Yep. To my own surprise really. Traded in my A7Riii at my local camera shop and bought a Sony A7C, silver, with the 28 to 60 kit lens.
Forty two MP traded in for 24. I expect, but haven’t tested it yet, to see better high iso capability and better dynamic range. Don’t care much about the DR gain, I thought the A7R just fine, but an improvement at high iso would be great.
Focus is loads better that’s for sure. My main camera is an A9 so thats kind of my standard. The A9 is still better. The tracking focus in video is fantastic on the A7c and that’s was my hope. I need that to be very good.
Honestly I never got on with the A7Riii. I haven’t needed the MPs in years and too many compromises made for that pixel count in that camera for my taste. My plan is to look at the A1 at the end of the year and decide if I need it.
I’m happy with the form factor of the little A7c. Seems fine to me. Set it up and mapped the buttons I need to suit how shoot. Simple really. I’m comfortable with the Sony menus. Kit lens is a tidy little thing and will be useful when hiking and when shooting in dangerous places.
Annoyed it won’t tether with C1 v20. Now I have to upgrade. I need that in the studio. I use C1 only for tethering so wasn’t keen on that upgrade. Seems unavoidable.
I’m flying up to the Namibian border to shoot video and stills of an armoured personal carrier on Monday and Tuesday. Let’s see how that goes with my new equipment. Lots of testing and set up to do in the next two days.