It's because I think that m4/3 will continue to be a very valid (and used) format for video, but not so sure for stills - but this is outside the scope here. :)
Sony allowed The Verge to take some images with the A7r. Bad move - the photos are crap. :)
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/16/4844336/36-megapixel-images-shot-with-the-sony-alpha-7r
@Vitaliy_Kiselev ahahahahahah
Get full set of Samyang primes, Sony A7 and live happily :-)
Doubts, doubts...in December I'll buy an GX7 and some m4/3 glass, but sometimes I wonder if it is a good investment - at least for about 2-3 years.
Look at it this way: if MFT camera's want to continue to compete in the "stills" world they need to make the camera's smaller and smaller and cheaper and cheaper. If MFT camera's want to continue to compete in the "video" world they need to release new features like ProRes or RAW recording etc. Because of the FF mirrorless camera's coming out, it should trigger the next generation batch of MFT camera's to be pretty impressive to say the least.
@WalterH Thanks for all the info. Really dramatic!
Ok, i'll stay on the m43 system. Maybe it begins a new era, camera with mft sensors will become cheaper, up the ff sensors. Maybe, just an idea.
Ok, i have found my new OM-D partner ;)
@Revovatio Scroll down to the three comparison images re crop lens coverage. This would be even more dramatic with a m43 specific lens on FF. http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sony-alpha-7-7r/
The new 35/2.8 is designed to cover FF. The 35/1.8 is crop lens and will not cover FF. No lens adapter can overcome this.
Let me understand, please guys: why on internet i read about 35mm f2.8 as the first good option for this, when there are already so many e-mount lens such as the 35mm f1.8 Alpha E-Mount OSS? The lens mount is not going to have all this lens? Or we need an adapter...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_E-mount#Available_lenses
EDIT: Sorry, was writing this post veeeeery slowly (cause i'm not english) and didn't read the post before.
So, all the hype goes down. Yes, it's a BIG news to don't buy HUGE FF as Canon or Nikon are, and it's also a little cheaper, but you have to wait for the RIGHT lens.
Also, if you invested on m43 camera and m43 lens, nothing change. Maybe, with an adapter (eventually, will the m43 lens "cover" all FF size? Or "black corners" on the screen? Thanks).
I am very excited about these cameras. I have a load of FD glass, some M-mount glass, a little e-mount. Been shooting stills on a nex-6. (Video on my GH-3.)
All of the strengths are apparent and way outweigh the one annoyance I currently perceive - that shutter sound! Forget discrete shooting, which is a serious bummer. I will have to hear it but I have not taken many shots with my nex-6 due to the noise it makes.
Josh from The Camera Store later commented (in eoshd) that he was disappointed my softness and moire in the video image but otherwise pleased with the functionality.
For non-German speakers, the video above is more general overview but he is certainly impressed. And you get to learn about a new elephant park!
@Renovatio It would be great if it worked that way but it doesn't. Read up a little on e-mount crop mode on this camera and you'll see. Basically, you cannot stretch coverage of the lens beyond a format it was designed to cover.
Wow - my D800 is going up for sale ;-)
Doesn't Sony make some of the Nikon camera sensors? So could the 24mp A7 sensor be the same as the D600's 24mp sensor and the 36mp A7r sensor be the same as the D800/D800E's 36mp sensor?
Is this the future? I wounder if a "Gh5" could have a full frame sensor...everyone would be wiped out. E-mount lens can now go directly on this, without crop (as the 35mm f1.8, for example)?
And also, in the m43 camera we have such a good and fast lens, as the voigtlander. If a gh5 could have a full frame sensor, the lens would be SO FAST (up to 0.95?), and what about focal leght? no crop right? Things never seen.
Few samples:
Yep, but it will have lower noise, and most probably also advanced encoder. So will be quite good.
Wow... looks great. No higher-bit-rates like the GH3 though, huh? Was hoping for at least 50mbps in camera option...
Amazing cameras. Want one... or two.
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