Sony a7R Full-Frame Mirrorless Digital Camera - Body Only

Sony a7R Full-Frame Mirrorless Digital Camera - Body Only

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• 36.4 MP full frame CMOS sensor without an anti-aliasing/OLP filter
• Up to 4 FPS in Speed Priority Continuous shooting
• ISO 100-25600(AUTO ISO 100-6400)
• 1080/60p/24p HD video (AVCHD/MP4). Brightness Control (Viewfinder): Auto/Manual (5 steps between -2 and +2)
• 3\" tiltable LCD with 921,600 dots. Operating temperature: 32 - 104 degrees F
• 1/2-inch XGA OLED color electronic viewfinder with 2.4M dots
• Raw and Raw + JPEG shooting

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Brand : Sony
Category : Electronics,Camera & Photo,Digital Cameras,Mirrorless Cameras
Rating : 3.9
Review Count : 121

Sony a7R Full-Frame Mirrorless Digital Camera - Body Only

• I\'ve been using the A7r for about a week now and here\'s my initial review. I\'m going to try to keep it on a high level since you can dig into plenty of hardcore review sites.Background: I\'ve owned the Sony Nex-5n and NEx-7. I mainly shoot landscape and size is a huge factor since I like to hike tounique spots.Build: It\'s fairly solid and dense. From a size perspective, it\'s significantly bigger than the 5n and in the same ballpark as the 7. But it\'s much more solid than either camera. And this is reflected in the weight..it\'s roughly 200 grams more than the 7. But still quite a bit less than a full blown slr. For a hiker, the 400 gram difference between a slr and A7r might not seem big..but if you add in the space it takes, then you really see the size benefit. If you\'ve used the NEX7\'s EVF, I don\'t see a huge difference but then again I\'ve never been part of the whole OVF vs EVF debate. I haven\'t tested the weather sealing other than survive a few rain drops. I hope somebody tests this fully before I have to.Image Quality: Coming from the NEX7, it wasn\'t a mind blowing jump in resolution. That being said, you still get an extra 12 megapixels so you\'ll see the differences at 100% or large prints. In terms of low light performance and dynamic range, this was a significant leap. Noise reduction processing is still something that needs to be on your mind. Detail is good up through ISO 3200 but you do see noise at fairly low iso (400+). For some reason I wasn\'t expecting to do much noise reduction until ISO 1600. The JPGs coming out of the camera aren\'t that great. I would just shoot RAW and PP in lightroom or equivalent.Ergonomics: This was probably the biggest negative of the camera. The grip depth seems too shallow and I don\'t exactly have giant hands. The shutter position isn\'t as bad as some make it but it really depends on how you hold the camera. The playback magnification control is in a ridiculous position. I hope they eventually let you remap that. The menu button, that accesses the heart of the camera, also seems to be in an obscure position.Lens compatibility: I\'ve mainly been using rangefinder lenses, in addition to the native NEX crop lenses, on the 5n and 7. Once the A7r was announced, I sold some of the crop lenses and bought a few dslr lenses. As others have noted, there are issues with rangefinder wide angles. SLR lenses seem to do quite well and if you look for sharp legacy lenses, you can get them cheap. The downside being the additional bulk. As a balance, I have the NEX 10-18 if I need ultrawide (it works 13-16mm on FF). The 35 FE for wide and rangefinder 50 for standard. This seems to keep the overall system size fairly small. I\'m using an old Nikon 75-150 f3.5 a zoom since it\'s relatively small but may try the 70-200 FE when it comes out.Overall, I\'m pretty happy with the camera. There\'s a slight adjustment if you\'ve never shot full frame but the benefits are pretty substantial. I view the camera as a tool, and going to full frame just gives you more functionality and flexibility. Is it worth the upgrade from crop...I think so. Is it worth more than the A7? I think that\'s more of a personal decision based on your needs.Update: Lens Compatibility - I bought a Nikon F mount version of the Zeiss 18mm. It performed pretty poorly to the point of sold it. After the fact, I found out wide angles, even for slr lenses, are much more sensitive to adapter tolerances. Given the high resolution of this camera, I wouldn\'t skimp on an adapter. (I used the cheapest one amazon sold).I took this camera on a week long trip across the southwest and it performed great. I had snow melt directly ontop of it and didn\'t notice any water ingress past the mount. But the fact it seeped in a little doesn\'t give me great confidence in shooting extended times in a storm. But I wouldn\'t mind taking quick shots in the rain.Image quality is spectacular and I\'m ok with using this up to ISO 6400. If all the FE lenses are designed to the same standards as the two released, this will be a great system.
• We need more experienced reviewers giving insight on this camera so I figured I would give my two cents on this camera. Not a seller or number of FE lenses out there.Here is what matters it has amazing detail and of course that detail is effected by the glass. I have shot a Leica 50mm .95 lens on it was stellar. Better then that lens on the M9 even... Now I also shoot a Nikkor 50mm 1.4 AIS lens on this and it was amazing as well. No getting around how beautiful this sensor captures images. Even an old Canon 50mm 1.8 looks great on this camera and it only cost 20 dollars. So the sensor is amazing and what the camera does with those images is superb. After all this is the same lens also found in the Nikon D800E but in a much more attractive package and a very convenient size.The camera feels amazing it is built very will with nice attention to detail. It feels like a modern classic and will be one of the awesome cameras that will be a fun camera to pass down 20 years from now to your child if they get into photography.I dont care to much for auto-focus cameras as I usually do not use AF lenses to begin with but the peaking manual focus aid is amazing and makes manual focusing a breeze. (For those saying they cant focus manually you need to make sure the picture is metered right or else it wont sow the peaks) So stop complaining and understand the camera and also take a well metered photo :)I did get to use the AF lens for a little while and it does well during the day with no real issue per say. I do notice some delays in low light but that is the room for improvement on this camera that could make this a 5 star camera. It is however still very useful though and will work just not as fast as the A7. Again though if you are not taking fast action or moving shots its better to manual focus anyway.If you do not shoot in RAW then I would not get this camera and just grab an A7. The whole point of the A7R is to grab the most detail so that is why the low pass filter has been removed to give you more detail and fine tune the image to pure perfection. I am sure if you are one that would buy this camera you do post processing anyway.Gorgeous camera and truly ground breaking and a camera that will be a historical camera for the books. This is the first and a well executed first at that. Sony is making moves and as a long time fan of Nikon I must say they have my attention. So much that the fumble with Nikon\'s DF I went straight to Sony with this camera and I love it.Pure photography with this beauty and it has a lot of adapters made for other cameras mount systems makes this a universal camera that can take any lens so don\'t fret so much with its limited lenses. Trust me the success with this camera will make a ton of lenses come to this FE E mount system. But I love old Leica glass so I will keep using those on this beauty.

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