Re: (Rumor) A6700 on July 12th...does anyone care?
mawz wrote: chiron wrote: mawz wrote:
Was looking at this, but the body style misses the boat for me.
I don't mind the compact size for the lower-end bodies (it's actually nice for light carry), but the top-end APS-C really needs a body design that handles better with larger lenses.
If the A6700 was nothing more than the old A6600 sensor in an A7IV body/processing, I would have waited for it. Sony continues to miss the boat on a solid high-end APS-C body despite being in a position to parts-bin a competitive solution.
Even better would be the 26MP Stacked sensor in a A7IV body for ~$2200USD-$2500USD. We all know the X-H2s sensor is Sony-built and they could do that setup if they wanted to.
Personally, I bought the R7 instead. It is exactly what I'd like to have seen from Sony in the same price range (non-stacked SLR-style APS-C).
I'm hoping the expected A7CII will be the body that Sony puts a 26mp stacked sensor into, along with the other improvements (front wheel, LCD, EVF, autofocus AI, IBIS, 2 slots) that Sony has put in the A6700. If they kept it to 26mpix and kept the frame rate down, that would distinguish it from the AII or the A9III and make the A7CII a very desirable camera for non-pro, non-BIF, non-sports photographers--which is most of us.
The A7CII is going to be an FF body, the 26MP stacked sensor is an APS-C sensor. So not going to happen.
Almost assuredly the A7CII will be the 33MP A7IV sensor in an A6700 body to make it essentially to the A7IV as the A7C was to the A7III.
The A7C series is Sony's lowest-end current FF body, it's not getting any major features that aren't in higher-end bodies already.
Disappointing. I would actually change systems for a small full frame body with a stacked sensor and excellent autofocus and IBIS. At the present time, AFAIK, my A9 comes closest to those specs. It actually isn't that much larger than an A7C.
Jul 07, 2023 at 02:42 PM
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