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it could be. i think we're very much in uncharted waters so it's hard to know what to expect. my thinking is there are a fair number of things they could get via a spec bump and it would also allow them to differentiate a bit as well as give them breathing room for the next major thing.
that's fair. i think you are right, this isn't going to fly off shelves. but you have to get a foothold with new tech and this gives them a starting point.
this part i definitely don't agree with. there's room for a huge amount of improvements, esp. in af* and dynamic range.
Weren't we all shooting 18-24MP FF DSLR cameras like 1DXII and D5 etc and paying $6500 just a few short years ago?
OK, that is a game changer. Its going to bring a bit of life back into the flash market too.
Photo mechanic is a game changer.
They really only doing those three things? If so that’s super disappointing!
Isn't the high sync speed only applicable to hotshoe mounted speedlights, though? If you can only go up to 1/500 with your various mounted lights I'm not so sure how widely used this is going to be. For most forms of artificially lit photography the location of your light sources is far, far, far, far more important than things like flash duration. You could have a flash that perfectly replicates the sunlight of whatever time of day you want but if photographers can't place it where they want nobody would use it.
No, it would be all strobes controlled by the camera.
Hmm, you're the first to say this. Every other time this has come up over several different discussions on several different forums, it's been agreed that it only applies to the speedlight.
Really? OK, I am not a Sony shooter ATM so I will shut up.
But if true, that would be rather unusual.
Yeah, as far as I know the Profoto Pro-11 studio pack is the only that reaches that short of duration, but it's $17,000. Like godox, broncolor, etc 2400W+ studio packs are barely getting down to 1/20,000th. The Profoto D2 monolight can get to 1/63,000th, but the power will be minuscule with that. The problem getting such short flash duration is that you need to start with such a massively powerful flash to start with because the short durations are like 1/128th power etc. Would be really interesting to see what the flash market will do in response to this.
HSS can be used with off camera monolights and stuff as well. I shoot portraits and frequently use my location monolights in HSS mode so I can shoot at higher shutter speeds and control the ambient light more. The problem with HSS is that it reduces the effective power of your flash and lengthens the flash duration, so you lose light and motion freezing power when you use them in HSS mode. Since switching to mirrorless I've started used clip-in ND filters over the sensor to control the ambient and keep out of HSS mode, thus giving me more flash power and more motion freezing if that's something I need.
I'm in the same boat with my 300mm f/2.8 VRii now that I'm not a high school marching band photographer. However, back when I was, I used that lens a lot!
They do seem to be very capable of emptying our wallets, don't they?
Yep. I still have one and it was great on a D500 with a TC1.4 but it is now my least used lens.
yupSame here. I have shot with the A1 for two years and never went above 20 frames per second. I mean for crying out loud if you went out for one hour you would have six or 7000 photos lolif you need 120 frames a second to capture anything there’s something bad wrong and you might as well shoot video
Yes, this is how HSS works in general, but from what I have read the HSS on the new Sony body will only sync to up to 1/500 with external flashes. I could be mistaken, but I've seen it discussed in a few places and that's been the general consensus. Unfortunately the thread on another forum that had the clearest discussion of this seems to have been removed, presumably because the title was considered too inflammatory.
You're right. But I thought the R3's price was sort of outlandish as well. It's probably just my Nikon bias, although Nikon definitely has a huge pricing advantage right now after the Z8.
