nandbytes
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OP has already bought the RX1. That's small camera and I assume he is keeping his m43 gear.
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Sony A7 from micro four thirds advice.
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Neurad1
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First of all, as a look at my pictures will tell you, I'm a rookie despite years of shooting. (It's tough to get enough time behind my camera with my stupidly busy career).
However, I use both Sony FF and Olympus M43. The longer I use both systems the more I like M43. There is a slight edge in IQ with the Sony A7II over my M43 gear. But it is really slight, especially at computer monitor resolution. The portability and lens choices with M43 are still, for me, much better. I can cover most of my needs with the 12-40 2.8 and the 35-100 2.8 lenses, both of which are excellent. I also own several small and sharp primes for my Oly gear.
If I had it to do over again, I'm not entirely sure I'd buy the A7II. I still haven't figured out what to do about a birding lens. The 28-70 kit has (again, for me) been a big disappointment. I should not have purchased it. I would like to add a long lens but can't figure out what that would be.
What I've been doing lately is shooting wide with the Sony 16-35 F4 and long with my E-M1 with the 35-100 28 Panny mounted. I can get all of that relatively easily into a Billingham Hadley Pro bag and it's not too heavy.
I'll end, though, by admitting that it's unlikely that I will put any more money into M43.
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However, I use both Sony FF and Olympus M43. The longer I use both systems the more I like M43. There is a slight edge in IQ with the Sony A7II over my M43 gear. But it is really slight, especially at computer monitor resolution. The portability and lens choices with M43 are still, for me, much better. I can cover most of my needs with the 12-40 2.8 and the 35-100 2.8 lenses, both of which are excellent. I also own several small and sharp primes for my Oly gear.
If I had it to do over again, I'm not entirely sure I'd buy the A7II. I still haven't figured out what to do about a birding lens. The 28-70 kit has (again, for me) been a big disappointment. I should not have purchased it. I would like to add a long lens but can't figure out what that would be.
What I've been doing lately is shooting wide with the Sony 16-35 F4 and long with my E-M1 with the 35-100 28 Panny mounted. I can get all of that relatively easily into a Billingham Hadley Pro bag and it's not too heavy.
I'll end, though, by admitting that it's unlikely that I will put any more money into M43.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelcure/
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Geekapoo
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Just saw the dpreview conclusions for the latest and greatest from Sony FF, the A7Rii:
"Lock-on AF still remains unpredictable and often unreliable"
WOW. My advice is to stick with m43 if AF (in particular, low light AF) is important.
Maybe the A7 third or fourth generation camera will have m43 or dSLR-like AF capabilities (or at least make it close..)
Richard
"Lock-on AF still remains unpredictable and often unreliable"
WOW. My advice is to stick with m43 if AF (in particular, low light AF) is important.
Maybe the A7 third or fourth generation camera will have m43 or dSLR-like AF capabilities (or at least make it close..)
Richard
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With every Sony mirrorless camera I tried over the years, Lock-on AF has worked spectacularly...at locking on to the background.
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Bottom line is lock-on AF is a small use case, and it remains unpredictable across cameras. I'm looking forward to it getting smarter, staying with objects when line of sight is compromised, light or patterns change, but it's not there for any camera. It's not even close, for m43 or otherwise.
Honestly, having owned the format in the past and sold it in favor of 1" and FF, the decision to go m43 at this point, whether for IQ or compactness, is a curious one. It made sense a while ago. But today? Na. A 1" bridge can hang with $5k in lenses, and once you seek equivalence in low light performance across primes, you approach FF mirrorless and Fuji mirrorless sizes.
The only reason for m43 investments today is not autofocus, but rather video with the GH4, or reach perhaps, but I can ignore both with the likes of an FZ1000 or RX10 II or A7R II or A7S II. The autofocus or compact argument doesn't fly any longer.
That leaves only a couple of choices in mirrorless market for newcomers that make the right compromises given the technology available today (not yesterday, and not your notions from yesterday), and they center around fixed lens 1" or m43 fixed (LX100) cameras (for stills and video), FF (for stills and video), or Fuji mirrorless.
Everything else is a bit of a compromise in the wrong directions for my tastes.
Honestly, having owned the format in the past and sold it in favor of 1" and FF, the decision to go m43 at this point, whether for IQ or compactness, is a curious one. It made sense a while ago. But today? Na. A 1" bridge can hang with $5k in lenses, and once you seek equivalence in low light performance across primes, you approach FF mirrorless and Fuji mirrorless sizes.
The only reason for m43 investments today is not autofocus, but rather video with the GH4, or reach perhaps, but I can ignore both with the likes of an FZ1000 or RX10 II or A7R II or A7S II. The autofocus or compact argument doesn't fly any longer.
That leaves only a couple of choices in mirrorless market for newcomers that make the right compromises given the technology available today (not yesterday, and not your notions from yesterday), and they center around fixed lens 1" or m43 fixed (LX100) cameras (for stills and video), FF (for stills and video), or Fuji mirrorless.
Everything else is a bit of a compromise in the wrong directions for my tastes.
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