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p.4 #9 · p.4 #9 · Planning to ditch your DSLR for full frame EVIL? | |
mawz wrote:
Sony already has answered this, the answer is the LA-EA2 and A mount glass. As soon as Olympus addresses the AF issue with adapted 4/3rds lenses they will have an answer too (and that answer is rumoured to be coming later this year)
There is zero advantage to having long/fast glass be native to the mirrorless mounts. Far better that these expensive and low-production lenses be shared with their DSLR mounts and a decent AF solution provided (at a minimum it keeps cost down by spreading sales across two platforms). It's not like an E mount 70-400/4-5.6 or 500/4 will be any smaller than the A mount version.
Frankly, if you do shoot wildlife & sports, you aren't gaining much from going mirrorless, the size & weight loss on the body is marginal when counted alongside the huge & heavy lenses you typically use. The biggest win is for the occasional long-lens user like myself, where 90% of the shooting is with wide to moderate tele glass where the mirrorless size advantage shows and occasional long-lens use occurs. And in that case adapted lenses are quite functional, although I do hope for decent PDAF performance with 4/3rds glass to come quickly so I can justify getting a 50-200/2.8-3.5 SWD....Show more →
Thanks for your response. I actually do think there is an advantage to a wildlife and nature shooter if the "right" mirrorless were to be introduced. If you travel a lot, as I do, the mass of carrying three SLR's is pretty significant. I just returned from Costa Rica where my wife and I hiked no less than 40 miles during 14 days. Much of this hiking was uphill (at least one way) to access regions of the primary forests. With 70-90% humidity and 80 deg F, I would have loved to carry lighter cameras. Sure my 300 f2.8 would still be big and bulky, but if I could have shed the mass of my SLR's my back wouldn't hurt so much today. Additionally, rather than using my current wide-angle zooms, I'd gladly shoot the small Zeiss, Sony, Olympus or Fuji lenses for my landscape work.
Mirrorless has promise, but the af systems and compatibility with long fast optics needs to be improved.
I've been hunting the web for anyone who is doing serious wildlife work with a Nex or OMD, but have yet to see much that has impressed me. If any of you know a few good links, please post them.
cheers,
bruce
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