Michiel Schierbeek
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That is exactly the point; there should be different stages/leagues to compare cameras. How can you compare a half frame to a full frame camera.The point is that FOR WHAT IT IS the EM1 is nearly perfect, it's fast, excellent AF, better EVF than the Sony, fantastic IBIS lots of excellent native lenses .
The A7 on the other hand has a clunky shutter, is compromised badly with wide angle third party lenses, has dreadful battery life, only 3 native lenses and the build quality is not a patch on the Olympus. Sure, the files are bigger and it's full frame. . . . And it offers lots of hope for the future.
It is a different league all together. It is as easy to hammer on all the disadvantages as it is to hammer on the advantages. How about high ISO performance, dynamic range of the A7? It should be compared to a FF Leica. Pricewise it is a no brainer.
Especially since we know how long the life circle of a camera really is these days. You end up with a closet full of mechanical beautiful but digital outdated museumpieces.
All the imperfect cameras I bought till now still work, and I used them extensivly, not in war zones, but the way most people use there cameras on this forum.
Actually I don't really know because I have a A7r and since I have the batterygrip I never have to worry about battery life. Even after every extensive outing only one battery is empty, so it is not as dreadfull as you stated. Mind you, these are big files to handle.
But I quess I am one of those poor souls who belong to a fast growing niche, who is happy with all the SLR wides he can put on it, and doesn't have to pay €6300,-- for a body with no viewfinder.
The future is very near, we will see how many native lenses there will be by the end of the year......
DPreview has never been a forerunner in recognising groundbraking cameras. I remember how long you had to wait for reviews of Olympus cameras if they ever reviewed them at all.
The same here, they are rather late again and why start with the A7 instead of the A7r?
The Nikon Df has been reviewed already weeks ago
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