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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: Chairman Bill on April 24, 2017, 06:21:24 pm

Title: I'd probably buy one
Post by: Chairman Bill on April 24, 2017, 06:21:24 pm
Would you? Sony a7R II turned into a Contax a7R II
Title: Re: I'd probably buy one
Post by: NancyP on April 25, 2017, 02:34:25 pm
You posted this 23 days too late!   ;D
Title: Re: I'd probably buy one
Post by: Chairman Bill on April 25, 2017, 03:01:18 pm
Yep, but I'd still buy a Contax mirrorless digital camera of that quality. Sony make TVs & DVD players. I just can't take them seriously as a camera marque, hoever good the product might be.
Title: Re: I'd probably buy one
Post by: BernardLanguillier on April 25, 2017, 05:34:19 pm
My friend doesn't buy Canon printers on the grounds that they make cameras. ;)

Cheers,
Bernard
Title: Re: I'd probably buy one
Post by: pixjohn on April 26, 2017, 05:10:22 am
I hope you did not buy an iPhone or Beats Headphones because Apple makes mac pro's, wait a second they abandoned us pro's. I guess I should not buy a mac pro because Apple only makes iPhones.

Quote from: Chairman Bill on April 25, 2017, 03:01:18 pm
Yep, but I'd still buy a Contax mirrorless digital camera of that quality. Sony make TVs & DVD players. I just can't take them seriously as a camera marque, hoever good the product might be.
Title: Re: I'd probably buy one
Post by: Farmer on April 26, 2017, 06:30:41 am
Sony make professional video equipment, among other things, and have done for decades.  It's a little silly ignoring them as a marque, particularly as they bought the heritage of Minolta (via Konica).

But to each their own, I suppose.
Title: Re: I'd probably buy one
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on April 26, 2017, 08:30:17 am
Quote from: Farmer on April 26, 2017, 06:30:41 am
Sony make professional video equipment, among other things, and have done for decades.  It's a little silly ignoring them as a marque, particularly as they bought the heritage of Minolta (via Konica).

But to each their own, I suppose.

Indeed. Add to that the fact that they make the best sensors out there, plus the fact that they are partners with ZEISS, you end up with a powerful imaging cocktail:)
Title: Re: I'd probably buy one
Post by: Rhossydd on April 26, 2017, 08:31:49 am
Quote from: Farmer on April 26, 2017, 06:30:41 am
Sony make professional video equipment, among other things, and have done for decades.
Quite, they're the standard that others are judged by. The major difference is that support for Sony Broadcast kit is pretty good. However their consumer product support here in the UK is dire beyond belief.
Title: Re: I'd probably buy one
Post by: Telecaster on April 26, 2017, 03:59:46 pm
I wish there was a mirrorless Y/C mount Contax. I can use my Sony like that with an adapter, as in the pic (minus cosmetic mods), but it lacks auto aperture diaphragm control.

-Dave-
Title: Re: I'd probably buy one
Post by: scooby70 on April 27, 2017, 02:56:57 am
Quote from: Chairman Bill on April 25, 2017, 03:01:18 pm
Yep, but I'd still buy a Contax mirrorless digital camera of that quality. Sony make TVs & DVD players. I just can't take them seriously as a camera marque, hoever good the product might be.

Am I reading a post from an adult allowed out on his own?

I really am tired of reading drivel like this.
Title: Re: I'd probably buy one
Post by: Bo_Dez on May 02, 2017, 05:56:10 am
Quote from: scooby70 on April 27, 2017, 02:56:57 am
Am I reading a post from an adult allowed out on his own?

I really am tired of reading drivel like this.

Brand perception is an very long studied and legitimate phenomenon.
Title: Re: I'd probably buy one
Post by: Chairman Bill on May 04, 2017, 05:09:45 am
Quote from: scooby70 on April 27, 2017, 02:56:57 am
Am I reading a post from an adult allowed out on his own?

I really am tired of reading drivel like this.

Feel free to go back to your crayons and those attempts to not colour outside the lines