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Sony Lenses: FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS $1498, FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS $2149, FE 20mm F1.8 G $663 & More + free s/h

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sathsy
01-18-2021 at 03:39 PM.
01-18-2021 at 03:39 PM.
how long is this edu deal/coupon valid? wondering if I could get the same from 3reen Toe ?
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Yakinabe
01-18-2021 at 04:33 PM.
01-18-2021 at 04:33 PM.
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What would be the best option for photographing star alignments or such?
What do you mean by "star alignments"? Constellations? Planetary conjunctions?
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Yakinabe
01-18-2021 at 04:35 PM.
01-18-2021 at 04:35 PM.
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600mm is great for wildlife and in particular bird photography. I'm not sure of any other use that's worth that amount of money.
Sports. Photojournalism. Celebrity photos.
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Larron
01-18-2021 at 05:53 PM.
01-18-2021 at 05:53 PM.
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25% off on A7 III? That is a steal!
Little better indication that the highly rumored A7 IV is about to release. And it should be a substantial upgrade.

In their most recent release, the A7S III, Sony finally revamped their much criticized user interface. The A7S III has modern touchscreen interface with logically arranged selections and extensive customization options. It is expected to be the user interface for all of their full frame cameras going forward. They've also made large improvements to the view finder and sensor.
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01-18-2021 at 05:58 PM.
01-18-2021 at 05:58 PM.
Quote from Larron :
Little better indication that the highly rumored A7 IV is about to release. And it should be a substantial upgrade.

In their most recent release, the A7S III, Sony finally revamped their much criticized user interface. The A7S III haas modern touchscreen interface with logically arranged selections. It is expected to be the user interface for all cameras going forward. They've also made large improvements to the view finder and other areas.
I just tried to reproduce and the price with coupon I got was $1978 unfortunately. I was using a teacher discount code, not a student discount code - not sure if that makes a difference.
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01-19-2021 at 06:24 AM.
01-19-2021 at 06:24 AM.
Quote from amax :
B&H has matched many of these, and is a WAY better deal combined with Payboo which eliminates taxes (huge).
I checked out B&H b
Quote from amax :
B&H has matched many of these, and is a WAY better deal combined with Payboo which eliminates taxes (huge).
I did not see the B&H match the above prices with the EDU discount. Prefer to buy from them as you mentioned with the Payboo card.
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electrohawk
01-19-2021 at 06:52 AM.
01-19-2021 at 06:52 AM.
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Wouldn't low light not be as much of an issue if I'm doing long exposure?
The problem with long exposures on stars without a tracker, is that the earth is rotating, so you will get the wipe effect. Probably city lights / ambient light is more of an issue. If you have a super dark sky, you do not need extra long exposures.

If you go to utube and search sony astro photography, you can find lots of good tips on the topic of shooting near (planets/moon) and far objects (stars).
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amax
01-19-2021 at 11:03 AM.
01-19-2021 at 11:03 AM.
Quote from abhagwan :
I checked out B&H b

I did not see the B&H match the above prices with the EDU discount. Prefer to buy from them as you mentioned with the Payboo card.
200-600mm, for example
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amax
01-19-2021 at 11:06 AM.
01-19-2021 at 11:06 AM.
Quote from Larron :
Little better indication that the highly rumored A7 IV is about to release. And it should be a substantial upgrade.

In their most recent release, the A7S III, Sony finally revamped their much criticized user interface. The A7S III has modern touchscreen interface with logically arranged selections and extensive customization options. It is expected to be the user interface for all of their full frame cameras going forward. They've also made large improvements to the view finder and sensor.
As before, the overpriced a7S III by greedy Sony will more obviously be a rip-off when the a7 IV comes to market. 99% of its customers have no need/no clue as to the feature distinctions.
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Larron
01-19-2021 at 11:37 AM.
01-19-2021 at 11:37 AM.
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As before, the overpriced a7S III by greedy Sony will more obviously be a rip-off when the a7 IV comes to market. 99% of its customers have no need/no clue as to the feature distinctions.
The A7 IV won't include most of the top line video features of the A7S III.

The IV will be better for picture takers, but far worse for videographers.

Different products for different purposes.
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amax
01-19-2021 at 01:55 PM.
01-19-2021 at 01:55 PM.
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The A7 IV won't include most of the top line video features of the A7S III.

The IV will be better for picture takers, but far worse for videographers.

Different products for different purposes.
NOPE. History proves you wrong and some specs have already begun to leak: 10-bit 4:2:2 4K/60, etc. Again, the suckers go for the a7S latest, then the smarties clean up with the a7 latest.
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Larron
01-19-2021 at 02:25 PM.
01-19-2021 at 02:25 PM.
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NOPE. History proves you wrong and some specs have already begun to leak: 10-bit 4:2:2 4K/60, etc. Again, the suckers go for the a7S latest, then the smarties clean up with the a7 latest.
It was not a spec leak.

It was a vlogger's "wish list".

And like most wish lists, it was entirely unrealistic. Sony is not about to undercut their $3,500 A7S III only a month after it's become commonly available.

This isn't just for marketing reasons, it's largely for technical reasons. There is only one reason that the A7S III is the only full frame, full readout, fanless camera on the market that is able to record 4K 10 bit video without overheating. That is because the A7S III is the only full frame camera with a native 4K sensor.

All of the others overheat, pixel bin, line skip, or have loud fans. They do this, because resampling 6K or 8K down to 4k requires tremendous processing power, and those processors produce tremendous heat.

TLDR - Sony couldn't make at 24mp or 30mp A7 IV do what the A7S III can do, even if they wanted to. The IV will be technically, physically incapable.
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tctmp
01-19-2021 at 03:01 PM.
01-19-2021 at 03:01 PM.
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I was hoping they would put the a7siii back on their edu discount list.
When did Sony put a7s3 on edu list and how long did it stay there? I thought it's only commonly available recently. So I am surprised that it has already been on the edu list.
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01-19-2021 at 03:15 PM.
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When did Sony put a7s3 on edu list and how long did it stay there? I thought it's only commonly available recently. So I am surprised that it has already been on the edu list.

It was on the list for a couple days when it was just released.
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01-20-2021 at 11:53 PM.
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It was on the list for a couple days when it was just released.
I see. Thanks for the info.
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