p.34 #2 · Sony A7 and A7r Full Frame with Canon Lenses
For 2 stops DR and a bump in resolution, I'll carry quite a few batteries around. Although my shooting style (landscape) usually doesn't have me shooting hundreds and hundreds of shots a day.
I imagine this will put a big damper on the already excited, but battery conscious segment.
Wish they would start shipping sooner, with more out in the wild we would have many more data points to work with. I'll report back what I can when I get mine, I have a good mixture of EF mount lenses (from 15mm to 200mm). Canon, Zeiss, Voigtlander, Sigma...some autofocus, some not.
Given my experience with the Sigma DP Merrills, I've gotten used to less than stellar battery life. I've set the LCD timeout and camera shutoff quite low to help with battery life (as it's only rated for 97 shots.)
p.34 #14 · Sony A7 and A7r Full Frame with Canon Lenses
chez wrote:
I really don't look at batteries when picking a camera. My number 1 priority is image quality...which for the type of photography I do, the Sony appears to have a BIG advantage. If I have to put a couple more batteries into my pack, that really does not affect the images I get at the end of the day...which is my biggest concern.
This whole battery thing is really a non issue...just carry more.
I own a mirrorless camera that gets poor battery life and it can be a PITA. Now yes you say buy more batteries, but the OEM are a total rip-off so two of those cost around $150, so you buy the third party and the best of those get about 100 shots vs the 250-300 of the OEM, but only cost $20 for two. The trouble is plenty of times I've looked at the battery level on my camera seen it says full, gone out shooting and within 10 shots the thing is blinking and you've forgotten to charge up the backups. You become a slave to battery maintenance. With the 5D III you can easily get over a 1000 shots and I've never been caught out when I've quickly needed to just grab the camera and lens and leave.
So battery won't stop me buying Sony A7R, but it's still lame how bad the performance is and the grip is stupidly huge and ugly and certainly won't be part of my kit, so you'll just have to be anal about battery routine that's all.
p.34 #15 · Sony A7 and A7r Full Frame with Canon Lenses
Pixel Perfect wrote:
I own a mirrorless camera that gets poor battery life and it can be a PITA. Now yes you say buy more batteries, but the OEM are a total rip-off so two of those cost around $150, so you buy the third party and the best of those get about 100 shots vs the 250-300 of the OEM, but only cost $20 for two. The trouble is plenty of times I've looked at the battery level on my camera seen it says full, gone out shooting and within 10 shots the thing is blinking and you've forgotten to charge up the backups. You become a slave to battery maintenance. With the 5D III you can easily get over a 1000 shots and I've never been caught out when I've quickly needed to just grab the camera and lens and leave.
So battery won't stop me buying Sony A7R, but it's still lame how bad the performance is and the grip is stupidly huge and ugly and certainly won't be part of my kit, so you'll just have to be anal about battery routine that's all....Show more →
The Sony batteries are only $39 so I'll pick up 3 and I'll be set. 3 should last me for the type of shooting I do. Typically come back with less than 100 images. Just shot a 50th anniversary all day event and only have 350 images. I don't spray my shots so I'm not worried about batteries. Seems like a simple issue to fix just by buying more batteries.
p.34 #17 · Sony A7 and A7r Full Frame with Canon Lenses
Stunning JPGs for sure, and made during not so crisp light conditions! Some of the shots posted by steve huff even have a Leica-esque look to them. Very nice.
I always know colours is bad while mixing the light and electronic noise together. I am glad waiting my 5D2 body upgrade for this break though. A7(r) sensor still has room for more improvement but the look is good enough for me to call the day here.
