I had a long go with a Sony today and, because of the current price of the Sony at around £1k (hundreds cheaper than the Fuji) thought I'd write the following notes.
I used the Fuji with the 35mm f1.4 and the Sony with the Zeiss 35mm F2.8. No, not quite equivalent.
1) I thought the Sony was faster. It seemed to hunt less. The Fuji has more focus points and it is possible that the face detection works better. It would be interesting to have made the comparison using one of the Fuji F2 lenses.
2) Image quality was broadly similar with the Sony producing more colour noise but with the suspicion that the Fuji was doing something in the software.
3) Low light is within a hairsbreadth of each other. There seemed to be little full frame advantage.
4) The Shutter is a little loud but not close to being as bad as the reviews. It is a deeper noise than the Fuji.
5) The buffer is good for both cameras, despite the Sony's age.
6) Colours were better on the Fuji in my purely subjective opinion but close. The Sony was the more saturated, Fuji subtler.
7) The viewfinder was larger on the Sony. I didn’t come to any opinion as to which was better.
8) The ergonomics were better on the Fuji, as you would expect.
If I were buying today, I might well go for the Sony, particularly at the current price which is so much cheaper than the Fuji.
I used the Fuji with the 35mm f1.4 and the Sony with the Zeiss 35mm F2.8. No, not quite equivalent.
1) I thought the Sony was faster. It seemed to hunt less. The Fuji has more focus points and it is possible that the face detection works better. It would be interesting to have made the comparison using one of the Fuji F2 lenses.
2) Image quality was broadly similar with the Sony producing more colour noise but with the suspicion that the Fuji was doing something in the software.
3) Low light is within a hairsbreadth of each other. There seemed to be little full frame advantage.
4) The Shutter is a little loud but not close to being as bad as the reviews. It is a deeper noise than the Fuji.
5) The buffer is good for both cameras, despite the Sony's age.
6) Colours were better on the Fuji in my purely subjective opinion but close. The Sony was the more saturated, Fuji subtler.
7) The viewfinder was larger on the Sony. I didn’t come to any opinion as to which was better.
8) The ergonomics were better on the Fuji, as you would expect.
If I were buying today, I might well go for the Sony, particularly at the current price which is so much cheaper than the Fuji.
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