If you have some spare time watch this great Philip Bloom Sony a7S seminar video (courtesy of BHphoto). Philip is not only a very good filmmaker but also a very good teacher. Current A7s owners could learn quite some things from the video. And at the end of the seminar non A7s owners will probably be tempted to grab their credit card to buy the camera the second after the seminar video ends 🙂
If you have not so much time just watch the video from minute 20 to understand why the A7s is so special! Thanks Philip for sharing all your insights on the A7s!
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The A7s is a true landmark camera…and Im still shocked Sony had the guts to make it.
Thank you BlackMagic for creating industry pressure on Sony. With BlackMagic rolling out RAW video, they forced Sony to answer with Slog2 at a “cheap” price.
Im hoping the new A7s II will have internal 4k and finally kill that pesky GH4.
Im in total love with my A7s!
Love my A7S as well but please let’s not forget it is also the GH4 that keeps the pressure on Sony to be more competitive. Internal 4K would be lovely, especially if they can add a nice global shutter 🙂
The Samsung NX 1 is also great for video 🙂
But not good beyond ISO1600
500 Euros difference between the EU price tag and the asian ones for exactly the same camera. Drop the price.
Go on a shopping trip to asia lol
Actually it is 700 Euros. Why should I spend money and go elsewhere to buy this or pay this much more here to buy a camera? Not buying ( at these prices) is good for me. 🙂
meh.
It may be a compelling seminar for the vid crowd (y’all tell me: does it “make you want to buy… now”???), but I’m 99% stills shooter. Nothing here making me enthusiastic… sorry.
wow, but you know that you can decide yourself with your mouseclick on what you read on the internet and what you don’t?
meeeeeeh
I’m primarily a stills shooter but slowly learning video to establish at least a minimal level of proficiency when the need arises. Found this video to be very informative and a good primer for those photographers looking to add video to their skill set. It also highlighted the unique capabilities of the Sony A7s. All in all well worth the 40 minutes of my time, actually learned something new.
Oh well.
Ya but it’s 8-bit.
Facepalm.
why the facepalm?
Your watching a video which clearly has a commercial backing to sell cameras, i.e. has a sales agenda. In pro workflow working with 8-bit is often unacceptable for broadcast, etc.
If you watch Phillip Bloooms original review of the camera, he is impressed with its low light capability but he by no means gushes over the ultimate quality. It is a major limitation on this cam. It should have been 10-bit.
For amateur video shooters who don’t grade, it may not make a noticable difference. For professionals, where color precision matters it most definitely makes a difference.
Can you buy pro video camcorder with A7S price ??
Don’t tell me about GH4 is crappy low light and dynamic range.
This camera is stellar for its price. Period. Even with the horrible rolling shutter. Regardless how good a product is, there is always someone who is not satisfied and says “but it hasn’t this…”. Sometimes it may be justified, but in regard to the A7S your comment is totally inappropriate in my eyes. Thats why the facepalm. 😉
Nah… I’ll pass.
most SAR people dont have a clue about shooting video…they’re all ‘stills’ people…so i doubt it will sway them..
Good job Philip! Very informative. Don’t forget better AF may be won with LAEA-4 adapter with genuine Alpha (A-Mount) lenses.
Better AF in most cases is pointless for video, with face tracking you get some interesting results but… you use large sensors camera because of the depth of field, the more natural differentiation between subject and background. AF can’t make any real decisions for you in this respect, depending on the shot off course. In a simple situation where you follow a single person tracking works, but this is also pretty easy for the operator, it is when you make the choices in focus when it becomes interesting, visually and dramatically. I used Af lenses for photography but never used AF for moving images.
That is incorrect, the le-ae4 autofocus is bunk. AF points are all clustered in the centre, it is relatively slow to lock focus and it doesn’t work in low light. There currently is no great solution for using alpha glass on FE mount.
Thankfully the base a7s autofocus is much better then that.
no worries… will not.