Poll Time! Will you buy the R Locked

Keith Z Leonard wrote:

diness wrote:

You guys are just misunderstanding each other. Keith is talking about the 5d4 not the EOS R. The 5d4 does have better weather sealing than the A7iii, has a larger lens lineup, and has lots of third part lenses as well. I get that you are looking at the RF system, but he is not.

Nail on the head, though I guess I don't believe I'm being misunderstood. Maybe I am, and if so that's cool, happens all of the time.

ah...yeah, the 5d mk IV may have better weather sealing than the A7III. That may be true.

But no, obviously, even the 5dmk IV does not have a better line up as Sony as Sony can adapt every single Canon lens, with no disadvantage in term of weight and bulk and still AF performance as good or better than on the Canon.

Anyway, I have been a 12 years Canon shooter, had 1d mk III, 5d mk II, most of their best lenses (17 TSE, 85L, 135L, 70-200L...) and obviously have friends with the most recent iteration (5D mk III, IV...). So, the grass is not always greener on the other side.

When I switched, I switched to Sony for the A7R. The AF tracking was just at 5dII level and nowhere near the 5d III or IV level but the eye-AF and accuracy were great to have.

It had many other compelling reasons that made it a better choice for me (eye-AF, much smaller, much ligher, terrific IQ, EVF...). But today, with the A7R III and A7 III, it is quite universally recognize that those are factually better bodies than the 5DS and IV.

It does not mean that you cannot prefer Canon because you are used to it or you are invested in their ecosystem or whatever good reason you may have. But stating that the body is better or you have more lens selection is not one of them.