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A few people seem to be unhappy with Sony all of a sudden?
With the release of the Tamron 28-200mm and the Sigma 100-400mm I'm very pleased with the Sony system.
A few people seem to be unhappy with Sony all of a sudden?
A few people seem to be unhappy with Sony all of a sudden?
obviously wouldn’t be long until people started to jump ship, going buy past releases on here.
having done it once that was enough for me.
Either no sense or too much money.
There seems to be little you would actually gain between switching from one to the other, the canon might have a little advantage now, not that I can see much to be honest. More a side step and then if Sony trumps it will you all jump back?
What if nikon pulls a blinder next [emoji3]
Even model to model the advancement has slowed, small gain in DR/ISO at best maybe some more MP or FPS.
TBH my main niggle is something that I believe can be fixed via firmware, which makes it even more frustrating. It's the fact that a lot of functions are disable whilst the buffer is clearing, and the reason that I believe it can be fixed via firmware is that Olympus fixed this exact same issue on the EM1-II.I agree with this. Every system will have its niggles. Swapping to resolve minor niggles would be quite a costly exercise and not really worth it. You’d likely end up with some other niggles that you weren’t expecting anyway!
One of the problems I see is we may not be using the models as they were intended by the designers. I wouldn’t expect the designers to have designed the A7R4 as a wildlife camera. The high MP may help cropping but I’d expect the designers to have thought the A9/A9ii was their intended camera for wildlife because of AF, real time tracking, FPS etc.
I doubt many of us hobbyists will be limited by any modern camera. It’s likely a greater improvement could be made by us learning how to get improvements from our current camera than swapping to another model because of minor niggles. The problem is marketing departments are great at their job. And so are (paid) you tubers!
The best way is similar to the DSLR market, pick a manufacturer for its overall system that feels right when holding it and stay with it for the long haul as camera models come and go. The simple fact is there should always be something better coming along. Now there is competition perhaps Sony will pull the stopper out to remain at the top of the mirrorless market.
TBH my main niggle is something that I believe can be fixed via firmware, which makes it even more frustrating. It's the fact that a lot of functions are disable whilst the buffer is clearing, and the reason that I believe it can be fixed via firmware is that Olympus fixed this exact same issue on the EM1-II.
A few people seem to be unhappy with Sony all of a sudden?
obviously wouldn’t be long until people started to jump ship, going buy past releases on here.
having done it once that was enough for me.
Either no sense or too much money.
There seems to be little you would actually gain between switching from one to the other, the canon might have a little advantage now, not that I can see much to be honest. More a side step and then if Sony trumps it will you all jump back?
What if nikon pulls a blinder next [emoji3]
Even model to model the advancement has slowed, small gain in DR/ISO at best maybe some more MP or FPS.
AF seems to have been the only real advance I’ve seen since the jump from the d700-d800 with its huge DR/MP jump.
My move was to reduce size and gain better AF.
The larger body and lens on canon plus the new buyer premium is eye watering.
As a birder I think the R5 is a good move by Canon (Once they sort it out ) but there are no long fast primes for it unless you adapt a lens so that's quite a big niggle from the start.
Rob
Emperors new clothes ?
It's the Nearly bit that bothers me and as there are no RF lenses to compare just as good is not really proven yet .Adapted teleprimes work nearly as well as native lenses if not just as good as them. That's one of my main attraction for me. I can never afford the Sony FE teleprimes. There are many on canon EF that I can.
Are there any cheaper adaptable longer lens options in the Sony universe? Maybe A mount or other?
I don't honestly know tbh, maybe. It's a nuisance though, and it baffles me that companies a big as this with all the tech knowledge they have can't rectify it. They're trying to push these cameras as pro cameras, and it's not great if you can't use a lot of the functions for several seconds.But this does depend on how the internal software architecture has been structured. For some manufacturers a fix allowing a function to interrupt an activity may be simple for others it may be harder (or impossible without a major software re-write)
Why? If there is almost no noticeable difference why does it matter. Of course we come from different PoV because you are comparing it to A9II and me to A7RIV. A9II doesn't work for me overall. And R5 AF wise seems better for birding than A7RIV even with adapted lenses.It's the Nearly bit that bothers me and as there are no RF lenses to compare just as good is not really proven yet .
Rob.
Are there any cheaper adaptable longer lens options in the Sony universe? Maybe A mount or other?
There are adaptable options but AF sucks because Sony refuses to give proper adapters for screw driven lenses. Yet another one of my pet annoyances with Sony
With AF system from last century. No thanks.Theres the LAEA4, but yeah, its not great.
With AF system from last century. No thanks.
Well it matters to me because if i'm putting time and effort to get a good shot say of an Owl or if a rare bird should fly passed I want the top performance any system can give, I had the A7RIV and its a good all round camera but the AF is not up to the A9mkII I tested them side by side .Why? If there is almost no noticeable difference why does it matter. Of course we come from different PoV because you are comparing it to A9II and me to A7RIV. A9II doesn't work for me overall. And R5 AF wise seems better for birding than A7RIV even with adapted lenses.
Well it matters to me because if i'm putting time and effort to get a good shot say of an Owl or if a rare bird should fly passed I want the top performance any system can give, I had the A7RIV and its a good all round camera but the AF is not up to the A9mkII I tested them side by side .
One always has to pay quite a bit more for just 10/20 % speed or just a little more accurate focus this is why there are pro type cameras it's not that the other cameras can't get the shot often they can but not a risk i want to take it's just the same with Lenses my 200/600 is almost as fast to focus and almost as sharp as my other 600 almost /Nearly but not quite
Rob.
A nice surprise from Tamron - bought the 28-200 a week before they bought out a promotion to include a free PD Slite lite - sent my claim in anyway and they agreed
Are they any good ?
A nice surprise from Tamron - bought the 28-200 a week before they bought out a promotion to include a free PD Slide lite - sent my claim in anyway and they agreed
Are they any good ?
I think the full slide is nicer but it's still a great strap if you have smaller lighter lenses.
Tried it and I prefer a hand strap so off to the classifieds or Ebay it goes !
Have you tried the clutch?
Few pics from this morning's dog walk
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A7R09155-Edit by TDG-77, on Flickr
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A7R09160-Edit by TDG-77, on Flickr
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A7R09176-2 by TDG-77, on Flickr
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A7R09195 by TDG-77, on Flickr
I said ( almost /Nearly but not quite ) and that's why I don't mind paying more if i did not shoot birds the a7r4 R5 would be fine with adapted lenses even my EM1X would have been more than good enough .There you go said it yourself it's nearly as good. Everything is a compromise there is no perfect camera or lens. Same was adapted EF teleprimes are almost/nearly as good at least it not just as good which could also be the case.
I'd love to own multiple bodies and lens for various uses but I can't. So I need a best do-it-all camera for me. At the moment it's A7RIV, could be R5 in future.
Indeed it's processed as classic camera 3 in Nik, the cast is deliberateNice pic, but it seems to have a magenta cast.
Such a work of art
The GT40 is such a wonderful shape and decades ahead of it's time, was a privilege to get a clear shot so close up.Such a work of art
I was there early mate, I was expecting you to turn up on a VespaSmashing. I looked out for you Pete. Hope I’ve got something worth sharing.