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What I took away from this was that someone who really doesn't like Sony cameras gave it grudging acceptance as a very good solution to a lot of photographic situations. After all, when you actually buy the camera you can't really hate it that much.
Put yourself in his shoes. How dare Sony use a new sensor on its own camera instead handing it over to Nikon?I disagree with a lot of it and he is wrong on several points. Another who cares review. I'm actually a bit surprised. He usually is pretty good. Does not even know you can tether in C1.
I have found many reasons in the last week not to read any of these and honestly I'm a much better person for not reading them. It's the worst reportage of any camera that has come to light recently. It tarnishes my lifelong career in this industry as the integrity level sank to a new low. I'm speaking in general terms. I'm going out and shoot a new test.
Nikon is not going to see this sensor for at least another year IMHO.Put yourself in his shoes. How dare Sony use a new sensor on its own camera instead handing it over to Nikon?
It must be hurting real bad.
How can you be sure? It is a Sony, after all.As good as it should be? Nowhere near.
I like you Guy but I agrea with Ming even if I do not like him as I like you (that sound complicated but you got it).I disagree with a lot of it and he is wrong on several points. Another who cares review. I'm actually a bit surprised. He usually is pretty good. Does not even know you can tether in C1.
I have found many reasons in the last week not to read any of these and honestly I'm a much better person for not reading them. It's the worst reportage of any camera that has come to light recently. It tarnishes my lifelong career in this industry as the integrity level sank to a new low. I'm speaking in general terms. I'm going out and shoot a new test.
I completely agree with him. The camera pack enormous capability but I wouldn't cry if I crash it, at all, as I wouldn't cry if I crash my A7r. So far I think today engineers might be efficient at doing things but completely miss the point of what is a camera. The elders ones from Nikon/Minolta/Pentax/Canon got it right and probably reached the pinnacle of camera design : The SLR. The Germans reached pinnacle of plane design many decades ago and the today most advanced planes use this design (not a new)....it just feels like a consumer electronic device in operation, something designed for anoraks by anoraks, not a camera...
Maybe yea, but so true ...Most telling line in review is that "it will be replaced in a year by another consumer disposable camera" ...harsh?
I'm not buying into this, especially in photography. You know, when I will buy my first MF (instead of renting it), whatever money I have in the wallet, it will be a film camera (like Fuji GF 670 / or brand new RZpro2), a Nikon 9000 and a jobo processor, because I want a true 6x7 sensor with the quality of film >> so film. My opinion is that when a photographer want to go into serious studies or art, the best way in 2015 stay FILM. Electronic files are so fragile, media's are changing sooooo quickly. A film can be scanned, duplicated and stored forever safely far from your home and will never need a raw converter or whatever things to be "seen", even in a century (if stored with love).We are a disposable culture
This one I think boils down to bad ACR support for the sensor. Just like ACR does weird things with X-Trans.He is IMHO bullseye accurate about the pre-cooking and what it does to texture.
The only reason for reading third party reviews, if you already own the camera, is
1. You are so insecure that you are unable to rely upon your own judgement from using the camera; or
2. To find out about hidden or little used features of the camera.
I find the latter useful, but frankly, i couldn't care less whether Ming Thein does or does not like the A7RII. Do you?
Ming is keeping his too. That's what I gathered from the paragraph that begins with "I put up with it because ..." He likes the IBIS, the Zeiss lenses, and the size. It's also on his recommended gear list.Unlike Ming, I'll be keeping mine though.