Originally posted by jogiba For the price of the Df body I could get the 36mp Sony A7r with 1/8000 sec shutter , 1080p60 video mode, and a great Zeiss lens that has image quality as good as the Pentax 645D that works with every Pentax SLR/DSLR lens ever made.
Cool! You don't own one, so I guess your choice is hypothetical and so is your amazement...
Yawn...
Steve
(...Df is not on my short list, but then again, neither is the A7r...no short list...no money...)
---------- Post added 04-01-14 at 08:34 AM ----------
In the interest of balance, I will expose my own naivety and stupidity. I own a Chamonix 4x5 field camera (see it
HERE) with the following features:
- Manual focus
- Manual exposure
- No metering system
- Zero megapixels
- No body seals
- No EVF, uses archaic and incredibly dim groundglass focal plane viewing system
- Video not supported
- Requires leaf shutter lenses
- Frame rate 0.25 fps once focus is attained and sensor loaded (burst until available film holders are exhausted)
- Even lacks hot shoe
- Price for a one lens kit (purchased new) is about the same as a Sony A7r with Zeiss Sonnar T* 55/1.8
And to make matters worse, the kit requires a small backpack to haul, cannot be used off-tripod, and takes about ten minutes to set up and compose the shot.
I myself am
amazed that I own such a ridiculous excuse for a photographic tool. About the only saving grace is that it is better with ultra-wides than the A7r and has better movements for perspective and focus control.
Steve