What made you buy the model you own?

[RolyPolyWendy]

I wanted something better than my point and shoot .The sales clerk at Best Buy Charlottesville sold me on my A6000. He explained all the reasons but I could only feign understanding. He sounded pretty knowledgeable! I bought it and it sat on the shelf for over a year because I would end up frustrated every time I tried to use it. It wasn't until I took an adult Photo class that I understood that he had done me a great big favor with the recommendation. What a wonderfully practical camera. I am still pretty new but am learning so much.

 

[garuda]

I purchased my a7R iv because it had three (3) very important key features that no other camera had at the time:

1. 60mp sensor;
2. 60mp sensor;
3, 60mp sensor.

If any one of these three required key features would have been absent, I never would have bought this camera!

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[AlphaWorld]

I purchased my a7R iv because it had three (3) very important key features that no other camera had at the time:

1. 60mp sensor;
2. 60mp sensor;
3, 60mp sensor.

If any one of these three required key features would have been absent, I never would have bought this camera!

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What if it had one of those, but was missing the other two?

 

[garuda]

What if it had one of those, but was missing the other two?

Tony, your satirical reply has forced me into a philosophical response, so here goes the answer to your question.

If two factors were missing, then my statement of “if any one of were absent” would then be invalid reasoning.
Then I’d have to buy two cameras --- with each missing two of the factors, to be true to my statement. So by possessing two cameras each having two missing, then each camera would have only one factor, thus I’d have two of the factors collectively and split between two cameras, which then conforms to my original statement “if any one of three were absent…..” No, wait… maybe I’d have to buy three cameras each having two missing factors, then adding up my original three total factors, which allows my original statement of “if any one of the three were absent” then….. then….

Oh hell, I’m confused now… I’m sending the damn camera back to the seller.

 

[AlphaWorld]

Tony, your satirical reply has forced me into a philosophical response, so here goes the answer to your question.

If two factors were missing, then my statement of “if any one of were absent” would then be invalid reasoning.
Then I’d have to buy two cameras --- with each missing two of the factors, to be true to my statement. So by possessing two cameras each having two missing, then each camera would have only one factor, thus I’d have two of the factors collectively and split between two cameras, which then conforms to my original statement “if any one of three were absent…..” No, wait… maybe I’d have to buy three cameras each having two missing factors, then adding up my original three total factors, which allows my original statement of “if any one of the three were absent” then….. then….

Oh hell, I’m confused now… I’m sending the damn camera back to the seller.

Well, then, I'm glad that none of the factors are missing, and I apologise for breaking your brain.

 

[garuda]

Well, then, I'm glad that none of the factors are missing, and I apologise for breaking your brain.

You're pretty witty, my friend.... and seem to really know your camera stuff too. Good combination!

 

[Janice]

Went into the store thinking I wanted the a7iii. Walked out with the a6600. ha ha After holding the two camera bodies, I knew the a6600 was a better fit for me. Travel, family, and life experiences are my topics of interest. I can put a heavier lens on the a6600 and still not have a ton of weight in my hands. I don't print large sizes so the crop sensor was the way to go for me.

 

[iamdlewis]

A7Riv - I can honestly say that the Wood Duck and Belted Kingfisher were the primary reasons for getting this camera. The A9 was an amazing camera but at the time the 100-400 was the longest lens for the E-Mount and nether of those birds are thrilled to be around humans. So moving from 24mp to 61mp helped a lot. Of course that brought on another challenge which led to...
A1 - This was purchased because well the A7Riv is not great for things that are moving a lot, especially when compared to the A9. At some point I thought "if Sony can make a camera that combines the A7Riv and A9 I am going to buy that right away." That was a lie as I wanted about 24 hours before placing the pre-order.

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

2017: a6000. I just wanted a compact, light-weight, low-cost, "real" camera.
2019: a6500. I wanted IBIS, and maybe better pics.
2023: a7iv. Because I wanted better low-light performance.* I also wanted Degrees-K on a dial.

* I think I'm getting it, but it's only been a week or so.

 

[AlphaWorld]

Went into the store thinking I wanted the a7iii. Walked out with the a6600. ha ha After holding the two camera bodies, I knew the a6600 was a better fit for me. Travel, family, and life experiences are my topics of interest. I can put a heavier lens on the a6600 and still not have a ton of weight in my hands. I don't print large sizes so the crop sensor was the way to go for me.

I walked into a camera store a while back thinking I wanted to buy a Canon EF-M body - I wanted something smaller and lighter (I was using a bigger Canon at the time, and thought I might share lenses with the smaller camera). Tried one, hated the cut-down feature set. Tried an A7RII because a friend really liked her A7R. Tried it with the Zony 55mm - walked out with my first Sony camera. Yes, it was a lot more expensive than the Canon, but it was about the same size, and the features weren't cut-down/compromised.

That was several years back. I haven't shot Canon in quite a while now, and I've owned a lot of Sonys since.

 

[Landshark99]

I was shooting with Fuji cameras for personal work and Nikon and Hasselblad for work cameras, I needed a small camera full frame camera for shooting background city landscape plates. Saw the Sony RX1r, bought one and fell in love with it, sold my Fujis and bought a couple of Sony A7RIIs, replace the RX1r with a RX1RII and it has been Sony ever since.

 

[AlphaWorld]

I walked into a camera store a while back thinking I wanted to buy a Canon EF-M body - I wanted something smaller and lighter (I was using a bigger Canon at the time, and thought I might share lenses with the smaller camera). Tried one, hated the cut-down feature set. Tried an A7RII because a friend really liked her A7R. Tried it with the Zony 55mm - walked out with my first Sony camera. Yes, it was a lot more expensive than the Canon, but it was about the same size, and the features weren't cut-down/compromised.

That was several years back. I haven't shot Canon in quite a while now, and I've owned a lot of Sonys since.

I just saw a mention that Canon has just discontinued the last EF-M body... Looks like I chose correctly way way back then - the E mount looks like it has a lot more future