Re: Official: Sony A9 III and FE 300mm f/2.8 GM announced
nmerc_photos wrote:
but I just don't know how anyone could remotely think Sony/Canon have half the telephoto lineup capability of Nikon
If we are talking about capability then the interesting thing about the Nikon list is that even with the few extra choices in Nikon's list there is really no addition capability in image creation between the Nikon and Sony choices. If anything Sony has some advantages in edge case situations. It is also a lighter, faster, more agile, and configurable system. Preferences will be the deciding factor.
From the posted list:
Nikon has
180-600 (which is an actual 600mm, not the ~550mm of the Sony): The focal length difference is really only noticeable in a narrow range of distance to subject. It is also entirely made up in croppability through higher resolution. The sony is also a much faster focusing lens. Just trade offs in my opinion. Both will give you indistinguishable images in almost all cases.
400 f2.8 w/ TC: Sony has this lens exactly. You just have to add the TC when you want. But then you get both 1.4 and 2.0.
400 f4.5 : Notice no 300 2.8 in Nikon's list. Sony has the fastest, lightest, and highest IQ, of this FL lens ever produced. Now if you add a 1.4 TC to the amazing 300mm f/2.8 you get a 400 f/4.0. So in this range Sony has more FLs available, and faster aperture, and smaller package.
600 f4 w/ TC: Sony has an excellent 600 f/4 (some say the best). Only difference is TC with a switch for convenience. But no image making advantage in aperture or focal length.
600 f6.3: Once again Sony has an even better 600 with f/4.0 aperture. You can't make an image with this lens that the Sony cannot.
800 f6.3: Just add the 1.4 TC to the 600 f/4 and you have 840mm at f/5.6. I see no image making advantage here either. If anything the Sony is a bit faster at f/5.6.
So, when it comes to actual image making capabilities I see no images that the Nikon system can make that the Sony cannot (or vice versa) based on lenses. I do see an A1 that can shoot RAW faster and at a slightly higher resolution than Nikon. There is also in the Sony system a A7RV with a much higher resolution than any Nikon camera. This cropping ability, combined with faster RAW shooting has real value in long lens shooting applications in my opinion.
I don't know who is smoking what, but I don't see either of these systems smoking each other in actual image making capabilities. Nikon looks to have a couple of more choices in lenses, and a TC convenience advantage. Sony seems to have speed, and resolution advantage along with RAW advantages. No big deal either way. Same image goes on the wall.
Nov 10, 2023 at 02:34 PM
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