I haven’t abandoned my Sony A7r yet. Even though I now own the Fuji X100T and X-T1, I still carry the Sony A7r with me on my bigger trips since it’s truly a master of image quality. But at the same time, I’m really happy about my decision to switch over to the Fuji X-T1 APS-C camera. The lenses are smaller and more compact, creating an all-around lighter kit. And honestly, unless I’m looking at the images at 100%, I can’t see any difference in image quality. I like Fuji’s color profiles quite a bit more.
I know a lot of photographers do print large on occasion, so I won’t bash the Sony A7r even though it has a bad lens mount that never feels solid, causes lenses to rattle, suffers from shutter shock, has poor weather sealing, a cheap magnesium alloy body, and has a flimsy LCD screen that forms bubbles under it after only a few months of use. But it still can take a good photo and has its place in my kit. I even sold a print earlier this year at 60″ x 40″; in that case, I was really glad I shot it on the A7r.
Walt Disney Concert Hall – Sony A7r
I brought along the A7r to shoot around Downtown Los Angeles. I haven’t shot down here since my 5Dmkii days and wanted to start getting updated shots with my newer gear. I also didn’t have a lens wide enough on my Fuji to pull this off.
If you come to Los Angeles to shoot this building, you can get a few looks out of it. One looks like this, which is well after sunset. The surrounding tungsten lights illuminate the building, casting an orange light on it.
If you go right at sunset or just before, the natural light will blend with the tungsten lights, and the building will be bluer with areas of gold, like in my photo here from 2012.
Camera: Sony A7r
Lens: Rokinon 14mm
ISO 100, F11, 15sec
