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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spb_stan" data-source="post: 642295" data-attributes="member: 43545">Welcome Paul , another member in Russia.  I have a friend who wants to do model shooting here in St Petersburg that I advise. He is an American living here for about 1 year. He has the a7II and struggles. It captures a fine image but shooting side by side, with me using a D800 and soon to be a D850, the usability of the a7II is a joke, everything is in a menu like a point and shoot, and ergonomics are the worst for studio or event shooting. I would make a suggestion on settings for a scene and he could not duplicate it without screwing around with layers of menus. He has only one lens, and has no easy access to lighting control. It is hard to see why people think these are pro cameras, when the basic controls are further than 1 button press away like in a Canon or Nikon higher end camera. The D5x00 series of cameras are certainly capable cameras, as are the D7x00 series. I have a D7000 that I use as a second camera for events and weddings and still marvel as how well it works overall. A very good balance between performance, handling, weight and cost. It also seems bullet proof, and with 160,000 frames in sometimes rugged conditions, its lower weight contributes to being impervious to knocks and bumps, still looks like new.  Image quality on the D5x00 series cameras is actually better since going to the 24mpx lower noise sensor, but the D7000 with very good ISO'less sensor at 16mpx is plenty good enough with higher pixel density than my 36mpx  D800.One advantage you have over the Sony is lens choice, another is lighting systems. The Nikon CLS is very good and industry leading.</blockquote>

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