The A and E-mount US deals reminder.

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1. If anyone from Sony marketing is watching please get serious on the price of the 300mm f/2.8G II. Really, folks! $100 stink’n off?

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   1. It looks more like the usual Amazon “discount” but…I just compared to Canon and Nikon’s offering and Nikon is the cheapest one by far….why?

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2. I’m torn between the two and I don’t know which one to buy. Should I buy a6000 for its compactness or the a77ii for its better features? I want the a77ii but it is too big for me and I would like to travel light.

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   1. What do you need the most? If you need to travel light…then your choice is that you have no choice, right?

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      1. which one you would get if you were to buy one and why? Thanks

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         1. I prefer DSLRs. I tried out an a6000 about 2 weeks ago and it just reconfirmed I don’t like the ergonomics on the e-mount APS-Cs. Since we disagree here, obviously, my argument falls flat.

            My favorite feature with a-mounts is IBIS. Sure, you can get native e-mount lenses with OS but I’ve bought quite a few classic Minolta lenses. Not only are they a real bargain, I really like the classic Minolta colors of the glass. Sure, you can get adapters but that’s a kluge, IMHO.
            I’m thinking about getting the a77II to replace my a65.

            You can’t go wrong with either camera. I’d recommend the a6000 for you since you want small and light.

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         2. If it was between those two? a6000 just because I had a NEX 7 and 5n before and I liked what they did (small cameras, big delivery) What I do have my doubts is that the a6000 has a lower resolution EVF than the NEX 7. Everything else seems to be “better”.

            I wonder why Sony dropped the Tri-Navi interface. I thought it was really good.

            You say a77 II for better features…what features you believe are better and how do they apply to your?

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            1. The a77ii has a feature that compensate for lens diffraction above f8. this feature will make every landscape photography very sharp at small aperture and will have less or no halo effect around the edges. This is the only camera in the world that has that feature and landscape photographers are yet to discover it.

               Also my lenses are mostly A-mount so if I get the a77ii it will be native for me.

               The only thing that’s holding me back from getting it is its weight and bulkiness. The image quality is the same as a6000 but the E-mount lenses with OSS makes the quality a bit less. No lens with OSS is sharp due to its design. The same reason I guess why they didn’t put an OSS on 55mm FE Zeiss.

               I still can’t decide which one to get.

            2. I don’t know how much of a feature is f8 diffraction compensation. To be honest, I find it hard to believe that diffraction can be “compensated” for especially since every lens shows diffraction at different apertures.

               Anyhow…

               You are invested in A-mount and the feature you speak of is something you like so you have a solid care for an a77II

               If you feel like E mount lenses are under-performing, then you have even a bigger case for a77II.

               I find it a bit of a travesty to say that OSS lenses are not sharp because of OSS design. That logic can apply to “every AF lens is also not sharp because of the needs of an AF design” and then you have to say that every lens, including Voigtlander, Zeiss, Leica, is categorically sharper than their AF counterparts. As we now know, a Zeiss 35mm 1.4 ZF is not a better lens than a Sigma 35mm 1.4 by most field reports. Same goes for the RX1 Sonnar compared to the Leica 35mm Summicron (mid zone dip, bussier bokeh at large apertures)

               Can you supply a comparison between an VR/IS/OSS/MEGA OIS lens and its non stabilized counterpart to support the “not sharp” perspective? How about Canon’s new 35mm IS lens compared to the older non IS lens? As I remember, the new design is very sharp and very good. Is Sony’s 35mm OSS worse than the Zeiss 32mm Touit? If so, by how much? and…are they exactly the same design? is price a factor in the design of these lenses to appeal photographers? the RX100 I/II lens is excellent albeit with weaker corners than the new lens in the III (which is also stabilized)

               I think you are looking for excuses to skip a6000 and E mount. I don’t think you are undecided, you just need to justify the DSLR.

               Why not skip all that and get an A7 and get it over with with some great manual focus lenses which will fit perfection in every sense of the word without their AF design compromises and their lack of OSS/VR/IS?

   2. A77II is actually kind of small for a dslr. Have you tried it out?

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3. On the topic of lenses, has anyone noticed that the SAL-70200G2 is listed as discontinued on the U.S. Sonystyle.com site? I was just browsing and I came across it, not that I can afford the dang thing. What is going on?

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   1. Nevermind. They had the title of the new lens (II), but it was actually the first version.

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