[Leica] Sony A7R

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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
>
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