Re: Switching back to R5... help needed
mKotar wrote:
Hi,
Currently I am a Sony shooter. Generally I shoot wildlife + live gigs so i have a pretty complete set of lenses:
- 16-35/2.8
- 24-70/2.8
- 70-200/2.8
- 200-600/2.8
+ A7r3 and A73
Background:
To be honest Sony has its advantages (like general AF performace, fact i own all needed glass...) but is still missing some important things to me. And I wanted and upgrade byt a9 is no go as it doesn't have antiflicker and very slow mechanical shutter, a92 is ok, but no bird-eye-af, only 24 mpix sensor, crappy menu and is more expensive that r5. There is alsos A7r4 but... 60+ mpix is little bit to much for me and I had some issues with 200-600 when checking couple of bodies in the camerashop - focusing was not accurate - even when using tripod. A1 is little too expensive for me.
There is also 2nd thing about Sony - I don't trust it in 100%. I had one of my body replaced by the service, 200-600 was fixed as it had some issues with consistent focusing, I am not telling about shutter and shutter button replacements - definitely way to much for such expensive gear. So in short words: good gear but i don't full trust it.
And here comes the R5...
It has some great features like bird-eye-af, 12fps mechanical, 20 electronic shutter, anitflicker and 45mpix sensor. I think that i would like to start my switch from the wildlife end and have couple of questions
- Is rolling shutter that bad on ES?
First about 200-600 replacement
- doest it make sense to go with Sigma 150-600 Sport or maybe Sigma 60-600 Sport or even Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
- can achieve 12fps on mechanical shutter with all these lenses (how is the sharpness) (and which version of 150-600 is better)
I am also considering: 300/2.8 IS or 300/2.8 IS mk2
- can i shoot 12fps mechanical shutter (version 1)
- how well it performs with TC 1.4 and TC 2 (version 2)
RF 100-500 - is little to short in long range and to dark - usually shoot around 400 - 600)
Other lenses are easy to replace 1:1 with RF versions.
Or maybe i should visit some specialist - overcome my lack of trust to sony and just wait and or get A1 in the future or a93 etc
Why do you think ES rolling shutter is bad? It is one of the best (except A9). Did you see Chelsea Northrup video ? A7R4 vs R5 with 600mm. Rolling shutter is ultra bad on the Sony and really great on the R5.