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A7II, Tamron 150-600, Sony Adapter about perfect for Africa

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Just got back from Africa and found the A7II, Tamron 150-600mm combo were just about perfect for safari shooting.  Had my trusty Sony RX100II for anything that got close.  Given most subjects are hidden in grass or trees manual focus with focus peaking was the best route and worked well.

 

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Thank you.  On a previous trip due to rain we did not see one big cat.  This trip it rained the first 4 days and looked like it was going to be a repeat but due to the hard work of a wonderful guide we found cats the last two days!  Again the 150mm - 600mm on the A7II was perfect.

 

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    • Richard A
      ISO Bracketing

      By Richard A · Posted

      ISO 320 is the A7R5's second base ISO setting. You will find at ISO 320 you will get better results than even ISO 200. I normally take a set of shots at 1600, 3200 and 6400 ISO. I am taking 60 light frames and 10 dark frames. I don't do any adjustments to the files before stacking. I really need to get organised and do some bias frames now. Here is pretty much my first successful Milky Way shot from a few months ago. I was combatting a bit of ambient light and quite a lot of cloud but I'm pretty happy with this. It was shot using my Sigma 16-28 f2.8 which is better at astro than I had anticipated, at ISO 1600.

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    • popeye10
      ISO Bracketing

      By popeye10 · Posted

      Thanks for the information. Since my original post, I did some "experiments" at different iso settings. Best results were obtained at iso 320, and then increasing the exposure by four stops in Lightroom. The biggest difference compared to using a higher iso was that there was detail in dark foreground areas, while at high iso the dark areas were blocked. This is consistent with articles I've read about ISO invariance.
    • Richard A
      ISO Bracketing

      By Richard A · Posted

      I do a bit of astro photography and do a lot of research etc. on best settings to use. I have never heard of anyone using ISO bracketing! Typically, higher ISO settings such as 1600, 3200 or 6400 are used and multiple light and dark frames are stacked to reduce noise. If you are worried about noise in dark foreground areas then just use a seperate exposure for them then blend the exposures in post processing. By the way, I also have an A7R5.

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