Originally posted by neokind I don’t know where you are that you are feeling social pressure to buy ‘cool’ cameras (that’s a thing?) or being mocked for not having the ‘right’ gear, but you may need to reconsider the company you keep. No one I know gives a rip what I use. It’s the photos that count.
Internet forums and dpreview trolls are good examples of what cameras (and camera business) are all about. At the moment, mirrorless is trendy, Sony is supposed to be the must have. I've read user manuals of the Z7, A7RIII, EOS R, GFX50 and X1D: it was rather disappointing relative to what I read how great those models are. Looking through the menus of the Sony, it can't be more confusing and illogical, BUT, I've been told that this is what I should buy... warrrffff
The X1D caught me on something: the number of function is limited to essentials, but it is still possible to do everything in a simple way, although reviewers said the X1D to be inferior UI compared to the GFX50, go figure.
It's all expensive electronics, and the goal of marketers is to make customers switch lens mounts as often as possible, because switch mounts means $$$.
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Originally posted by neokind I traded in my K3ii last summer for an A7iii because I needed some of the features that Pentax didn’t offer.
With that A7III ILC body, Sony got their food in the door of your wallet....
Originally posted by neokind And, while the glass is really expensive, I have yet to buy or try a Sony lens that has failed to blow my socks off.
... and now with the lens Sony just have to drain money from the open wallet. BTW, it's normal that Sony lenses blow your socks off on a full frame 24Mp camera, I had the same effect when moving from a K3 to a Pentax K1. The image quality and subject separation on full frame are greater than they are on apsc.