randomguy wrote: Holger wrote: randomguy wrote:
Having a sensor with many megapixels does not mean you have to have big file size. Sony could introduce mraw and sraw just like Canon and Nikon. Then you can use one camera and choose depending on what you want.
The issues with shooting action is that if you try to frame to tight you end up clipping bodyparts of your subject a lot. This is in fact the main reason I mess up my shots. And if you shoot with primes the action is not always positioned perfectly for you, so in my opinion having a little leeway is a good idea. It also gives you flexibility when framing in post. Cropping is the standard and at 6k resolution there is not that much room for cropping before you can't even fill the screen on a 4k or 5k monitor.
Having 2 cameras one for high res and another for action is not optimal. If you use the high res one you risk loosing out on action and if you use the action camera you loose resolution. Plus it is just more crap to buy and drag around which I believe most of us would prefer not to.
If Sony doesn't get this then in the long term maybe I got the wrong system after all. I don't yet know how good the Canon R5 really is and they don't have big RF primes yet but we'll see who gets there first. What is obvious though is that Canon is now miles ahead on animal AF, and that really changes how you shoot. No longer having to move a focus area around with a joystick is a big deal, just as big as eye AF was for shooting humans.
"If Sony doesn't get this"
Hybris. Obviously the majority have a different opinion, or don't you think Sony isn't talking to ambassadors, pros etc. to find out market needs? The A7riv does what 99.9% need and describe, here. The AF is very good and sufficient for wildlife with the exception of the most demanding BIF shooters. Would it be wise to design an A9r for this 0.1% group of people? I doubt it.
You sound just like the Canon defence league back in the days when Canon had crappy DR. Why should they design a camera for the 0.1% who need more DR? You don't know it is 0.1% and regardless of how many there actually is, this is a group that spends a huge amount of money per person compared to the other "99.9%". There are probably more people with big lenses and expensive cameras at popular wildlife shooting locations around the world every day than there are at the big sport arrangements which are fewer and further apart.
Regardless the issue here is not what Sony should or shouldn't do. The fact is that some of us will not be married to a brand but will pick whatever tools that best suit us. It is up to Sony to decide for themselves if that market is worth going after or not. And the fact that Sony has released a bunch of big telephoto lenses lately is a strong indication they want a part of that market.
It obviously looks like you got the wrong system and should switch then (until Sony comes out with something great and people switch back again), as the a7riv doesn't provide the ultimate AF you "deserve" and need ;-).
We have a problem here many companies face: product portfolio/diversification. There are smart people at Sony doing the polls and research and finally deciding. Od course there are people knowing it better ;-) I like Sonys approach in going for video-centric (A7s-line), high-res landscape (A7r-line) and performance (sports) line (A9). Their jack of all trades is the A7-line, with a A7iv imminent (more than 24MP are probable), shortly an entry level A5 line is coming.
Many cameras overlap in features and even AF in the A7riv is fantastic and good enough for most wildlife stuff including demanding BIF, as people here in the forums demonstrate regularly, even with non-pro slower lenses like the 200-600. Why should Sony mess up their portfolio by introducing an A9r doing everything as good as the specialists, similarly to the effort Canon tried with the R5 (but failed in my opinion - see reports on AF in electronic mode, fps depending battery, grip, lens aperture etc, video limitations )?
Aug 14, 2020 at 04:50 AM
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