Distagon18

From where I sit Sony has pushed the A7r series by 100% higher in 3 years, Compared to Canon's 5d series 30% over a 10 year period.

The A7rIII is double the launch price of the original. When...

Over the last few years Sony have done very well out of dominating niches in the camera market then driving prices up - most noticeably in FF mirrorless.

So, assuming Sony can hold the unit sales...

Ergonomics, Ergonomics and Ergonomics. Hopefully this is what Canon & Nikon can bring and improve over Sony.

Having used the Sony NEX and A7 series, they just aren't as nice in the hand as Eos M &...

Yes, dropping the DL compacts seems like it was a big misstep, reputationally, for Nikon.

Plus, I'd have been near the front of the queue for the 16-50 model.

My most used adapted lens right now is the Contax 35mm PC Distagon.

Sure, dead reckoning. No big deal with wider lenses, I had great results from a Minox 35GT as, I’m sure, did many others.

@photomedium

Nonsense. I for one have tasted the Sony Kool-Aid (I even focus grouped for them on the A7 series in London). In the end I returned to Canon, for colours, for the glass and the...

You can’t put back missing subtlety in colour transitions in post. It’s also why I stopped using the Sony 55mm FE on my A7r, it just produces blocky colour gradients.

All other thing being equal, colour balance and contrast are both a big deal for me. e.g. in my view, Olympus OM Zuikos tend to be noticeably blue/cyan tinted and highly contrasty. Enough that the ...

Seems cheap. It’s probably a more important and enduring artefact than the almost twice-as-expensive “Rhein II”

It’s a slightly tongue in cheek remark - I just think it might have benefited from tilt, which the HTS has.

The 85 1.4 is a portrait lens so not expected to be super sharp wide open but should be good when stopped down to f4 or 5.6. The little 85/2.8 is the sharp one.

It's not all that magic compared with the Hasselblad HTS 1.5, though it is a bit cheaper.

There really should have been a 'Throwback Thursday' for the XPro1 alongside this article.

I know it seems like a video centric thing but we’ve had shutte-shock problems with several cameras in recent years (I had an A7r and experienced it myself). That will also be a thing of the past...

Well, there was the A7r shutter shock issue...

I liked Lensbaby better when they were selling the ‘original’ for not very much money. Success has led to higher prices and made the products less fun, I think.

Just made that choice and went M6 & EVF. Mostly I wanted a compact fixed 35mm equiv. camera so the M6 was perfect with it's optional EVF. I can drop 15-45 or adapted lens on if I decide I want a ...

Needs to include an upgraded 5d IV sensor, more video features and needs to come in a body that's a bit taller and wider than the A7rIII with a more sculpted grip. It also needs a class leading ...

This is just what I need - no use for photography but ideal for music on my Astell & Kern DAP!.