Chris and Jordan elected the best and worst cameras of 2014. The best video camera is the A7s and the best overall camera the A6000!
By the way Chris/Jordan…can’t you invite me next year? I will bring you some good Italian Red and White wine for your chess game 🙂
Sony A7s store links:
Sony A7s in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
Sony A7s in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PL. And Wex UK.
A7s Gariz leather case in [shoplink 27569 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27570 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27571 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 27572 ebay]Orange (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony A6000 store link list:
Sony A6000 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at Amazon US, BHphoto, WexUK.
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore, Sony Canada, WexUK.
Silver A6000 with lens at Amazon US, BHphoto, WexUK.
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT
A6000 Gariz case on eBay in [shoplink 26006 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 26007 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 26008 ebay]Camel (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 26009 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink].
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a7s + a6000 would be my years end buy, but a9 rumors and now soon to come 5ibis a7sii (i think everyone xpect it after a7ii) make me change mi mind, i guess 2015 will be my final year with A mount instead of 2014, sony is at mark 3 speed lol they bring new products so fast that 6 months ago planned years end buys go out of the window, poor me, only buy photo gear at black friday
terrific 2014 year for sony, rumors say 2015 will be even bigger, sony its doing great, meanwhile canon its caching up to last year models with last 4 years old sensor technology and nikon its releasing their defective 5 new model camera in a row lol when they released a non defective one? nikon fans sure can take pain lol
happy new year sony , probably another nigthmare year for canikon
The Canon 6d and 5dmark 3 are really still miles ahead of Sony in build quality , speed and super snappy AF . I have the A7r and really do like the idea of it , but I can not handle the slow start up, the really bad battery life and the build quality . my 40d from way back had better image quality and was way more snappy. Maybe you guys need to actually start taking photos with your cameras instead of sitting around talking about gear .
I am sorry, you said the 40D has better image quality than what? The A7R? If that is what you said then I am not sure who is doing the sitting around talking about the gear part.
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I am sure you take pretty pictures with Sony gear , but I can asure you my 40d was a better photographic tool than the Sony A7 (r) Maybe the Sony has better DR and IQ , but if it does not work when I need it too , I will take the canon any day .
Image quality is overrated, buy Canon. 🙂 Do you realize how stupid that sounds? And I say BS on the 6D and 5DM3 build quality being better than the high end A-mounts, it’s not.
Build quality of the Canons must be better then that of the Sonys. Otherwist the nametag should have left the camera and taking a part of the body with it.
Let’s be honnest what Canon tag should realy want to be on those cameras?
There was a time that Canon was inovative, had the best sensors and all, now it is Sony with those goodies…
Yep, it is. Ever tried one? Try it, you may like it, and it may get your hands off that keyboard.
🙂 That is not what you said in original comment “my 40d from way back had better image quality”
But yes if 40D works better for you than the A7R, I will believe you as it is your personal opinion.
He doesn’t own an A7r, if that were true he wouldn’t be making such ridiculous statements. Another troll with sensor, body and IBIS envy.
Sorry Meep I really do have a A7r and sure it’s ok when all is right , but seriously ? Have you used it ? It is so slow and I am not making it up , I use 5-6 batteries to every one Canon . I really was just googling around to see if anyone else had a work around to get some more battery life
You see my friend, too much reality annoys the geeks here. Loving it.
You need a 40oz to really convince yourself that the 40D is better.
Typical troll with overblown statements and twisted arguments. Explain how something is miles ahead of something else, shove some nonsense about IQ and finish this with a personal attack against all Sony users here. It’s uninspired and boring, if you are trolling. It’s stupid and nonsensical, if you are being serious.
Shut up and learn photography… It will take you years, and get this forum a little less nonsense for a while. Watch out though: you might need to get out and away from your keyboard. New experiences ahead.
All those years of experience brought you here to type these messages? Makes me wonder if those “experiences” gave you a less boring life, seeing your attempt to detract from a brand that you don’t own any product of.
*shrug*
Learn English before attempting snazzy humour…
I learned photography but simply taking pictures of my own asss, standing on a pole and drinking vodka. These newbies today I think call it art. I call it by it’s real name. Ah, drinking and taking pictures of my assss.
Had to make a comment after reading yours, Sony A6000 is miles ahead of the Canon 6D (I have had one) doesn’t deserve to be compared to the A7 family, Canon 5D3 is respectable but lost its charm when the A7S came out. If you said Canon’s lenses are miles ahead of Sony’s than I would believe you. But Canon being on the list for worst camera of the year speaks a lot for their products. But I do hope Canon and Nikon comes out with something to compete with Sony, it’s better for us consumers. in the meantime time Sony is a lot more exciting than Canon.
I think you hit the nail on the head: this is a marketing forum, photography plays no part here. I also made my comparisons and guess what, I don’t own any Sony products.
6D has the build quality of a set of truck nuts. Even worse, the cost in terms of features means your guaranteed to get shafted. Two sides to the same coin…nuts and shaft. Have you handled that thing? It’s absolutely horrendous. I picked it up and though it was a joke. I shot it and thought it was a joke. It’s not a joke:(
Then why bother coming to this SONY forum 😀 ? I guess sony offers you something tha canikon doesnt :).
If they had bothered to review the A77m2 they would have picked it instead of the A6000!
And the updated firmware improves the A77M2 significantly, it’s best in class.
I own both the A77m2 and the A6000. Both are very good high performance cameras with plusses and minuses for each. The A77m2 is a good evolutionary step forward from the A77, even better with the latest firmware update. The A6000 however is the big surprise AF/FPS, 24Ms APS-C performer, in some ways equalling entry level DSLR performance. I believe the A6000 is the camera that has set a new direction for what an inexpensive mirrorless camera can do aka “game changer.”
Cleary Sony is capable of cranking out game-changing camera technology innovations like no other, but unfortunately this is a completely lopsided effort/accomplishment if they can’t crank out equally innovative fast/bright and super tele glass too. What to do, what to do…
Sony makes the best current cameras…but those cameras are not fully compatable with …..debatably….the best lens systems.
An updated laea adapter…to facilitate faster focus…and multiple versionsvof laea adaptors for other lens brands would be a simple effective fix.
The only people who’d benefit from that would be the lawyers. Best we can hope for is a brand like Sigma making an SLT style adapter for their own canon lenses, but even then I’d have doubts about their ability to reverse engineer the tech reliably…
Don’t kid yourself… as long as Sony continues to charge $999 for a 55mm F1.8, lens mfrs like Sigma will have a worthwhile market to compete in.
With a $949 50mm lens?
Point is Canon would sue the moment Sony released it – patent wise it’d be a minefield! Unless, of course, they were willing to license the mount (and the odds of that are remote). Sigma reverse engineers mounts, which presumably is how they avoid litigation, but runs the risk of compatibility issues. Presumably there’s a reason why metabones haven’t released an SLT adapter.
As apposed to the Zeiss OTUS at north $4000. The FE 1.8/55 is an absolute bargain. Just ask the pro-switchers what is the best lens they’ve ever owned (it won’t be some exotic long-lens).
The 55 1.8 is comparatively low cost to the most expensive and over-engineered products so that makes $1k a reasonable price for most people? Let’s be real – nobody wants to pay more than they have to. You’re using an absurd comparison to rationalize the exorbitant prices you have to pay.
$1K for an AF Sony Zeiss prime lens is cheap
$1000 dollars for a prime lens is a bitter pill to swallow, but not unreasonable for a top quality modern autofocus design. There are cheaper alternatives if you don’t mind manual focusing that give great results. The third party lens manufacturers have been slow to accept the reality that FF mirrorless is here to stay. Recent articles seem to indicate that may change and I for one would like to see it happen soon.
Your logic is spot on, but unfortunately Sigma and other third party manufacturers have been dragging their feet on this issue and have only been offering excuses instead of lenses.
It is in our interest as consumers to be able to choose what lenses we put on our cameras.
Sony will have no trouble looking after its own interest even if it ignores ours
But if licensing etc can be resolved there is no question what is in our best interest.
No matter how good a camera is..if it does not work with the lenses you want to use you wont buy it.
This is the brick wall Sony will hot when they try to challenge Canikon market share.
Clear communication about the requirements for future high performance AF to the 3rd party manufactures would be a good start. That would reduce the gap to a handful of exotic primes and the 200-400/4s.
Second worst camera 2014…Canon G1X II……imagine what Canon could have done with it if they were not so obsessed of protecting their DSLR-line…..If there will be a G1X III, it will also be intentionally crippled, no doubt.
Go Sony!!!!
I was hoping they’d tape all those cameras together to make a Voltron. Man, waited all that time and no dice.