Much has been made of the A7RII, by Sony and industry commentators … Those who buy it because they need a very small camera with 4k video, stabilisation and support for adapted lenses will be happy… those who get it and are happy with it will rate it in its own terms and not because it might have some equivalency in performance with certain DSLRs.
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A contender? Sony A7 II
The Sony A7 II is much better than the first two A7 series cameras I used (A7 and A7R), but still not perfect. It’s about the best mirrorless camera available, but still not up to the level of leading DSLRs. I know it’s not a popular view amongst the people who chatter via the Internet, …
The best of 2014
Much like last year, it feels like I’ve been remiss on posting to the blog, particularly in the last month or so. As ever, the pressures of work, family and house have kept me busy through December. I still want to write something on the Nikon 20mm F1.8 G in particular and I need to …
Some street, some landscape and the Zeiss 24-70mm F4 FE
A dinner in town with work presented an opportunity to try out the 35mm F2.8 Zeiss lens and the A7 at 5000 ISO. I’m impressed by the performance of this combination. I spent some time using the 35mm and 55mm lenses for some street and environmental pictures. Basically the lesson here is in the comparison …
The problem with Sony… Some impressions of the Sony A7
So let me start with a negative. I really didn’t like the Sony NEX-7. I hated the menus, the controls, the image quality above ISO 800, the display icons, the ergonomics yah-de-yah. 😉 . OK, a bit strong, but I did feel like the NEX-7 was a disappointment to me as a photographer. I never …
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