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Sorry for quoting myself… ;-) But I want to add one related thoughts.
There was a time in the development of digital camera systems when everyone “needed” every improvement. (Well, OK, almost everyone.) For example, when cameras had 3MP, virtually everyone benefited from getting 6MP. As time went on, the advances in particular aspects of camera performance were meaningful to increasingly smaller segments of the market. For example, going from 36MP to 60 MP, while mathematically a significant difference, probably only really made a difference to a relatively small subset of photographers who truly need the added detail.
Similarly, going from, say, no burst mode to a 3fps burst mode was a pretty big deal, and even going from, say, 4 fps to 8 fps was meaningful to a whole lot of people. But going from 15fps to 30fps? (Much less going to crazy rates like 60 fps?) The size of the market segment that benefits from that in a meaningful way is very, very small.
The same is true of range of other performance parameters.
All of this is my long way of saying that for many (most?) but not quite all photographers, just about any current high quality camera has more than enough performance for just about anything they will do. (Again, I”m not speaking about the leading edge specialists who really may benefit from cutting edge performance on specific features.)
So let’s say we’re looking at the A7r6 from this perspective. Yes, there are cameras that will work faster or perhaps have a deeper buffer, but for all but a relatively small segment of the market the camera will work well for just about anything most photographers will do. (The same might be said about a camera with a lower MP sensor and more speed, even with the balance shifted a bit in a different direction.
YMMV.
gdanmitchell wrote:
You know, it a way it also ot doestn’ matter what camer ayou use, as long as you have the vision and skills to achieve the results you aspire to.
Canon, Nikon, Sony, fujifilm, whatever… I say pick whatever works for you and mostly stick with it over the long term, rarely changing brands. There’s a lot to be said for simply becoming very familiar with the ins and outs of whatever system you use — much like a musician continuing to play a very old instrument that he/she knows very, very well.
These days, all of the major brands make excellent cameras, and any competent photographer can do excellent work with any them. Pick a brand, settle on it for a reasonably long term, and focus on making photographs.
Ross Martin wrote:
I’m torn on whether to acquire this. And it’s never about ‘need’ for me - I could have continued producing meaningful photographs without buying a new camera for the last decade or two. It’s about what I want. Like going to dinner: do I need the ribeye, when the burger will satisfy my protein requirements and save me significant cash? Nope, it’s about desire. Most people I know operate the same way.
Sony friends, please don’t hate me for the following: I sold off one of my two A7RV’s in anticipation for this rumored A7RVI, but then a funny thing happened - I acquired a Z8 in late January, and fell head-over-heels in love. As soon as I picked up the handsome Z8, the feel in hand harkened back to the days of my beloved D850 - the greatest DSLR ever made - and I became a smitten kitten. I’ve been shooting the Z8 for nearly 4 months now, and I lost all desire to put an A7RV in my hand - the ergos of the Z8 just work for me unlike any mirrorless I have used. So my last A7RV was sold off.
Now my logical mind sees the A7RVI specs and realizes that 50% more megapixels (compared to my Z8) will provide 25% more linear print width which matters to me, best in class DR combining low and high gain ISO steps in mechanical shutter mode, all while providing a sensor readout speed plenty fast enough for the occasional BIF and faster action work I sometimes do. But, my intuitive self has reconnected with Nikon strongly with the Z8 (I’m a longtime Nikon shooter). And for me the intuition, or ‘gut’ as some call it, is almost always right.
As I write this I’m contemplating doing an A7RVI preorder with my dealer at $100 discount and testing the hell out of it in the field in June (during the epic Roan Mountain wild rhododendron bloom), and if I end up selling it off I am comfortable marking the loss up as a rental fee.
[disclaimer: two wonderful IPA’s from North Carolina breweries were utilized in the making of this post 🤣]
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