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Post your own first impressions here / feel free to ask me anything. If I sound critical is this brief description it’s because $3k cameras are not allowed to make excuses :-) -It's massive, I really don’t like how big these cameras have become. I knew the weight had gone up hugely too and expected that to make it feel like a dense, top quality item. It doesn’t - it merely feels just like any other good DSLR. -Packaging/presentation is standard fare, no more premium than any of their other cameras. -Included: 2 batteries, USB cable, strap, nicely compact 11W USB charger. -It accepted my non-Sony battery and happily charged from all my USB battery packs as well as an iPhone wall charger while in use. -Viewfinder: nicer than I expected though flicker is very noticable, resolution adequate but pixels visible -Speed of operation: Responsive, some extra (but still not all) functions can be used while it’s still writing to card -Software: Many small improvements, eg more customisation, can add copyright, zooms into AF area chosen instead of the centre every time, AutoISO limits -Shutter: I’m going to love silent shutter and might leave it that way perminantly: I couldn’t make any rolling shutter-like artefacts appear when I tried -Buffer: A sometimes-limiting 21 shots (RAW+JPG), and only 44 shots/min thereafter using a 280MB/sec card. RAWs are 43.5MB each. Overall - When you say “Oh my God” loudly after viewing the very first shot, you know you have something special…makes me want to go reshoot everything I’ve had success with before and more :-D Some out-of-camera quick snapshots (a rush job / variety of RAW situations for those pixel peepers, rather than shot for their artistic merit so don’t judge me!) Click pic for jpg, or RAW then the ”Download This File" button. FE70-200mm RAW FE28mm RAW FE28mm RAW FE28mm RAW FE70-200mm RAW FE70-200mm RAW FE28mm RAW FE70-200mm RAW FE28mm FE28mm Obligatory cats shot