£799 + 100 cashback, so £699. That's quite a camera for the money. I have one and love it for legacy lenses. The new Sony 28mm f2 lens is a good starter lens if you want af for reasonable money though.
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Got a Nikon D7000 and 2 lens last year but the resale price wouldn't get me near this plus one lens :-)
I can't afford the camera, never mind wanting the adapter with it as well.
isn't this a better deal?
It's a grey import and therefore wouldn't qualify for the Sony Cashback or EU warranty. Good price though.
No.
That's a grey import.
Another note is that the SLRHut one is a US version and outputs NTSC only and is not switchable to PAL but usually not a problem as it's easy enough to convert the videos anyhow.
Although this deal is £60 more expensive, I probably would have gone for this instead if it was available at the time.
PS Great camera - even more so at this price! FE lenses can be expensive though so you have to factor this in for a complete system.
I love the image coming from this camera, even the really high ISO stuff is nice, the grain has a nice film like quality to it that makes you want to leave it as it is instead of smothering it with noise reduction. I've seen some fantastic gritty B&W stuff at ISO 12,800 and 25,600! The lower ISO settings give squeaky clean images of course and the low noise floor means you can raise shadows in post processing with hardly any impact on noise (great dynamic range) if you try and do that with a Canon sensor it gets real ugly.
This is probably the best full frame bargain out there apart from Canon 5D classics going for silly money second hand on ebay. Totally different cameras though.
Nikon D70+, D600+ and D7000+ will use older Nikon lenses, so nothing special in that respect.
If you want a camera for video go for a Nikon.
Exactly. Nikon can use lenses built only for the Nikon mount. This, on the other hand, can use lenses built for basically any mount that's ever existed.
Then look for a Pansonic G6 over the next few weeks as they are being cleared for the new G7 model. Although this will blow it away for stills, in the video dept. the G6 will be better for you - and you can use any cheap lens you want with a £10-£20 adapter.
I'm in the same position, waiting on a A77mkII hitting the refurb outlet at the same time as a discount voucher.
Thanks, that clears that up. Added level of confusion but extra arty farty options to toy with any glass setup. Whilst keeping in mind that you may need multiple adapters.
So only really of use for people with old lenses laying around or heart set on finding old glass and relevant sacrifices.
Nothing wrong with being ignorant, just don't pretend you're not.
Sony been popping out quality camera bodies for years, admittedly their lenses are often overpriced but they cover a segment others don't.
Really annoying reading comments from stupid ignorant people who quite frankly don't know a jot about the subject matter.
since when is Nikon a go to for a good video camera? Panasonic G & GH series, expensive canon 5d / 1d series and this sony a7 are always the go to in video DSLR
I suspect I'm not wrong, I certainly wasn't being deliberately 'ignorant'.
You wouldn't buy a Nikon TV or a Canon phone (if they made them) if it were priced at the higher end of the market, so why would you choose a Sony camera? My suspicion is that you have a Sony camera and feel the need to justify your choice.
If you look at media professionals, i.e. newspaper photographers, I doubt you would ever see them carrying a Sony 'SLR'.
Yeah, if you get advice from a deals forum for cameras you are stupid. The nikon is the worst of the big three when it comes to video. Go Sony if you want decent autofocus, or Canon for the lenses are you biggest factor (they know have the STM lenses but still not as good at the DST technology).
Just a guess but I reckon this deal isn't for you in any way shape or form.
Mirrorless cameras are the future and Sony make the best ones. Good deal!
Personally would buy the Mk2 version with in-body image stabilisation.
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I'd say the Sony a7s seems like the best for video; mind numbingly impressive ISO performance.
Absolutely it's a relatively niche market, but it's definitely important to consider for some people. I have a Nikon D600 and recently gained possession of an old M42-mount 135mm / f2.0 from my grandfather. Modern versions cost an arm and a leg, so it would be lovely to be able to use it, but an adaptor that would let me use the lens at infinite focus would decrease image quality and be around £80, whereas if I had the Sony a7, for example, an adaptor would cost less than £10 with no reduction in image quality. It really can be a useful quality.
2nd'd, im on the hunt for an A7S to replace my 5dmkii
Wasn't it still Minolta back then?