SONY A7 and A7R

[RobDickinson]

To be fair I think the A7rII has fixed all my issues with the a7r, apart from cost.. :O

[noell35]

Maybe I'll wait a year for the A7Riii then I can get a 'ii' :-)

[Lynchie999]

noell35 said:

Have any of you early adopters of the A7/A7r had any reliability issues? I'm toying with the idea of getting an A7 mk1 now they are cheaper. I'm coming from a D700 which to be quite honest I would imagine will still be working in 30 years time it's so robust!
It's either that or a D750......decisions!

Assuming you don't NEED image stabilisation from mk2 or extra pixels from the R, get the A7, I got one 6 months or so ago... and its bloomin' awesome, yes you will need extra batteries, but thats not major 3rd party ones are cheap...

I've recently teamed it up with the 55/1.8 Zeiss... amazing stuff! Going to give it a big weekend out at Revival next week!

Edited by Lynchie999 on Wednesday 31st August 10:24

[TheRainMaker]

Lynchie999 said:

I've recently teamed it up with the 55/1.8 Zeiss... amazing stuff! Going to give it a big weekend out at Revival next week!

That is an epic lens.

[IknowJoseph]

I'd be really interested if anyone sees any offers on the A7*. I've got a rx100ii and it's a joy, want an A7 to go with it! Very tempted every time I go through airport duty free.

[rottie102]

When will they sort out the AF? I'd be so happy to move to Sony from Canon at least for travel cameras but the AF is still nowhere near as good as 1DX or 5D for sports/running dogs which I need it for. Also using SD cards slows down the write speed so much in comparison to CF

[WWA]

rottie102 said:

When will they sort out the AF? I'd be so happy to move to Sony from Canon at least for travel cameras but the AF is still nowhere near as good as 1DX or 5D for sports/running dogs which I need it for. Also using SD cards slows down the write speed so much in comparison to CF

This is the reason I'm going to sell my A7ii. Yes the picture quality is great, but pictures of the kids running around? No easy.

Edited by WWA on Saturday 3rd September 00:35

[motoroller]

WWA said:

This is the reason I'm going to sell my A7ii. Yes the picture quality is great, but pictures of the kids running around? No easy.

Edited by WWA on Saturday 3rd September 00:35

Me too, looking for an A7R2 now.

[WWA]

motoroller said:

Me too, looking for an A7R2 now.

Better auto focus?? Or are you just going for better quality?

[motoroller]

WWA said:

Better auto focus?? Or are you just going for better quality?

Both the AF, eye AF, and the quality bump doesn't hurt either. Modern cameras are obscenely expensive though, £3500 for the 5d4 and £2500 for the A7R2. Crikey.