Shashin
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I do scientific imaging and I am all for imaging breakthroughs. But the A7r is not a breakthrough. What most people are using it for, by the examples that are being posted, is the same thing most people photograph. So in the context of general photography, I agree with Jono that this is just another camera in a long line of cameras you can buy today that are going to produce excellent results. If you don't have a FF camera and this floats your boat, then buy one. If you have a FF camera you like, then the reason to buy gets unclear. If you have a smaller format and really like it, no reason to get these cameras either. This is certainly not a camera that can take pictures are not possible by other existing cameras.None of which fit the palm of your hand
Once again we drag out the philosophical chestnuts ... "It's not the gear, it's the photographer behind the gear" ... (odd analogy on a thread where the OP is rejecting a $2,400 piece of gear in favor of a $7,000 one ) ... and the ever favorite "Infinite possibilities that stifles creativity story", same as the "Confines of a chess board story".
What that has to do with advancing technology that allows one to better capture content (the personal creative variable) in ways not possible before escapes me. What if content can be better captured in places, or situations not possible before?
- Marc
So Marc, as a former art director, which was more important, the photographer's book or their equipment list? I mean, if it is not the photographer… The argument which you seem not to understand is that skill is an important element in an art form. A good photographer understands the limitation in a system and uses them to advantage or controls the situation. Would you ever hire a photographer that blames his tools? Will you sell your M9 because the A7R is "better"? And don't you want to get away from such limited systems as rangefinders--there are so much "better" camera tech than that?
Marc, this is not an either/or discussion. Gear and the photographer go hand in hand. I just think the overemphasis on gear making the image is strange. Unfortunately, when anyone tries to broaden the topic of photography beyond that, it comes to a grinding halt.