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 p.145 #2 · Official: Sony A7 and A7R Fullframe Mirrorless | |
A little "rant" from me :-)
It is interesting to see all of the pros, cons and reasons for acquiring or not an A7(r).
One of the arguments being made that this is questionable for use as a street camera. The following are my arguments in favour of using it for that purpose and more:
First and introduction; I have a substantial number of lenses and all the necessary portable and stationery equipment for fine art reproduction and action photography. The bulk of which are Nikon products. My love for photography has me carrying large bodies (i.e. D3x) plus a flash and at least one bulky lens almost daily for hours on end.
The above weighs in at slightly over 9 Lbs. Not the most comfortable thing on one’s shoulder, as well most conspicuous, although these days with everyone parading their DSLRs, that is becoming less so.
As well I was seriously considering the D800E, which would have cut the weight down by a little over half a pound, plus an additional battery. More on this later.
After several attempts acquiring small cameras, which essentially required new “systems”. These included the Nikon 1 V1 (a much maligned, but great camera for special purposes), and three months ago the Sony NEX-6. Neither gave me the quality of images I’m used to.
Shortly after getting the NEX-6 Sony announced the A7 series, which seemed like a dream come true. So, I pre-ordered one, including the FE 35 and the soon to be released FE24-70 and after reading rave reviews on the FE 55 it too was added to the order.
Soon, after awakening from my dream and reality set in, I’m now starting to believe in Santa Clause again
Not only does it meet my dreams, but exceeds them!
- To start with – weight – in an inconspicuous shoulder bag with two lenses, two batteries and a flash, it comes in at 4.6 Lbs. Half of what I’m used to carrying.
- Image quality is superb.
- Dynamic range every bit of what I could have hoped for, this has always been a limiting factor of past DSLRs
- Moire, yes, but less than what I was expecting.
- Battery life is only half of what I’m used to and does require at least one battery as a spare. It is also necessary to turn off a number of features when not needed to limit the drain on the battery.
- Flare, the Nikon glass can replicate some of this, but not to the degree seen on this site, I’ve not been able to replicate this issue using either the FE35 or FE55, although there have been several posts here showing these lenses do create flare.
- EVF, the best I’ve used and the fact that one is able to use it (or the monitor) by itself with all of the feature displays and zooming is fantastic. Admittedly, one has to get used to a somewhat awkward manner of reaching the correct buttons when solely using the EVF.
- Video, is better than any of the Nikon products and I’m puzzled by the negative comments from some of the reviewers. It needs to be noted, this is not a video camera and will get quite warm if used for more than a few minutes at a time.
- Shutter noise is both loud and one can feel it while holding the camera. With long lenses a very firm platform has to be used, or a shutter speed of less than one second or more than 1/150 of a second is needed to get a crisp image. Other than that I’ve been able to get sharp images at speeds of 1/40 of a second with lenses of 100mm or less.
- Start-up from a cold start is about 1 second, not as fast as I’m used to, but acceptable. Habitually I don’t allow any camera to go into “standby” mode, primarily to save battery power regardless of the system I use.
If your DREAM is for the perfect camera, without any of the noted issues, Don’t consider the A7(r), it isn’t perfect
But it is perfect for me 
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thou this will create very artistic results...
