EOSHD Sony Shootout Part 1 – RX10, A7R, FS100, RX1 from Andrew Reid on Vimeo.
This is a new roundup of the many reviews and tests made by our SAR readers:
A7r review at EosHD:
“Enthusiasts will love the stills but are better served by the 5D Mark III or Panasonic GH3 for video. Stills users should also seriously consider the Olympus E-M1 for the superior ergonomics, native lens range and AF. Yet the A7R is ultra-special in terms of outright stills quality with 36MP resolution and 14 stops dynamic range, combined with the ability to use almost any traditional SLR lens via an adapter.”
Full A7 review at Focus Numerique (French)
A7r with Nokton 21mm review at SLRclub (Korean).
Zeiss 35mm FE lens review at Cetus (German).
A7/A7R Light leaks at Sony community.
White Orb problem ont he A7? DPreview forum.
Sony LA-EA4 Review by Philip Reeve (In German at SystemKameraForum).
Maarten: “I’ve posted a in-depth, hands-on video review of the Sony a7R on Youtube: http://youtu.be/x5_EP2M_5eY. The sample images from the video are available on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maartech/sets/72157640284560815/
More details on my blog at maartech.com“
Nick: “Hi guys, I’ve done a small unscientific test on the A7 and a handful of legacy lenses, hope you like it.
http://fullframeboy.co.uk/2014/01/legacy-lenses-test-on-the-sony-a7-part-1/”
Holger: “A7r pictures from the air in Southafrica http://aufwind-luftbilder.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sony-A7R/G0000NdXgcJFYs3s/”
River King: “Hi I recently took a road trip along the US pacific coast only one week after I got my A7R. It was a great experience to know this camera through the trip. One thing I did realize this fantastic camera has “forced” me to think more before I press the shutter. In the end, I shot less photos, but enjoyed a lot more. The lens I used from this trip are CZ135mm, 24-70mm F2.8CZ, Contax G35/45/90, pretty light set up actually. You can see the road trip photos from here:
http://www.riverkingphoto.com/?p=1714”
David: “I made a comparison of sensor noise with the Alpha 7 at different ISO levels (from 100 to 25600). The article includes three 100% crops for all ISO levels and links to the original images. Maybe this is of interest for your readers: http://davidtanzer.net/alpha_7_iso_noise”
Doug: “We just published my written and video reviews of the a7: Blog: http://rds.com/aatg12 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kDnLUVn8lo“
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Specs and Store Links in US and Canada:
Dedicated Sony announcement page at Amazon US (Click here).
Sony A7r body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony A7 body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony A7 with 28-70mm kit lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony RX10 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 24-70mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 35mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 55mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
70-200mm A-mount at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Sony A-Mount to E-Mount Lens Adapter at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony A to E adapter with mirror at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
A7/A7r leather case at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
A7/A7r vertical grip at Amazon, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Sony W Series Battery Charger at Amazon, BHphoto.
Sony FA-CS1M Off-Camera Shoe at BHphoto.
Semi-Hard LCD Screen Protector for A7-A7r at Amazon, BHphoto.
Specs and Store Links in Europe:
Sony A7r body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE.
Sony A7 body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Sony A7 with 28-70mm kit Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Sony RX10 at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE.
Zeiss 35mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT,
Zeiss 55mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT
Zeiss 24-70mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, SE, PT
Sony G 28-70mm lens at Sony DE, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO.
Asia:
A7r at Digitalrev.
A7 at Digitalrev, Amazon Cina.
A7 with 28-70mm lens at Digitalrev.
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I tried the light leak test 20seconds iso 25600 exposure with cap on. There is some slight light leak when switching off the long exposure NR. Nothing like the examples shown.
I have tried the 35/2.8 for night shots and shots with the sun and sometimes there are flares, sometimes not……
This is part of the reason why I stopped shooting with the cap on.
Hahahaha. Classic.
Even a little of light leak is bad enough. This should never happen in the first place. Sony better offer fix or replacement on this issue.
I purchased the A7 with the intention of using it primarily for night photography – so the light leak and orb issues is definitely of concern to me.
Due to poor winter weather I haven’t taken a lot of night photos with it yet… but on the couple dozen night images I have taken, luckily I haven’t experienced either issue. I can only assume that not all A7’s are affected.
I’ve been using the FE 28-70, FE 35, and an assortment of e-mount lenses, at various shutter speeds and apertures.
You can view some of the night images on my flickr stream if you like:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mars_observer/11729034885/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mars_observer/11430078393/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mars_observer/11170889646/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mars_observer/11188372516/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mars_observer/11165757403/
Nothing new here. A7R’s stills IQ is excellent 🙂
Wait, why is Andrew Reid of EOSHD complaining so much about moire? Did he forget there’s no AA filter?
But what about that? Just because there is no AA, that’s not a reason to not point out the moiré problem, is it? That’s pretty far from overcriticizing, wouldn’t you want to know that before buying it? I would.
The truth is that Sony talk so much about video feats that they should back that up by doing a better job. All the accessories, inputs, zebra, audio meter, etc. are very welcomed, but that alone doesn’t make that video quality better.
Sony has real video cameras, cinema cameras, if Canon, that hasn’t done basically anything to improve their video in the last few years is still better than Sony, that’s not really good.
I second this. I don’t have A7r, but the A7 has soooooo much moire its annoying. I was shooting with the T2i for awhile and rarely came across this problem. With the A7, I see it in almost all my shots. Even the crevices and cracks in concrete have moire.
for video, the aa filter doesn’t really matter att all. video moire is due to poor downsampling algorithms (codec).
But this is an A7R review and he doesn’t even point out that the moire problem is worsen due to lack of AA filter.
Does anyone know the sales figures for these two cameras, because I’m really interested in knowing if the public is actually buying them.
I’m public and I bought one :p
And I haven’t bought one. So one in every two cameras sold is an A7(r). ;P
I’m so sick of reading how the Sony video quality isn’t as good as the Canon. I have shot tons of footage for commercial work mixing a77, a57, and a99 footage with 7d, 5d MkII and 5d MkIII footage, and you know what? In the real world there’s almost zero difference between Canon and Sony.
The biggest difference is that the Sony will produce a flatter image free of some of the blown highlights and crushed blacks that the Canons suffer from. The a77 and a99 flip screen has been a life saver on several occasions when trying to shoot at odd angles.
The bitching about the AVCHD codec is odd to me, since the footage is so flat when you have your profile set to “Neutral” and all settings dialed down to “-3”. I shoot everything that way and it allows me to add as much contrast, sharpness and saturation I want without any problems. Even my DP, who is a long time 5d shooter sees the same thing and is adding a Sony a7R to his camera bag soon.
I totally agree. I have absolutely no problems mixing footage from Canon, Nikon and Sony, moiré rarely is an issue in the real world, the articulated lcd and evf however, make a huge difference.
The “orb issue” doesn’t seem to be unique to the A7 cameras. People seem to be calling it the “red dot flare” issue. I’m not sure about the validity of the explanation this link gives, but it seems reasonable.
http://photographylife.com/red-dot-flare-issue
This isn’t the same as the white orb issue that occurred on the Fuji x10, which was quite bizarre.
problems with wides, white orbs, shutter shock, light leaks..I thought you people were claiming that sony was gonna corner he market, and destroy m43s and fuji. hahahahaha
No light leak on mine. Must be a duff batch.
I heard about that too. Is your camera made in Singapore? Where did you get your camera from?
Off piste slightly, but has anyone seen an FE 24-70 f4 review yet? Mine is on order but I really would like to get an opinion before I commit.
I’m thinking the same.
Al I have seen is 2 blogs which don’t tell anything much.
And lots of people taking pictures of their lens the have received.
No real world reviews.
Very poor considering its been out in Japan for over a week
That was exciting! What a nut. The screw is lose.
I have the 24-70, so far so good. I haven’t used it much at all yet, but the OSS works brilliantly really lets me use a low shutter speed.