Some questions for those who are familiar with A6300.
I got my A6300 with the kit lens along with Sony 10-18/4 lens from B&H last week.
The 10-18 has huge amount of purple fringe in high contrast scenes, which can't be entirely fixed in post. So I assume Ive got a bad copy because it's also decentered. Needless to say it's going back.
I really love the kit lens tho and normally i stop down to at least f/8 or f/11 for landscape anyway. Corners don't bother me. One observation that I've had is that my A6300's AF can struggle quite a bit not only in low light but also in scenes that has monochrome theme or low contrast even in good light. I don't know whether or not this is what I should expect. On the other hand it may be it's just the normal behavior of the kit lens.
The camera's upper right LCD section also is brighter than the rest. Is this supposed to be the way it is?
Short answer, no. There are definitely copy to copy variances. This video might be of interest.
Last night I was at my local Best Buy checking out A7R2 and what I heard from the salesguy there is that they have slightly above 30% returns for all Sony mirrorless cameras sold. He mentioned lack of good ergonomics and simple menu is to blame.
mshi wrote:
Last night I was at my local Best Buy checking out A7R2 and what I heard from the salesguy there is that they have slightly above 30% returns for all Sony mirrorless cameras sold. He mentioned lack of good ergonomics and simple menu is to blame.
I have the a6500 and If I had it to do over I would have prolly gone the fuji route for the ergonomics and a few features that the Sony lacks. I didn't really do my research when switching to mirrorless. That said, I'm coming up on a year with the Sony and while it's taken quite a bit of effort I feel it works pretty well for me now. I have also learned to really love working with the Sony files.
There are a few things that would be game changing though...joystick for quicker AF point choice, max SS of 1/8000, max sync speed of 1/250, and a fully articulating LCD to make low angle portrait shots easier just to to name a few. Add a built in 3 stop ND, fix the rolling shutter in vid, and stop the dimming of the LCD when shooting 4K and I'd be totally content for the ultra long haul. The only real factor holding me back from trying an X-T2 is that I can't really justify the expense of switching things up right now.
idsurfer wrote:
I have the a6500 and If I had it to do over I would have prolly gone the fuji route for the ergonomics and a few features that the Sony lacks. I didn't really do my research when switching to mirrorless. That said, I'm coming up on a year with the Sony and while it's taken quite a bit of effort I feel it works pretty well for me now. I have also learned to really love working with the Sony files.
There are a few things that would be game changing though...joystick for quicker AF point choice, max SS of 1/8000, max sync speed of 1/250, and a fully articulating LCD to make low angle portrait shots easier just to to name a few. Add a built in 3 stop ND, fix the rolling shutter in vid, and stop the dimming of the LCD when shooting 4K and I'd be totally content for the ultra long haul. The only real factor holding me back from trying an X-T2 is that I can't really justify the expense of switching things up right now.
