Quinn Ryan Mattingly rented an α7R II for a day in Saigon and now he's making the switch to Sony.
"Like most photographers I’m sure, my news feed has been abuzz lately with all kinds of articles and thoughts about Sony’s new mirrorless camera, the α7R II. I’ve been using the original α7 for about a year now, and really love it when I just wanted go small and light and still get full frame quality. But with the very impressive specs of this new one, it got me thinking, as it did many others, why can’t we use these for full time professional work? As it seems right now, there’s really no reason we can’t, and I think I’m well on my way down that road! I’ve put my Canon gear on auction block, which is a big move I know, but one I’ve carefully thought about and I think it’s the right move, for me at least. So, being a Canon shooter all of my professional life, is it smart and viable to ditch what I know and jump into a new, somewhat uncharted ocean? I had to find out…"
He explains in this beautiful photo essay from Vietnam.