I have been thinking about the Nex7 for two reasons. I would appreciate any comments on whether this is a good/bad choice.
1. I have a 5D2 with good (Zeiss/Canon L) glass. I like/am used to the ergonomics having previously used AT1, AE1, T90, 5D and love the image quality, with one caveat - excessive shadow noise in subjects with a wide range of brightness. I'm not going to join the D800E bandwagon (who knows what Canon will come up with in the future) but it seems as if the Nex7 with metabones adaptor could easily slip into the Canon bag and give me another option. I have zeiss 21, 28/2 and 35/2 and canon 100L, 70-2004L IS and 300/4L IS.
2. I would need to sell a Panny GH2/14-140 and 20/1.7 to fund the sony. I bought this for when I didn't want the weight and bulk of the Canon. Rationally it ticks all the boxes, but I don't like the raw files nearly as much as the 5D or even as much as my LX3 and have never really enjoyed using it. So the Sony would replace that as the walk around camera.
Of course, to replace like for like, I would need the Sony or Tamron 18-200 which seems a bit unwieldy compared to the Panny 14-140. Everyone seems to despise the much more compact 18-55 kit lens but the MTF figures tested by Lens Rentals reported on another thread seem identical to the 18-200. Does anybody have anything good to say about the 18-55?
1. I have a 5D2 with good (Zeiss/Canon L) glass. I like/am used to the ergonomics having previously used AT1, AE1, T90, 5D and love the image quality, with one caveat - excessive shadow noise in subjects with a wide range of brightness. I'm not going to join the D800E bandwagon (who knows what Canon will come up with in the future) but it seems as if the Nex7 with metabones adaptor could easily slip into the Canon bag and give me another option. I have zeiss 21, 28/2 and 35/2 and canon 100L, 70-2004L IS and 300/4L IS.
2. I would need to sell a Panny GH2/14-140 and 20/1.7 to fund the sony. I bought this for when I didn't want the weight and bulk of the Canon. Rationally it ticks all the boxes, but I don't like the raw files nearly as much as the 5D or even as much as my LX3 and have never really enjoyed using it. So the Sony would replace that as the walk around camera.
Of course, to replace like for like, I would need the Sony or Tamron 18-200 which seems a bit unwieldy compared to the Panny 14-140. Everyone seems to despise the much more compact 18-55 kit lens but the MTF figures tested by Lens Rentals reported on another thread seem identical to the 18-200. Does anybody have anything good to say about the 18-55?