It's a wonderful camera, the kind that makes me want to shoot more just for the pleasure of the experience. Like some here, I had an a99 which Sony has improved on in most key respects. For those wondering, try to shoot a set of images in a shop a7r to quell any remaining qualms about it. I'm here in Tibet right now, altitude makes it hard to sleep deeply so I find myself dreaming about an FE 25mm and 85mm to go with the IQ of the FE 55. LOL. Once set up - thanks to so many here - it seems to be very close to a perfect travel / doco camera..
Only gear knuckle heads dream of lenses. I dream of being 25 again, and a Sports Illustrated model is madly infatuated with me. :ROTFL:
Having fun? Hmmm.
Yeah, sure … what's not to have fun with? It's a "dinky-do camera" that begs to tag along with you like a puppy.
I don't get all "shot in the rump" with anything until I produce something I REALLY like with it … nothing to do with the gear per se, just a superstitious criteria. Hasn't really happened yet. Close, but no cigar.
To be fair, I've been stuck in the house due to the ferocious winter weather and doing freelance ad work … and only really used the A7R for one job in Miami. If I shoot one more image in my house I'll kill myself.
Frankly, I don't have my processing down yet either. I have a problem getting the "snap, crackle and pop" I like with cameras that have oodles of DR like this one. However, the color rendering and skin tones are excellent pretty much right out of the camera … just like my A900 and A99.
Planning a trip to the Gulf coast beginning of March, just for goofing around and shooting. That'll help.
Favorite lens on the A7R so far? … the FE55 is great, but I like the Noctilux better. Favorite A mount lens so far is the ZA24/2. Extremely fast focusing using the LAEA4 adapter. Still pretty small package.
Most stuff I've done so far has been with the FE35/2.8. Good as it is, the jury is still out on that lens. Can't fault the acuity, but not in love with the character. All though, it's so dang small with the convenience of AF, it stays on the camera most of the time.
Not liking what I've read about the FE24-70/4 so far. That is a key lens for this kit to work as a primary tool for me. Remains to be seen.
This little Sony gear needs a smaller articulated TTL flash IMO. Still need fill flash in certain lighting conditions, despite its excellent ISO performance.
- Marc