Morning All,
It's been some time since i've been on TP but pop in now and then for a read. I'm not fully up to date nowadays so was looking for some advice - but first some history.
Many moons ago my main use was motorsport but i moved away from that and then it was predominantly airsoft as i was a marshal at a local site. I've been a Canon user throughout, starting with a 30D, then a couple of 1D2n's that were eventually replaced by 1D3's and finally i dropped one body to end up with a 1D4 which i currently still have.
On the glass front it's a old but still superb 300/2.8L that is mostly left in the bag these days as the 100-400L II is took it's place. Then there's a 135L, 24-105L, a battered 70-200L, a Samyang 8mm and a Sigma 15-30EX plus both the 1.4 and 2x mk2 TC's. I also have a couple of 580EX Flashes. So, im pretty well invested in the Canon world.
As the 1D4 is on the bulky heavy side and not ideal for travel, i picked up a Sony RX100VI last year to replace the old Powershot G11 i used to take on holiday. SWMBO now has domain over the RX.
Now i find myself looking for something a bit more all round that i could still take on hols and stuff as the 1D4 is not a realistic proposition these days. I also do some work with pyrotechnics and sometimes need to film & take photos so i'm bearing this in mind.
I've looked at the EOS R which would give me pretty much faultless use of the current crop of lenses i have but the AF and exposure seem to be a bit hit and miss and the fps is relatively low with AF tracking a potential issue according to a number of reviews. It's also pretty expensive!
I've also looked at the A7II which seems to be silly cheap at the moment but with the Metabones V for the Canon lenses the fps drops to 2? fps and there is the usual Sony interface issues that i have some experience with on the minefield of menus in the RX.
Finally there's the A7III which with a Metabones V looks to tick a lot of boxes but bumps the price back up quite a bit on the A7II.
I'm toying with getting an A7II and keeping the 1D4 until the A7III's drop in price and then chopping both in for one as the III does seem to be the better option but then i wonder if i should just go all in for the III. Then for simplicity there's the EOS R that seems pricey for the spec but may fix some of the issues in firmware or Canon may wait for the Mk2?
Apologies for the long read but any advice?
Cheers
Nat
B-)
It's been some time since i've been on TP but pop in now and then for a read. I'm not fully up to date nowadays so was looking for some advice - but first some history.
Many moons ago my main use was motorsport but i moved away from that and then it was predominantly airsoft as i was a marshal at a local site. I've been a Canon user throughout, starting with a 30D, then a couple of 1D2n's that were eventually replaced by 1D3's and finally i dropped one body to end up with a 1D4 which i currently still have.
On the glass front it's a old but still superb 300/2.8L that is mostly left in the bag these days as the 100-400L II is took it's place. Then there's a 135L, 24-105L, a battered 70-200L, a Samyang 8mm and a Sigma 15-30EX plus both the 1.4 and 2x mk2 TC's. I also have a couple of 580EX Flashes. So, im pretty well invested in the Canon world.
As the 1D4 is on the bulky heavy side and not ideal for travel, i picked up a Sony RX100VI last year to replace the old Powershot G11 i used to take on holiday. SWMBO now has domain over the RX.
Now i find myself looking for something a bit more all round that i could still take on hols and stuff as the 1D4 is not a realistic proposition these days. I also do some work with pyrotechnics and sometimes need to film & take photos so i'm bearing this in mind.
I've looked at the EOS R which would give me pretty much faultless use of the current crop of lenses i have but the AF and exposure seem to be a bit hit and miss and the fps is relatively low with AF tracking a potential issue according to a number of reviews. It's also pretty expensive!
I've also looked at the A7II which seems to be silly cheap at the moment but with the Metabones V for the Canon lenses the fps drops to 2? fps and there is the usual Sony interface issues that i have some experience with on the minefield of menus in the RX.
Finally there's the A7III which with a Metabones V looks to tick a lot of boxes but bumps the price back up quite a bit on the A7II.
I'm toying with getting an A7II and keeping the 1D4 until the A7III's drop in price and then chopping both in for one as the III does seem to be the better option but then i wonder if i should just go all in for the III. Then for simplicity there's the EOS R that seems pricey for the spec but may fix some of the issues in firmware or Canon may wait for the Mk2?
Apologies for the long read but any advice?
Cheers
Nat
B-)