Goodbye Canon DSLR and hello Sony mirrorless!

8 years 8 months ago #445608 by ArtWagner
Canon Rebel series has done me good during the recent years. I had the opportunity to play around with the Sony A7R at the Sony store over the weekend and I'm beyond sold. I love what I saw, the feel and I'm up for 'change'. The size difference of the camera bodies is crazy. I thought Sony would have a ton of lenses, not the case. But I'm okay with that.

So I'll be listing all my Canon stuff in Craigslist next week, and once all this is sold, I'm going to jump on getting that Sony.


:) Wish me luck!


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8 years 8 months ago #445650 by tganiats
Good luck! I look forward to seeing what you do with it. I am sure that for most pictures the camera will do great, and the size will be helpful after a long day. For some pictures it won't do as well; for some it will do better. Looking forward to your reports!


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8 years 8 months ago #445657 by Sawyer
Hey, what ever floats your boat. That Sony is a great camera!

Canon 5D Mark II | Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM | Canon 35L | Sigma 85 1.4 | Helios 44M-6 58mm(M42) | Zeiss 50mm 1.4 (C/Y) | Canon 135L | (2) 430EX II
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8 years 8 months ago #445683 by Scott Klubeck
Are you getting the new A7R II? I think that's an impressive camera and a good upgrade. The Sony or the Panasonic GH4 would be a nice upgrade to mirrorless.


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8 years 8 months ago #445686 by Vahrenkamp
A friend of mine has this camera and he loves it. I must say, I've used it and it does have some nice controls. I wasn't to excited about the autofocus, I thought that was rather slow. But if you aren't shooting much sports or high speed, then that doesn't matter much.


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8 years 8 months ago #445708 by Miss Polly
Are you going to keep any of your Canon glass? You can get one of those Metabones adapters and continue using your Canon glass on the Sony body.


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8 years 8 months ago #445773 by Frank The Tank
That's a nice upgrade, post some photos after you have had a chance to mess around with the camera. Don't forget to buy extra batteries as those mirrorless cameras chew through them quicker.


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8 years 8 months ago #445877 by Shadowfixer1

Frank The Tank wrote: That's a nice upgrade, post some photos after you have had a chance to mess around with the camera. Don't forget to buy extra batteries as those mirrorless cameras chew through them quicker.

This is a big shock for most newbies to mirrorless. They do go through batteries quickly. The EVF and LCD screens deplete batteries.
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8 years 8 months ago #445926 by Ian Stone
Oh yeah, battery life goes a lot quicker!


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8 years 8 months ago #446126 by Luca
Well I'm sure you are going to love the reduction in weight!


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8 years 8 months ago #446308 by Roy Wilson
Looking at sales projections of mirrorless, you aren't alone.  Mirrorless cameras are doing well from what I understand.  It will be interesting to see what happens in next 5 years with camera sales. 

Canon 5D Mark II, 30D, 40D, 50 1.2L, 16-35 2.8L Mark II, 24-105 4L IS, 24-70 2.8L, 70-200 2.8L IS, 85 1.8, 4 x 580 EX(II)
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8 years 8 months ago #446349 by Shadowfixer1

Roy Wilson wrote: Looking at sales projections of mirrorless, you aren't alone.  Mirrorless cameras are doing well from what I understand.  It will be interesting to see what happens in next 5 years with camera sales. 

If and when they get the focus up to speed for sports and moving objects, it will be a no brainer to go with a lighter system unless you just like to tote heavy stuff around.
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8 years 8 months ago #446465 by KenMan
Why hasn't Canon or Nikon come to market with a more professional mirrorless camera? you would think they want to tap into Sony's market share before that get's out of control. 


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8 years 8 months ago #446787 by Tim Dordeck
So, did you get it yet?


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