Next A7s silent shutter test
SAR reader AbortAbort posted his A7s impressions on Dpreview Forum. He will buy the camera and writes why:
In my view A7S is by far the best A7 series camera yet. The others are amazing and if you need resolution there is no comparison, but the fast AF in almost any light, the files that need far less work, the (relatively) slow lenses to keep the system small, the completely silent (and seemingly) very usable electronic shutter mode, the smaller files sizes (bigger buffer, faster processing, less storage), cleaner EVF and better video make all make it more than worthwhile for me… and I haven’t spoken about the
More new A7s tests:
4K video once (which most seem to think is the only selling point of this camera).
A7s RAW files at dpreview forum.
A7s ISO test by Chris Dandyk on Flickr.
A7s shutter test by a Danish reviewer on Youtube.
Sony A7s vs Panasonic GH4 4K on Youtube.
Sony a7s vs 7, ISO 12800 on Youtube.
Sony A7s will ship soon:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
Sony A7s EU pages: Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PL. And Wex UK.
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The silent shutter is too silent.
The new firmware update will bring a starting engine sound for the shutter.
There’s something wrong with the vid. I couldn’t hear anything. 😛
I’m not buying that wireless mic for my alpha system! It doesn’t even work properly and it couldn’t capture the A7S’ shutter sound! fail sony fail!
If a silent shutter clicks in a forest, and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?
Does the moonlight shine on Paris?
“If a tree falls in the forest, and hits a mime, does anyone care?” Gary Larson
why is there cow-shit on the roof
Where… are my shoes?
A silent shutter doesn’t click.
The a7s silent shutter is fully electronic as I understand it. Why would it make any noise?
OT: Is there any lens with optical stabilizator for this camera? Or is there any adapter (Nikon/Canon) that make it possible to use the lens stabilization?
FE 70-200 F4 OSS, FE 24-70 F4 OSS, FE 28-70mm OSS and the new wide angle zoom FE 16-35 F4 OSS
LAEA4 Adapter is your friend baby! here are the list of stabilized lenses that works with Sony A7 Series cameras:
-Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di USD Lens
-Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO OS HSM
-Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di USD Zoom Lens
-Sigma 24-105mm F/4 DG OS HSM Lens
and many more http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?atclk=Lens+Format+Coverage_Full+Frame+Lenses&ci=274&N=4288584247+4108103563+4109120026+4108103537&
The A-Mount Tamron’s don’t have IS unfortunately.
The Sigma 24-105 f/4 does not have stabilization in the Sony A-mount version. The Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 does.
Other than the 24-70 and 28-70?
And 70-200 OSS and announced but to be released 16-35 OSS.
Numerous electronic adapters allow Canon lenses to use IS while mounted on an A7s.
35-70/2.8 G OSS
70-140/2.8 G OSS
Has anyone seen the specs for framerates in continuous (stills) shooting? One could think that A7s should have a very fast fps in all electronic shutter mode, but then again, it’s a fullframe, and I guess there are bottlenecks in the data processing…
The data processing should be lower, both RAW and JPEG are around 12MB. I think the issue lays with the shutter and the 5fps carries over from the A7. It should in theory be able to go faster in silent mode as it doesn’t use the shutter, but I don’t think Sony have enabled that in firmware (and probably creates more headaches, for example what happens when you turn silent shutter off?).
Finally a clip that reveals some of the performance in continuous shooting (the fun starts at 45sä). http://youtu.be/_tHw6YOZf-0?t=45s
Not too shabby I think. And there seems to be zero viewfinder blackout, just a bit of slideshow effect, which comes as no surprise.
“By far the best”- really? BY FAR…..come on. Let the dew dry from your eyes and come back to earth. I’m sure it’s great but a silent shutter and 12MP- I don’t care how great those pics are. It more like out in front by a few inches.
The AF alone makes it worth it to me. The A7 and A7R are not that great in low light, which is predominantly what I use a full frame camera for, in this area it isn’t just ‘ok’ or ‘can make do for the smaller size’, it actually just works – I have made a lot of excuses for the A7 because I like it so much, but the A7S is a more polished all round product to me. For you that may be different, for ME I would choose it every time, in a heartbeat. THIS is what I wished the A7’s were all along, just darn good dependable cameras. Sony nailed it this time.
This makes the A7S into a really fine nighttime street shooter. And there aren’t many cameras that excel in that situation that come in such a small package. I’m skeptical but extremely intrigued.
that GH4 vs A7s youtube link by world of dslr is FAKE.