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In the most recent edition of TC Live, Tony Northrup is asked about the perfect camera. Tony responds by saying "it's really close to the Sony A99ii, which I've been working with for the last week." He goes on to say "that's probably the closest I've ever come to a perfect camera."

The question comes around 49:53, and Tony's answer follows:

Randy
 
9 months ago he declared that A-mount was dead.

He has also said in the past that Sony's "biggest mistake" was not advancing A-mount. So depending on your opinion, he's either all wrong, half wrong, half right, or...
 
Jeadm said:
9 months ago he declared that A-mount was dead.

He has also said in the past that Sony's "biggest mistake" was not advancing A-mount. So depending on your opinion, he's either all wrong, half wrong, half right, or...
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Yes, but at least he doesn't miss the forest for the trees like DPR, recognizing that being short of perfection in one or two areas doesn't mean it isn't the best overall balance of functional abilities in the FF world.
 
Jeadm said:
9 months ago he declared that A-mount was dead.

He has also said in the past that Sony's "biggest mistake" was not advancing A-mount. So depending on your opinion, he's either all wrong, half wrong, half right, or...
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Or he means A-mount was great they should have put more R&D into A-mount, instead of splitting into two mounts.

A-mount was sort of dead in the general photography communities eyes, only the most hardcore fans believed in Sony's statement to continuing the A-mount.

I am sort of a Sony camera fan boy, and I got into E mount a years ago, believing A mount didn't have much of a future. Now having both system, I see the two as optimised towards different goals. A mount is clearly geared towards stills, while E mount is more video centric.
 
Jeadm said:
9 months ago he declared that A-mount was dead.

He has also said in the past that Sony's "biggest mistake" was not advancing A-mount. So depending on your opinion, he's either all wrong, half wrong, half right, or...
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Guys who make a living like Northrup does have to constantly say something about something in hopes of staying relevant and ensuring a steady stream of clicks to their sites. In a few months he might easily proclaim some other camera is even closer to perfection. It happens.
 
Jeadm said:
9 months ago he declared that A-mount was dead.

He has also said in the past that Sony's "biggest mistake" was not advancing A-mount. So depending on your opinion, he's either all wrong, half wrong, half right, or...
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He thought A-mount was dead because Sony didn't have update for months, so it is not wrong and not right, it's emotional. And Sony's "biggest mistake" was not advancing A-mount, this is also his feeling when he thought that Sony gave up on its DSLT mirrorless system. So, the point is, he has good feelings with A-mount systems. That all!
 
My experience with people who love photography (and are not just brand pundits) and are locked into DSLRs is they are almost always positive, impressed and pleasantly surprised by my A-mount gear. A lot of "I didn't know it worked that good", or "I didn't know you could do that", or "I wish mine could do that". Nowadays as they've become more mainstream they'll often confuse it with mirrorless gear. A-mount is (unfortunately) the worst best kept secret in ILC gear.
 
Jeadm said:
My experience with people who love photography (and are not just brand pundits) and are locked into DSLRs is they are almost always positive, impressed and pleasantly surprised by my A-mount gear. A lot of "I didn't know it worked that good", or "I didn't know you could do that", or "I wish mine could do that". Nowadays as they've become more mainstream they'll often confuse it with mirrorless gear. A-mount is (unfortunately) the worst best kept secret in ILC gear.
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In all fairness thoung, SLT is sort of a cross-breed between dSLR and mirror less, and Sony's marketing department clearly pushes E mount.
 
Randy6414 said:
In the most recent edition of TC Live, Tony Northrup is asked about the perfect camera. Tony responds by saying "it's really close to the Sony A99ii, which I've been working with for the last week." He goes on to say "that's probably the closest I've ever come to a perfect camera."

The question comes around 49:53, and Tony's answer follows:

Randy
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WOW coming from Tony Northrup that is like wining the lottery!!
 
It sounds like he's pretty consistent with his like of A Mount so, like many of us, he was frustrated with Sony's pushing E Mount Mount at the expense of A Mount.
 
tumivn said:
tumivn wrote:this is also his feeling when he thought that Sony gave up on its DSLT mirrorless system. So, the point is, he has good feelings with A-mount systems. That all!
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There is no such thing as a DSLT Mirrorless system.
 
Tony offers strong opinions, but having watch many of his videos, I don't get the feeling that he promotes one brand while bashing another. Instead, I think he calls it like he sees it.

Hearing his high praise for the A99ii, however brief, really seems notable. I imagine he's working on a full review, and will look forward to that.

I've yet to get my hands on one, or even see one, but from what I've read and watched so far, the A99ii appears to offer a tremendous array of features and performance, outdoing competitors in the same price class, and competing with those priced twice as high.

No camera is perfect--nothing is. But the performance and feature set of the A99ii are quite astounding compared to anything else on the market right now.

I am still enjoying my A99, but hope to add an A99ii someday soon!

Randy
 
Jeadm said:
My experience with people who love photography (and are not just brand pundits) and are locked into DSLRs is they are almost always positive, impressed and pleasantly surprised by my A-mount gear. A lot of "I didn't know it worked that good", or "I didn't know you could do that", or "I wish mine could do that". Nowadays as they've become more mainstream they'll often confuse it with mirrorless gear. A-mount is (unfortunately) the worst best kept secret in ILC gear.
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Yup. That's a good summary of the impressions of the general DP public. The Best Buy sales people in our area are routinely stunned by the A99ii, often operating (in terms of their understanding of the camera) from the basis of trolling dismissals and the like, and when they see the pictures and video it can take, they are pretty shocked.

And then they ask "why doesn't Sony promote this camera?" Good question!!
 
Douglas F Watt said:
Jeadm said:
My experience with people who love photography (and are not just brand pundits) and are locked into DSLRs is they are almost always positive, impressed and pleasantly surprised by my A-mount gear. A lot of "I didn't know it worked that good", or "I didn't know you could do that", or "I wish mine could do that". Nowadays as they've become more mainstream they'll often confuse it with mirrorless gear. A-mount is (unfortunately) the worst best kept secret in ILC gear.
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Yup. That's a good summary of the impressions of the general DP public. The Best Buy sales people in our area are routinely stunned by the A99ii, often operating (in terms of their understanding of the camera) from the basis of trolling dismissals and the like, and when they see the pictures and video it can take, they are pretty shocked.

And then they ask "why doesn't Sony promote this camera?" Good question!!
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hes just afraid of the sony fanboiz ;D hehehhehehe
 
Randy6414 said:
Douglas F Watt said:
Jeadm said:
My experience with people who love photography (and are not just brand pundits) and are locked into DSLRs is they are almost always positive, impressed and pleasantly surprised by my A-mount gear. A lot of "I didn't know it worked that good", or "I didn't know you could do that", or "I wish mine could do that". Nowadays as they've become more mainstream they'll often confuse it with mirrorless gear. A-mount is (unfortunately) the worst best kept secret in ILC gear.
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Yup. That's a good summary of the impressions of the general DP public. The Best Buy sales people in our area are routinely stunned by the A99ii, often operating (in terms of their understanding of the camera) from the basis of trolling dismissals and the like, and when they see the pictures and video it can take, they are pretty shocked.

And then they ask "why doesn't Sony promote this camera?" Good question!!

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Sony A99ii-A77ii-RX10III-RX100III
Sigma: 8-16 f4.5-5.6, 500 4.5 EX DG APO.
Sigma Art: 35 f1.4, 50 f1.4, 24-105 f4.
Tamron: 70-200 f2.8 USD
Sony Zeiss Alpha: 24 f2, 85 1.4, 135 1.8, 24-70 2.8 SSMII
Sony: 16-50 f2.8, 100 f2.8M, 70-400 f4-5.6 G2
Minolta: 600 f4, 70-210 f4 ('Beercan').
DFW
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I've had conversations with several Canon & Nikon users. Some are surprised to learn what an A-mount SLT can do. A couple have ooohed and aaahed at the EVF and all the info that's there for you--including the picture, even before you've pressed the shutter button.

Others know the SLT capabilities, but are locked in to their systems due to their investment in lenses.

Either way, it can be hard to get a user of one brand to switch to another.

Randy
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same thing happens when my friends get to see the EVF

i get a lot of OMG WAIT WHAT type of reactions
 
Douglas F Watt said:
And then they ask "why doesn't Sony promote this camera?" Good question!!

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I think that they don't promote it because the production cost of the A7xx series is significantly lower-- therefore higher margin, and greater ability to discount when necessary.
 
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