In what way? Sensor performance or AF?
Give DSLR (Nikon) one more chance or switch to mirrorless?
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In what way? Sensor performance or AF?
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In what way are they frustrating (apart from the zoom and focus ring being the wrong way around on the 70-200e
)?TBH most are OK with the adapter, but the 70-200mm does feel unbalanced.
Not in terms of AF. I can't see any difference in IQ between my Z7 and D850, although AF-S on the Z7 nails focus better imo meaning the images can appear that touch sharper.
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I can’t say because I’ve not used one, just my observation of images posted by some who have made the change. Could be user of course, or camera, or available lenses.
I think from an AF and sensor POV MILC are flexing their muscles now, its taken some time but they are at a stage where they are exceeding DSLR performance in the same formats (obviously going from FF to M43 youre going to see IQ differences but perhaps the user is happy with the compromise and saving their backs and bank balances). As you say, it could also be a number of other things, change in PP, familiarity, type of lens etc.
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Indeed, I had to give up my gripped D850 due to weight ... in my case the D750 & D7500 proved a familiar but much lighter option.
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Yes and no.
Af seems to be a dead heat between the D850 and Sony A7r3 with the d850 being better for sports and the Sony being better for eye af and place your subject anywhere in the frame. Some good comparison vids out there.
Whilst I understand the D850 to have (a lot) better af than the D810 I’m not complaining about the d810’s af performance as such it’s fine when using a centrally placed cross point af sensor but moving away from centre and it can be frustrating at shallow dof. If I shot landscapes/architecture like I used we wouldn’t be having this convo but I’ve started to love shallow dof portraits!
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Battery life about 1/3rd of D850 but that may or may not be important to you.
How much would you lose in changing?
Do not believe the battery rated life, I got 1600 shots with my previous camera, A73 incl some video and had 20% left in a charge, same battery.
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No the battery life on the a73’s changed For the better in a big way!
I don’t see the D850 or the milc as better or worse, just different needs to suit different people.
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I think there is larger gap in eyeAF in terms of what Sony can do than the gap for sports shooting where the gap is smaller between the two.
If you mostly shoot humans you'll have better time with Sony, if you mostly shoot birds then D850 will be better.
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Fixed that for you
And yeah - I'd buy the D850 or 3 if I wasn't happy with my 3 D810's and D800.
And yes I own and have amassed a ridiculous amount of cameras
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I’d be happy with mine too if I did landscapes D810 is an ace camera.Fixed that for you
And yeah - I'd buy the D850 or 3 if I wasn't happy with my 3 D810's and D800.
And yes I own and have amassed a ridiculous amount of cameras
Im going to buy a Sony RX100(6) to tide me over for a while once my D810 is sold as I don’t want to rush this decision and this will allow me some time to sell off my lenses if I decide to go mirrorless.
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And if that's what a Nikon or Canon user is going to do, might as well buy the best.. Sony
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Have you tried an RX100? Very 'fiddly' to use once you're used to a DSLR.
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Yes I’ve had them since the ‘1’
Also want one for my travels as lugging a dslr along gets boring fast.
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Well my head said Sony A7Riii and my heart said Nikon D850. Both were in my virtual basket and both were very nearly bought.
Possibly against my better judgment I went with my heart, so am staying DSLR for the time being.
An rx100(6) did accidentally fall into my basket too and shopkeeper said I had to buy it because I touched it so I still get to sample delights of eye af and across frame af and ... gosh hope I made the right decision....
FWIW my Sony basket contained
A7Riii
Tamron 17-28 2.8
Sony 35 1.4
Sony 85 1.8
Sony 135 1.8
Sony flash 45 rm
Possibly against my better judgment I went with my heart, so am staying DSLR for the time being.
An rx100(6) did accidentally fall into my basket too and shopkeeper said I had to buy it because I touched it so I still get to sample delights of eye af and across frame af and ... gosh hope I made the right decision....
FWIW my Sony basket contained
A7Riii
Tamron 17-28 2.8
Sony 35 1.4
Sony 85 1.8
Sony 135 1.8
Sony flash 45 rm
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Looks like an expensive basket there Mark
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Ironically more expensive to stay Nikon!Looks like an expensive basket there Mark
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I'm strangely back at this point.....I had a brief flirt with the Sony A7R but honestly hated the damn thing despite a couple of nice features.
Looking at the Fuji GFX 50S Mirrorless Medium Format but the lenses are damn expensive so need to have a serious think.
Decisions decisions.
Looking at the Fuji GFX 50S Mirrorless Medium Format but the lenses are damn expensive so need to have a serious think.
Decisions decisions.
I found that - I was all set to get one, but just found it too small, and instead got the A6000 - which for me is large enough to feel Ok to use, while still being very small and lightweight (unlike my A900 setup
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