>>4206629>most electronics fail from corrosion (humidity), blown caps or tin whiskersI didn't literally mean forever, of course it will die, but it will be so long as to not matter. Even in a perfect world the sensor would start to fail eventually. But a shutter can be burned through in just a few years if you shoot enough.
>also the z7/ii is practically identifiable to the a7riii, and Z mount might have DX medium format on the horizon This supports the idea I will need to eventually switch out of E mount.
>e mount can adapt to anythingcan it be adapted onto L mount?
>>4206631>Did you take the lack of IBIS into account?I did I do most of my night shooting on a tripod anyway. The lack of IBIS isn't a huge deal. It was part of my "Worse in every other shooting scenario" bucket hand holding anything at night or in low light is something I'd have to give up. as well as any potential of shooting anything which moves or any situation where autofocus would be necessary. Really you become limited to landscape, architecture astro and maybe portraits.
>You're going to throw money away and be none the happier with what you have once the novelty wears offI know that you are right, but it does not make the feeling go away.
>Anon, moving parts aren't the only things that can die in a camera and lacking a shutter, like lacking a mirror, is not a good thing.I know it's generally worse, but as we've already agreed, it doesn't hurt me in this one very specific case, in fact it's a benefit as there is no shutter shock.
Really I think the solution is to put a time limit on it. Without trading in the Sony, it'll be a year or so before I have the cash to buy the fp L and if I'm still doing this in a year I think that'll justify it. Sigma will likely still be making them, or I guess if they stop, I'll be able to snap it up at a sizeable discount when B&H starts clearing out stock of them. I'll just try to be intentional about which E mount lenses I buy.
