Originally posted by osv i suspect that people will make up their own minds about your complete lack of experience with the laea4, vs. an experienced shooter like Michael Reichmann .
I think people understand that photographers including wildlife ones (let alone Reichmann) disagree with each other on philosophy and gear.
If you idolize them, Osv, you're going to be disappointed about that.
*Wim Arys* is not in love as you are with that piece of rubbish.
If you think Reichmann's photograph (at f11, effectively a landscape photograph with a high shutter speed - as you foolishly pointed out, who knows where the focus was? Could even have been hyperfocal!) means the LA-EA4 is something National Geographic can't do without, you're from another planet.
The experiences of the togs I quoted included that one couldn't track his son running towards him!
When subjective experiences contradict, always go to the facts:
Your good buddy Reeve shows that objectively, that thing only has fifteen points, only three of them cross-type, in the central ten percent of the frame.
Be honest, for once, Osv, is there a worse AF system in the full-frame world?
Originally posted by osv his portfolio speaks for itself, and so does yours.
What portfolio do I, a mere snapshooter like most of us on this forum, have?
No way is he gospel ... and as for you, you suffer from trying to defend your purchase.
You're not objective, have an axe to grind, and can't even count to three!
People who would listen to you and buy that thing, an A7R and some old rehashed Minolta zoom instead of a real Canikon setup for wildlife would probably qualify for 24-hour care.
PS Thibs has said the new Pentax lens focuses faster than that 150-600 on a D800.