Ming has always impressed me as a studious technician but this 'review' feels hastily written and pretentious.
For myself, I am getting really lovely images from the A7r2 that I simply would have either struggled to get or missed altogether with my Nikon, Leica or M4/3's gear.
The A7r2 is clearly a top level camera that many pros and enthusiast photographers are already using to great effect. It is allowing me to get shots I could not get with any camera I have ever owned previously.
My A7 was very good at some things but it was not a threat to my D800/D4 twin towers.
The A7r2 has, for me, replaced both, lacking only sports shooting capabilities.
My Samsung NX1 does enough of the sports shooting to fill the gap for my usage.
The next generation of Sony bodies can only be guessed at but I don't think they are letting the pedal off the metal anytime soon.
This reminds me of digital versus film.
Film was clearly better until suddenly it wasn't.
My Nikon gear was clearly better overall until now. Now I feel Sony is better overall. Others will say Nikon is still better.
I think with some better software integration more people would fall onto the Sony side of that fence.
The next generation of Sony cameras might be yet another leap forward.
Frankly, if I were Nikon or Canon I would be more than a little concerned.
As a consumer, I can go wherever the grass is greener so I am quite happy.
-Bill
For myself, I am getting really lovely images from the A7r2 that I simply would have either struggled to get or missed altogether with my Nikon, Leica or M4/3's gear.
The A7r2 is clearly a top level camera that many pros and enthusiast photographers are already using to great effect. It is allowing me to get shots I could not get with any camera I have ever owned previously.
My A7 was very good at some things but it was not a threat to my D800/D4 twin towers.
The A7r2 has, for me, replaced both, lacking only sports shooting capabilities.
My Samsung NX1 does enough of the sports shooting to fill the gap for my usage.
The next generation of Sony bodies can only be guessed at but I don't think they are letting the pedal off the metal anytime soon.
This reminds me of digital versus film.
Film was clearly better until suddenly it wasn't.
My Nikon gear was clearly better overall until now. Now I feel Sony is better overall. Others will say Nikon is still better.
I think with some better software integration more people would fall onto the Sony side of that fence.
The next generation of Sony cameras might be yet another leap forward.
Frankly, if I were Nikon or Canon I would be more than a little concerned.
As a consumer, I can go wherever the grass is greener so I am quite happy.
-Bill