Morning at the beach

Re-edited 6 Feb 2021, post-processing exercise.

 

The natural structures, textures and colors but above all, quality of early morning light.

 

Canon's new FF mirrorless EOS-R at 2mm deeper flange and 54mm diameter vs 46.1mm for Sony E, is there enough space for a sturdy EOS-R to Sony E AF adapter?

 

Flange distances;

1) Nikon Z 16mm

2) Nikon F 46.5mm

3) Sony E 18mm

4) Canon EF 44mm

5) Canon RF 20mm

 

As expected, Canon does not even need to change mount diameter.

 

The EOS-R 50mm f1.2 (Nikon Z version not out till 2020) and 28-70mm f2.0 (won’t be light) are special. Even the new 35mm f1.8 is a macro lens, always wanted a wide angle macro, will blow out the background much better than the new Nikon Z 35mm f1.8S, hopefully it's also good at normal distances.

 

EOS-R body is 660gms, looks like no IBIS though.

 

Nikon Z at 55mm diameter is touted to be great for lenses with corner to corner sharpness but seriously, how many really care for extreme corner sharpness? How often if ever are the extreme corners of interest in a composition!? For fast lenses at f1.8 and below, chances are we shoot for bokeh, what do the corners matter? For landscapes, which decent lens already in the market that does not sharpen up by f8.0?

 

Come on Sony, time to bring out the A9R, add in Eye-AF functionality for birds and animals as well 😂! Nikon Z overhyped but underdelivered, Canon EOS-R zero hype but looked more interesting!

 

Thus far, Canon and Sony gear coexisted well but not Nikon.

 

What Sony needs to fix soonest;

1) RAW

- a) Color

- b) Lossless compression

I find the Sony files more “brittle” while the Nikon files somehow respond better to post-processing and looked more "organic". Perhaps Sony needs a good proprietary RAW developer like Nikon’s NXD. This is the only thing holding me back from disposing all my remaining Nikon stuff.

 

2) Full 14bit in all shooting modes

 

3) 35mm f1.8, seriously!

Done