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 p.4 #7 · Debating switching from Sony to Canon | |
AlaskanNiz wrote:
Hey guys! I'm a bit of a lurker here who's been debating a decision for a while. I have been shooting on an a7iii for about a year and am somewhat invested, I have three lenses, zoom trinity and all were purchased used so I'm not terribly invested. I'm debating moving to the r5 or r6. I do really like mirrorless or else I would be thinking about a 5dm3.
My reasons for switching include ergonomics, robustness, customer support, and colors. I have large hands and I've been shooting in Alaska sometimes at 40 below and when my hands go wooden from cold I have been gripping my camera at times and I've hit the lens release and almost spun off a lens, zooming. Granted I've gotten better at holding my camera so as not to do that but it's another thing to think about when I'd like to focus more on, you know, the shooting part. Also holding the camera sucks with my large hands and the distance between mount and grip with all of my lenses... I've shot on Canon's before and loved the grip and ergonomics. The next thing is robustness. I'm a rock climber, currently taking some time off due to injury, and I want to shoot more of an adventure style of photography, I also shoot landscape, wildlife, and action. I also just finished shooting a winter season in Northern Alaska and the Sony has performed very well, admittedly in the cold. The "adventure photography" scene is dominated by Canon although I have met a few people shooting on Sony's... I can't even count the number of battered, chipped, and beaten Canon bodies that I've seen people still taking amazing images on. I guess I'm wondering just how robust the r5 and r6 are compared to Sony's? This also kind of leads me into the next point with Canon's customer service... It seems, anecdotally, that you have much more luck with them than you'll ever have with Sony. Which as someone who plans to dangle from ropes and shoot as well as spend all my time with my gear in the elements I would see that as being a clear point for Canon. And then colors I suppose I can get over but man I just have a tough time in Lightroom getting an image to look how I want it and then get skin tones to look how I want them, friends on Canon seemingly have much less trouble.
Also in this vein I was wondering how people like the Fv mode on the r5 and r6? I like using Auto Iso minimum shutter speed on sony's especially in the cold for making sure i get the shot with as minimal jacking around as possible and haven't minded the camera picking an iso for me and although their doesn't seem to be an as easily accessed, equivalent feature on the Canon's the Fv mode seems like a very viable option if you set the flexible variables to Av and Tv and then had the camera adjust ISO based off Exposure Comp? Just want to make sure I'm understanding this right.
Anyway, anyone who wants to weigh in, I appreciate it. Just thinking for what I want, Canon may be for me.
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As a threshold matter, switching systems nowadays is usually a "grass is greener" proposition that is rarely justified. This is coming from someone who has switched systems 3 times in 21 years. I won't do it again absent:
1. A compelling advantage in a different system that would substantially improve my photography, or
2. a crippling disadvantage in my present system that cannot be overcome.
If you are in a Sony system right now, these factors will be hard to prove, but they are also (of course) subjective. Moving to your reasoning:
Ergonomics - This always strikes me as the best and worst reason to switch. You can either take a "learn to live with the differences" attitude or a "I just can't stand this and need to change" attitude. Either is subjective, but I'm in the former camp. Having owned four camera systems (and switched primary systems three times), I shrug at allegations of the vast ergonomic chasms between manufacturers. What will a Canon R offer you in terms of ease of use that you can't program into a Sony custom button or "My Menu?" And to my knowledge the Sony cameras are all a little lighter than Canon, so that's another advantage for back-country and adventure photography. So Is the space between the grip and lens worth the many thousands of dollars you'll spend on an EOS R kit (particularly given that, on balance, Canon R lenses cost more than their Sony counterparts)?
Robustness - I don't know how the Sony cameras compare to Canon R in terms of robustness, but Sony cameras from the A9 generation onward are very robust. The A7R4, A9II, and A1 have made significant strides in this regard. I recently used an A9 and A7R4 in a snowy-rainy situation in Utah and they performed wonderfully.
Customer Support - No idea.
Colors - I hear a lot about Canon colors, but have yet to take in a Canon RAW file that offers me colors that Sony cannot. And I've looked at quite a few - I used to shoot Canon and have a friend who shoots one of their modern cameras.
To my mind, if you already have a Canon R system, you should keep that. If you already have a Sony Alpha system, you should keep that. The urge to switch between the two is rarely justified by any substantive advantage one has over the other. But it's your money and your experience, so I wish you the best of luck in deciding.
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I also like the control rings on some of the lenses and the placement of several of the buttons over the Sony. Canon just feels more stable in my hands, especially when I am using longer or heavier lenses. Of course this is subjective, which means one cannot really dismiss ergonomics so easily. Dexterity, arthritis, hand strength, finger span, and a host of other attributes could certainly mean that the Canon (or Sony) just fits better and can be held for hours on end better than the other.