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Yes exactly.

From personal experience I would avoid the Olympus 75-300. As an alternative option I don’t believe anything touches the Sony A6700 + 70-350mm for a lightweight wildlife setup. Approx 1,100g, the lens is in a different class and the Sony AF is fantastic.

The 70-350mm as mentioned is a great lens. If you need better low light performance the Tamron 70-180. For a cheaper option the Tamron 70-300.

Enjoying the A1 but mostly the XS focus option, why did it take Sony so long to add when other brands have had for years...?

This is the way. Bought a Samsung T7 4tb SSD 3 years ago for $250. Currently looks to be over $1000 for the same drive. Cleaned up nearly 200gb and sure there’s more to go - never realistically going to reprocess all those old panorama stacks.

Once again, this project is marvellous, with great photos. Thanks for continuing to share.

Yup on latest firmware. AF is still excellent, don’t get me wrong and leaps and bounds better than my old A9.

Getting used to my new-to-me A1, definitely enjoying the resolution over my A9. AF subject recognition isn't quite as good as the A6700 nor even a Canon R5 (dare I say it) but it's definitely far faster at hitting focus and so sticky: Central Park April 2026-3 Central Park April 2026-6

Could also adapt e-mount lenses with bonus compatibility with your existing Sony kit?

Ran through AI and estimating 1.35kg if it's right: Feature Sigma 50mm f/1.2 Sigma 85mm f/1.4 Canon EF 50mm f/1.0 Sigma 65mm f/1.0 (EST) Weight 740g 630g 985g 1,350g – 1,600g Length 108.8mm 94.1mm 81.5mm 145mm – 155mm Diameter 81.0mm 82.8mm 91.5mm 102mm – 105mm Filter Size 72mm 77mm...

After 5 years finally replaced my A9. Lots of options with A7V, A7RV, used A1, adapted Nikon Z8. Nikon was just too big/heavy, would miss a usable electronic shutter with the A7RV, and was close between the A7V and A1. The additional megapixels (for my beloved 70-350), faster electronic...

I similarly had a capture clip fail and their support was excellent with a replacement shipped next day. Their shops are also great if you’re ever in Ny/LA/Prague/Tokyo.

Depends on the intensity. Saw them in Tromso a few years ago and was unbelievably vivid with the bare eye. In more southern locations and/or weaker solar activity it’s more post processing. I would consider it a bonus rather than the focus of the trip and then you can’t leave disappointed...

Affinity Photo is now free and should be perfect for your use cases. Processing is done locally (for non AI premium tools).

For those posting Mac specs can you include how long applying Lightroom denoise takes. On my base spec M2 Pro setup rendering and export times are more than fast enough but 25-35 seconds per image to apply denoise soon adds up for batch processing.