Canon has lost another one

[digitalguy]

Being a Canon boy for years since the first rebel I've enjoyed the road with Canon but as of the announcement of the 6Dii I will be jumping ship.

Are they serious? A sync speed of 1/180? In a full frame pro body? smh

I'm not leaving for that only but I'm tired of Canon not listening to their customers.

So I've seen people discussing on this forum about A9 sales and what the new rumored A7iii would mean, well coming from Canon as a wedding photographer I'll say truthfully the A9 is out my league in price however looking forward to a more affordable system here is my wish list

Articulating screen

A9 memory (hate the lag of the others

A9 battery and joystick

Weather sealing

A9 AF goodies

Dymamic range better or on par with the Canon5Ds

And good in low light

Make room Sony guys, more of us are coming.

 

[HFLM]

"Are they serious? A sync speed of 1/180? In a full frame pro body? smh"

I am not sure, that I would consider the 6dii to be a pro body. I see it as an entry level FF body, see the AF system, single slot, flash sync speed etc.

 

[Jonathan Brady]

"Are they serious? A sync speed of 1/180? In a full frame pro body? smh"

I am not sure, that I would consider the 6dii to be a pro body. I see it as an entry level FF body, see the AF system, single slot, flash sync speed etc.

Agree. The 6D and 6D Mark II are definitely not pro bodies. This was abundantly clear to me one night when I was downloading images from my 6D to my PC using the USB cable. I opened the cover for the USB port on the camera while the camera was on, and because there were no lights on in the room and it was dark outside, I could actually see the glow of the LCD through the camera body via the USB port. There's literally zero weather sealing in that camera. Shortly thereafter, I found a teardown video which confirmed it, the conclusion of the video was that it's well constructed via tight seams, but definitely NOT reinforced against the elements. That's not to say it can't handle a light sprinkle, but users shouldn't be shocked if it fails.

 

[stevie wonder]

Welcome to the World of the future .

 

[digitalguy]

Welcome to the World of the future .

Thank you

Hope my wish list comes true

 

[braveheart0707]

Being a Canon boy for years since the first rebel I've enjoyed the road with Canon but as of the announcement of the 6Dii I will be jumping ship.

Are they serious? A sync speed of 1/180? In a full frame pro body? smh

Please excuse my noobish question in advance, but doesn't HSS solve the sync speed issue?

 

[Clayton1985]

Being a Canon boy for years since the first rebel I've enjoyed the road with Canon but as of the announcement of the 6Dii I will be jumping ship.

Are they serious? A sync speed of 1/180? In a full frame pro body? smh

I'm not leaving for that only but I'm tired of Canon not listening to their customers.

So I've seen people discussing on this forum about A9 sales and what the new rumored A7iii would mean, well coming from Canon as a wedding photographer I'll say truthfully the A9 is out my league in price however looking forward to a more affordable system here is my wish list

Articulating screen

A9 memory (hate the lag of the others

A9 battery and joystick

Weather sealing

A9 AF goodies

Dymamic range better or on par with the Canon5Ds

And good in low light

Make room Sony guys, more of us are coming.

 

[samhain]

Being a Canon boy for years since the first rebel I've enjoyed the road with Canon but as of the announcement of the 6Dii I will be jumping ship.

Are they serious? A sync speed of 1/180? In a full frame pro body? smh

I'm not leaving for that only but I'm tired of Canon not listening to their customers.

So I've seen people discussing on this forum about A9 sales and what the new rumored A7iii would mean, well coming from Canon as a wedding photographer I'll say truthfully the A9 is out my league in price however looking forward to a more affordable system here is my wish list

Articulating screen

A9 memory (hate the lag of the others

A9 battery and joystick

Weather sealing

A9 AF goodies

Dymamic range better or on par with the Canon5Ds

And good in low light

Make room Sony guys, more of us are coming.

 

[Clayton1985]

As a wedding photographer, I think you might've missed the coolest feature(imo) on the a9: That silent shutter.

While all the A7's with E shutter have the option (I think), Sony really ramped it up on the A9 shutter: Anti distortion, vibration free, 1/32000s shutter speed, no blackout, minimal rolling shutter, full burst mode with raw and af/ae tracking, 14 bit, etc.

I pray the A7III gets that newer E shutter from the a9. It's at the top of my wishlist for the A7III.

I think the A7III will get improved AF and a few other new features but I can't see any way it will have most of what you've listed else there would be little need for the A9 and the price would be too high.

 

[PeterY]

Welcome to the dark side!!! LOL Not too dark here after all huh? I made the move a few weeks ago myself. The divorce from Canon fortunately was not too expensive.

My 5D Mark iii is on eBay right at this moment! Have 2 more lenses to unload and then my divorce is complete!!

As a real estate photographer I couldn't be happier with the change. I got the A7ii and the A6500. I think they are a perfect pair. The great thing is ALL the lenses (APS-C & FF) are interchangeable!!

If you can, I would wait for the A7III. I think there is a good chance for the articulating LCD and the dual card slot.

I went with the Godox flash system which I like very much. The price of 1 Canon 600 EX-RT took care of the whole set!!

 

[Dan_168]

Being a Canon boy for years since the first rebel I've enjoyed the road with Canon but as of the announcement of the 6Dii I will be jumping ship.

Are they serious? A sync speed of 1/180? In a full frame pro body? smh

Are you serious? since when 6D serious became a " pro body"? you are just joking right?

Just becasue someone paying $2000 which may be a a lot of money for some people doesn't make it a Pro model, it's actually the cheapest FF they have,, want better feature? get yourself 1DX II or D5 or A9 or whatever and call it a day, there are lots of camera with better spec sheet, you just need to pay for it. I wish I can get a Porsche with a Honda Accord price tag too. LOL.

 

[whumber]

"Are they serious? A sync speed of 1/180? In a full frame pro body? smh"

I am not sure, that I would consider the 6dii to be a pro body. I see it as an entry level FF body, see the AF system, single slot, flash sync speed etc.

Yeah, the 6D/6DII are FF versions of the 60D and 80D respectively. Definitely not marketed as pros bodies.

 

[Entropy512]

As a wedding photographer, I think you might've missed the coolest feature(imo) on the a9: That silent shutter.

While all the A7's with E shutter have the option (I think), Sony really ramped it up on the A9 shutter: Anti distortion, vibration free, 1/32000s shutter speed, no blackout, minimal rolling shutter, full burst mode with raw and af/ae tracking, 14 bit, etc.

I pray the A7III gets that newer E shutter from the a9. It's at the top of my wishlist for the A7III.

I think the A7III will get improved AF and a few other new features but I can't see any way it will have most of what you've listed else there would be little need for the A9 and the price would be too high.

The new stacked sensor is THE defining feature of the A9 and given how much that thing has to cost, there's no chance that you'll see it in the A7III.

I suspect the A7III will wind up close to what a full-frame A6500 would be - which is to say it'll be no slouch. Maybe some of the body features from the A9 will show up (Z-series battery, UHS-II SD slot), but the stacked sensor with ultrafast readout will NOT be one of them.

 

[Limburger]

Pro or not, it is not what you're after.

Mind the A9 high speed limitations, seen those?

 

[sybersitizen]

Are they serious? A sync speed of 1/180? In a full frame pro body? smh

Please excuse my noobish question in advance, but doesn't HSS solve the sync speed issue?

A fast x-sync speed is always preferable to HSS. HSS is a workaround that wastes a great deal of flash power and has other potential drawbacks.

 

[PWPhotography]

Are they serious? A sync speed of 1/180? In a full frame pro body? smh

Please excuse my noobish question in advance, but doesn't HSS solve the sync speed issue?

A fast x-sync speed is always preferable to HSS. HSS is a workaround that wastes a great deal of flash power and has other potential drawbacks.

Very true. A fast x-sync is much better than HSS. Only 1Dx-line has 1/250 x-sync in entire Canon FF cameras (5D IV is 1/200) that is a shame while even old A7 has 1/250 x-sync.

 

[scottinlex]

you could easily shoot weddings with a pair of A6500s, far better than any of Canon's offerings. However, if you're making money, get the A9! You won't regret it, it's a joy to use, and the results are phenomenal.

 

[Dan_168]

you could easily shoot weddings with a pair of A6500s, far better than any of Canon's offerings. However, if you're making money, get the A9! You won't regret it, it's a joy to use, and the results are phenomenal.

LOL, that's funny one.

 

[HFLM]

you could easily shoot weddings with a pair of A6500s, far better than any of Canon's offerings. However, if you're making money, get the A9! You won't regret it, it's a joy to use, and the results are phenomenal.

LOL, that's funny one.

Indeed. I just had to laugh.

 

[jano50]

My first mirrorless was an Oly EM1: I bought it used to see how things work without OVF . I loved it and sold my Nikon D750 and all the lenses. When I recognized, that I miss the shallow FF DoF (and have GAS) I started with a used A7... then a used A7II... then a A7rII...

My point is: don`t wait till Sony announces your dream Ax mkXY, rather buy a used A7II (has already pretty good AF) with the kit lens (28-70mm) and see if you like the "Sony world". My experience shows, that you need some time to get used to it. And if you don`t like it, then you simply sell the A7II and worst case you lose a little money.

The A9 is expensive, but it is a completely different world. Nothing what I tried till now comes even close to it...