Rooting for Nikon. In my opinion they make much better cameras overall than Sony who couldn't add a proper touchscreen interface to their cameras for years.
The specifications for the upcoming Nikon Z 9 leak out ahead of the official announcement
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Again and again people on this forum cite the slow superteles mere existence as a reason to dis the entire line-up!
What the hell is wrong with these people that they don't understand that if you don't like a certain lens... you don't actually have to buy it?!!?
I'm seriously and genuinely puzzled.
"the toy that is the Sony Alpha 1" It definitely isn't a toy
No, newer and better tech or switching brands doesn't necessarily result in better images. BUT it makes it easier for u to do the job u supposed to do or the result u want to achieve.
Different ergonomics alone can make a huge difference, especially considering the amount and placement of buttons and other control elements. When shooting a wedding or a sporting or other live events – u don't get any second chance. u need to be able to control ur settings fast, without even thinking about them.
its the same with everything else. the chance of hitting the very perfect moment in a uncontrollable live situation is increasing dramatically with higher fps.
So yes - in the end it is still the one behind the camera who needs needs to know what he ist doing, the picture still won't be good if u don't now how to expose or compose or whatever. But the tech can help u with making it easier and faster to work with which increases the chance of getting better shots, IF u did choose the right one for the job u want get done.
what the hell? its not like canon is offering no options to those f/11 lenses. they are just a bonus for those who can't afford a small new car worth of glass. if u don't want them buy the expansive ones, which are available. no need to cry that canon has a option for consumers too.
and btw. regarding the f/7.1 thing - if this is about the 100-500 - u still are at f/5.6 @ 400mm like with the 100-400 before, but just get extra reach as a bonus. nothing special but also nothing to constantly cry about.
Jordan23's already said this, but what does the Z9 actually have the R3 doesn't, except for MP? And, I see maybe the majority of this forum arguing 24MP is actually better than 48MP let alone 96MP. (I think they're dead wrong but whatevs.)
Arguably the Z9 isn't trying to beat the R1 to market, it's playing catch-up to the R3?
It competes with the D6, 1DX3, and R3 just now. Because there is no R1 to compete with. The number of MP is just one (very small) aspect of the spec sheet.
I think the point is more that the R3 is not a Z9 or A1 competitor. I have said before I think there is a realignment of what a flagship camera is, the modest mp preferred by the traditional flagship market is not where the latest flagships are going.
In essence the R3 is the spiritual successor to the 1 series with the form factor and lower mp, battery etc, but there is much Canon have on the horizon that smacks of much ‘better’ for their flagship. Quad pixel and global shutters are two big features that I’d expect to see on that flagship R1 and I suspect it will align mp wise much closer to the Z9 and A1 than the R3. More 1D (R3) and 1DS (R1), than 1DX.
Mauve/purple/indigo/violet are very difficult colors for Bayer array sensors to accurately replicate, not just the D800/810. Not suggesting they weren’t particularly difficult, but many cameras can’t take a picture of a rainbow past blue.
I was a follower of Ming back then and he didn’t keep the 5DSr so the color issue wasn’t so serious to him, and Nikon didn’t have their PC-E 19 at the time and he loved the Canon TS-E17. Go figure....
The Canon 800 f/11 is no abomination. It is an excellent lens with awesome AF performance and much less restrictive then you might think given it is f/11. Given the price point, compactness, and very low weight; it is an awesome offering from Canon.
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What I find interesting is that the Z9 is being touted as Nikon's next sports centric camera body - "Nikon’s Z9 has concluded its testing at the Olympics and a new report has surfaced that promises some rather impressive specifications for Nikon’s forthcoming sports-focused camera, including a 45-megapixel sensor..." At the same time I keep hearing that sports photographers do not want 45 or 50mp; they want 20 or 24mp, thus the Canon R3 will be 24mp because it is being marketed to sports photographers. Seems Canon thinks differently then Nikon and Sony with regards to what sports photographers want/need.
Canon has more to lose than Nikon and certainly more than Sony in the pro sports space. Personally I feel that 45 MP should come with 2.5 Gbps ethernet ports so that there is no slowdown to the workflow, but that requires huge changes to all the infrastructure and only affects tethered shooters. 45MP is purely to meet the 8k spec, but (unlike Canon?) Nikon bodies can shot smaller RAW files if need be and various forms of lossless and lossy RAW that negate the higher pixel count. Computers are also not markably faster and you can easily edit a 45MP image on a iPad and I very much look forward to doing that early next year with Capture One coming to iPad.
I agree, if the R3 comes in at 5999, it will be way overpriced but 5500 would still be a bit high, 5000 is more likely what is competitive if you are looking at comparing it to an a9ii with a battery grip.
Unlike Canon, Nikons knows at least that two CFExpress memory cards is better than having two different types of cards. Why Canon keeps forcing us two buy different types of media is beyond understanding. Angers me.
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