Sony Alpha A7 & A7R Full-Frame Mirrorless Cameras

[Erik_Olympus]

Looks awesome! But not for the budget conscious, like me.

[Liz]

Looks awesome! But not for the budget conscious, like me.

Hi Erik.....I can relate!

BTW, did you ever purchase or decide on a camera?

Liz

[Photo-John]

Looks awesome! But not for the budget conscious, like me.

Yes - definitely not budget cameras! But consider what the availability of these cameras might do to the price of other mirrorless cameras

[Liz]

Yes - definitely not budget cameras! But consider what the availability of these cameras might do to the price of other mirrorless cameras

Thanks for replying! I was in a rush today so did not respond to your initial post and the reason for this thread! Sorry John!

Kudos to Sony! for being the first! This morning I actually received an email from B&H that arrived overnight introducing it. B&H is already taking pre-orders.

I'm looking forward to seeing how it does in real life (looks amazing on paper). It will be interesting to see how many people will bite the bullet and spend the money. It will be a big breakthrough in photography - especially for the pros and enthusiasts. I look forward to your review, John! I hope you get your hands on one soon.

You're right about the prices of the other m4/3 cameras! Actually I have a "new" E-PL5 that was used only 1-2 times that I'm going to put up for sale before the price drops. Immediately after I purchased it as my 2nd camera, I saw the XZ-2 (which I was looking to buy) on sale for $329 so I bought it. Can't afford 3 cameras!

Thanks for providing all the information, specs, photos etc so quickly John. Amazing!

Liz

[Greg McCary]

Well right now there isn't a huge selection of E mount full frame lenses and the ones coming out are all high end. Plus I am not ready to put all my time in a compact system. They are still limited in sports shooting, studio and portrait shooting. Show up to shoot a wedding with this and you probably will get laughed at. I know a good photographer could shoot a wedding with it but still. The customers wouldn't understand.
Also with a limited lens line up wildlife shooting would also be an issue. Compacts have a long way to go before I give up on a DSLR or SLT. But I think Sony will be the first to completely dump the mirror. I guess I will find out then.