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R10 seems like a hard sell to me, much smaller buffer/battery, single slot. For what's on offer there really I think the price is far too high. 1 Grand odd isn't going to fly for most for an "entry level" camera. Lot of DSLR's hit the spot at half that price, that's the sweet spot. If came...

That shop in Japan is the business! Would be fun to wander around there. I've not really taken it in yet, it seems as I would expect going for the 7D crowd with the R7. The R10 is sort of "expensive entry level" to me, I can see how it might appeal as a more budget friendly option. Yet tho...

Both feel good, I can't knock the A99 for the grip and feel. It is a comfortable camera to hold. It's perhaps a bit larger than some like, then again it's not that heavy either. It might be the steadyshot making it thicker, today perhaps it wouldn't be as they clearly can make small MILC with thin b...

Sigma 105mm HSM OS is excellent too, though heavier. It's around used on A Mount as well
Quite a lot heavier, surprised me, can't fault the optics at all

A quick side by side...not a big difference, A99 slightly lighter, D780 is a bit thinner and not as wide, OVF hump makes it a touch taller.

Canon didn't really have many EF-M lenses, I expect people were adapting EOS stuff mostly or using some of the third party/other adapters. Still it is odd, if they do call time on it - as it's been a strong seller from what I hear. I suppose they want to unify the mount. I'm still of the view, that ...

One thing I have noted, the additional sealing on the DSLR. The A99 has a bare cover for the battery compartment, and no seals around the memory card slot (though it does have a lip which should prevent water seeping in). The sealing is much more obvious on the Nikon, right around the card compartme...

Yes a good Pentaprism is quite bright. The old 7 film has an exceptional one at 0.80x magnification, huge. Though it's not 100% coverage This is still very good though 0.70x about normal for this type of camera. There are larger ones aka D850 etc, just a bit overkill for me pixels and weight. It's i...

I was out shooting some marathon photos again.. I took both the A99 and D780 out. The plan was to use as I have done the 100-200mm mostly and the A99 - then I thought I would so some wide angle stuff with the 28mm F1.8 and the Nikon body. The 80-200mm is gone, much as I liked that lens. I'm down to ...

Much will depend on prices. If this new "R7" is expensive ie well over 2 grand, then bar dedicated wildlife shooters might bite, few others will. The other model, single slot I assume is a more affordable APS-C, how much more affordable we don't know. At 2 grand prices or near there, I hav...

BTW we now have some angst with APS-C E mount users pondering their own fate. A very comical post from one person https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4646352 "Sony tend to be upfront about products and don't tend to leave customers in the lurch" Wow that's about as far from reality as i...

Your probably right, I recently invested in a Canon M5, love it, easy to hold and operate, you also get a FS adaptor in the kit. The kit lens is a very good performer compared to most other brand kit lenses. Negative side, poor lens selection so far. but I can hang a couple of FS lenses on the fron...

I adjusted the exposure in the A99 to compensate for the difference Screenshot 2022-05-11 100537.jpg The A99 is broadly in line with modern APS-C sensors for low light performance, that is my experience. When I had the A6300 there was very little difference between them. It is very close to the Cano...

It's weird, but you get used to it. Same for the live view, I put the camera up to my face - when in live view and the result is darkness! I spent so long using SLT/EVF's it's habit I think!. I was, and continue to use the KM5D, prior to this to get used to it again. I don't find it "horrible a...

It's perhaps a better camera than some of the reviews give it credit for - I can see some of the complaints, on paper it doesn't seem like a big step up from a D750. There are a lot of improvements, the live view in particular. It becomes more obvious with playing around, using the touch screen is a...