r/a6700

Hello everyone,

I’m a former Sony A7 IV user. I used to own the Sigma 85mm DG DN Art and the Sigma 24–70mm DG DN Art which I had to sell mainly for financial reasons. I was extremely satisfied with that setup.

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to buy a brand-new Sony A6700 with the Sony 70–350mm. I’m planning to add the Sigma 17-40mm f/1.8 DC Art. I previously owned the Sigma 28–50mm f/2.8 and was a bit disappointed with it. It was good for the price and weight, but I found it somewhat lacking in terms of sharpness and especially micro-contrast. The Sigma 17–40mm seems to be on a completely different level, although it costs around €1,000.

That said, I still have a few days left to return the A6700, and I’m considering switching to a Sony A7C II with the Sigma 28–70mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary, since adding the Sigma 17–40mm f/1.8 to my current setup would increase the total cost significantly anyway, given that this lens alone costs around €1,000.

With the A6700, I can’t seem to achieve the same “wow” effect I had with the A7 IV, or even with my previous full-frame cameras from other brands. It’s difficult to define exactly, but I feel like I’m missing pure sharpness and a certain sense of “depth” in the image.

I really love the size and form factor of the A6700 even more than the A7 IV and I also love its autofocus, which the A7C II shares. However, I’m a bit disappointed because the A6700 seems to get noisy fairly quickly at higher ISO values (which is expected with APS-C), and overall I feel the image rendering is not quite as good. That said, perhaps the Sigma 17–40mm would improve this significantly.

My main question is:

Would a Sony A7C II with the Sigma 28–70mm produce noticeably better image quality than a Sony A6700 with the Sigma 17–40mm? For roughly €200 more, I would lose the 70–350mm but gain a full-frame setup. I’m struggling to determine whether the image quality difference I’m noticing is mainly due to the larger sensor and higher effective resolution, or if it’s mostly because I’m currently using a less capable lens.

I’d really appreciate any advice or firsthand experience.

Thanks!

First attempt at trying to capture Theyyam.
Full 4K video if interested: https://youtu.be/kDY8X1m1PBE

Lighting fast autofocus is a dream. Still learning the basics of photography and this camera, but I’m really enjoying it so far. Wasn’t all too much going on at the boardwalk when I was there unfortunately.

I've used the Tamron for like 2 years and recently got the Sony. I'm pleasantly surprised by the keeper rate for the Sony. It's much more precise with the autofocus and somehow performs better at high iso ?

Or maybe I'm looking at this wrong and it's an unfair comparison. Shooting at 500mm vs 350mm is more difficult to handle autofocus, microblurs. The bigger lens adds fatigue over long hikes. (I usually use my hiking stick as a monopod). So maybe the Sony it's just more fit for hiking...and big animals like Ibex goats (though it depends, the longer reach definitely helps sometimes)

So what do you think ? Anyone else had the chance to compare the two ? I'm going to test it more to finally settle between the 2. This was only a short walk from the car, with light rain conditions, the ibex usually comes down the mountain especially to eat the new grass/branches.

Sony on the left, green photo and the Tamron on the right with the snow in the background.

Brought my new a6700 to my day trip to Bath from London, and I was super stoked with how my photos turned out! Used custom Picture Profiles/Creative Looks and tweeked a little bit in Lightroom as well. Please be kind, and feel free to comment ☺️

The cinema expands! Decided to make two new additions to my small a6700 family. I’m super excited to run a fx30/a6700 as a 1-2 punch for videos and I’m arguably even more excited for my first zoom lens with the popular sigma 17-40. 

I think it’s the perfect APSC combo. Now with the fx30, I can relax and not worry about overheating. Plus with the 2 SD cards I can run redundancy and feel safer overall shooting with this camera. I will continue shooting photos primarily with the a6700, and I think the a6700 will make a perfect B cam alongside the fx30 for videography. 

Now the question is will my DJI rs4 mini support the payload of the fx30, smallrig cage, and the sigma 17-40 with potentially a VND 😅 we shall see. Happy shooting!

I just turned my camera on to look at some photos and heard this. First time. Never dropped or hit my camera, bought it not long after release.

Is it dying?! It stopped after I turned it off and turned it back on, but now I'm scared to use it.

#6700 #hornbill #malaysia