arbitrage wrote: SouthwestS2K wrote: kezeka wrote:
I am thinking that this will likely end up being regarded as the pinnacle of DSLRs before the final push to an all MILC lineup from canon. That said, this appears to be an incredible impressive camera for the crowd it is designed for. It is also interesting that it is essentially a hybrid between old school optical focusing and newer on sensor focusing.
I look forward to hearing more about it and I suspect we will be seeing quite a few of these at the Olympics.
But in all honesty, putting a picture from a 1DX III to a A9 II, you couldn't tell the slightest difference. Camera's are so good today, it doesn't even matter. The hype of mirrorless is hilarious honestly, as it's vastly over exaggerated. Its a different system, but not everyone cares for EVF just like not everyone cares for OVF. Most people who went mirrorless were ones who needed video. Otherwise, 1DX or D5 performs just as good or better than A9. Mirrorless aren't better at focusing or high ISO or battery life or weather sealing.. it's just a mirrorless camera. The greatest advantage is IBIS and video focus. Thats it.
I do agree with most of that. But IME, there is an advantage to MILC AF compared to the 1DX and D5 systems. For continuous focus of faster moving subjects it is really only the A9/A9II that can track better and gets a higher % hit rate. .
We its this fast ie 480kts ie 850Kph, this close under 200’ and this difficult to track and the 1DxMk2 consistently gets it spot on im happy to disagree.
Having shot with a pair of 1Dx’s since day one of release in every condition from 40c to minus 40c im happy to say any AF inconsistency is user induced..i can see having an eye type Af will be a great addition for those doing that work and Sony’s eye AF is fabulous but even now the AF on the 1DxMk2 is still superb.
Using comments like it cant track fast targets etc is simply wrong and by a wide margin..
Low vis low contrast grey against pure blue or scattered cloud sky is as tough as it gets for an AF system trying to track paint designed to be low contrast, low observability against blue.
Nikon has always struggled for some reason getting consistently good tracking on these targets with plenty of head scratching among those guys on fence lines and questions asked as to why.
Almost nobody spending all day out there shoots Sony...why...batteries.
If you think battery life is unimportant try shooting a day ie 7am till 10pm, 6000 images then head back to a hotel to recharge 6 batteries instead of two which can be charged simultaneously overnight while you sleep soundly.
Enjoy those wake ups at 2am and 4 am to swap your Sony batteries over.
Reviewers fail to mention this crippling limitation that has stopped them penetrating the market seriously,
A simple fact ignored by everyone except those who travel to shoot and those who work to shoot.
Jan 21, 2020 at 09:50 PM
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