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matthewsaville wrote:
As a Nikon D750 owner, I'm confused.
The A7R was 14 oz.
The A7 II was 21 oz.
The A7R II is 22 oz.
A D750 is 26 oz. (And megapixels don't weigh anything, of course.)
A Sony NP-FW50 battery stinks so much, you have to carry 3-4 for every one Nikon EN-EL15.
Clearly, as Sony attempts to step up the build quality of their camera bodies, they're rapidly losing the biggest advantage that has always been at the top of *MY* list of reasons to show any interest: weight savings.
As an adventure / landscape photographer, my priorities have always been (in no particular order) ruggedness, image quality, and portability. Oh, and affordability is great, too.
Those last two are important for reasons other than me being a sissy, or being cheap, BTW. I recorded a video about that here:
(TLDR; if a system is light and affordable enough, I can carry 2-3 camera systems into the wilderness for timelapse and astro-landscape photography.)
As far as I have seen, full-frame mirrorless has been a mixed bag in almost every of these categories.
Image quality has been incredible, yes, but then again as a Nikon user I have access to the D810, D750, and Df.
Build quality and general performance / interface has been much complained about, by those folks who really push the envelope or abuse their gear.
Price has been all across the board too, with bodies being relatively affordable but the (good) lenses being incredibly expensive. They're incredible performers, yes, but then again so are Sigma Art and Roki-Bow-Yang lenses....and they cost 1/2 or 1/4 the price. For an astro-landscape photographer, honestly even a traditional landscape shooter, Rokinon and Sigma make the best choice.
Body weight has been ever-increasing, as I just pointed out. And Sony has a handful of high-end lenses that are even heavier than their DSLR competition, including the new 55 1.8, and the 70-200 f/4.
All in all, it depends on how you plan to use your camera, and it depends on what you currently own. There are many advantages offered by the Sony sensors, and the mirrorless system, however for what I do and as a Nikon user, I'm feeling downright underwhelmed by this announcement.
I'm officially done caring about Sony's full-frame mirrorless system. I'm much more interested in what Pentax is doing now. :-)...Show more →
Interesting observations. I'm one who only considers the smaller prime lenses for my A7R, more for the overall size than the weight. I can easily carry a kit like that next to my MFT or Canon bird photography setup if I want more MP or full frame.
The weight bothers me a bit, but the price bothers me more. At $3200, that's a lot of money for what would be my secondary system.
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