Dave Oddie

The article is framed in the context of upgrading from an 80D to a 6DII , not choosing which one to buy when you don't own either.

So the question it was trying to answer was do I stick with my...

I have never understood the argument that DSLR's have a steep learning curve. Most of not all entry level DSLR's have an "idiot mode" that means all you need to do is turn it on, point and shoot. ...

"Ben Bauermeister has been an amateur photographer his entire life and is currently also a social impact entrepreneur...."

What on earth is a "social impact entrepreneur"???

Well I like mine. No issues with it at all ("jelly scrolling" etc) and it's the first phone I have ever owned the camera is good enough for me to use to take the odd snapshot. Previous phone was...

It's OK engineering something to fit into a product hierarchy so it would be OK if the AF wasn't as good as a 1D, ditto the frame rate for continuous shooting and resolution not up to 5D levels...

If I was after a fast standard lens for an A99II it would have to be a 35mm or 45mm. I always found 50mm restricting back in my 35mm film days. It would depend how differto to 50mm, 45mm appeared. ...

A MAX aperture of F19 and F22? That is the minimum aperture. The maximum aperture is always by convention the widest (i.e, largest) , in these cases F2 & F2.8.

I have owned and used one for years.  It's a great  (and yet much maligned by some) lens.  If I lost mine for some reason, I'd buy another.

I take DXO's megapixel ratings when they test cameras with a large pinch of salt. It's has always looked like pseudo science to me. Looks like their lens testing is the same. A company born of...

You are right and make the same point I made when Sony first came out with the E mount which if you remember was at first aps-c not full frame.

When I saw the E-mount as an A-mount user myself my...

I am pretty sure the Imaging Resource web site uses Sigma 70mm macro lenses to test. At least they used to (I have not checked recently).

"DSLRs require focus calibration, and more so than mirrorless."

"More so" than mirrorless? Mirrorless cameras aren't supposed to require ANY focus calibration because they focus directly on the...

Well crap was probably an exaggeration but even though I am also predominantly a base ISO shooter myself my Sony A77 offers much better image quality than my original Sony A100 though if you look...

These throwback articles are interesting but for me underline one fundamental truth, that old digital camera of this "vintage" are basically crap compared to what we have today.

This is ironic...

Sorry but is there any actual useful point to this part of the comment? :-

"Of course it makes for the AF on the crop body to cover a "larger" area than on the full frame body. In essence they...

Very good!

People probably said the same thing when they first put exposure meters in cameras. Just not the same as estimating the EV level and setting the exposure yourself.

Probably said it again when...

"This, and its limited application, is why we won't be testing the X3F-only Super Fine Detail mode, which shoots seven images at different exposures then combines them to create an image with...

I don't think lenses costing $1700 & $2200 qualify as mainstream everyday use lenses either for most people.

These are Zeiss prices and while they may perform as such they may as well not exist...

I am not sure what you refer to by "OVF's intelligent viewfinder" but unless it offers the wysiwig view of an EVF it can't replicate the that advantage of EVF.

And as to the solution being in...