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 p.2 #6 · What's in the future for the Sony A7Cr II? | |
Jack Flesher wrote:
While I generally agree, the differences in actual use are not as stark as one might first think. At least that is my experience. Over the shoulder, the A7CR feels a bit lighter with the 20-70/4G than the A7R6 with the 24-70/2.8 feels, but put the 20-70/4 or the 24-70/2.8 on both and the difference AND advantage of the smaller camera blurs; and thus why I am questioning keeping the A7CR... Put a smaller prime on both, and the smaller body is definitely felt. In actual use at my eye with any lens, no real weight or size differences are ever noted, my attention is on making the image. Look through the finders and there's a fair bit to notice; but the lesser one still works and why I hesitate selling it... Offload 500 or so images off the A7R6 CFxA vs the A7CR SD, and the time difference is significant, but then it's only a one-time inconvenience.
End of day, I remain unsure of the A7CR's future with me, but it remains an excellent imaging tool regardless. I have also considered converting the A7CR to full spectrum IR or dedicated mono as an alternative to selling it, but either seems an expensive "experiment."
PS: I will add this comment, because it's also relevant to my choice for travel and street: In the last 3 times I've been out among people with the A7R6, I have had 2 different people make comments on my "pro" or "really nice" camera. Not only that, after the first comment I blacked out the "Sony" and "A7r" badges with gaffer tape and still got the second comment next time out. By contrast, nobody has ever uttered a word when I've been out with my old A7Cii or current A7CR...
For thread posterity: A7R6, A7CR, 24-70/2.8 GMii, 20-70/4 G....Show more →
Not specific to Sony, but speaking more generally, I agree that sometimes in pursuit of the lightest (or the fastest or the biggest or the most DR or fastest burst rate or...) we sometimes give small differences more weight (pun recognized) than they might objectively deserve. In some cases the differences people get hot and bothered about are so small that if you handed them two boxes, one matching each of the weights, they probably could not reliably tell you which was lighter.
On the other hand, I think of the old backpackers' saying: "Watch after the ounces and the pounds will take care of themselves." So while the small differences between two cameras might not make all that much difference, if you add in "small differences" in weight from using smaller (say primes) lenses and perhaps fewer of them, things start to add up.
Since I'm not (yet*) a Sony owner, I can't say much about the experience of using these bodies, but I imagine that the A7cr with a few small primes might produce a very small and reasonably flexible setup for some who would rather have the full frame sensor than the APS-C system that I happen to use.
Finally, there are so many different options for "small and light" gear that will work for different people, depending upon which compromises work best of them. And there's little agreement about which of those compromises go too far or not far enough — witness this thread! ;-)
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