What is the Camera of 2014 in your opinion?

[princecody]

I say Sony A7II-even surpasses the GH4.

Steve Huff said the same:

"This A7II and the A7S are so good, I sold my Leica M system because the Sony’s did everything the Leica did, but even better and at 1/5th the cost. The A7II is my 2014 Camera of the Year."

 

[zxaar]

I say Sony A7II-even surpasses the GH4.

Steve Huff said the same:

"This A7II and the A7S are so good, I sold my Leica M system because the Sony’s did everything the Leica did, but even better and at 1/5th the cost. The A7II is my 2014 Camera of the Year."

 

[princecody]

I say Sony A7II-even surpasses the GH4.

Steve Huff said the same:

"This A7II and the A7S are so good, I sold my Leica M system because the Sony’s did everything the Leica did, but even better and at 1/5th the cost. The A7II is my 2014 Camera of the Year."

 

[dave46978]

I say Sony A7II-even surpasses the GH4.

Steve Huff said the same:

"This A7II and the A7S are so good, I sold my Leica M system because the Sony’s did everything the Leica did, but even better and at 1/5th the cost. The A7II is my 2014 Camera of the Year."

A7II hands down.

 

[Roses]

To be honest I'm astonished by the rate at which Sony keeps pushing out new features on their cameras, and that they are actually practical upgrades and not just sensor improvements. The improvements in the IBIS photos are quite dramatic:

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2014/12/30/readers-chime-in-on-the-sony-a7ii/

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[Dukhat]

Seems to me a camera of the year should actually be groundbreaking in some way. The A7II may well be an excellent camera, but it is just new and improved same old, same old in a same old box. Calling something camera of the year because they got to a point that everyone would get to within a few months is really not saying much.

I look at the cameras that have actually broken the DSLR mold of bloatware cameras that the operator has to dumpster dive into to do anything as being better candidates.

For me, it's the Fuji X-T1. By going retro, they have taken a radically different approach to the interchangeable lens camera, and have made a camera that is actually user friendly.

 

[Serickmetz]

Nikon D750 stole the show at the last second.

 

[quezra]

groundbreaking

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going retro

Say what?

 

[Just Shoot Me]

I don't own one. I own a Fuji X-E2. But the Sony A7 series seems to be the camera to buy if you don't already have an investment in glass from some other camera maker.

 

[Dukhat]

groundbreaking

...

going retro

Say what?

Read the entire post rather than just dishonestly quote mining.

 

[Mahmoud Mousef]

I say Sony A7II-even surpasses the GH4.

Steve Huff said the same:

"This A7II and the A7S are so good, I sold my Leica M system because the Sony’s did everything the Leica did, but even better and at 1/5th the cost. The A7II is my 2014 Camera of the Year."

annoyingly philosophical answer:

"the one you have with you"

annoyingly budget-conscious answer:

"the one that was discounted the most in 2014"

 

[tex]

[No message]

 

[quezra]

groundbreaking

...

going retro

Say what?

Read the entire post rather than just dishonestly quote mining.

Sorry, not seeing what the X-T1 did that someone else hasn't done already, leave alone that going retro means doing something that's already been done before, by definition. In current gear, Nikon DF and OMD-EM1/5 come to mind.

P.S. I don't think groundbreaking is necessarily the only metric, since the A7S is groundbreaking, but I'm not excited about it in the least since I'm very unlikely to get such a camera. The D750 and A7ii are exciting for the opposite reason: They don't do anything particularly new, but they exceed their predecessors considerably AND they're the kind of cameras I'm actually likely to buy. So they make me much more excited than the A7S which is the only groundbreaking camera this year (IMO)

 

[sixtiesphotographer]

Seems to me a camera of the year should actually be groundbreaking in some way. The A7II may well be an excellent camera, but it is just new and improved same old, same old in a same old box. Calling something camera of the year because they got to a point that everyone would get to within a few months is really not saying much.

I look at the cameras that have actually broken the DSLR mold of bloatware cameras that the operator has to dumpster dive into to do anything as being better candidates.

For me, it's the Fuji X-T1. By going retro, they have taken a radically different approach to the interchangeable lens camera, and have made a camera that is actually user friendly.

Yes, by making the most used controls so easily accessible - discrete controls which are visible and touchable, the X-T1 gets my vote - both here and in where I spend my money.

 

[Osvaldo Cristo]

Great! The best for my needs.

Regards,

 

[Hank3152]

Depends.....the 7DII from Canon in the APS-C class and the Nikon D750 in FF both have very high ratings......

 

[hjr13]

I bought the Pany lx100, so for me that was the camera of the year.

 

[MoreorLess]

I bought the Pany lx100, so for me that was the camera of the year.

Something like the D750 or the D810 would have a case in terms of the shear level of performance it offers but the cameras themselves don't represent an especially large forward shift either.

The LX100 would be in with a shout there I would agree although its not entirely unfamiliar ground with the Canon G1X II having been released beforehand.

The FZ1000 is another from Panasonic that broke new ground although personally I have my doubts its a concept that will catch on, I just think the size/range advantage isn't as obvious anymore as with a smaller sensor superzoom. You look for example of the range you can get out of the Nikon 1 system the 70-300mm lens(that doubtless would be massive if it needed to be a 10-300mm lens) and it suddenly looks rather bulky.

The Pentax 645z seems like another in offering a MF CMOS sensor at a price within the range of mere mortals. The problem I would say is that the lens selection itself ideal depending on a lot of aging film era options with newer lenses both few and very expensive. Sticking to that old film lens range as well means the system has a VERY long flange distance as well which makes for a bulky body compared to the Leica S.

 

[Lee Jay]

1. Canon 7D Mark II
2. Panasonic FZ1000

Couldn't care less about any of the other releases.

 

[Lee Jay]

Seems to me a camera of the year should actually be groundbreaking in some way. The A7II may well be an excellent camera, but it is just new and improved same old, same old in a same old box. Calling something camera of the year because they got to a point that everyone would get to within a few months is really not saying much.

I look at the cameras that have actually broken the DSLR mold of bloatware cameras that the operator has to dumpster dive into to do anything as being better candidates.

For me, it's the Fuji X-T1. By going retro, they have taken a radically different approach to the interchangeable lens camera, and have made a camera that is actually user friendly.

Are you kidding? What's ground breaking about a 30-year-old design?

Congratulations, though, on using "groundbreaking" and "retro" to describe the same subject!