Our friends over at Newsshhooter (Click here) posted a short test of the new Sony A7rII with the Batis and Touit lenses. They were of course focused on the video performance of the camera:
I tried shooting a couple of test shots at ISO 5000 which I expected to be pretty unusable. It turns out that they were much better than I thought and you can see them at the end of the video. The high ISO performance might not match the a7S, but it is much better than several other ‘professional’ large sensor camcorders and for many people I think it will be good enough.
More A7rII tests:
A7RII versus Pentax 645Z (Photoclubalpha).
Rolling shutter test on Youtube by Jon Roberts.
Constantly updated user tests and impression at SonyAlphaForum.
A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.
Batis store links:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens in US at Adorama, Bhphoto. In Eu at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama, Bhphoto. In EU at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
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So I guess we’ll soon be seeing low cost A77r II movies. Why spend all that money on professional lighting when you can just shoot with available light.
Because lighting for film and TV is about controlling and shaping light for artistic purposes and making the talent look great, not just about whether your camera has enough of it to expose properly.
I guess it can be used for mini doc. and war report when you need to travel light and film with availabe light.
You havn’t a clue
I’m surprised at how good the 4K footage from this camera looks, even compressed to hell for YouTube. When looked at all-round, with the limited information and reviews we have access to thus far, this might very well be a proper ‘game-changer’ camera.
I keep on saying this: RX1m2 and RX2 with 35mm and 50mm lenses respectively and everything inside this body = double win
But it’ll cost almost the same as the Leica Q.
Looks damn good on my 4k monitor. Can’t wait for my camera to arrive!
Four. More. Days.
weird how sony didn’t get this camera into the hand of the key youtubers? I’ve yet to see a good video on the realworld features.
So? Does that make it worse? Almost twice the mp, ibis, 4k, very fast af?
It would be a hard sell, the Leica is already pretty competent.
Maybe it is time for a APS-C camera, especially if the A7000 sensor live up to its expectations.
On the other hand: every tie-in I don’t have to do is a gain in itself. Running the whole setup from wall sockets has its appeal!
https://vimeo.com/groups/323116
User group for this camera on vimeo
It really wouldn’t make a hard sell.