Originally posted by itshimitis I have the A7RII and it isn't really WYSIWYG, just a version of what you might get. It tends to be noisier than the actual image. Fine focusing is also not fool proof. I use the Loxia 35 f/2 and often the EVF will tell me through focus peaking that the parts I want to be in focus are in focus. Except when I get the images on to my computer they aren't. EVF isn't quite there yet, especially when the light starts to fade. I'm sure it will get there eventually, but it aint there yet.
Interesting - I have the A7RII as well - I primarily use it with the 55mm and an adapted 90mm Sonnar from the Contax G - but I don't use focus peaking as much as I actually use the manual override that enlarges the frame in the viewfinder - that's what I mean from the fine focusing. It's true it's not totally WYSIWYG - but seeing exposure compensation and aperture in a live mode (even with the noisier EVF in low light especially) is great - I find it incredibly useful. It's already, in most cases, more useful for me than OVF of my 645D. But yea, it could be better. The AF is also pretty dang good though - and interestingly enough my Zeiss 45 and 90 from the Contax G actually focus faster and more acurately now than they did with the actual G2 camera - the 28 and 35, which I hardly use, struggle with the AF on the adapter. The lenses do show their age on that sensor though, as nice as they are.
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Originally posted by pinholecam The thing about the Fuji and the Hassy is that its air-ware and full of it until its really out.
There is no assurances that it will work with adapted lenses (and well for that matter even if they do).
I'm just surprised that I see so many pundits being ready to 'forgive' for what is not out yet.
I recall the XPro1, with lots of hype when it came out, but the AF was horrible (the worst I've used on any camera) and the hybrid viewfinder wasn't that fantastic an idea in real use.
So, bottom line for me, its just too early to confirm.
True.
The form factor and flash sync are what interest me the most though, which don't really need verification. If focus is finicky for awhile I don't care so much. I had the x pro 1 for awhile and while it was quirky it still, in the end, made nearly all of the pictures I tried to tell it to make. I did like that camera. I do hope the x1d isn't that problematic though. The xpro 1 was tolerable for a $1500 set up or whatever it was. Dropping 12k is another story. It needs to, at the very least, not be buggy. It doesn't need to be fast, but it absolutely needs to work. That's why I'm waiting for user reports - if I do anything it prob won't be til spring.
The Hasselblad - that body, which I've held, with that sensor - even if it's slow - for a more landscape and slow portrait based shooter like myself - it's still infinitely more versatile than an MF film camera. So I'm not super stressed on having the utmost polished advanced features if the camera can just make the pictures with the basic settings and has a reasonably good way to confirm focus. I'm all about trying to find the best image quality that I can in a camera that will fit in my bag that I take with me everywhere as I walk and ride around town doing my normal life stuff. That's usually when I shoot when I'm not on a job.