CharlesH
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I don't see £999.00 for the S9 + 20-60mm as an especially good deal, because the 20-60mm lens isn't a good match with that camera for me. That same price with the 18-40mm could be interesting. They must have an overstock of 20-60mm lenses to make this offer.
I've mentioned previously that I had a competition with the S9 and the Sony a6700 to see which small camera I would keep; I alternated days with these two cameras for two weeks in Hawaii late last summer. I had the 20-60mm lens on the S9; this was before the 18-40mm was available. Ultimately the a6700 won, by a pretty large margin; I used it more and took more good pictures with it. I've wondered if I had the 18-40mm lens on the S9 it would have been a closer contest.
About the lack of a viewfinder on the S9, it is a factor and I'd rather have it, but I think the small size of the a6700 was the largest reason I used that camera more. Interesting, quite a lot of the outstanding pictures with the a6700 were from a helicopter where I couldn't use the viewfinder anyway. The S9 with no viewfinder would have performed well there
I just returned from a three week trip to Australia and New Zealand. This was mostly for business, but I did have a few days free. I considered whether to take the small a6700 or the bigger S1RII and a few lenses. I ended up taking the S1RII. In most ways I regret carrying the extra weight all around. But I was able to spend a couple of days in the Australian outback and got some nice pictures there, and was happy to have the S1RII for that. There is no perfect siingle camera.
I've mentioned previously that I had a competition with the S9 and the Sony a6700 to see which small camera I would keep; I alternated days with these two cameras for two weeks in Hawaii late last summer. I had the 20-60mm lens on the S9; this was before the 18-40mm was available. Ultimately the a6700 won, by a pretty large margin; I used it more and took more good pictures with it. I've wondered if I had the 18-40mm lens on the S9 it would have been a closer contest.
About the lack of a viewfinder on the S9, it is a factor and I'd rather have it, but I think the small size of the a6700 was the largest reason I used that camera more. Interesting, quite a lot of the outstanding pictures with the a6700 were from a helicopter where I couldn't use the viewfinder anyway. The S9 with no viewfinder would have performed well there
I just returned from a three week trip to Australia and New Zealand. This was mostly for business, but I did have a few days free. I considered whether to take the small a6700 or the bigger S1RII and a few lenses. I ended up taking the S1RII. In most ways I regret carrying the extra weight all around. But I was able to spend a couple of days in the Australian outback and got some nice pictures there, and was happy to have the S1RII for that. There is no perfect siingle camera.