neurorx wrote in post #19085007
I am there with you. I am torn between getting a 1D3 or A9II. I will certainly get the R5, but I doubt it will have the low light capabilities that I am hoping for.
I shoot indoor/night time sports, events mostly. Some outdoor portrait work but I prefer natural vs formal portraits.
I've been using a 5DIV and have been Canon since I have been shooting digital, but this is a difficult decision.
Besides build and buffer, what makes you say a 1DX3 is better than an A9ii? I'm contemplating one or the other and I see strengths in both. One big draw is the price and I can get a A9ii and 200-600mm lens for the same price as a 1DX3.
I'm impressed on the 1DX3 wildlife picture quality here and Canon colors can't be beat.
Couple things that stood out to me when I forayed into Sony land:
1. Build quality is not similar. In fact, it's not even close, which you already know.
2. I don't care for using SD cards for recording images that matter. Personally, I've had too many fail.
3. Sony's glass isn't bad, but it's not Canon's. I had a ton of trouble getting my lenses to work adapted on either the A7III, A74, A9 or A9II. Apparently, I am in the minority, but I had little success and it was documented by my local camera store. That said, 3rd party glass seems to work really well in the native mount. Adapting is not the way to go.
4. The menu system is a little wonky, but not terrible. Definitely not as well laid out and organized as Canon. There's some things that took an extra step or two with Sony, but nothing major.
5. If you use flash, this is where I hit the breaking point. Sony trigger with Godox lights and I was getting all kinds of weird firings. Sometimes, lights would just start flashing for no reason. Sometimes, they wouldn't flash period. Sometimes they worked perfect. Never could get an explanation on what was going on or why.
6. The fold out screen is a pretty nifty tool if you think you might use it. Can definitely be helpful at times.
All that said, the one thing that always brings me back to the 1D-series bodies is the images. Even among Canon cameras, there's something about the 1D images that just stands out and separates them from the rest. The same holds true in Nikon land for their D-series camera. The Sony images are good (outside some weird color at times), but the images from a 1D body just have a little something extra. It's like Canon's secret sauce.
