Sony A7 full frame camera
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- formed0
I am just waiting for lenses, then I'll sell all my Nikon gear (thankfully the Nikkor glass retains its value and I've gotten a good year of use from the D800).
My guess is we'll see other follow suit. Why have a big, heavy camera when you can have something lighter.
HL - the look has grown on me. It is similar to the Olympus OM-D. The simplicity and solid look is working for me (now).
- epic_rim0
I like how it looks. Is the viewfinder digital?
- benfal990
Good video review over there:
- benfal990
- What lens? Looks like the 30mm given the compression. But they do have a 50 1.4 which would show off the shallow dof more.Hombre_Lobo
- inteliboy0
A year or two ago and I would have been all over this. Though may wait it out a few years to see what's out there before changing system. My fuji xpro1 is pretty damn amazing image wise and has plenty of life left in it.
- Continuity0
Wait to see what Kai Wong at DigitalRev says.
- ok_not_ok0
- I guess Zack Arias was right when he said the DSLR is dead.Continuity
- If they provide me the FM2 body in digital... done. I loved that camera.
jfletcher - Yup. If it is actually like an Fm2 = I'm done too. Perfect camera found. No more searching.inteliboy
- dslr is not dead til they give me all that buttons on a smaller body.pango
- Continuity0
Meanwhile, over at Canon, they seem fixated on medium format. Meh.
- makes sense... I would invest in a medium format camera, but no hasselblad, the cost is to much...tank02
- benfal990
Maybe i will wait 1 more year... to see where this is all going.
What I like about my Canon 60D is how the case is super tough and can take rain, wind and i can even drop it in the rocks and it still functionning.
- The Sony is weather sealed, probably better than the 60D (I'd guess they are aiming at the semi pros - mkiii, D600/800)formed
- formed0
I am sold on the Sony. My Nikon D800 just weighs a freaking ton. Add the Nikkor 24-70 and battery grip and it is just a pain (I've actually developed tennis elbow from using it...part time!).
The downside are the lenses. There is nothing really interesting, imho. I'll wait until there are faster examples. F4 is just not worth paying a lot for (granted, they are half the cost of my Nikkor glass, but I don't want two lenses for everything). I honestly think they are dropping the ball there....4 lenses and all but one are slow (Zeiss I guess means something to some people, but I'll take fast please).
Hopefully they are just trying to keep costs down and will come out with more soon.
- Continuity0
^ In all fairness, though, the A7 can take Nikon, Canon and Zeiss lenses, adapted. It would be a good stopgap solution until faster own-lenses become available.
- It would also be a good way to mitigate losses if you've invested in a lot of good Canon glass already.Continuity
- though good glass holds value pretty well, it is the body that plummetsformed
- Yup, true.Continuity
- formed0
but it defeats the purpose of getting a lighter body. My D800 is awesome, no way am I going to stick a weight like my Nikkor 24-70 on a light body, it would defeat the purpose entirely.
Also, that requires buying an adapter (and that Sony looks fairly expensive, could be wrong, but it ain't just some ring!)
I think it is a big mistake and hey won't get people adopting until they offer pro level glass. I'll sell all my stuff the moment they do, until then I wait (and look for Fuji's full frame xpro...fingers crossed)