The time has finally come to move on from my trusty Sony a7R3. It’s been an awesome body and while I’ve flirted with some others over the past few years none of them felt like a useful upgrade, so I always ended up back on the Mark 3. Amongst other things it’s been with me from New York to San Francisco and loads in-between in the US, all over Asia, through Africa including being AWOL in Madagascar for a few days, went from the Portuguese coast to Russia via 9 other cities and more countries. It even survived Burning Man more than once. My companion on a bunch of hikes, including the Camino de Santiago and all-around New Zealand it’s been a phenomenal device.

Its replacement? The a7CR. I’ve been playing with it for a couple of months now and knowing that the Mk.3 with its forever lost eye cup and extremely well worn body was reaching the end during my Scottish adventure last summer, I was looking for something more compact for the next few years which are shaping up to involve a lot of time on the road. This is a great balance of great specs and compact size. The question is… stick with my 24-105 G or go for something a little more compact (and a bit less worn!)?