artd wrote:
My point revolves around ... the way the \"augmenting\" was lumped in with that advice, implying that people should also not augment their camera gear until they see what their chosen brand has set to deliver. To me this seems silly. If I wish to augment my Canon DSLR system with a Sony mirrorless system, why should I excercise patience to see if Canon will release a better DSLR? Other than financial, what exactly are the \"minuses\" that I\'m incurring by adding a mirrorless camera to supplement my DSLR, regardless of whether it\'s Canon, Fuji, or whatever?
I referred to \"either as replacements for Canon systems or to augment Canon lenses\" in the bit that you originally referred to, and I was referring to both options from my perspective.
To try to put this to rest, in my opinion potential \"minuses\" that I weigh against the potential \"pluses\" of the option of adding an A7r to my equipment include:
- Cost - The plus of the potential image quality improvement while waiting until Canon introduces something new does not outweigh the cost for that improvement from my perspective.
- Efficiency - I prefer to not carry more gear than necessary, but for my photography, there are very, very few situations in which I could shoot with only the A7r, so the fact that I would have to carry both it and my existing body is a minus for me.
- Duplications - I would need to invest in and carry an additional system of batteries and a charger for the Sony system.
- Value - While there are real improvements in some aspect of image quality with the A7r, the increment of improvement (based on my viewing of high quality prints made from images shot with this sensor on the Sony and Nikon systems) is not large enough, all things considered, to convince me to go there.
- Long term value - I\'m betting that the window during which the A7r will produce better image quality than available Canon cameras will be small. If I bought an A7r today, I would be surprised if it were more than 6 months before a Canon product that negates the advantages becomes available.
Reasonable people will come to different conclusions, but that is mine.
artd wrote:
My point revolves around ... the way the \"augmenting\" was lumped in with that advice, implying that people should also not augment their camera gear until they see what their chosen brand has set to deliver. To me this seems silly. If I wish to augment my Canon DSLR system with a Sony mirrorless system, why should I excercise patience to see if Canon will release a better DSLR? Other than financial, what exactly are the \"minuses\" that I\'m incurring by adding a mirrorless camera to supplement my DSLR, regardless of whether it\'s Canon, Fuji, or whatever?
I referred to \"either as replacements for Canon systems or to augment Canon lenses\" in the bit that you originally referred to, and I was referring to both options from my perspective.
To try to put this to rest, in my opinion potential \"minuses\" that I weigh against the potential \"pluses\" of the option of adding an A7r to my equipment include:
- Cost - The plus of the potential image quality improvement in the interim until Canon introduces something new does not outweigh the cost for that improvement from my perspective.
- Efficiency - I prefer to not carry more gear than necessary, but for my photography, there are very, very few situations in which I could shoot with only the A7r, so the fact that I would have to carry both it and my existing body is a minus for me.
- Duplications - I would need to invest in and carry an additional system of batteries and a charger for the Sony system.
- Value - While there are real improvements in some aspect of image quality with the A7r, the increment of improvement (based on my viewing of high quality prints made from images shot with this sensor on the Sony and Nikon systems) is not large enough, all things considered, to convince me to go there.
- Long term value - I\'m betting that the window during which the A7r will produce better image quality than available Canon cameras will be small. If I bought an A7r today, I would be surprised if it were more than 6 months before a Canon product that negates the advantages becomes available.
Reasonable people will come to different conclusions, but that is mine.
artd wrote:
My point revolves around ... the way the \"augmenting\" was lumped in with that advice, implying that people should also not augment their camera gear until they see what their chosen brand has set to deliver. To me this seems silly. If I wish to augment my Canon DSLR system with a Sony mirrorless system, why should I excercise patience to see if Canon will release a better DSLR? Other than financial, what exactly are the \"minuses\" that I\'m incurring by adding a mirrorless camera to supplement my DSLR, regardless of whether it\'s Canon, Fuji, or whatever?
I referred to \"either as replacements for Canon systems or to augment Canon lenses\" in the bit that you originally referred to, and I was referring to both options from my perspective.
To try to put this to rest, in my opinion potential \"minuses\" that I weigh against the potential \"pluses\" of the option of adding an A7r to my equipment include:
- Cost - The plus of the potential image quality improvement in the interim until Canon introduces something new does not outweigh the cost for that improvement from my perspective.
- Efficiency - I prefer to not carry more gear than necessary, but for my photography, there are very, very few situations in which I could shoot with only the A7r, so the fact that I would have to carry both it and my existing body is a minus for me.
- Duplications - I would need to invest in and carry an additional system of batteries and a charger for the Sony system.
- Value - While there are real improvements in some aspect of image quality with the A7r, the increment of improvement (based on my viewing of high quality prints made from images shot with this sensor on the Sony and Nikon systems) is not large enough, all things considered, to convince me to go there.
- Long term value - I\'m betting that the window during which the A7r will produce better image quality than available Canon cameras will be small. If I bought an A7r today, I would be surprised if it were more than 6 months before a Canon product that negates the advantages becomes available.
You asked for my thinking on this. There it is. Reasonable people will come to different conclusions, but that is mine.
artd wrote:
My point revolves around ... the way the \"augmenting\" was lumped in with that advice, implying that people should also not augment their camera gear until they see what their chosen brand has set to deliver. To me this seems silly. If I wish to augment my Canon DSLR system with a Sony mirrorless system, why should I excercise patience to see if Canon will release a better DSLR? Other than financial, what exactly are the \"minuses\" that I\'m incurring by adding a mirrorless camera to supplement my DSLR, regardless of whether it\'s Canon, Fuji, or whatever?
I referred to \"either as replacements for Canon systems or to augment Canon lenses\" in the bit that you originally referred to in which you, and I was referring to both options from my perspective.
To try to put this to rest, in my opinion potential \"minuses\" that I weigh against the potential \"pluses\" of the option of adding an A7r to my equipment include:
- Cost - I weigh equipment purchases carefully, considering how the equipment fits into my photography, the nature and magnitude of its effect on my photographs, and it cost/benefit value. The plus of the potential image quality improvement in the interim until Canon introduces something new does not outweigh the cost for that improvement from my perspective.
- Efficiency - I prefer to not carry more gear than necessary for the photography I am doing. For my photography, there are very, very few situations in which I could shoot with only the A7r, so the fact that I would have to carry both it and my existing body is a minus for me.
- Duplications - In addition to the batteries and charger that I carry for my Canon system, I would need to invest in and carry an additional system of batteries and a charger for the Sony system.
- Value - While there are real improvements in some aspect of image quality with the A7r, in real world terms the increment of improvement (based on my viewing of high quality prints made from images shot with this sensor on the Sony and Nikon systems) is not large enough, all things considered, to convince me to go there.
- Long term value - I\'m betting that the window during with the argument that the A7r produces better image quality than available Canon cameras will be small. If I bought an A7r today, I would be surprised if it were more than 6 months before a Canon product the negates the advantages becomes available.
You asked for my thinking on this. There it is. Reasonable people will come to different conclusions, but that is mine.
artd wrote:
My point revolves around ... the way the \"augmenting\" was lumped in with that advice, implying that people should also not augment their camera gear until they see what their chosen brand has set to deliver. To me this seems silly. If I wish to augment my Canon DSLR system with a Sony mirrorless system, why should I excercise patience to see if Canon will release a better DSLR? Other than financial, what exactly are the \"minuses\" that I\'m incurring by adding a mirrorless camera to supplement my DSLR, regardless of whether it\'s Canon, Fuji, or whatever?
I referred to \"either as replacements for Canon systems or to augment Canon lenses\" in the bit that you originally referred to in which you, and I was referring to both options from my perspective.
To try to put this to rest, in my opinion potential \"minuses\" that I weigh against the potential \"pluses\" of the option of adding an A7r to my equipment include:
- Cost - I weigh equipment purchases carefully, considering how the equipment fits into my photography, the nature and magnitude of its effect on my photographs, and it cost/benefit value. The plus of the potential image quality improvement in the interim until Canon introduces something new does not outweigh the cost for that improvement from my perspective.
- Efficiency - I prefer to not carry more gear than necessary for the photography I am doing. For my photography, there are very, very few situations in which I could shoot with only the A7r, so the fact that I would have to carry both it and my existing body is a minus for me.
- Duplications - In addition to the batteries and charger that I carry for my Canon system, I would need to invest in and carry an additional system of batteries and a charger for the Sony system.
- Value - While there are real improvements in some aspect of image quality with the A7r, in real world terms the increment of improvement (based on my viewing of high quality prints made from images shot with this sensor on the Sony and Nikon systems) is not large enough, all things considered, to convince me to go there.
- Long term value - I\'m betting that the window during with the argument that the A7r produces better image quality than available Canon cameras will be small. If I bought an A7r today, I would be surprised if it were more than 6 months before a Canon product the negates the advantages becomes available.
You asked for my thinking on this. There it is. Reasonable people will come to different conclusions, but that is mine.
Bye.
Sep 19, 2014 at 09:40 PM
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