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3.0 out of 5 starsGreat battery and IBIS, but comes up short elsewhere
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2019
The pros make for a great shooter, but at this price range there are other cameras with fewer of the cons listed below that make for better video cameras (like Panasonic's Lumix). I, for one, would not miss the EVF and would appreciate a larger LCD screen overall and flash. Currently using with 20mm 2.8 and Sigma 18-35mm 1.8 for Canon EF with MC-11 adapter.
PROS:
-Good battery life
-IBIS
-Fastest AF, with eye-af
-Mic/headphone ports for videoographers
-Ability to lock dials
-Up to 3 modes to toggle for the top and rear dials (can toggle to use dials to adjust a setting like ISO, AF mode, etc)
-Dedicated video record button
CONS:
-Hard to reach back button (menu is back button)
-Touch screen doesn't work on menus (just for AF)
-Largest aspect ratio setting is 3:2 but display screen is 16:9 so there are black bars on the left and right of the display. The display should have ben 3:2 instead.
-Older Sony sensor. Competitors have better sensors with more MP (see next 2 points)
-Limited 4K movie modes, only 30p in 4K. Only 8-bit
-Rolling shutter, not good for serious vloggers
-No flash (would rather have a small pop-up flash instead of the EVF)
-EVF black outs during capture (unlike some competitors)
-Selfie LCD screen is blocked by hotshoe accessories (need smallrig coldshoe relocators for vlogging, but this misses out on hot features)
-Only 1 card slot, only UHS-I (slow buffer speeds, unable to operate anything other than shoot, while clearing buffer memory)
-In-camera level doesn't do straight up or down
-Boxy ergonomics
-Memory recall modes don't recall settings for modes other than 1 or 2. Not so useful when switching cameras (want to recall all settings for modes M, A, S, movie, etc). Also doesn't save ALL camera settings.
-C2 and C1 buttons should be swapped
