Budgieboots
Well-known member
Hello,
I am looking for some real-world advice and experience.
I am considering purchasing either a Canon 5D mark iv or Sony A7rII for purely the purpose of taking posed and candid stills at corporate events or weddings where I have to move around quickly.
I am not interested in recording video with them, as I have other Sony video cameras that work well enough for me.
I am upgrading from a Canon T3i (ha!) - and am looking for something with competent auto-focus in low to dim light that will help me capture hand shakes, faces and hugs very quickly, and be reliably in focus without me having to go manual and fiddle with it consistently.
I would love to be able to aim in the general direction of a person's face and be able to count on the auto-focus to do it's job.
My Canon T3i workflow involves a lot of work doing noise reduction and sharpening in camera raw -- and focusing with it almost always has to be done manually because the AF is quite slow.
I understand the Sony A7rII is much smaller than the Canon 5D mark iv, and image quality wise, it sounds like their roughly the same, with the Sony being slightly cleaner at higher ISO's-- but how does the auto focus hold up between the two? Which is more intuitive and easier to shoot with? I want to just use a stills camera that I won't feel frustrated with and that I can rely on.
Thanks!
I am looking for some real-world advice and experience.
I am considering purchasing either a Canon 5D mark iv or Sony A7rII for purely the purpose of taking posed and candid stills at corporate events or weddings where I have to move around quickly.
I am not interested in recording video with them, as I have other Sony video cameras that work well enough for me.
I am upgrading from a Canon T3i (ha!) - and am looking for something with competent auto-focus in low to dim light that will help me capture hand shakes, faces and hugs very quickly, and be reliably in focus without me having to go manual and fiddle with it consistently.
I would love to be able to aim in the general direction of a person's face and be able to count on the auto-focus to do it's job.
My Canon T3i workflow involves a lot of work doing noise reduction and sharpening in camera raw -- and focusing with it almost always has to be done manually because the AF is quite slow.
I understand the Sony A7rII is much smaller than the Canon 5D mark iv, and image quality wise, it sounds like their roughly the same, with the Sony being slightly cleaner at higher ISO's-- but how does the auto focus hold up between the two? Which is more intuitive and easier to shoot with? I want to just use a stills camera that I won't feel frustrated with and that I can rely on.
Thanks!