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 Re: Any A7RIV users tried or brought the Canon R5 | |
Parts of this thread it turning into a debate as polarizing as the US election... Let’s just be kind and respect others opinions.
I’m a Sony shooter, I used to be Nikon (F100, D70, D300) and later switched to Canon when the 5D came out. I used to work in a camera store way back in my youth, so I guess I like gear and new tech so I’ve dabbled with various systems like Fuji XT2/3, Nikon Z6, etc. Always liked shooting Leica rangefinders, but at this point I’ve given up on it. It is just a hobby to me and not a life and death decision (not putting food on table via my photography). Sometimes context is important so people understand how/why you argue a certain way, so there you have it.
I’ve tinkered around with the R5 and will probably pick one up with a couple of lenses. Why if I shoot Sony? I use a A7R3 and it has served me well. But I don’t love it. Size, weight and IQ are great. Custom buttons and ability to tweak your individual set up makes it pretty smooth and fast to operate but I think there is big room for improvement on the UI. The screen is too small and low quality by today’s standard. The lack on true touch interface, 13 years after the iPhone came out, is maddening. We all work around the menu system but I doubt anyone of us loves it. A top plate LCD would be great to check settings. AF speed and accuracy of the A7R3 are not bad, but clearly there have been advances. Sure, I could go A7R4 but I don’t want 61mp or 120mb files to deal with - the ability to select smaller files would be a great addition (yeah, yeah, that is not true raw...). Sony’s native glass - there are some real gems but I would love to have a stellar 50/1.2 and I think Sony should have delivered one years ago. And don’t get me started on Sony’s unintuitive ways to deliver firmware upgrades, lack of great mobile phone controls/software, lack of partnerships with AWS or someone for cloud backup, etc, etc....
None of these issues are deal breakers. None of these issues can rationally justify given up a camera I paid $3k for, which is now worth half, and buy a $4,100 (w tax) camera, a couple of $2k lenses, and $600 worth of new cards. My money would be better spent buying a new computer, investing in training and practice in post-processing and workflow, better photo management and organization, better backup solutions, better way to distribute and charge for my photos, travel to better locations...
But sometimes life is not rational... ;-)
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