@arbitrage: what they mean new design is the battery is bigger and the new battery (NP-SA100) is more expensive ($120). You can't reuse the old battery. The grip is a bit bigger for better ergonomic. New vertical grip (VG-C6 $460)
Mystik wrote:
At $5K, a7rvi is a pass for my personally. Big win for the BIF guys, but tbh Sony bodies met all of my needs with the a7rIII. Resolution bump with a7rIV/a7cr was a welcome upgrade. But I haven't personally felt like the benefits of the MKV and now MKVI bodies offer anything compelling that would really elevate the way I shoot.
Alex Phan wrote:
it has stacked sensor. You will see more noise because of more megapixel. Full frame 4k 60p without cropping and high frame rate 4k 120p
Alex can you comment on sensor readout speed vs A1II?
Alex Phan wrote:
what is the current rumors specs is?
In this thread it was discussed that previous rumor leaks from roughly a month ago indicated it was in the range of the A7V (about 16ms), nowhere near as fast as A1/A1II. But of course no one has known definitely. But maybe you do
Ross Martin wrote:
In this thread it was discussed that previous rumor leaks from roughly a month ago indicated it was in the range of the A7V (about 16ms), nowhere near as fast as A1/A1II. But of course no one has known definitely. But maybe you do
if my math is not off, it is roughly 5-10ms full-frame read out base on the specs i know.
RoamingScott wrote:
Maybe Nikon was holding the Z7 III back for this sensor
Scott, I have thought the same thing. A previous rumor at Nikonrumors.com said potential 67mp on the Z7III, and on SAR from about a month ago one of the points in the rumored spec list on A7RVI was that Sony would not keep this sensor exclusive, others could buy it.
Thank you. That's a significant limitation. For me it's a big one, but I know some sports photogs that found the A7V to be a A1/9 "killer" and have sold their A1 and A9s as a result. 60 was enough for them.
Is the dynamic range with the mechanical shutter similar to the A7 V? Has it improved, or is it worse? Have you had a chance to look into this feature?
Alex Phan wrote:
what is the current rumors specs is?
EB-1 wrote:
If it has the stackable sensor, then I doubt that the noise will be better, more likely worse.
I wonder if a lot of people will be buying the a7rV after the announcements. It's on sale for $3300 and would be a much better value for IQ.
EBH
Interesting and a step backwards if true.
As an "R" series body, really feel that Sony needs to bring something to table from an IMAGE QUALITY perspective. RGB sensor? 16 bit raws? Hell give us a 100mp sensor. Feel like they've lost the plot here in a lot of ways.
unkavun wrote:
Is the dynamic range with the mechanical shutter similar to the A7 V? Has it improved, or is it worse? Have you had a chance to look into this feature?
same up to 16 stops at low iso mechanical shutter.
Mystik wrote:
Interesting and a step backwards if true.
As an "R" series body, really feel that Sony needs to bring something to table from an IMAGE QUALITY perspective. RGB sensor? 16 bit raws? Hell give us a 100mp sensor. Feel like they've lost the plot here in a lot of ways.
Yeah my exact feelings. They already established that the A1 and to a lesser extent the standard A7 series are the high speed/hybrid models. The A7R series has always been an image quality above all else line meant for studio and landscape. Not every camera needs to be a high speed hybrid/video camera but I guess all the YouTubers crying about too much rolling shutter in video on the A7RV won out.
I agree that Sony needs a camera to compete with the Canon R5mk2 and Nikon Z8/Z9 but it would have been better to simply drop the price of the A1II to compete rather than ruin what made the A7R line special.
This camera seems awesome don’t get me wrong but I really wanted the A7RVI to have a larger version of the 40mp sensor in all the newer Fujis i.e. a 94+mp BSI sensor which could then more directly compete with the likes of the Fuji GFX and Hasselblad 100mp cameras.
New vertical grip (VG-C6 $460)