Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David, I am checking out the A7R is only for photographing the really dangerous wild animals on the streets of cities, and not the safe ones in the wilderness! :-) Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:43 AM, David Ching <davidhhching at yahoo.com.sg> wrote: > Concur with you. The A7R is shockingly loud. Might just change to the 7S > just to avoid giving heart attacks to others. > > Try out the D810. I much prefer it to the D800E. It's significantly > quieter and at the Q mode, my partner tells me she loves the sound. Women > are somewhat rather discerning I must admit. Once she stopped me from > shooting with my D800E in a live concert. Even at Single shot mode, it's > darn quiet, softer than the Q of the D800E. > > Knowing that you take lots of long distance shots, cropping is obviously a > must-have for you. > Unfortunately the A7R will frighten off the wild animals in your safari > expeditions quite certainly. > The zoom seems somewhat large still; well it's a DSLR full frame. I use > the Minolta 100-300mm AF and its great. The Soft Focus Minolta 100mm seems > to be sharper and faster focusing than the 100mm Minolta macro if you ask > me. Another must-buy if you so decide to go this route as Sony FE mount > lenses are about as rare as unicorns in Africa (?). > > Enjoy your stint with the A7R. Read some rumours that Sony is releasing a > 50MP camera at Photokina this month. Have put away my A7R since I traded > for the D810. And my Fuji XT1, X100S... Love it with the 85/1.4G. Somewhat > more satisfying than the earlier my earlier combo. The new Group AF is a > great feature. Increasingly closer to its D4/S sibling with its new EXPEED > 4 sensor. Wonder what Nikon has up its sleeve this month for this pro > camera. > > > Best, > > David Ching > > H.P. Tel. no.: +84 904684321 (Vietnam) > : +65 92321098 (Singapore)