Well, I don\'t want to use US prices for comparison because I don\'t understand local sales taxes so in the UK:
A7R £1699
A7 £1299
6D £1475
70D £1079
Now I know the problem for Sony is that for Canonites to buy their body they will also need to buy a Canon to Sony lens adaptor. That is a one off payment and assuming you are happy to pay this to double your possible choice of bodies, and assuming you don\'t need top notch AF (because I assume a Canon lens will AF slower on a Sony body than it would on a Canon one) then you could argue that the Canons look over priced.
In particular the difference between a 70D and an A7 is only £220, yet the latter will presumably get you a brand new, state of the art Sony full frame sensor. Similarly the difference between the 6D and the extremely high res A7r is only £224!!!
Plus the fact that the Sonys have only just come out and presumably will drop significantly in price once the early adopters have come and gone.
Alot depends on your need for AF, and whether the cost of an extra lens adaptor puts you off, but aside from these issues Sony have just lowered the cost of full frame sensors for Canon users. That makes current Canon prices look high IMHO.
The 6D for example is a very fine camera, but a digital Rebel it isn\'t. There is plenty of scope for Canon to take the 5D2 or 5D3 sensor and put it in a plastic Rebel body and lower the price to the 70D price point. If they don\'t my next full frame body will probably be a Sony. Speaking personally.
Oct 26, 2013 at 02:25 AM
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