Last Tuesday saw me travelling to the flat lands they call the south…it’s not very often I venture down there I have to say. It was with good purpose though, I had been invited down to Sony Europe HQ to check out a lot of their new and upcoming products mainly announced at CES 2014 which you can see here. I have to share an image I took on the way, because it’s so rare but near Luton I was driving into heavy rain but blue skies outside, I knew it was ripe for a rainbow so had the A7R with me and shot this:
James, what a brilliant event to get an invite for but I would be so struck down with G.A.S I would need oxygen lol!
I have just bought myself an RX100 and it is the best small camera I have ever owned. I did consider the mark 2 but couldn’t justify the extra cash as I have also just purchased the new Sigma 24-105mm f4 (Canon fit) and the Sigma dock so it has been an expensive if exciting techie month!
I have read a few reviews of your new camera and am mightily impressed. It is great to see Sony support their cameras with such a large choice of lenses too. How do the Sony lenses compare against Nikon/Canon as far as prices are concerned? Are there any “must have” lenses that you are looking to invest in?
I bet there is some seriously secret squirrel electronics hidden away in Sony’s R&D dept, I expect they pay their staff very well to enforce their silence lol!
Take care mate and looking forward to your next blog post!
Andy
I’ve heard so many good things about the RX100. I’ve often been tempted myself but ultimately know it wouldn’t get much use and I’d miss the viewfinder. Perhaps I shouldn’t moan having something as small as the A7R.
That Sigma also has amazing reviews, so hopefully you will like it!
Sony lenses in either E or A mount tend to be slightly more expensive than Canon and probably a litte in line with Nikon. Second hand they definitely command more and I’m surprised every time I look at Canon lenses to buy. The E mount lenses are also more premium, but they’re metal and also small so a lot of engineering goes into them and I think a lot of people forget that. I’ve got my Zeiss 24-70mm on the way but apart from that not really. I don’t have any specialist lenses etc and they don’t do a tilt shift lens. I’ll be looking to get a Canon TS-E eventually though, so I guess thats a great thing about the metabones.
I have heard nothing but glowing reports for most Zeiss glass and will one day treat myself!
I bet you are like me and stuck inside listening to the storm outside. I shall be glad when some decent weather finally arrives and I can get out properly. In the meantime I am trying to get to grips with Lightroom 5 as my photos were everywhere! At least they are on the same drive now haha.
Take care mate and stay dry!
Andy