Greetings from the Land Down Under

[Sydney Grasshopper]

Hi folks, - my real name is Paul, and I have just joined. Been photographing for 50+ years, the last 10 of which has been using the Fujifilm X series. Yesterday, my friend had lent me his A7CR and some glass, and I am am gob smacked about the quality! Hence joining your forums, to find out more.

I am up for some serious testing, followed by head scratching to decide if I can dump my entire Fuji gear and jump ship. Not an easy decision with 20 lenses, 3 cameras and 5 flash guns.

Anyway, thank you for letting me in. I will share a few images later...

Cheers,
Paul, a.k.a. the Sydney Grasshopper

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Welcome aboard Paul.
The A7C series and A6700 are great, compact, camera bodies. The only two things most people complain about are lack of second card slot and low resolution EVF. Other than that, those of us who own those cameras are OK with the compromises.

 

[evacguy]

Hi folks, - my real name is Paul, and I have just joined. Been photographing for 50+ years, the last 10 of which has been using the Fujifilm X series. Yesterday, my friend had lent me his A7CR and some glass, and I am am gob smacked about the quality! Hence joining your forums, to find out more.

I am up for some serious testing, followed by head scratching to decide if I can dump my entire Fuji gear and jump ship. Not an easy decision with 20 lenses, 3 cameras and 5 flash guns.

Anyway, thank you for letting me in. I will share a few images later...

Cheers,
Paul, a.k.a. the Sydney Grasshopper

G'day Paul, welcome to the forum. I'm looking forward to seeing your photographs. What do you shoot?

 

[Richard A]

Hi @Sydney Grasshopper. What part of Sydney are you from? Welcome to the forum.

 

[Sydney Grasshopper]

Hi @Sydney Grasshopper. What part of Sydney are you from? Welcome to the forum.

Hi, - currently residing in Kings Langley, near Blacktown. How about you?

 

[Unframed Dave]

Hi Paul, I have the A7CR which I use for travelling light when I don't want the bulk and presence of my A1.

It's an awesome camera with a couple of limitations. The viewfinder, which has been mentioned, the lack of second slot, which has never caused me an issue and the limited frame rate which isn't high enough for me for bird photography.

Mostly I like to use it with a compact lens such as the 40 f2.5 for street photography. The massive sensor resolution allows for a lot of cropping.

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Richard A]

Hi @Sydney Grasshopper. What part of Sydney are you from? Welcome to the forum.

I have been living in Adelaide for the last 35 or more years but I grew up in Beecroft. I was back in Sydney for a month last October.

 

[Jeff A]

Welcome to the Forum, Paul.

 

[Sydney Grasshopper]

Hi Paul, I have the A7CR which I use for travelling light when I don't want the bulk and presence of my A1.

It's an awesome camera with a couple of limitations. The viewfinder, which has been mentioned, the lack of second slot, which has never caused me an issue and the limited frame rate which isn't high enough for me for bird photography.

Mostly I like to use it with a compact lens such as the 40 f2.5 for street photography. The massive sensor resolution allows for a lot of cropping.

Welcome to the forum.

Makes perfect sense, Dave. I am borrowing an A7CR for a week and loving it, however a complete system change from my existing Fujifilm to Sony, would need to include an A1ii and some glass, and flash triggers, and I would need to sell my BMW to fund that (plus add more $$ too!). I will however stay on this forum to see what people are sharing and maybe later just add an A7someting to my kit bag. For now my Sony experience will stay on video with a Z200 camcorder.

 

[BrianN]

Hi folks, - my real name is Paul, and I have just joined. Been photographing for 50+ years, the last 10 of which has been using the Fujifilm X series. Yesterday, my friend had lent me his A7CR and some glass, and I am am gob smacked about the quality! Hence joining your forums, to find out more.

I am up for some serious testing, followed by head scratching to decide if I can dump my entire Fuji gear and jump ship. Not an easy decision with 20 lenses, 3 cameras and 5 flash guns.

Anyway, thank you for letting me in. I will share a few images later...

Cheers,
Paul, a.k.a. the Sydney Grasshopper

Welcome Paul,

Looking forward to seeing what images you share with us.

I moved from Canon to Sony and I can recommend it, however it depends on what you feel you are missing out with your current set-up, is it a specific thing or just curious.

I have the Sony A7iv its three years old but it does everything I need, it's very good in low light and at 33mp , the file sizes are manageable, also Sony's new compact G lenses have a small form and weight factor, I own the FE f2.8 16-25 and FE f2.8 24-50 they weigh just over 400g.