Re: Sony announces A7R III and FE 24-105mm f/4 OSS lens today!
PrecisionPhoto wrote:
What was the coverage of the A7RII?
GMPhotography wrote: joelRichards wrote:
GMPhotography wrote: hiepphotog wrote: GMPhotography wrote: mjm6 wrote:
My take is that almost none of the new features in the camera are terribly useful to me, and in a few respects, this creates more hassles.
- I already have a 42MP camera, so I gain nothing there.
- Presumably, it will still be missing a lossless cRAW file format, so no improvement there.
- Presumably still has the Sony-patented Stareater feature.
- I don't want to have two different battery sizes in my bag to deal with; that's a drawback.
- 10 fps is basically useless to me.
- Better video is basically useless to me.
- Faster/better AF is basically useless to me, but may somehow be beneficial in low light situations.
- The improved VF will be very nice
- The improved dynamic range will be nice if that proves to be a real benefit and not marketing speak.
- The frame buffer and speed of saving will be nice as I occasionally fill the buffer when shooting.
- The pixel shift will be a real benefit for art and copy work and still life shooting.
- If they improve peaking and other software aspects, these could be very beneficial assets.
- Silent shooting is nice at some times. I would use it all the time if it does 14-bit files.
I'm somewhat conflicted by their offering. I feel like they should have moved this up to the a9 series and somehow beefed it up a bit, and then offered an a7RIII camera that was more in-line with the older a7 cameras but with increased MP sensor, cRAW, pixel shift, smaller battery, slower frame rate, etc. in the future.
My feeling is that I'll pass on this camera for a while and see if any of the improvements are meaningful enough to consider the hassle of a different battery and the seemingly lack of improvement in other areas that I would value.
HOWEVER, the 24-105 looks very interesting, and it makes me wonder if I will regret purchasing the 25-70 GM this past spring. I don't really have a need for the speed, and would prefer a cheaper, smaller, and lighter lens in my kit. That one will be very interesting as performance comparisons begin to appear.
Why I said do your homework. Basically your A7r2 is worth let’s say 2k used and that maybe generous is this worth the extra 1200 in feature sets. There are some great ones but it has to make your life better as a artist
I’m going the opposite way by going down to this cam from the A9 and I gotta figure out what I’m losing not really gaining because nothing is going to touch the A9 except more Mpx. Is that worth it to me.
The A9 still is the Holy Grail in Sony except for higer Mpx and that’s it. Tough call for me
My thought exactly. The first thought I had when I saw the announcement this morning was to sell off my A9 to get this camera. But as my excitement dampened down a bit, like you, my only wish with the A9 is the MP, though for my personal use, 24MP is perfectly okay. The A9 is just such a joy of a camera to use. Lenses can behave much better on the body (for me the FE 35/1.4). As I will wait and see. But I suspect I might have to wait for the A9R to get my hi-res body.
I thought the same this morning actually very late last night and today I am doing the real homework. A9 users get one thing and one thing only, more MPX but there are some losses here too. I need to get both spec sheets and analyze this much more carefully. My gut says one thing but my brain needs to match it
Not entirely. I am not planning on selling my A9 but the A7r3 does have a 10FPS mechanical shutter, higher dynamic range at low ISOs (though how much is hard to say), and picture profiles. There are a new other pluses, but aside from resolution (which I don’t need but want) those three things made me pause and think. They still aren’t enough for me personally. If I made more money with photography I’d love the A7R3 as a second body, I think the two would make a great pair.
The 24-105 I am very excited about and scheming to buy. It is a bit more expensive than I’d hoped but so far looks promising (for a 4x zoom!).
AF points sticks out. A9 uses 693 AF points 93 percent coverage/ A7r3 uses 399 at 66 percent I believe and thats a VERY BIG concern. Bottom line doing a portrait on a vertical will you hit the EYE and I had this issue before with the A7r2. Bigger issue is runway for me . I use Eye AF for over 20k in shooting. And i never crop, its all in camera or in the garbage.
This one is a big downer for me and maybe the breaking point
I think it’s the same at 66 percent. Need to double check that
Oct 25, 2017 at 02:30 PM
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