At that time, the department occupied an old large Victorian building. BackgroundĪlthough I qualified as a graphic designer, and considered myself primarily a typographer, I was initially employed by LYIT to teach photography. At the moment though, the Canon is a much more useable camera. I'm hoping that as I get used to it, the menus and configurations will get easier. All fixable through the menus, if you can find the right settings. Take a look at this video to see what I mean. This is not really a camera that you can pick up and just go. One final comment: the Sony's menus are horrible. It requires more work in Lightroom, but the camera and its profiles are tweakable, so the solution to the green cast may already exist in-camera. I think Canon's colour is superior, but the tonal range is better on the Sony. I suspect that the Sony will prove superior for Black & White work. That said, the RAW files are impressive and more than a few landscape photographers have ditched their Canons in favour of Sony's offerings. I bought the Sony more for its video capabilities than its still. The Sony appears sharper and has a slightly higher resolution. The image is noticably less sharp though.īelow you can see crops at 100% magnification. The Canon's famed colour science produces more faithful colours, requiring minimal processing in Lightroom. Click here for Jpegs ( Canon | Sony) from the unprocessed RAW files. I used much the same settings for both - 100 ISO, f8 at 1/125 sec. This morning, I took a run to Ramelton to shoot a few comparison RAW tests on both cameras. I've carried out a few quick video tests which you can view on the video page. Sadly, autofocus is equally bad with the Canon 100-400L f4 on both cameras. All of my lenses mount easily and autofocus works well, better than on the 5D2 in many cases. The build quality of both camera and adapter is good, they lock together solidly. I also bought a Sigma MC-11 Canon to Sony lens adapter so I could use all of my existing lenses.įirst impressions are largely good. I finally got mine just last week (Oct 2018 at the time of writing). The only problem was it proved so popular that it was hard to get my hands on one. I had been watching Sony's range of cameras with interest and when they released the A7III earlier this year, it ticked all the boxes. Its video capabilities however, are lagging way behind the competition - no 4K, no real log mode to speak of (yes, I do use CineStyle) and no slow motion capability. That camera has served me well over the years and remains excellent for stills. I'm too used to full frame sensors and have invested in a lot of glass for the Canon 5DII. I've been tempted on and off over the past few years by The Panasonic GH5, but the MFT format just didn't appeal to me. I've written previously about the convergence between still and video cameras and I've finally jumped on the bandwagon.
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