Nikon shooter here, yes, I know... a few bodies, both D-SLR and ML, from 24 to 45MP, some good lenses and a thing for portraits, always looking for a smaller body to keep with me along with one or two small prime lenses. I can't do it without a VF so that's the first mandatory requisite, back button AF being another, no big deal about one or two memory cards, if I want redundancy and have to get THE shot I can always use one of my Nikon cameras.
I handled an A6700 in a store, when I put the eye into the VF I immediately set it back and "well, I tried...", a month or so ago a guy left me play with his one and the mounted standard zoom, I was astonished at the AF nonetheless the lens being a kit lens and it being evening and pitch dark, AF was lightning fast and super accurate which is what I look forward to for my kind of portraiture in a semi-candid fashion.
I seem to understand there is no joystick to place the AF point which might be a deterrent being used with my Nikon bodies, also, lenses wise, reading about the Sigma 56 and 35 which is where I always fall in my Nikon lineup, either a 50, 58 or 85 (I own a few 85mm in different flavors), the 56 seems to get very good reviews while the 35 seems not to be that sharp wide open and suffering AF issues, is there any other 50ish equivalent which is sharp wide open?
Any of you who can point out portraits shot wide open within 50-85mm?
There's the Touit 32/1.8, though the AF can be a little on the slow side. If you can deal with something a bit wider, the Sony FE 28/2 is surprising quick and confident. Optically, I'd take either of them over the Sigma 30/1.4.
The Sigma 56 is decent performer, but I went with the Zony 55/1.8 for the significantly lower vignetting, lower distortion, excellent across the frame performance, and spot-on AF.
I haven't heard anything about an update, and I don't really expect one for a year or more. Sony's focus is squarely on FF, so their half-framers tend to lag behind what Fuji, for example, offers. Cameras with significant upgrades and new lenses for the format trickle out in comparison. And, if you're hoping they'll put a half-frame in an different body style, don't hold your breath.
Not usually a prime user or portrait shooter but you might want to look at the Sigma 30/1.4. sort of competes i some ways with the sony 35/1.8. The Sony has OSS, the Sigma doesn't. I don't know off hand how these might do, but the Sony 16-55/2.8 and sigma 18-50/2.8 get to their long ends at f2.8. Not f1.xs but popular lenses.
The A7Rv came along after the A7iv whcic just now has been followed by the A7v. The A6700 followed the A7Rv by 6-9 months or so? That suggests, without and active rumoring that I've seen, for either the A7Rvi or A6xxx of some sort, that we aren't going to get a follow-on soon.
I picked up the 25mm and 35mm f/1.7 lenses from Viltrox when they went 20% off. For about $145 each they are a great deal. Small and light but not weather sealed and don't have an aperture ring. The weather here has been pretty cold and miserable so I haven't had much time with them but first impressions are positive
For portrait work, they have a 75mm f/1.2 Pro (112.5mm equivalent), they actually sent me one by accident and I snapped a few photos before sending it back. It seems to be an excellent lens, it's just much heavier than anything that I want on an aps-c camera. There's a 56mm f/1.2 Pro as well for a more usual 84mm equivalent.
One way around not having a joystick is to have a button set for touch screen on/off and set touch to tracking focus. Hit the button, touch where you want to focus, toggle it off, then focus. It does require taking the camera away from your face but it can get pretty quick once you get used to it. I almost always am using continuous tracking AF. You can almost get away with just keeping the focus point in the middle and use focus - recompose method and the tracking will stick on the subject very well.
GiovanniAprea wrote:
Is there any update of the A6700 by the horizon?
If sony follows the same pattern as the current generation, then the ZV-E10 and FX30 successor will get released before the a6700 successor, but who knows what will really happen
