuff that depend on Windows. Plus the fact that I can easily upgrade Windows computers where as MAC's aren't as easy. I am already spec'ing it's upgrades which include new Motherboard, latest i7 CPU, 32GB RAM and a good sized fast SSD boot drive.

Good point!

Dedicated drive or RAID array is the best with a separate for cache also(even a thumb drive with a couple extra gigs works).. Especially if your going to work with video, it's almost a must!

Since drives are so cheap these days, it's a tiny investment into the future..

And also,a good set of legs and head.. Benro actually makes excellent heads for a very low cost.. I have a Benro 8 series head on manfrotto 3046(I think I remember them being the 3046, as I've had them for quite a few years) legs..

From note 5..

I will likely include a SATA RAID setup with several drives and an Areca RAID controller in my system which I plan on rebuilding next week when I get back to the office. As for the Tripod, I have a Slik Pro 500DX with their 3 way pan head. It's not the greatest tripod but it's pretty heavy and solid.

 

[DamonG]

Sounds like we both go back a similar distance in the RC Hobby. You may recognize some of these guys..

Me, Todd Bennet, Jason Kraus and Curtis Youngblood. I rented the Heli and had us flown into to the So. Cal 3D Classic and delivered pizza's for the entire crowd as a publicity stunt for my shop. Alan Szabo wanted to fly in with us but we didn't have room. At the time, he was an up and comer and I felt bad then and even worse now.

Lol, yep.. Recognize them all.. And I remember that helicopter too.. Idon't know why.. Lol.. But it rings a bell.. That's cool and funny at the same time.. And yes, it definitely sounds and looks like we do..

And yeah, he went on to do some crazy things with align.. I really have been out of the circles for maybe 6 to 7 years, so not really sure what he or anyone else(except the ones I still have on my Facebook that I only check once a year or so) is doing..

From note 5..

 

[DamonG]

Yea, I can see this becoming pretty bad.



That's not an issue for me. I'm in the computer and data storage business. Hard drives are a dime a dozen but just playing with Lightroom has already exploited the weakness in my older computer at home. My brother is pushing me to get a MAC but I have too many programs including some that control Aquarium stuff that depend on Windows. Plus the fact that I can easily upgrade Windows computers where as MAC's aren't as easy. I am already spec'ing it's upgrades which include new Motherboard, latest i7 CPU, 32GB RAM and a good sized fast SSD boot drive.



I will likely include a SATA RAID setup with several drives and an Areca RAID controller in my system which I plan on rebuilding next week when I get back to the office. As for the Tripod, I have a Slik Pro 500DX with their 3 way pan head. It's not the greatest tripod but it's pretty heavy and solid.

Ahh.. Lol, you and I sound very much alike.. My systems are generally built around their multimedia processing prowess.. And I put on another thread that I haven't bought a built machine since 2008, and that was a laptop(only because they stopped making kits).. Because of this, like you, I will not do Macs. I worked on them at work and they are a pain and not flexible..

And lol, don't boot to ssd.. Lol.. If your motherboard has the slot, use a m.2 drive! They are the ultimate in speed(like insane ), and the price isn't too, too bad at all.. And I actually am running an external enclosure for mine.. I can't remember what controller is in it, but it goes to my esata port, and everything is pretty much instant.. Sequence(timeline) scrubbing and renderingis snappy, even in After Effects with pretty loaded projects.

My current editing system has the Asus motherboard, m.2 boot drive, 32 gigs of ram, 1tb cache drive, 2tb external raid, Intel 4.0Ghz i7(the 4790, which now is I think 2 generations back, but it's an absolute beast!), and the gtx970(i think)4gb version(i think it's 4, lol I never remember that stuff after I build it) and I think that's it..

Oh! And don't forget cuda! Be sure to get a Nvidia graphic card to take advantage of cuda! That does help tremendously with the Adobe applications..

From note 5..

 

[slief]

Lol, yep.. Recognize them all.. And I remember that helicopter too.. Idon't know why.. Lol.. But it rings a bell.. That's cool and funny at the same time.. And yes, it definitely sounds and looks like we do..

And yeah, he went on to do some crazy things with align.. I really have been out of the circles for maybe 6 to 7 years, so not really sure what he or anyone else(except the ones I still have on my Facebook that I only check once a year or so) is doing..

From note 5..

There were all kinds of photoshops on RunRyder back in the day of it coming in upside down. That may be where you recognize it from. Like you, I've been out of the circle for several years too.

 

[slief]

Ahh.. Lol, you and I sound very much alike.. My systems are generally built around their multimedia processing prowess.. And I put on another thread that I haven't bought a built machine since 2008, and that was a laptop(only because they stopped making kits).. Because of this, like you, I will not do Macs. I worked on them at work and they are a pain and not flexible..

And lol, don't boot to ssd.. Lol.. If your motherboard has the slot, use a m.2 drive! They are the ultimate in speed(like insane ), and the price isn't too, too bad at all.. And I actually am running an external enclosure for mine.. I can't remember what controller is in it, but it goes to my esata port, and everything is pretty much instant.. Sequence(timeline) scrubbing and renderingis snappy, even in After Effects with pretty loaded projects.

My current editing system has the Asus motherboard, m.2 boot drive, 32 gigs of ram, 1tb cache drive, 2tb external raid, Intel 4.0Ghz i7(the 4790, which now is I think 2 generations back, but it's an absolute beast!), and the gtx970(i think)4gb version(i think it's 4, lol I never remember that stuff after I build it) and I think that's it..

Oh! And don't forget cuda! Be sure to get a Nvidia graphic card to take advantage of cuda! That does help tremendously with the Adobe applications..

From note 5..

Good info. I will likely be using an Asus motherboard also though could go Supermicro. I will definitely consider the M2 though. I was thinking I could RAID 0 my OS drives down the line just to have some redundancy there. My plan is to use an i7 2600k for the CPU and a GTX 1070. I will likely build this next week once I get back to the office.

 

[DamonG]

Good info. I will likely be using an Asus motherboard also though could go Supermicro. I will definitely consider the M2 though. I was thinking I could RAID 0 my OS drives down the line just to have some redundancy there. My plan is to use an i7 2600k for the CPU and a GTX 1070. I will likely build this next week once I get back to the office.

Thanks.. But lol, no need to raid the m.2, at least for performance... Unless you just want to.. But you can do it if you just wanted to.. They're basically memory sticks that work on the pciex8 bus(lol, it's been a few months, but read up on them.. They are ridiculous!).. Insanely fast! But I hear you on redundancy.. I back up to an external.. But the m.2 puts ssd in the dust.. I didn't believe it until I started checking and then I purchased mine.. And from at least three ocZ I have, and the Samsung I built a machine for someone, they are very stable and reliable..

And micro, another long-standing brand.. But, lol, you building a server or dual processor setup? And from what I read the 1070 is a great card.. And the 2600, I think I considered that one also.. Another beast from what I remember..

But you'll have fun and be surprised at the same time if you haven't, like myself, built a new machine in a few years.. This one renewed my love for the build honestly..

If you can, go with the 99 chipset.. At the time at least, that was the newest one.. The tech, of course is ahead of the 97 I have.. I want to say more things are on one of the bus lanes of the cpu, including the m.2.. I think..


But things are so much more efficient and faster now.. Oh, and your power supply isn't as critical as far as wattage.. And along with that, if you go with Asus, your going to love the new bios! It's awesome!
From note 5..

 

[DamonG]

There were all kinds of photoshops on RunRyder back in the day of it coming in upside down. That may be where you recognize it from. Like you, I've been out of the circle for several years too.

Ha ha ha.. Maybe.. RunRyder.. Lol, that place.. Another bunch of crazy clowns..

From note 5..

 

[slief]

I ended up renting a Tamron 60mm macro lens to play with. I got some surpringly good shots for a newbie. Here are a handful.. Some of these were taken through the viewing panes while others were taken with a top down viewer. I didn't play with ISO settings. I only played with white balance and F Stop. I think most were at F22.

 

[slief]

 

[slief]

A few fish pics. I'm not good at the fish. Since they are always moving and don't sit still long enough, I probably need to learn more to get better pictures and likely need a better lens for them.

 

[slief]

 

[DamonG]

Those look pretty good Scott!

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[Berny]

Pics looking great, if you take good video and upload it to youtube please share.

 

[D1105]

It's been a while since I lurked in this forum and I went straight to the photography section After my 180 reef tank crashed three years ago, I decided to pick up a new hobby. I went though my fair share of Sony mirrorless and currently have the A7RII and A7s. I just sold the A6000 four months ago and was happy with it but mainly used it for vacation and underwater pictures with a underwater housing. I would definitely recommend joining your local photography meetup groups, I learned a lot from experienced members. Good luck with your A6500, I've heard great reviews with that camera (no more overheating from 4k videos). I would also recommend sticking with native lenses for faster autofocus. I only kept my MC-11 to use with a Sigma 150-600 (canon mount) since Sony doesn't have that focal range yet.

 

[slief]

It's been a while since I lurked in this forum and I went straight to the photography section After my 180 reef tank crashed three years ago, I decided to pick up a new hobby. I went though my fair share of Sony mirrorless and currently have the A7RII and A7s. I just sold the A6000 four months ago and was happy with it but mainly used it for vacation and underwater pictures with a underwater housing. I would definitely recommend joining your local photography meetup groups, I learned a lot from experienced members. Good luck with your A6500, I've heard great reviews with that camera (no more overheating from 4k videos). I would also recommend sticking with native lenses for faster autofocus. I only kept my MC-11 to use with a Sigma 150-600 (canon mount) since Sony doesn't have that focal range yet.

Thanks for the great advice. i didn't even think about the local meetup groups. That's a great idea! I ended up returning the Tamron 16-300 which used the adapter. I just didn't see a good need for it since I also got a Sony 18-200 emount lens which I thought would be good for video too. After reading up on lenses for video, it seems there may have been better choices. In particular the Sony - E PZ 18-105mm f/4.0. I am keeping my eye out for one of those. I also picked up a slightly used Tamron 60mm Macro lens though that uses the Sony adapter. It was a great deal. It's the same model macro lens I recently rented and worked really well for some of the pictures I took. I also have that Sigma 60mm e mount lens which is a decent (not great) portrait lens that was really inexpensive. It seems to take decent shots too. I just don't want to go broke on lenses which I am finding is easy to do if you go with the high end stuff.