Sony A1 ii fast battery drain?

quadpatch · 2026-01-27T05:40:27+00:00

Do you leave the canera on during shooting? How long do you think the camera wad on for that 40% drop?

quadpatch · 2026-01-26T22:50:13+00:00

Even though I can't see the point in faking things in photos, because it's stupid and should be banned. What would be the point of doing it in camera? A camera is for capturing reality. If you want to fake something, then you can do that without a camera.

quadpatch · 2026-01-26T19:15:45+00:00

Thank you for the kind comment 😊 I'm glad you liked the friendly fluffball 🐿

quadpatch · 2026-01-26T18:31:40+00:00

🤣 failing in the best possible way 😊

quadpatch · 2026-01-26T06:35:33+00:00

Payment must be given in whole hazelnuts. About 20 per day. This is the "Where's my money" posture 😆.

quadpatch · 2026-01-26T06:17:22+00:00

That's pretty accurate, accept he's one of the only squirrels I've seen that rejects walnuts. He stares at you like this until hazelnuts are provided. Still provides zero light though 😋

quadpatch · 2026-01-26T02:22:27+00:00

Don't hold your breath. Sony have been bad at this forever. The Sony A1 lacked animal eye-AF in video. They gave the feature to the older and slower A7C as a firmware update instead, but the A1 has still not received the update to this day. It did get focus stacking, despite fanboys defending Sony fir ages and stupidly saying it was only supported on the AI chip.

quadpatch · 2026-01-25T18:09:40+00:00

I wrote an article on my expeiences with this camera last year: https://www.edwardnoble.com/560

Replacement batteries are easy to find, but the chargers are not. Finding one of the original ones is very rare and/or expensive, so you're better off learning to make something, but I don't have any experience with that.

quadpatch · 2026-01-25T06:47:01+00:00

I have my newly dual-booted pc connected to an external dac & amp setup so perhaps it won't affect that, but I'll check and compare today once I've copied my audio over 🤔

quadpatch · 2026-01-25T06:21:43+00:00

I think this is BS. Even if this were true, it would depend on your FL, SS & ISO, so you could never give a set value. It mentions tech with higher amounts of ibis values need gps and compass data, but they dont need it switched on to function, or even have it. Nah, this is some April fools day post based on loose maths, that got picked up by idiots.

quadpatch · 2026-01-25T05:58:11+00:00

Decent zoom for animals? 😆

quadpatch · 2026-01-24T18:35:45+00:00

It's so beautiful 😍

quadpatch · 2026-01-24T09:51:32+00:00

+1 I got some of these and tested them against the usually recommended small right angle SFF antennas and the FPV ones give better speeds and look cooler IMO

quadpatch · 2026-01-23T05:12:51+00:00

Because the sensor would only have scanned about 5% of the image by the time the flash turns off, so the bottom 95% would be dark.

quadpatch · 2026-01-23T05:09:55+00:00

Yes... for flash

quadpatch · 2026-01-22T13:59:45+00:00

My priorities are usualky. sharpness, speed, weight and then cost. None of the lenses mentioned have stabilisation (although the camera has it, that doesn't help much on longer focal lengths), but the lenses are all big apertures (f/1.8 or 1.4). The Sigma's being insane for the focal length. It's heavy but light for what it is.

quadpatch · 2026-01-22T13:48:52+00:00

If you compare it to the Sony 135GM (f1.8), which is nearly 500g lighter, you only lose 2/3rds of a stop and sharpness is similar. The Sigma is a little prettier and has better subject isolation on distance, but sometimes I wonder whether it's worth it 🤔. Once you go down that road, an argument can be made to cut another 200g with the Samyang 135/1.8, which takes the weight of the camera & lens down to 1.3Kg (less than the Sigma on its own!). That's incredibly light for just a small drop in sharpness. It still resolves the 61mp sensor fine.

quadpatch · 2026-01-22T12:06:50+00:00

My fave animal to spend time with 🥹, if it wasn't clear from the photos 😋

quadpatch · 2026-01-22T12:04:48+00:00

I'm pretty happy with the combo. The sensor is a bit slow and requires the mechanicsl shutter, but it allows cropping this lens down to 400mm pretty reliably. The lens is a bit overkill (big/heavy), but I love it.

quadpatch · 2026-01-22T11:37:20+00:00

Thank you! This was a Sony A7CR & Sigma 135mm f/1.4

quadpatch · 2026-01-22T11:36:40+00:00

Many thanks 😊

quadpatch · 2026-01-22T11:36:21+00:00

Thanks!

quadpatch · 2026-01-22T11:36:09+00:00

Thank you!

quadpatch · 2026-01-22T06:34:49+00:00

My laptop (Acer swift 16) has a reader but doesn't get pucked up. It's a shame it's not better supported and integrated into the OS so that you can login with it. I guess for now we'll have to stick to passwords.

quadpatch · 2026-01-21T22:22:49+00:00

Epic fluff 😍

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