The Switch-Nikon DSLR to Sony Mirrorless, 5 Reasons a Photographer Changed, WPPI 2015 w/Jason Lanier
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Interesting video, worth watching, though maybe more suited for canikon forum. I find it hard to believe how little people understand about the technology in cameras and how features affect the experience and results. I don’t think Sony helps either though, lack of education or support for sales channels, consumers etc. Perhaps Sony needs to get as serious with the sales side as they are with the development side. If Sony has a great product story to tell they need to get busy telling it.
For me, forget everything else he says, the one point, weight, in itself was enough for me to drop my D800E. Its not just the weight of the camera, but the camera bag with lens etc etc its too much. Add to that all the other amazing features and wow.
I don’t understand this guy, first he talks about the A6000 as a disposable camera ( if it gets wet and bracke get new it only 500 bugs ) . Then he says you can use your lenses on the sony camera but 5 min later tells he got rid of his lenses for a full migration to Sony.
I approve of this message….would have liked to see the A77II but….good stuff.
Any of the Sony artisans uses any A-mount cameras or all of them are using E-mount?
I guess they have to. at least until someting better will be released which Sony has the focus on.
Brian Smith said the A99 was his workhorse. He worked also on a book about the A7.
it really detracts from the experience, as Lanier also points out. I still have my canon & lenses, but they’re gathering dust. why waste all that effort when I can get the same or better results with lighter gear?
Because you can’t get the results pros get in really challenging environments – fast paced event coverage in low light. I shot Sony before, now Canon, wanted to add a7S to my kit and decided against it for now. I had a shoot out with a7S, a6000 and 5Dmk3 – 70-200mm F4 Sony E mount and Canon 70-200mm F2.8 ll – there was no noticeable advantage in ISO performance up to 12800 and a7S lagged behind in Focus and shutter release speed big time, not to mention the lack of good flash system. a7s is a cool little camera, Sony will get my attention when they make these cameras work fast and have a nice battery to drive it.
good morning guys !
Not incompatible.
I liked it when Sony was considered the underdog to the other two brands, but now we have all the bellends that used to shoot Nikon ‘bigging up’ our brand, just look at youtube and it’s strewn with hat wearing old nikonians jabbering on about the wonders of Sony….please just shut up and shoot, i don’t want to hear about why you ‘switched’ or ‘married’ another brand, in fact nobody does. Now all the tools that used to wax lyrical about their brand (canon,nikon) being better than others are now in our camp doing the same, Noooooo
500 bucks for a body IS peanuts for a pro, which he happens to be. And the rest is simple. If you are a canikon shooter today, ALL your lenses _can_ be used on the A6000 (or any E-mount camera for that matter). But if you want the best ease of use and smoothest work flow, you might be better off buying into E-mount lenses from Sony or Zeiss. Not that hard was it?
I’m not sure he is talking to pro’s, 500$ are 500$ and should be considered as such.
why not tell about his sinkness using nikon lenses on stage?
Depends on the lenses. You can go light, too with D750 and Nikon G lenses easily. As long as I don’t have a 70-200/2.8 and reliable and FAST AF-C in all lighting situations with my A7ii or successors, I will not fully switch. For certain types of shooting, the A7 series is sufficient, but for wedding or fast toddlers I still prefer the Nikon FF system by a wide margin. I don’t find my D810 very heavy either, to be honest. If you do paid work, it is no problem bringing it to the location, too. It is a different story when hiking in the mountains, of course.
Hikings not the problem. It’s when you have to start pulling that stuff up to your eye every few minutes- like event photography. KILLER. I can hike for a few hours with a big DSLR and heavy lens hanging from my hand. However, one hour of serious shooting in a wedding per se and my back is telling me to go F myself.
So far we are still young enough to handle situations like this. As we use primes mostly, it is not very heavy (for a short moment where the 70-200/2.8 is used by my wife). The big guns are use for portrait sessions, where things are more comfortable. But I plan on buying the Zeiss Batis 85/1.8. I expect a lot from this lens (MTF curves look great).
in your camp? Are we in war or somethin? I’m moving from nikon to sony ( for a7’s), but i’m keeping an aye on fuji. I only want a low weight high quality FF camera. And for now only sony providing this. I’m gonna enjoy it a few years again for sure, i’m waiting the next zeiss batis. I’m really happy and he’s right the tilt screen is somethin huge for composition. For my kind of pics it’s just great, and now i really want to make pics everytime. And yes the a6000 couldbe a really good second camera with a7’s!
What’s up with all this “your brand – my brand” stuff. They are just tools from different manufacturers. I really don’t see why it always has to be an either-or question. It is retarded to be “loyal” to a brand. You just buy the tools that get the job done best in your opinion, and the brand should matter f*ckall.
actually if you watch the video until the end, he is using the most cheapest classic minolta A-mount lenses like the “beercan” and the 50 f1,7 with adapters, because he thinks he is getting great results on full frame with cheap alternatives, which is the point of his presentation…
I think you have nailed some interesting point when you said that Sony should get more serious on the sales side of the business… I am from Chile and over here is very hard to get Sony gear (lenses and top of the line cameras), and every time I ask, the sellers just say that’s Sony the one that should be more proactive and getting to them his products and investing like Cannon and Nikon…
Well, it is a personality thing but this guy gave me the creeps. Snake oil sounding even if the product is legit.
Well he talks the talk and then walks the walk showing the work to backup his statements, which I find refreshing. How is that snake oil?
Well in fact it isn’t snake oil, I said the product was legit. I just find him distasteful. As I said, it was just a personality thing.
You didn’t watch the video did you?
Did you watch the video? He makes some intelligent arguments and his gear goes through heavy use. In his previous video he actually took the time to organize a presentation around mirror less technology. That’s more than can be said from 99% of YouTubers who just want to measure-bate over their gear in front of a public audience.
With a shrinking camera market, I think we should be praising anyone who draws attention to the gear we love- even if they’re not as polished as we’d like.
Yes agreed! There are a few sponsored professional photographers who have a direct line back to Sony, who when asked by Sony, tell it as it is reference what works and what doesn’t in the current designs, this a good thing. Our community would be better served “interacting and communicating” with these guys at every opportunity rather than pulling them down every chance it gets. Remember how badly this board went off on Bob Krist, not seen him around since!
This guy has been pulling on Sony’s D for a while so it looks like he finally is getting a paycheck from it. Instead of bragging so much he should really step his photography, Editing, and The weird OCD poses he does with his “Models”. SOME of his shots are OK but the ones that are OK he just ruins with his editing skills. This guy is a candle in the sun compared to my Image making skills.
Extremely cocky and disturbing person. Love my Sony though! 🙂
yes, very cocky. It seems the way Sony is trying to get people onboard is by saying stupid to anyone else using a DSLR
How about a link to some of your work for some peer review, back up the tough talk with some results.
I agree he is a bit intimidating and self assured, but his work speaks for its self.
.Fun presentation, but notice how almost every shot has heavy vignetting and/or poor corner distortion. No thanks
I don´t understand this guy, I saw some videos of him recomending to buy a E mount camera then using A mount lenses, I don´t understand it, want to use A mount lenses use a a77II..
WPPI is for professional wedding photographer’s, so he is talking to pro’s.
It’s how he edits, many edit their pictures that way, not that you can accurately judge corner performance on YouTube, if it gets him clients that is all that matters.