The "New Gear/Willy Waving" thread
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Cheers.
Need to decide on what RF lenses to buy but they’re ££££ so I may just adapt my EF lenses for now until I can make a decision
Caporegime
Cheers.
Need to decide on what RF lenses to buy but they’re ££££ so I may just adapt my EF lenses for now until I can make a decision
28-70, 50L, 85L, 70-200L.
Just go for it, why buy a £4k body and use £200 last gen lenses I'd say!
Who’s got £200 lenses?
I’ve got a Sigma 24mm 1.4 ART lens on the way for landscapes, tempted to go wider and pick up the 16-35 2.8 iii also.
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I want to get back into Canon but the cost is about double of Sony and quality is blow for blow.
The ergonomics of the R5 are better than any Sony camera I’ve used, the feel and grip are just in another league, the button placement is also excellent and the menu system is a lot easier to navigate, I think the Sony menu is a mess.
It feels just like a DSLR body, identical pretty much to the 5D mk4 in terms of size which was also a great camera to use.
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...I know? lol
Hence why I want to go back, but that's not worth spending an additional 5 figures for to get the same set up.
I know you know, I was letting you know I know, you know?
I know you know, I was letting you know I know, you know?
Does it help that I also know? and that I know you know that Ray knows and now you know I know?
To be fair to Sony the A1 addressed a lot of these issues. Like raymond, I really couldnt swap because of the £10k invested in Sony glass now and would gain little except ergonomics.
SO went the next best thing and got the A1
I have it set up so the menus and buttons work as I want them to so I never have to go into the menu (which is much improved). The three memory's on the dial I have set to my portrait, action and landscape settings. I rarely ever venture from those.
There really isnt anything else I want from a camera body now. The A1 is 99% perfect. The 1% would be a full rotating rear screen. Thats it.
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I take the same photos I do with my 5D4 and my A73. I don't think the A73's focus is bad at all, i am sure there are better but I don't feel like i am fighting it. The DR is actually still one of the best, better than the R5 i beleive. I could get 3 x A73 for 1 x R5 so it makes no business sense to change, even if it can be a tax write off.
It's the body that has succeeded in getting images I've tried (and failed at) with other bodies.
Global shutter plus any AF and ISO improvements would be on my wishlist for a mark II.
@ Captain - that's an excellent camera you've picked up there, congrats and enjoy.
Global shutter plus any AF and ISO improvements would be on my wishlist for a mark II.
@ Captain - that's an excellent camera you've picked up there, congrats and enjoy.
Oh dont get me wrong, the next giant leap forward will be global shutter, true in sensor ND adjustment, organic sensors with a DR of 30 etc etc.
Once cameras like that are out nobody will want to use the current cameras and sensors.
But for now I cant think of any reason I would change.
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I would love to have an R5 and RF 100-500L, I might put a poster of them on my bedroom wall just I did at 14 of a Lamborghini Countach !
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My Ryker fits a body and 3 lenses too so I don't really need one...but they are made VERY well. Look at the size of that zip.
That is one nice looking bag ! ! ! !
I would also love a 100-500 but I think it might get neglected, I may rent one for a week and see if I like it.
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Isn’t it just? So glad it got it now, was quite expensive but there is nothing else on the market that is made like it (material wise).
Trying to decide whether I want the 15-35 2.8 or the 14-35 F4.
I don’t massively need 2.8 and I’ll most likely shoot with the 15-35 stopped down to 5.6 where it’s at its sharpest but I’m guessing that the 15-35 would be sharper at 5.6 than the 14-35 at 5.6.
I don’t massively need 2.8 and I’ll most likely shoot with the 15-35 stopped down to 5.6 where it’s at its sharpest but I’m guessing that the 15-35 would be sharper at 5.6 than the 14-35 at 5.6.
