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 Re: Official: Sony A7R V announced (pre-orders now available) | |
Tony Ross wrote:
JeyB wrote:
Not for me, for sure!
Compared to an A1, it's leaps and bounds ahead the RV. Couldn't imagine hearing a mechanical shutter again, couldn't stand rolling shutter again, couldn't go back again to mechanical shutter strobe sync at studio or on location. And now I am so used to the A1 that I could never go back to anything without at least 30 fps. I seriously doubt the RV performs 120 af calculations per second to earn the Best AF in the world prize. And the A1 proverbial sticky AF faded so quickly? Don't think so.
I'm also not going to buy an A1 II when released. My A1 will last at least 5 years more. Tired about 3 years lifespan and giving my money to Sony for camera bodies that depreciate at automobile's rates. So, no thanks. No new camera will make me a better photographer. I will buy lenses instead 
But yes, 8-stop IBIS and new tilt-style lcd are attractive features, but not sufficient to sell my oldish and slowish A7 RIII which in my experience has the best DR, cleanest high ISO and highest IQ in the complete Sony ecosystem (better than A1 also). But this is my opinion forged by very demanding post processing techniques applied in low light photography.
I have owned an A1 for well over a year, and I know what it can and cannot do. It can be particularly painful to get A1 tracking on a subject partially obscured by a tree - that is something this new AF solves by recognising subjects, and there are plenty of examples of it working. So I think this looks like a major advance - now I’m waiting to get a new A1 with that feature! The A1’s AF is very good, but this looks better, and will probably work even better connected to a faster stacked sensor.
While I’m at it, I’ll take that new rear screen, focus stacking, timed bulb, and some other niceties thank you!
Hi Tony, thanks for your answer. As long as the subject behind the branches has eyes, the A1 locks on it without problem. If non tracking wide or zone af doesn't work, then I personally activate tracking af for this very situation, and by simply putting the focus square on the subject, the camera starts to track it, and I usually discovered that it suddenly recognizes the eyes even if the subject is not big in the frame.
AI AF may work fine, who knows, but until someone experienced on FM checks for it personally I will remain skeptical. I mean, sure it detects the object through AI learned algorithms, but if the subject starts to move very very quickly, like birds in flight, then you could face that the RV lacks enough AF computing power to track it adequately and at the same time performing the neccesary AF distance corrections. Oh, yes, I forgot that the RV only shoots at 10 fps, so in that case it really needs lesser AF calculations by second than an A1.
As an aside, In the begining,I've activated the A1's AF point confirmation to show at photograph's revision, but even on the A1, a green square on an eye or on a bird it doesn't necessarily mean that the photo is in focus. On the contrary, sometimes the result is slightly out of focus (ALmost There, ALT) at 1:1, but recoverable after some image trickery. So a green square it is not the equivalent to properly focused result, nor a green AI subject rectangle in the evf is indicative of a properly focused subject until you shoot and check the photo.
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