Sony discontinues its last DSLRs

Re:Sony discontinues its last DSLRs by ubermonkey on Thursday May 06, 2021 @08:59AM (#27062518)

I'm a pretty enthusiastic hobby photographer, and I jumped on mirrorless systems + EVFs several years back. On the Olympus OM-D E-M10 (and what IS it with Japanese electronics companies and ridiculous nomenclature?), the EVF was absolutely never a problem EXCEPT in that it impacted battery life a bit (solution: a second battery in your pocket).

I upgraded last year to a Sony A7ii, and this one's even better.

The tl;dr is that, at this point, optical viewfinders are overrated. The best EVFs are just as good.

Pros aren't married to glass or to viewfinders, though. They're married to lens mounts. Glass investment dwarfs camera body cost. That's the sticking point.

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Re:Sony discontinues its last DSLRs by jiggliemon on Thursday May 06, 2021 @09:37AM (#27062992)

Get the A73 and you’ll never think about the battery again.

The worst part of the A72 was the battery and the buffer. The A73 made both of those concerns a non-issue.

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Re:Sony discontinues its last DSLRs by ubermonkey on Friday May 07, 2021 @09:20AM (#27075540)

I'm very, very happy with the A7ii, especially at the price point. Battery life is not in my way in any meaningful sense. I have no plans to upgrade.

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