With weight and gear compatibility being factors of importance in the immediate future, the SL2 got unceremoniously dumped after all. In its place is the predecessor of my current favorite a7cII, an a7c. It’ll allow me to move about comfortably with more time spent shooting and less time changing lenses.

Just as weight didn’t bother me in the least on my daily hikes earlier in the year, stepping out with the SL2 and R 28-90mm the other day did bother me. More importantly, size and weight of personal bags is becoming more of an issue in certain venues these days.

And other than giving in to some glass that requires heavy software correction, image quality still appears to be satisfactory so far. Just as I got used to pushing a button to make CA go away, I’ll get used to seeing internal distortion even after software corrections are applied to near-fisheye levels of barrel distortion.

Colors? Nope. That’ll take a while. Just as Leica had some wild variations with some of their glass back in the late ’70’s, Sony seems to pay little attention to color consistency from one lens to the next. But I guess if you’re doing enough glass for three distinct target groups of customers, there’s gonna be some variation.

At this point, the advantages to a full switch seem to substantially outweigh (no pun intended) the drawbacks. Let’s see how it plays out over some time . . .

a7cII/Zeiss Loxia 2/35 . . .