I'm quite interested in the A7R.
Mainly as I am not very happy with my canon files, and my contax 645/p65 is too hard to shoot lifestyle with. I would have got a nikon D800, but I much prefer Canon lenses- and I already own a lot.
But for the sony to be even a consideration in my advertising world-
- It has to be able to tether fast, I have clients over my shoulder every time I shoot and they need to see what I am doing.
USB 2 doesn't seem like a good option. and i know the a99 doesnt tether to capture one- is there any other software that will support it?
or is showing stills(4k) though hdmi a possibility?
- As I shoot with wide apertures (f1.2-1.6 a lot), I need the focus point to be fine enough to actually pick the correct place. Its not about accuracy (I need that too) but the size of the focusing area. Canon is quite good with this as I manually choose a point thats close to where I need it and the focus point is small enough to choose- say a pupil of an eye- and not miss and focus on a nose for example. The videos I have seen of the sony camera focusing doesn't seem very encouraging.. the focus "squares" are so large that you end up focusing generally on a head than an eye.
Does anyone else need these features? Can the A7R do these things?
I would love to be able to plug in a on camera monitor so i can see a decent size picture when shooting (like i can with a video camera). i have done this with the canon, but the delay and blackout time is too long to be practical.
maybe having the continuous off sensor playing will speed this up to be practical?
And can anyone tell me how wide in the frame the focusing can be done. I find the focus points in my canon are often not far out enough- most advertising images have the text where the focus points are, and i need to move the subject to the sides.
paul
Hi Paul, IMO, this isn't ready for full blown ad shoots. It is just to new. There is only one 55mm f/1.8 FE mount Zeiss prime coming this year.
If you like Canon lenses, especially the f/1.2 variety, the AF simply will not meet your expectations ... the 85/1.2-IIL is already snail slow and will get even slower adapted to this camera (an opinion based on those testers that have tried a Canon lens on the A7R). IMO, that is a deal killer for you and how you seem to work.
The use of FE lenses will bring into play Sony's full AF system ... which includes their eye recognition mode that allegedly works quite well. However, it will be quite awhile before a decent array of FE mount lenses are available ... and how fast the max apertures will be is anyone's guess.
I suspect this Sony will eventually be supported for tethered shooting in Adobe Lightroom.
IMO, this is a camera designed more for mobile type photography where its' super small (5" wide") stature makes it easy to take with and carry all day long ... but deliver a FF 36 meg punch.
While you didn't comment on why you do not like Canon files, you do like the functional aspects and the lenses. So, what is missing? Seems that Canon will respond with some sort of higher resolution camera, if that's the issue.
- Marc