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 Re: A1 to get firmware update in February? | |
osv2 wrote:
baltmin wrote:
A professional who has seen his canon R5 becoming almost like a new camera after numerous updates and additions has probably no reasons to switch to Sony.
canon r5 is an unstacked sensor camera, it's not playing in the same league as the a1, not even close.
canon really screwed up when they blocked 3rd-party lens makers out of rf-mount, that platform will never have decent lens selection, and what is available is primitive at best, with no linear voice coil af motor technology... that's typical canon, they don't spend r&d money unless they absolutely have to.
nikon isn't much better, they put stepper motors in a $6500 lens, and released the z9 with no industry standard hi-frequency flicker reduction; it took what, three firmware updates to fix that... there still isn't any 200-600, despite that lens being on the z-mount roadmap for three years, and there is no proper dof preview with z-mount.
crying about firmware updates on the a1, the competition is so much better? oh please...
milc lenses with af:
e-mount: 179
mft: 78
x-mount: 71
L-mount: 61
z-mount: 47
rf-mount: 40
I think this is the key to the issue. The other manufacturers are all still playing catch up to the Sony system. This is true in the diversity of products both bodies and lenses being offered for the E-Mount system. If you take the whole Sony ecosystem in optics available, RAW speed, resolution, and video, no one else is even close. For a competitor company to fully catch up would take a huge amount of time, and investment . It is not realistic for them. Consequentualy, these other manufactures look for, and impliment, narrow use features that can differentiate them, and give something to brag about. Expecting Sony to continusly release firmware updates in response to this is also not a realistic thing.
When looking at the competative field, I think Sony remains confident that the current feature set, flexible form factor, configurability, and Image Quality, of the A1 still puts it out front as an "all around, do everything" camera offering. A view that I agree with. Whatever I am going out to shoot on a given day, I feel very confident that the A1 is a tool that will help me be successful in that photographic genre. I think Sony also understands that being the leader is a perishable thing. They know that as others work to catch up they will be required to advance each of their products. They will choose to do thise sometimes through firmware updates, and other times thourgh iteration of model releases. I am sure their descision making process regarding which way to go with specific features is both complicated and well considered.
Anyway, that is how I feel about the subject. I will still gratefully take any new features, enhancements, and bug fixes Sony decides to issue as a firmware update. Come on Sony, throw us a bone please.
I will also say that I am continually dissapointed in the lack of proffessionalism, diligence, and accuracy, of the Sony dedicated rumor site, SAR. It seems to me to be the worst of its kind in the industry. The disheveled apperance of the SAR owner broadcasting from his kitchen is consistant with the quality, and accuracy, of his published information. It also shows a distinct lack of respect for his readers. There exists an opening for a more proffessional person, or organization to take ovver this role. Someone please do it.
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