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Preferred mirrorless future

Started Oct 29, 2016 | Polls thread
lumenite Senior Member • Posts: 1,207
Re: Preferred mirrorless future
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kotmj wrote:

lumenite wrote:

kotmj wrote:

Icypeak wrote:

Something for a serious adventure/wilderness/travel photographer/videographer, would tempt me, even if it cost $3000. An M5-style body with full weather-sealing, larger buttons that could be identified by feel with a thinly-gloved hand, larger grip and battery for cold-weather shooting, 4K video, 35MP or more resolution, time lapse stills, zebras for video exposure, and fully-articulated LCD for both horizontal and vertical composition would tick my list. No more crippled cameras, top-shelf features!

Sony makes such a camera today.

Yes, according to specs and prices, Sony's bodies are my preference. What I long for in Canon is something like A7II and I think that Canon won't produce such things.

The problems that I have are that I have Canon gears such as lenses and flashes already and that I am too lazy to change Canon to other brands.

I do not think the Sony A7II is a Canon slayer. I would be equally happy with a 6D. Not based on specs but just the experience of using them. Where the Sony wins for me is twofold: on-sensor focussing and short flange distance. The first allows wanton use of the superlative Sigma Art lenses with fast and accurate AF every single time without the need for AF fine tuning with the dock. The second allows just about any lens ever manufactured to be mounted on the Sony via adapters, some which provide AF to manual lenses (c.f. Tech Art Pro). So Sony is like Android where Canon is a more closed ecosystem like Apple.

I use all my EF lenses on the Sony with the Sigma MC-11. For my uses, they feel quite native. I am very satisfied with this solution.

My Canon 430EXII will not fire on the Sony. So I am using an old manual YongNuo on it for the time being. I find this solution tolerable. If it bugs me too much I will get a TTL flash.

My biggest concern with buying Sony were the insipid colours. I used the Sony A55 and have seen the output from the NEX5 and such and they were just very lousy. Also, there is no AWB on Sony -- it was always wildly off. The recent cameras from Sony have largely fixed the colour problem but AWB remains behind Canon. Both Sony & Canon are behind Fujifilm when it comes to AWB.

A7II, Sigma 50 Art at f1.6, manual YongNuo flash bounched off the ceiling. "Standard" jpeg profile. No post processing.

Thank you. I agree with your opinions in many ways. They are some reasons why I stay in Canon. I want both the specs of Sony A7II and the satisfying output image, affordable lenses, and accustomed UI of Canon.

If I had started my photography with a new brand a year ago, I would have chosen Fujifilm or Sony. However, I have been in Canon for a long time. While I have been eager for the fascinating bodies that other brands provide, I have not moved to them but been waiting and waiting.

I wish I had a chance to use A7II for a while. My interest in Fuji APS-C has gone away with M5's appearance.

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