Re: Considering a move to Sony, would appreciate advice
Jack Flesher wrote:
Long photo background, short version — I have owned virtually every digital camera brand mirrorless except Canon, though did own several Canon D series. My last Sony was their first mirrorless, so it’s been a long time. My main use will be landscape and travel, and I do a lot of night and street shooting when I travel.
For the camera I am pretty well set on the A7rv, but open to suggestions/comments on A1ii.
So on to lenses. I prefer smaller sizes for travel, and I don’t need optical speed for landscape. So first question is are the f4 G 16-35 and 24-105 zooms decent enough performers at f5.6-8 on the 60mp sensor? Are they at least decent wide open?
How are the Sony 50’s, 1.8 vs 1.4, primarily size vs f2 or f2.8 performance, as my night/street lens? Any 3rd party options worth considering instead?
I might want a versatile long zoom for occasional bird and wildlife, is the 200-600 a good option?
Finally I occasionally do astro, so contemplating the Sony 14 vs the Sigma 14 art?
Thanks in advance!
On the issue of which camera to get, I think there are some important advantages of the A1 II for your applications.
The sensor readout in the A7RV is very slow. If you are going to do a lot of travel/street/night shooting, you will often encounter LED or other types of modern lighting whose flicker will produce banding under electronic shutter on the A7RV. You won't have that problem under electronic shutter with the A1 II (or with the A1, for that matter) because it has a fast readout stacked sensor.
With the A7RV under electronic shutter you would also have problems with rolling shutter and subject movement that can result in subtle or gross distortion of faces and movements, especially when they are shot close to the camera.
If you are ok using mechanical shutter for all of your shooting, then the stacked shutter won't matter. But I find the silence of the electronic shutter to be a great advantage for night, travel, and street (and also for family and other events).
The only disdavantage of taking the A1 or A1 II instead of the A7RV is that the A7RV has about a stop more of DR up to 503 ISO. Above 503, they are the same in DR.
Re: Considering a move to Sony, would appreciate advice
Jack Flesher wrote:
Long photo background, short version — I have owned virtually every digital camera brand mirrorless except Canon, though did own several Canon D series. My last Sony was their first mirrorless, so it’s been a long time. My main use will be landscape and travel, and I do a lot of night and street shooting when I travel.
For the camera I am pretty well set on the A7rv, but open to suggestions/comments on A1ii.
So on to lenses. I prefer smaller sizes for travel, and I don’t need optical speed for landscape. So first question is are the f4 G 16-35 and 24-105 zooms decent enough performers at f5.6-8 on the 60mp sensor? Are they at least decent wide open?
How are the Sony 50’s, 1.8 vs 1.4, primarily size vs f2 or f2.8 performance, as my night/street lens? Any 3rd party options worth considering instead?
I might want a versatile long zoom for occasional bird and wildlife, is the 200-600 a good option?
Finally I occasionally do astro, so contemplating the Sony 14 vs the Sigma 14 art?
Thanks in advance!
On the issue of which camera to get, I think there are some important advantages of the A1 II for your applications.
The sensor readout in the A7RV is very slow. If you are going to do a lot of travel/street/night shooting, you will often encounter LED or other types of modern lighting whose flicker will produce banding under electronic shutter on the A7RV. You won't have that problem under electronic shutter with the A1 II (or with the A1, for that matter) because it has a fast readout stacked sensor.
With the A7RV under electronic shutter you would also have problems with rolling shutter and subject movement that can result in subtle or gross distortion of faces and movements, especially when they are shot close to the camera.
If you are ok using mechanical shutter for all of your shooting, then the stacked shutter won't matter. But I find the silence of the electronic shutter to be a great advantage for night, travel, and street, and also for family and other events.
The only disdavantage of taking the A1 or A1 II instead of the A7RV is that the A7RV has about a stop more of DR up to 503 ISO. Above 503, they are the same in DR.
Re: Considering a move to Sony, would appreciate advice
Jack Flesher wrote:
Long photo background, short version — I have owned virtually every digital camera brand mirrorless except Canon, though did own several Canon D series. My last Sony was their first mirrorless, so it’s been a long time. My main use will be landscape and travel, and I do a lot of night and street shooting when I travel.
For the camera I am pretty well set on the A7rv, but open to suggestions/comments on A1ii.
So on to lenses. I prefer smaller sizes for travel, and I don’t need optical speed for landscape. So first question is are the f4 G 16-35 and 24-105 zooms decent enough performers at f5.6-8 on the 60mp sensor? Are they at least decent wide open?
How are the Sony 50’s, 1.8 vs 1.4, primarily size vs f2 or f2.8 performance, as my night/street lens? Any 3rd party options worth considering instead?
I might want a versatile long zoom for occasional bird and wildlife, is the 200-600 a good option?
Finally I occasionally do astro, so contemplating the Sony 14 vs the Sigma 14 art?
Thanks in advance!
On the issue of which camera to get, I think there are some important advantages of the A1 II for your applications.
The sensor readout in the A7RV is very slow. If you are going to do a lot of travel/street/night shooting, you will often encounter LED or other types of modern lighting whose flicker will produce banding under electronic shutter on the A7RV. You won't have that problem under electronic shutter with the A1 II (or with the A1, for that matter) because it has a fast readout stacked sensor.
With the A7RV under electronic shutter you would also have problems with rolling shutter and subject movement that can result in subtle or gross distortion of faces and movements, especially when they are shot close to the camera.
If you are ok using mechanical shutter for all of your shooting, then the stacked shutter won't matter. But I find the silence of the electronic shutter to be a great advantage for night, travel, and street, and also for family and other events.
The only disdavantage of taking the A1 or A1 II instead of the A7RV is that the A7RV has about a stop more of DR up to 503 ISO. Above 503, they are the same in DR.
Re: Considering a move to Sony, would appreciate advice
Jack Flesher wrote:
Long photo background, short version — I have owned virtually every digital camera brand mirrorless except Canon, though did own several Canon D series. My last Sony was their first mirrorless, so it’s been a long time. My main use will be landscape and travel, and I do a lot of night and street shooting when I travel.
For the camera I am pretty well set on the A7rv, but open to suggestions/comments on A1ii.
So on to lenses. I prefer smaller sizes for travel, and I don’t need optical speed for landscape. So first question is are the f4 G 16-35 and 24-105 zooms decent enough performers at f5.6-8 on the 60mp sensor? Are they at least decent wide open?
How are the Sony 50’s, 1.8 vs 1.4, primarily size vs f2 or f2.8 performance, as my night/street lens? Any 3rd party options worth considering instead?
I might want a versatile long zoom for occasional bird and wildlife, is the 200-600 a good option?
Finally I occasionally do astro, so contemplating the Sony 14 vs the Sigma 14 art?
Thanks in advance!
On the issue of which camera to get, I think there are some important advantages of the A1 II for your applications.
The sensor readout in the A7RV is very slow. If you are going to do a lot of travel/street/night shooting, you will often encounter LED or other types of modern lighting whose flicker will produce banding under electronic shutter on the A7RV. You won't have that problem under electronic shutter with the A1 II (or with the A1, for that matter) because it has a fast readout stacked sensor.
With the A7RV under electronic shutter you would also have problems with rolling shutter and subject movement that can result in subtle or gross distortion of faces and movements, especially when they are shot close to the camera.
If you are ok using mechanical shutter for all of your shooting, then the stacked shutter won't matter. But I find the silence of the electronic shutter to be a great advantage for night, travel, and street, and also for family and other events.
The only disdavantage of taking the A1 or A1 II instead of the A7RV is that the A7RV has about a stop more of DR up to 503 ISO. Above 503, they are the same in DR.
Re: Considering a move to Sony, would appreciate advice
Jack Flesher wrote:
Long photo background, short version — I have owned virtually every digital camera brand mirrorless except Canon, though did own several Canon D series. My last Sony was their first mirrorless, so it’s been a long time. My main use will be landscape and travel, and I do a lot of night and street shooting when I travel.
For the camera I am pretty well set on the A7rv, but open to suggestions/comments on A1ii.
So on to lenses. I prefer smaller sizes for travel, and I don’t need optical speed for landscape. So first question is are the f4 G 16-35 and 24-105 zooms decent enough performers at f5.6-8 on the 60mp sensor? Are they at least decent wide open?
How are the Sony 50’s, 1.8 vs 1.4, primarily size vs f2 or f2.8 performance, as my night/street lens? Any 3rd party options worth considering instead?
I might want a versatile long zoom for occasional bird and wildlife, is the 200-600 a good option?
Finally I occasionally do astro, so contemplating the Sony 14 vs the Sigma 14 art?
Thanks in advance!
On the issue of which camera to get, I think there are some important advantages of the A1 II for your applications.
The sensor readout in the A7RV is very slow. If you are going to do a lot of travel/street/night shooting, you will often encounter LED or other types of electronic lighting whose flicker will produce banding under electronic shutter on the A7RV. You won't have that problem under electronic shutter with the A1 II (or with the A1, for that matter) because it has a fast readout stacked sensor.
With the A7RV under electronic shutter you would also have problems with rolling shutter and subject movement that can result in subtle or gross distortion of faces and movements, especially when shot close to the camera.
If you are ok using mechanical shutter for all of your shooting, then the stacked shutter won't matter. But I find the silence of the electronic shutter to be a great advantage for night, travel, and street.
The only disdavantage of taking the A1 or A1 II instead of the A7RV is that the A7RV has about a stop more of DR up to 503 ISO. Above 503, they are the same in DR.
Re: Considering a move to Sony, would appreciate advice
Jack Flesher wrote:
Long photo background, short version — I have owned virtually every digital camera brand mirrorless except Canon, though did own several Canon D series. My last Sony was their first mirrorless, so it’s been a long time. My main use will be landscape and travel, and I do a lot of night and street shooting when I travel.
For the camera I am pretty well set on the A7rv, but open to suggestions/comments on A1ii.
So on to lenses. I prefer smaller sizes for travel, and I don’t need optical speed for landscape. So first question is are the f4 G 16-35 and 24-105 zooms decent enough performers at f5.6-8 on the 60mp sensor? Are they at least decent wide open?
How are the Sony 50’s, 1.8 vs 1.4, primarily size vs f2 or f2.8 performance, as my night/street lens? Any 3rd party options worth considering instead?
I might want a versatile long zoom for occasional bird and wildlife, is the 200-600 a good option?
Finally I occasionally do astro, so contemplating the Sony 14 vs the Sigma 14 art?
Thanks in advance!
On the issue of which camera to get, I think there are some important advantages of the A1 II for you applications. The sensor readout in the A7RV is very slow.If you are going to a lot of travel/street/night shooting, you will often encounter LED or other types of elctonic lighting that will produce a flicker under electronic shutter on the A7RV. You won't have that problem under electronic shutter with the A1 II (or the A1, for that matter) because it has a fast readout stacked sensor. With the A7RV under electronic shutter you would also have problems with rolling shutter and subject movement that can result in subtle or gross distortion of faces and movements, especially when shot close to the camera.
If you are ok using mechanical shutter for all of your shooting, then the stacked shutter won't matter. But I find the silence of the electronic shutter to be a great advantage for night, travel, and street.
The only disdavantage to taking the A1 or A1 II instead of the A7RV is that the A7RV has about a stop more of DR up to 503 ISO. Above 503, they are the same in DR.
The two bodies are very close to the same size.
Jan 08, 2026 at 05:41 PM
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