mirrorlessNY(youtuber)

Just transferred from Pentax (K1 and K5) with the purchase of a A7iv.
Been involved in/with photography since 1979 and had a few years as a professional Social Photographer in the mid to late 90s.gain gain some 
Looking to gain some Sony knowledge.
 

Hey everyone!  Names Mike from Southern California. Just wanted to say hello!  I’m new to Sony coming over from a Canon 5d MK II that has served me well for many years but it was time to upgrade and I’ve heard great things about the A7r IV so unthought I’d try it out!  Looking forward to learning about the Sony systems and get back out to shooting!

Welcome to forum, I also use a7S3 Premiere & Lightroom = great tools.

Greetings, a7iii is a great camera, enjoy

Sony 7RM4 + FE 24-105 1/60 сек f / 16 ISO 100 

Finally got to process one, My buddy THOR. Taken with a Canon 55MM f1.4 M39 screw mount. 1/60 f4 ISO 1600.
 
 

Hello and thanks, The weekend allowed me to learn some more about the camera.  Camera is performing well, I did some customization of the function menu to get the Steadyshot adjustment out there for when I change focal length on adapter lenses. 
The reviewers were not kidding when they said battery life is short.  I have it in airplane mode until I figure out networking it to my phone.  Single shot AF, when the Sony 28-70 is attached.  I figure to watch some tutorials of customization's and features to learn a bit more as time allows.  No rush, I am enjoying the new tool.
So NYC,  you never lack for things to make great photos in NYC.  I grew up a long time ago atop the cliffs just across the Hudson, (specifically just across from the 79th Street Boat Basin), and in those days a 15 cent bus ticket got us across the river to Manhattan. I left the area for work in the mid 70's, and after a bit of travel have not found a greater city. 
Best wishes
 
 

So you're gonna return it now?
I guess 113 people viewed your post hoping you had something interesting to say about the 16-55 F2.8. Alas.

How can anyone but you decide which lenses to keep? We don't know your budget, use cases, storage space, bag size, tolerance to carrying heavy stuff around, tolerance of spouse to your excessive spendings, etcetera etcetera.
If you really like that 16mm, you can sell everything else for all I care. Or keep it for you might one day find out you actually like 30mm and/or 56mm as well. Sell the 18-105, the Sigma primes are so much better! No wait, keep it: you might occasionally want to get some smooth zoom-action in your footage. It balances nicely on gimbals with that internal zoom as well. Heck, sell everything and buy the new Tamron 17-70 f/2.8 zoom. It's stabilised, just about covers your Sigms trio in terms of focal length and will likely be better optically than the 18-105. Darn, balancing that thing on your gimbal will be a pain...
Choices choices... Something every single forum member out here has to deal with.

Sorry mirrorlessNY(youtuber) for not answering before, I have just realized that you posted the question.
For the time being since I bought my a7 (with which I have been doing some trial shoots but not that much relevant takes), I am loving it.
I bought it (new) for about a fourth of what I would have needed to pay for a newer model. I paid 500 U$S for the body and the Sony 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS zoom lens (which for being a kit lens, performs quite well). Sony Store here in my country was offering them cheap and the money exchange at that moment helped as well.
The sensor has no stabilization (the OSS lens has) and it may have fewer functions than the following models, but again, I bought it very cheap. And regarding functions, it has more than the cameras I already had (A230, A580 and Rx100) and a better sensor obviously, and I don’t mind not having the newest model of whatever I buy. Cameras will probably keep improving (as cell-phones do for example), and there is no way to keep up with the pace. If I would have bought an a7 III (paying four times more, which I wouldn’t have done anyway), then an a7 IV would probably be launched next. The a7 more than fulfills my expectations and needs (well...., not really needs) as it is.

good video & cool idea

I believe GAMMA ASSIST DISPLAY is what you're looking for. On / Off.
I can easily demonstrate this with various favorite LUTS loaded onto an external recorder but in camera, this will give an idea.
 

my mom got tired of me on a bungee cord tied to her waist so she glared at dad to figure something out and he dumped the om1 on me and said go play
so anywhere from pajama parents to sibling weddings you name it i photographed everything and it cost dad a bomb but he knew a camera shop owner who had a darkroom so that helped
good o' kodak asa200 canisters that reeked of chemical smells ... those were the days!
and sure enough in high school i ran the campus darkroom (converted from an old dormant storage room) and in my first real job i had the opportunity to process some serious film out of an astronomy group studying the sun ... good times

welcome to the future ☺️ these new cameras are very capable, autofocus has seen incredible improvements

Thanks!

great visuals, sharp
I love the 21:9 aspect ratio, fill my whole screen ?

The 24 GM is what you need : superb IQ, 1.4 aperture, compact and light lens in relation to its abilities.

How are those good wide-angle lenses?

I had an extended stopover of 16 hours on my way from Seoul to the UK so utilised it by spending some time in the city.  Scouted around a bit ready for twilight, was feeling poorly due to a heavy cold, so didn't see as much as I would have liked.   Sony A7r4 FE 24 - 70 GM   Twilight Across the Bay Doha by singingsnapper, on Flickr   Doha Twilight by singingsnapper, on Flickr   BW Islamic art gallery, Doha by singingsnapper, on Flickr

I've ended up solving my own problem.  And today I learned that those usb charger cables that are everywhere come in 2 different varieties.  Charging and Data Transfer.  I was of course using the wrong one.
Problem solved!

looks cool, it's like a growing Manhattan

PRO video, I agree a6300 is a beast at 4k

All shot on Sony A6300

Sony ILCE-7RM3 Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary 015