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 p.3 #12 · Sony VIDEO thread for hybrid shooters | |
n8rv wrote:
I have enjoyed the ZR but the novelty has started to wear off. R3D is nice, but not so much better than S-Log3 to warrant the dramatically larger files (especially now that storage is at a premium). You can only squeeze so much out of that sensor anyway. Also, while I love the screen, I'm really starting to find the lack of buttons and customizability annoying. I kind of hate the overreliance on the touchscreen. I'm also holding out for a bit, just to see if a new firmware update addresses some of these issues... but the A7V continues to pull me away, so I don't know.
Yeah, there was a lot of noise about the A7V lacking "gamechanger" features, like open gate, internal raw, etc from the YouTube crowd, most of who converted to being Lumix shills over the past year.
Meanwhile Sony quietly delivered best-in-class dynamic range, improved readout speeds, oversampled 4K, extended frame rates, excellent heat management and battery life, and very efficient file sizes, essentially giving everyone a much better camera where it should count... but the shills and haters were extra loud.
Now that more reviews are starting to roll in, the vast majority being very positive, and others have spent enough time with it to backpedal on their initial bad takes, people are starting to change their tune. I'm glad to have been right about it from the beginning 
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The lack of button customization options with those three precious custom buttons is something that drives me nuts too haha. I love a touchscreen, but it's hard to shoot something as complex as the ZR when you have to constantly use the screen in that manner. I'm going to spend the next few months shooting the ZR with the a7v, now that it's warming up a bit I'll start weekly trips into NYC to shoot through the summer. Then its probably adios to the Zr, and hopefully by then the a7sIV will be on the horizon.
As for the a7v, I pre-ordered and had it on day 1. I absolutely love it. My kit was a mashup with the a7sIII, a7IV (which was only meh) and for a few months the a1mkII. I tried Canon for a bit on the side with the r5II to the the one body to do it all, but there were too many dealbreakers so I decided to stick with Sony and to make the a1II the do it all camera. Then the a7v dropped and it's so good I sold my a7sIII and a7IV. The battery life just blows me away, same for the complete lack of overheating. The efficiency gains they managed are incredible when combined with the speed improvements. After using it for a week with the a1II and using one battery for every three I used with the a1, I sold that one as well. It's amazing, but after a few months doing video and stills with the same body, my workflow got a little hectic. I function better and enjoy shooting more with two bodies. I recently picked up a cheap a7rv for my more photo focused body and a b-cam to the a7v. The oversampled crop mode 4k is really good and 8k is very useable when on the sticks, otherwise it's jello city.
Cheers
Chris
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