I'm unimpressed in the corner-cutting on this one if the leaked price is right.
Two specs are interesting to me.
1. That 0.59x finder. Really Sony? That's not just worst in class, it's Olympus DSLR level bad. The 2.39MP finder would have been acceptable if they'd delivered acceptable magnification, but it's got both the bare minimum finder spec in terms of resolution and far and away the worst magnification on the market. For those saying there isn't room for better optics in the EVF, the A6600 has the same effective magnification as the A7II, just with a reduced eyepoint. The A7c has a a short 17.5mm eyepoints and a decidedly worse finder spec than any of the APS-C bodies except the A6100 (and even then only because of the ancient 1.44MP panel Sony used in the A6100, a panel that was arguably obsolete when the NEX-6 was introduced)
2. The electronic shutter is used to achieve 1/8000. Nice that Sony finally joins the 'use the electronic shutter to extend the range' but that's 2 stops shy of what Fuji is delivering on $600 bodies in this area. Might just be a readout limitation though, it's simply easier to do that on smaller sensors. Sync is a poor 1/160th though. Definitely the cheap shutter going in here.
Also noting the RAW buffer is excellent at 115 frames. That's a lot better than the competition (Yeah, the Z5 is bufferless, but it's limited to a 100 frame burst in all file formats and is less than half the speed of the A7c)
This body needs to be a LOT cheaper than the leaked price to be competitive. I'm talking Z5 pricing. The small is nice, but Sony cut corners everywhere with this body. Low-end LCD, trash EVF, cheap shutter, etc.
Small is nice, and potentially very interesting, but this spec list is an exercise how to do a camera for the Z5's pricepoint without compromising AF/sensor performance.
They did get size/weight right though. 424g is very competitive without bringing fp type limitations.
Sep 14, 2020 at 07:46 PM
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