chez wrote: Holger wrote: Timothy OConn wrote: MedicineMan404 wrote:
Curiously I read Gordan Laing's R5 initial and saw the gull in flight with a focus square on the eye.
So I wonder if Sony will give a FW update (remember the original a9 received two wonderful FW updates) granting such on the a9ii and A7riv....or will that be an a9iii and A7Rv feature?
As much as I would hope so, I think it is extremely unlikely. I think we would need to see a new updated processor. Seems like Canon have jumped ahead of Sony in terms of computational AF at the moment, so we will need to wait for the A9iii or A7R5 for that...
Baseless assumption. The A9 already got AI based AF through a big FW update. Why shouldn't the A9ii not be able to get one, too? We are not talking about AF calculations per second, but pattern recognition meaning training the neural networks on different training sets than before. Instead of big wildlife animals they just need to include more birds.
Then people can shoot millions of bird photos which then are stored on hard disks in case one needs them.
BIF might be important to many on this board, but sports is probably more on the minds of Sony given their AP agreements and the Olympics next year. I feel we have a very slanted view towards shooting boards when in reality it makes up a very small portion of how the A9 is used.
I think so, too.
Look, if I were a Canon executive, I would have asked myself how to differentiate the R/R5 from the Sony cameras system when going mirrorless and still keep people at bay regarding dslrs.
The obvious things which come to mind:
-go for f1.2 lenses or exotics (28-70/2) first, which are very expensive + entry level body to not loose 1dx3,5d4 shooters immediately but show the potential.
-Look where Sony still could do better (albeit not having had a deal rival before, so people were enthusiastic with what they got), identify those points and market those for the new camera -> animal eye-AF, IBIS, video.
Additionally they need to decide whether to go for specialised bodies or more into an allrounder + sports body + entry level cam.
This helps getting traction in areas frequently discussed at boards like this. By the way, I never met people more fanatic (in a positive sense) than BIF shooters, obsessed with expensive long glass, bodies and AF, spending hours in every weather just to get an image of a rare bird... Well, not my thing, but why not if they like it.
Aug 21, 2020 at 09:14 AM
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