No brainer, would definitely pay £200 more for another 2 years and you get a kit lens which you could probably claw back the £200 difference by selling (if you wanted to).
The Sony A73/A7R3/A7S3/A9 Thread
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No brainer, would definitely pay £200 more for another 2 years and you get a kit lens which you could probably claw back the £200 difference by selling (if you wanted to).
Yeah the AR74can handle saving 105Mb raw files and still do 10 fps with a buffer of 69 shots so the A9ii will easily do 20fps at 36MP. I would expect a buffer in excess of 200 shots on the A9ii
Soldato
Yes but have you see how long it takes to clear the buffer during which time you can do pretty much nothing. Fast XQD would probably help that though so will wait and see what they do.
Caporegime
It's hard to compare as there are no other 61mp camera out there with XQD cards, I am happy with dual UHS-II. Even UHS-I is 170mb/s now.
No I believe its full uncompressed RAW. That will do me at 61MP. The big issue even with the fastest SD card is that if you fill the buffer with 69 x 105Mb files its going to take 24 seconds to clear.
Although I expect the only time I will be likely to fill the buffer is if I am shooting fast action/ BIF and more likely to be using it in APS-C zoom so they will only be 45Mb files and would take 10 seconds to clear 69 shots.
Highly unlikely anyway as with my A7iii its very rare I go past 10 shots at once which are already saving to the sd card so you only get a second or two before the buffer clears again.
Although I expect the only time I will be likely to fill the buffer is if I am shooting fast action/ BIF and more likely to be using it in APS-C zoom so they will only be 45Mb files and would take 10 seconds to clear 69 shots.
Highly unlikely anyway as with my A7iii its very rare I go past 10 shots at once which are already saving to the sd card so you only get a second or two before the buffer clears again.
Caporegime
The thing with that scenario would be when you press it down and hold it down all that time. If you release your finger, or do bursts of say 5 bit by bit, then it will take quite a long sequence to fill it.
When it is emptying the buffer, you can still shoot when it is half full so the camera is not totally locked out. You just can't look at the photos, but chimming is best left after you are done anyway.
For me as a hobbyist the A7r4, while impressive, is no reason to upgrade from the a7r3. This is an incremental upgrade and the A7r5 will likely represent a more significant change.
For new buyers though the A7r4, at an even lower price than the a7r3 was released, is a no-brainer.
For new buyers though the A7r4, at an even lower price than the a7r3 was released, is a no-brainer.
Soldato
I wish it had dual xqd cards or uhs 3 instead
Caporegime
At this rate, mk6 will be out by the time that ends.
Soldato
New Sigma 14-28 2.8 Art - looks interesting. https://www.dpreview.com/news/06350...24mm-f2-8-dg-dn-art-for-full-frame-mirrorless
I visited Mount Teide in Tenerife on a day trip on a family holiday earlier this year. Very keen to try a lens like this and return for a budget photography trip.
I visited Mount Teide in Tenerife on a day trip on a family holiday earlier this year. Very keen to try a lens like this and return for a budget photography trip.
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Calling it incremental seems unfair, they've improved almost everything except for the rear display.
Pretty much every review I read says if you have an a7r3 the improvements, while nice, don't justify an upgrade.
Yeah but that's only cause the A7riii is such an awesome camera. To be fair every generation is just an incremental change and will be until global shutters and organic sensors come out.
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