Ok… let’s see.
If that’s ok with you, yes, I ask permission, I will give you the answer that comes from my heart, hoping it will mean something. If it doesn’t, I promise to answer more technically and with proofs.
Let me clarify a couple things first:
- When I complained about the DR, it was in video, not stills. As a matter of fact, the R5 is probably the most capable stills camera I have ever used. It is a MASTERPIECE FOR STILLS.
- I am not a technical guy. I don’t pixel peep. I’m not sure I could tell the difference between the 4KHQ and the 4K line skipped. And I don’t care for it either. When I complain about DR, its not in a technical way. I am not Gerald Undone.
As a matter of fact, a camera is a tool for me, to express myself. I do everything with it (except work). It’s my passion. I film my kids, I shoot short films, I shoot feature films.
I am on this forum, because I also turn out to be a gear geek. I love trying new stuff. I have tried every camera system you can imagine (with a dominance for Canon).
There is a point when I stop thinking about specs. About DR stops, about overheating, about codecs… There is a point where I pick up my camera, I literally smell it, I kiss it, and I go out to shoot. When I come home, I don’t watch the footage first. I just wait and feel grateful for what just happened.
Then, I look at what I produced. And it procures a feeling, a mood to me. I either like, or I don’t. For ever, I tried every camera, and always went back to canon, because canon gave me the feeling of loving what I did. What I tried to say this time, is that for the first time, Sony has surpassed canon. There is something in the Sony image that I finally find mesmerising. Cinematic to my eye. And its not just the image itself, its the experience of using the camera. The ergonomics, the reliablilty, its effortless.
One of the reason why I mentioned it on this thread is because I reacted to a guy who said he was switching. Same for me. And its so goddamn hard. I want to cry. I feel like im betraying the brand I’ve been loyal to for years. Im afraid even. But this time it feels right. In I find some confort in documenting (out loud) that experience.
The other reason why I spoke about this here is because the last thing that could have stopped me from not going to Sony just yet was the C70 itself !!!!!
I thought for a while that it could be the companion to the R5 for real filmmaking, because even if I love photos, I am a FILMMAKER above all. Thats why I got into a comparison discussion between the c70 and the a7siii. People compare the c70 to the c300ii, Gerald Undone said he cancelled his c300ii for an a7siii. So it seemed relevant to me to ask the question:
IS THE A7SIII better than the c70 (or the c300mkii). I still want opinions on this….
But to conclude, my happiness will eventually not come from specs. It will come from a feeling I get, using and producing with a camera. I just cant tell myself that a camera will get in the way of what I want to produce… Does it make any sense?
I will finish my telling you that on my shelf tonight I have an R5 and an A7Riv. Two of the best worlds camera, by spec. Guess which one is systemically pick up every time I want to go out to shoot?
No, not systematically. Instinctively. I instinctively, passionately pick up the …. Leica M10P. The worst specs I own. The best rendered image I have seen in a camera.
Do you understand me?
Much love,
Stev