Re: Sony announces A7R III and FE 24-105mm f/4 OSS lens today!
mreynolds767 wrote:
Also surprised the A7riii was released before the A7iii but I assume Sony feels they can sell more cameras by doing so in this order. Or at least more of the more expensive R camera by releasing them in this order.
I suspect a A7iii will follow.
Having watched the Sony Press Release Video and the panel they assembled I'd say Sony is billing this is the new jack of all trades camera.
2 years ago it was a high megapixel quite capable camera. Sony said so themselves that two years is an eternity in camera tech.
So that leaves us with the a73 being the budget FF (with features removed).
And it leaves room above the a7R3 for the resolution boost most people expected from the a7R series.
This to me is the ultimate (and crass) play for our dollars. To get people to buy multiple bodies, in a sense chasing after features as they trickle out. I know there were many people who purchased the a9 because it offered the speed and handling and QoL features that the a7r2 lacked, but these folks would have preferred the resolution to be at least the same or equal.
Depending on how fast the a7r3 really is (af, drive, slient, no-blackout and all the combinations thereof), Sony may have put enough into this camera to keep people from needing more resolution. But for fine art work, and landscapers who chase resolution and definition the a7r3 doesn't offer as much.
TLDR: Sony keeps giving us just enough to chase and purchase and use, but maybe never quite enough to make our wildest dreams come true so we buy more cameras than we would if they gave us big updates say every 4 or 5 years.
Oct 25, 2017 at 03:01 PM
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