Reinaldokool wrote:
My experience with the Sony was with an a6000. But it exhibited some of the usual Sony proclivities. Sony does things Sony's way. Sometimes that's good and sometimes not so much.
The a6000 took excellent pictures. That's the first thing to say. I hauled it around the Mediterranean in May and got a lot of good photos.
But the second is that if you want to make use of the video capabilities, you are restricted to the Sony microphones which are made for that camera. Sony mics are not the gems you'd think for a company that bills itself as an audio company. The three microphones that will work are particularly bad. (Sony was actually started to make and sell rice cookers.)
You are in the "film biz" so you know that a video can be ruined by bad audio. Probably 50% of the Youtube videos are painfully bad for this reason. Ambient noise and mechanical, camera noise make them difficult. Having the talent 6-15 feet away means that they are too far from the mics.
Well, why not use a Sennheiser, Rode, etc. shockmounted shotgun? I have three of them. Because Sony ONLY has capability to interface the mic through the multi-interface shoe. Most cameras have a 3.5mm jack. That's the standard on cameras. Not Sony. Moreover the MIS on the a6000 is not compatible with the MIS on some other Sony cameras.
This is typical Sony. They had their own proprietary memory card, called a Memory Stick, finally surrendered to SDcard. They had Betamax, but lost the battle to VHS.
It's a dilemma. I like the a6000 but some subjects need video. (My grand daughter's first steps, for example.) I sold the a6000, but that 3.5mm jack would have kept it. In fact, if the coming a7000 has one (That's the rumor) I will probably be one of the first to buy it. If I were enamored of FF, the a7 line is very attractive.
Lenses. I had good results with my 18-200--though it doesn't cover the FF a7. There is not a wide range of Sony lenses. Yes, there are adapters, but many lenses will only work in manual mode. That's not a deal breaker for me, but it is for some.
I'm sorry to say that I don't think there is a MILC that competes with Sony. If NiCan made one, I'd jump at it. But the new Canon is missing the viewfinder. Nikon's offerings are pitiful. (And I'm a Nikon person) The rest all have tiny (smaller than APS-c) sensors. (Yes. Fuji has APSc. Sorry about that.) That makes them unusable for my photography. So if you want APS-c or FF, Sony is the game despite it's weaknesses.
My experience with the Sony was with an a6000. But... (
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Sony's proprietary attitude with most of their products optional accessories are the reason I wouldn't consider purchasing their products.
Perhaps Sony feels their product integrity isn't compromised by excluding the adaptation of after market accessories but I think that choice should be left to the end user to decide, NOT Sony.