Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank asks: how do you access the way to program these custom menus? In the menu go to Function Menu Set. I bought David Busch's Sony A7RII/A7II book. It has that and much much more. On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 2:27 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > To show how easy this methodoogy is, how do you access the way to program > these custom menus? > After spending 10 minutes looking through the official manual, I still > have no idea. > > The instructions are no better than the human interface on the camera > itself. > > If you know how to hunt and peck, it works. > > Note: Custom menus are the numbers 1 and 2 on the ?speed? dial..... At > least they are easy to find..... > > > Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net > > On Monday, May 7, 2018, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > The Sony menu may be maddening, but if you set up the easily accessed > custom Fn menu with your favorite settings, you almost never go to the Main > menu. Several buttons and the dial are programmable as well. > On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 1:47 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > I have a A7 ( original) and A7II. Both are outstanding bodies > capable of > things my Nikons never could do.... Having a EVF allows one to > focus in > near darkness, accuratey, even with lenses as tough as the Nocti > or any of > the fast 75?s made by Leica. This feature alone is reason to > purchase.. > IBIS in the Mk 2& 3 versions is another. > > You will NOT save > weight.... The body is lighter than an SLR, but the > lenses weigh the > same. When you add up a ?kit? the difference will be > marginal. > > But > will YOU be happy? > > You know the answer.... every person is different... > only by trying one > out will you know.... > > BTW, if you ARE going to buy > one, get a A7RII or A7RIII. Extra resolution > ( for cropping !!! ) and in > the case of the A7rII, not too much more > expensive over the A7II. ( A7 > and MK 2 bodies use the same battery. A9 > and MK3 bodies use a different > battery). Get an A9 for sports or maybe > birds, the others for landscape > or people. > > If you would rather experiment before purchase, rent one ( > or borrow). > After a weekend, you will know....for you. > > PS: Doug has > already responded, and indeed the menu system was designed by > a > non-photogrpaher..... probably one with a committee as the boss... BUt > > you do get ?used to? the system they gave us. > > The menu system has about > 6 major choices, with 2-6 sub menus, and 6 or so > menu items beneath that. > You will learn to hate it. > > MY preference would be to make the entire > menu system field programmable, > by computer, so that each individual > could have his own special set of menu > locations. Won?t happen. If Apple > can do it to phones, why not Sony to > cameras? > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > On Monday, May 7, 2018, George Lottermoser via > LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > > On May 7, 2018, at 10:28 AM, Frank > Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > > > The elector-mechanical > Minolta mount was replaced by a fully > electronic mount with the Sony 6xxx > (APS-C series) cameras some years ago. > Different mount register. > Different size. Different connections compared to > the more modern mount. > THese all fit the APS-C sensor size of the older > Minolta branded cameras > and the SLR ( Mirror based) Sony cameras still > being made today. > The > old mount was called A mount or Maxxum Mount, or > Alpha mount.. The new > mount ( for the A7, A9, and A6xxx series ) is called > the NEX mount or the > E Mount. > > To add to the confusion, some of the Sony > NEX mount lenses > are for APS-C sized sensors, and will not cover the A7 > full frame sensor. > None of this is actually printed on the lenses. > > > There is a good > treatise on the subject by a person called Brian Smith..... > look him for > a really good list of what fits what. Thank you Frank. Do you > have any > experience with any of the Sony A7 series cameras? Without any > brick and > mortar stores it?s so difficult to determine if a a particular > brand or > model will work out in my hands. fond regards, George > > http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.imagist.com > > http://www.linkedin.com/imagist > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > > more information > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, > Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. 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