E-mount tele zoom comparisons.
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 4:30 pm
New to the Sony system, but impressed with results so far from my A7R, I have gone further and experimented to find the best tele-zoom I have available. I also bought the A6000, following the suggestion from David Kilpatrick that he found the tele more functional on the A6000; I needed a second body anyway and that camera's smaller size provided other advantages.
So, with a Minolta 100-300 APO mounted via a LA-EA4, a Nikon 70-300 via a nikon- e-mount adapter and a Sony SEL18200, I have compared their performance at almost infinity, focussing manually, tripod mounted and hand-held. I have endeavoured to keep shutter speeds above the critical range to avoid the 'shutter shake' so well documented.
And the results? The Nikon is good when it is good, but, perhaps as the heaviest and everything manual, it is difficult to get consistent sharp images. The Minolta is better but the Sony is the best. Generally, the A6000 is the better of the 2 cameras, except with the Sony; when the smaller image from the A7R/Sony 18200 is enlarged to the same image size as the result from the A6000, it is MUCH better, even hand held.
I am surprised by these findings and wonder if others have made the same observations.
So, with a Minolta 100-300 APO mounted via a LA-EA4, a Nikon 70-300 via a nikon- e-mount adapter and a Sony SEL18200, I have compared their performance at almost infinity, focussing manually, tripod mounted and hand-held. I have endeavoured to keep shutter speeds above the critical range to avoid the 'shutter shake' so well documented.
And the results? The Nikon is good when it is good, but, perhaps as the heaviest and everything manual, it is difficult to get consistent sharp images. The Minolta is better but the Sony is the best. Generally, the A6000 is the better of the 2 cameras, except with the Sony; when the smaller image from the A7R/Sony 18200 is enlarged to the same image size as the result from the A6000, it is MUCH better, even hand held.
I am surprised by these findings and wonder if others have made the same observations.