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ISO 400 here: I'm almost exclusively natural light, so that may be why I haven't experienced it. Not a problem with a9 at ISO 25600: Come winter, I'll have more reason to shoot high-ISO with a1, ...

IQ looks very good. Cropping on a high pixel-density body, like the a7RIV or a1, could yield a nice image. Why? For now, because you can. Maybe a better reason will reveal itself, after you try the ...

I've shot over 60,000 shots with my a1s, with the following lenses: 12-24G 14GM 24-105GM 85GM 100-400GM 600GM with and without 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverters. I've NEVER experienced focusing delays. ...

You've got a big investment in canon glass.  I've shot, back-to-back, the R5 with the EF 600mmf/4L IS III and shot my a1 with the FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS. You're only likely to notice the present ...

I've shot them both and both are fantastic. Stick with the brand that your most invested in at the moment. If one is better today, the other will be better tomorrow.

At f/8 it's almost impossible to tell them apart.

You said that the 12-24G was the zoom that you adored most. The 100-400GM is the zoom I adore most. No need to attempt to be tacky. I carry two a1s. Most of the time the 600GM is on one and the ...

For shooting kids, the a7RIII give you all the AF capability that you'll ever need. The a9 is for very tough, fast moving subjects, like professional athletes or birds-in--flight. The R3 is much ...

Things are amazingly close given the huge differences in pixel-density.

Yes, I use aperture appropriate for the subject. F/1.8 is seldom the correct choice, but when you need it, you've got it. Take your choice, aperture flexibility, or focal length flexibility. Both ...

Another primary usage for the GM 14 ultra-wide is "big-sky" landscape shooting. That's the main reason that I bought my first 14mm (EF 14mm f/2.8L II) years ago. I own the FE 12-24 G, but I'll ...

Lovely model and very neat shot, but why do you call it "candid?" She seems fully aware that you're taking her picture. Funny, it's distorted, but not because you're using an ultra wide-angle in so ...

The whole point of posting field images, at high resolution is so that interested parties can decide for themselves. View the images in internet size, then click on the to go to the Gallery and ...

Interesting. With Window you download the exe file, right-click it, plug in the camera, have a cup of coffee and its done. Like just about any other firmware update that I do, except many are ...

All were handheld, with Bird Eye AF enabled. a1/600GM/1.4x TC.

Oh yeah, an incredible $20,000 deal! It SHOULD BE sharp, and it is.

Apply competent Noise Reduction, such as DxO DeepPRIME or Topaz and you have even more leeway. Still, it's nice that the unprocessed noise is quite pleasing.

I use shutter-release to activate AF. Here's an example of BE AF catching the eye of a subject behind contrasty grass. In the past, I would have had to switch to a small single-point and then might ...

All shot, handheld from around 20' to 25' away, with the FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS mounted on an a1 and heavily cropped. AF acquisition and tracking is very slightly slower than the bare lens. Bird-eye ...