Guy Mancuso
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I used she-who-must-be-obeyed as my independent minded noise tester. She is not a photographer and has no horse in this race.
I exposed her (sorry) to the shutters of the a99, Phase DF and the a7r.
She shrugged and said they're all noisy and so what?
So there you have it. There is no issue.
Bill
And the buggers better leave chocolate goodies too, at the price one pays for an Alpa!...Actually, while the ALPA itself will not wash your car, if you buy one, Swiss gnomes will come to your house to do the job.
Hmmmm... will they wash the dishes too? Cut the grass? Walk the dog? ... If not then Wow! Is that thing ever <insert something to pick on here>!Actually, while the ALPA itself will not wash your car, if you buy one, Swiss gnomes will come to your house to do the job.
I put a lot of this "mountain out of mole-hill" nit picking down to Tall Poppy Syndrome. The A7/R are so incredibly impressive for so little money, relative to their peers.Hmmmm... will they wash the dishes too? Cut the grass? Walk the dog? ... If not then Wow! Is that thing ever <insert something to pick on here>!
Exactly! Let's notice "flawed" cameras never stopped people from producing incredible works of art with them.I put a lot of this "mountain out of mole-hill" nit picking down to Tall Poppy Syndrome. The A7/R are so incredibly impressive for so little money, relative to their peers.
Even the most expensive cameras are fraught with limitations. Take the Leica M. Even though it has an EVF, you're still limited to focussing (and recomposing) using a single, central focus point. The EVF is awful (low res, laggy) and can cause the camera to lock-up. The shutter may be quieter but it tops out at 1/4000. Leica tried to fit a 1/8000 in the first generation M8, but they were self destructing and subsequent models were downgraded to a 1/4000 shutter.
Anyway, I just keep seeing so many incredible images coming from these new Sony's, which say far more about these cameras than posts that nit pick.
Hear, hear. Such excuses of imperfection and tolerance towards it ought to be exclusively reserved for Solms products. Made in Japan has to be nothing but perfect. No matter the (pretty affordable) price. :lecture:While I wish every camera was perfect and can do every single thing we want from it, including washing my car, we live in real world in which nothing is perfect so I don't understand why people feel the need to make such a noise (pun intended) about A7(R) not being perfect in everything. What's a big deal? Before A7(R) came out to market it wasn't crossing my mind to complain that shutter on my D700 was making it too loud for taking shots at symphony concert, I just wouldn't take it with me. You pick the tool that is right for task at hand, sometimes it's one, sometimes it's other, and you keep moving on.
Did you brew it long enough?The A7r makes terrible espresso.