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I think it was Graham Whistler who showed some lovely photo`s taken in Africa with a Nikon rig,but has now a Sony, ..so why is that one better ?
Personally I stay with the SLR and have in recent years heavily invested in VR lenses as I rely heavily on Nikon`s famed reliability.
Sorry missed that question…
The fact is at the time the A1 came out no one else was offering the speed and accuracy of focusing ( including its impressive bif eye lock on) that it could achieve …..plus a ‘black out free’ viewfinder.
Nikon mirrorless Z cameras were unacceptable. So with bird photography in mind, both Graham and I switched to Sony.
But in the time honoured tradition, as soon as one manufacturer shows their hand, the others, who had been sitting on their own developments while milking the customers as much as possible with existing stock, suddenly had to release their future releases, sooner! And so it goes on.
I am happy to stay with Sony for the time being! But if the time comes when I don’t feel as able to handle long lenses or indeed my interest in wildlife photography wanes, then I would again consider a change to something that better suited my needs. I am sure that I would not go back to Nikon as I feel that ‘boat has sailed’ and in all honesty for basic photography there never was a lot of difference in the results Sony and Nikon generated.
I could envisage switching to the truly lighter weight Fuji (D)X system if my photography required lenses no more than 24-100mm range.
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