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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I appreciate the reply. Having ahot APS-C for a little over 10 years before my current FF body I would chalk most of the FF look up to a combination of shallow depth of field and maybe some more vignetting when wide open. Then again, I never owned a fast lens in my APS-C days because I was shooting different things.

What you said about the Sony IBIS unit had me a little wary. One of the things I don't like about my a7III is that the IBIS unit flops around while I'm walking around and I do quite a bit of walking while carrying it.

I'm interested to hear you say you don't see much advantage in the higher resolution sensor. I would think the extra pixels would let you crop more aggressively.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, that's exactly what my A7S suffered from and the repair cost wasn't worth it, with no guarantees to not break again. I am not sure if that's changed in recent times.

For the high res sensor part, let me correct myself. I would say the photos weren't materially different just because of the resolution. I am sure there are a few moments where cropping isn't as horrendous 26 MP -> 14MP before where as now I'm at 40 MP -> 23MP. On a photo by photo comparison the photos are pretty close.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Evidently on Sony FF the IBIS unit is intended to not be locked in place, but I am a bit wary of wear and tear from it flopping around. I've had the body for less than a year and so far so good, but less than a year isn't very long...

Happy to hear your report on resolution not being a huge deal. I've been waffling about a 2x MP sensor (say.. like an X-H2s). I guess I've been shooting that resolution for a while and haven't ever had any image quality complaints.