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Hi, I'm doing mostly macro stuff. Until now only stills. Now I want to change my camera (A7Rv) more in direction to video. I'm also not happy with the autofocus of my A7RV on land and underwater. But I would need a good underwater macro still function too. As I had recently bought the Sony 100 mm macro (and have other lenses for land, as special wildlife) I want to stay with Sony. Do you think A7v would be better for video as the A1 II? I would immediately decide for A7v because of price, battery, new sensor ..., but for cropping A1 II would be better and I use cropping also on land a lot for macro. Would be happy for some thoughts about it. Thanks! LG Susanne

no, unfortunately not, autofocus, as special cont autofocus is still very unsatisfying for me (macro use). What is new is, that you can create your own customized focus points

Hi, I updated it, everything is working fine for me, did a lot of macro (not underwater) ...

Please see the pictures. I can send also a video with the functioning and more pictures. Akkus included (4 original).Located in Vienna, shipping in Europe. Price is 1500 Euro. Including all parts except spare o_rings and packaging.

Sold!

I someone here who can speak for Isotta?

Even Mark Galer is talking about it, and when you read his own comments, I think 🙃 .....

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/?

I do not know how fast you will have to change, but Canon R6 II is a very good camera ( I know it from a friend, underwater and above water) and there is a new version of this camera in the startup line of Canon, announced with more megapixel. That could be a good choice, including good video features announced.

Thanks! But TTL is possible for Sony A7R5, A1 II? Because its not mentioned in the first posting.

Camera is already sold (back to dealer since it had a possible defect).

No TTL/Manual for A1 II, A7R5, A9III?

yes i did a reset, several times and I tried a lot of changes of the settings. Unfortunately I did not have a second A7r5 to compare. Now I gave the camera back to the dealer. I'm thinking to buy the A1 ii, because all of my surrounding staff is Sony. But also thinking about Canon. Therefore my original question. My biggest interest is macro/supermacro.

its exactly described here, what I wanted to use, I believe more and more that my camera has a problem...

thanks for that descriptions, the only thing is that I 'm not using object tracking, its off! I used only cont autofocus, tried it with a stativ and a not moving subject which is easy to focus (good contrast and light). And yet the frame does not match the focus point. Roughly it looks like the picture I have attached. (Sorry for the primitive drawing, but I gave my A7R5 back to my dealer yesterday, looking for a new system now). It's not always the same result, but I got deviations with every new focussing even though camera and subject are fixed. Underwater it made live really hard.

It's not only underwater, its also when I work with a stativ on land (A7R5). I set the Focus point on a not moving object with cont autofocus, and get a larger frame around but not exactly where my focus point is, even when it is something like a intersection of a cross, which is easy to focus. I'm sure this was not the case when I started with the camera in 2023. The example is a 0,5 cm fruitfly, with the focus (hand hold) direct on the eye. I dont know if its depending on the focus point, but the continious autofocus is not aligned with my focus point.

My friend has a Canon R5 and he can choose a significant smaller autofocuspoint. I put an example (land) from my A7R5 here: this is cropped by around 200 %. Its not really sharp, the conditions were perfect, its 1/250 F16. Object is 1 cm. Problem is, I can focus the front of the insect, but not the eye. Underwater its the same. The second picture is with Nauticam SMC3, cropped 300 % for demo, focus on the front of the nudi is hardly possible but not on the "horn, (rinophore?)" as you can see. So as a result I'm not sure if I should change the setup. Supermacro is my really passion.

Hi, thanks for your comment, I have actual the A7r5 with the sony 90mm setup in an Isotta housing. But since one of the firmware updates the Small Focus point is not really working for me, almost never hit the exact point. I use cont autofocus with tracking, but tried also Manual. Last trip to Anilao I had somehow 70 % not in focus, comparing with other trips a really bad result. For Supermacro the focus point seems to "big" for me. I tried it also on land with the same result.

so, let us assume 25000 Euro. Including also something like viewfinder, monitor etc... Wishlist is Macro, Supermacro still and video. Questions I ask myself, like the best macro lense, same setup for still and video, for example viewfinder or monitor, Sony: really the 90 mm which is so hard to focus ...

Ah ok, good point, mainly shooting in warm water, Macro, Supermacro (video) on the wishlist.

Hi all, what macro setup (which macro lense-camera combination) would you buy when you could start from begin? Should have also video capabilities. LG Susanne

Price for the pure housing is 2000 Euro. Including the manual trigger and a spare trigger from Isotta. What could be sold together, is Macro port, Vakuum check, Backscatter trigger, camera, 90 mm macro from Sony ... More Pictures can be sended. Housing is in perfect condition. Shipping in Europe, located in Vienna for personel visit.

SOLD!

I had the same issue before 2 weeks, let it closed overnight, and next day when I opened it, there was a little water inside. Luckily it worked after drying. I did not found any problem on o-ring or elsewhere. I changed the almost new o-ring without really thinking that this was the issue :-(.

Thanks again, I ordered exactly a 24-16 adapter, and another adapter for M16 (picture) to be on the save side, if it arrives tomorrow , my problem should be solved and I could use the BS trigger in Anilao 🙂