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arbitrage wrote:
Sony hasn't released a new wildlife lens since June 2019 and there isn't a single hint of a rumour even from the overly optimistic SAR site. So I don't think Sony will have anything to match Nikon's wildlife lenses for a long time, if ever. I think they may eventually do a built in TC but I don't even have much hope for that.
At this point in time I either chase my preferred glass or chase my preferred body. Unfortunately they aren't in the same ecosystem and the adapters only work to pair up my 2nd choices from each category
Interesting to hear about your experiences with the Z9.
The Sony A1 is very straightforward to use AF wise, and due to the customization options and easy, one button recall of an extensive set of settings, it can easily and instanteneously switch from slowish perched bird shooting to fast birds in flight shooting. That has been a real revelation and I can imagine you would desire that from any flagship body.
But I am not looking across the fence really, I have adopted to shooting everything with the A1 and never think about another body any longer, not even an A1mkII.
I agree with you though that Sony is dormant in the long lens department, and I have made reluctant peace with the size and weight of the 600GM, simply because I will be stuck with it for the rest of the decade probably, knowing Sony, envying all the hot long lenses that Nikon users get thrown.
It is a very sweet predicament though, and I recently added the 1.4TC to find that it is by far the best TC shooting I have experienced. It is just not built in for use with a flick of the thumb....
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