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Handheld with FE 85mm f1.4 GM.
As expected, new gear is getting announced the closer we get to the Tokyo Olympics.
Yesterday it was the Sony A7R4.
The asking price is not unreasonable given the feature set.
This is the true upgrade for A7r2 users, less so for A7r3 guys. V2 and V3 shared the exact same sensor, basic reason I skipped the A7r3.
42mp to 61mp is merely a 20% bump in resolution. Still no lossless compressed RAW though, this is more important as file size gets bigger (61mp yields roughly 120mb uncompressed RAW files) and frankly rather unacceptable after all these years especially since the buffer drops from 68 to 30 frames in burst mode for uncompressed RAW. No in-cam focus stacking, good to have but not critical.
10fps at 61mp with full AF/AE tracking plus a buffer of 68 frames more than suffices. 200+ frames buffer in APS-C mode at 26mp but Fuji XT3 (also Sony 26mp sensor) is 20fps, would have preferred higher fps in APS-C mode than more buffer! 4-shot (better color fidelity) & 16-shot pixel shift (better color fidelity & resolution 240mp RAW) mode, hope it's able to handle movements within the frame, too bad no in-cam processing and this needs to be handled via Sony software.
Real-time human Eye-AF in video, big feature although irrelevant for me. My supertelephoto solution has been more pixels vs longer FL and backbreaking weight, the 100-400mm GM will perform better on this new A7R4, bare lens without TC I get 26mp in APS-C crop and still has 16mp left even on m4/3 crop in post. Should I need even more reach I can always settle for JPEG only output with the "Clear Image Zoom" mode for 61mp 800mm F5.6 image.
This A7R4 is more evolutionary than revolutionary and is as such UNLIKELY to be the leading edge camera ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, the A9II is likely to be announced in the next couple of months and will wait for this A9II announcement before making a decision on the new A7R4.
The wait is almost over......
Flora pop
Handheld with FE 85mm f1.4 GM.
As expected, new gear is getting announced the closer we get to the Tokyo Olympics.
Yesterday it was the Sony A7R4.
The asking price is not unreasonable given the feature set.
This is the true upgrade for A7r2 users, less so for A7r3 guys. V2 and V3 shared the exact same sensor, basic reason I skipped the A7r3.
42mp to 61mp is merely a 20% bump in resolution. Still no lossless compressed RAW though, this is more important as file size gets bigger (61mp yields roughly 120mb uncompressed RAW files) and frankly rather unacceptable after all these years especially since the buffer drops from 68 to 30 frames in burst mode for uncompressed RAW. No in-cam focus stacking, good to have but not critical.
10fps at 61mp with full AF/AE tracking plus a buffer of 68 frames more than suffices. 200+ frames buffer in APS-C mode at 26mp but Fuji XT3 (also Sony 26mp sensor) is 20fps, would have preferred higher fps in APS-C mode than more buffer! 4-shot (better color fidelity) & 16-shot pixel shift (better color fidelity & resolution 240mp RAW) mode, hope it's able to handle movements within the frame, too bad no in-cam processing and this needs to be handled via Sony software.
Real-time human Eye-AF in video, big feature although irrelevant for me. My supertelephoto solution has been more pixels vs longer FL and backbreaking weight, the 100-400mm GM will perform better on this new A7R4, bare lens without TC I get 26mp in APS-C crop and still has 16mp left even on m4/3 crop in post. Should I need even more reach I can always settle for JPEG only output with the "Clear Image Zoom" mode for 61mp 800mm F5.6 image.
This A7R4 is more evolutionary than revolutionary and is as such UNLIKELY to be the leading edge camera ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, the A9II is likely to be announced in the next couple of months and will wait for this A9II announcement before making a decision on the new A7R4.
The wait is almost over......