Gary Fong unboxed and tested the new A7II.
Sony a7II First Impressions + Sample Photos at ChipChick.
First impressions at ThePhoBlographer.
A7II Studio Shot comparison at Dpreview.
Henry’s Canada is also doing a hands on demo w/the camera on Fri Dec 12th.
Full review at Mobile01.
USA/Canada preorders:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for $1,698 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore and Sony Store Canada.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for $1,998 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II Lens for $1,148 at BHphoto.
EU preorders:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for 1.799 Euro at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Jessops UK, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Spain, Sony Austria, Sony Switzerland, Sony Netherland, Sony Belgium, Sony Portugal, Sony Sweden, Sony Finland, Sony Norway.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for 2.099 Euro at Amazon Germany, Wex UK, Jessops UK, Verkkokauppa.
Asian/Australia preorders:
Sony A7II at Sony Store Australia and Amazon Japan.
A7II vs A7 by Mobile01.
59 Responses
He knows what he is doing…Yeah, sure!
this guy ask $20.00 for tutorial for a7s now please don’ tbuy anything from him.
Andrew Reid or philippe bloom are genius in comparaison to Wong.
Anyone want to guess when there will be an a7sII or its equivalent? And will it have internal 4k?
Sure, end of first, beginning of second quarter 2015.
february – march 2015
Their won’t be one. The A9 will replace the A7R, and an A9 with an A7S-like sensor will follow later and replace the A7S.
why sony is wasting their cameras to such a terrific guys for such a awesomely amazing “reviews” ? it’s rhetorical…
His first thought: “It needs more Lightspheres”. The second thought: “Who needs RAW? Definitely not me. Sony should permanently disable it in the menu”.
Sony artisans get it right in camera with their superior mastery of advanced auto modes of superiority. They do not rely on post like photographic peasants like you
LOL I feel miserably now 🙂
What’s this area in the center? Does AF-C only work within this area?
That’s OSPDAF coverage, the AF-C should work with both CDAF and PDAF, but I guess PDAF is quicker.
It’s not much bigger than A99 PDAF coverage! Which was pretty much the only disadvantage of that camera.
Mirrorless was supposed to bring focus points across the whole frame, and now it turns out that’s BS as well? LOL
I hope to see a bigger PDAF coverage on the A9, similar to what the A6000 offers now (it’s 92% as far as I remember).
Outside of the PDAF area you still can focus precisely at pretty much any point using CDAF. I don’t have a PDAF on my A7r at all, and the camera is always having hard times to track even a slowly approaching person, but it’s focusing quite fast on a still subjects anywhere I set the focusing point, even at one of the corners, and that wasn’t possible on the A99. So it’s not that bad as you’re thinking 🙂
Another benefit of the OSPDAF – no need to micro adjust the lenses. It was always pain in the butt for me, and now it’s gone!
Um, did you see the huge improvement in tracking and coverage on the a7II at 07:18? The coverage is vastly superior to the a99.
Sarcasm?
I wasn’t sarcastic, I think you may have confused the a7 with the the a7II in the video. Gary doesn’t make it clear, verbally, which model he is using but the on-screen graphics clarify it. The a7 has the box (like a99), but the a7II does not. The train is tracked across the frame.
But most of the time it was out of focus.
Gary Fong has a short schlong…lol at official Sony “reviews”
Getting away with 1/13 shutter speed will be a huge quality boost for free hand Real Estate photogs that need every bit of that sweet sweet DR. Can’t wait!
Well, if your name is not “Gary Fong” seems like you’ll have to wait a few extra days 🙂 For some reason all retail stores have moved the shipping day from Tuesday to Thursday/Friday.
Nikon already offers superior handling and in lens stabilization without the need to become a Sony fgt (look at picture below for reference). Upon purchase Sony include free rape train package by these fgts!
You mean on fixed lens? Try to shoot 1/13 on an awesome nikkor 85 1.4! 😉 I usually prefer to pay only one time for things! 😉
I find this post repulsive admin. Why is it allowed
This post has nothing to do with anything
Except hate
Please remove it.
Every reputable site has trolls like him, so this is a sign of quality and growing user base. Enjoy.
Was it posted by Hulk by any chance?
You right, SMASH! repulse you!
HULK find crybabies repulsive…admin pls ban!
Sorry, I’m not into ugly, fat, retarded and gay people photography (No pun intended.)
But it seems that real HULKs need ugly, fat, retarded and gay Nikon DSLRs (pun intended) for their snaps that could have been taken with any 2010 smartphone.
God this is really painful to watch! The ramblings of an old man and his tchoo tchoo train! Thank god for people like the camera store, phillip bloom and such who go a decent job most of the time reviewing a product.go and build us a light saber flask ring dome gary and leave the reviewing to the big boys!
Gary Fong dot com… “The finest in photographic education”.
Oh dear lord.
Not one thing in that video educating anyone on how to actually be a better photographer.
Oh dear…Don’t you know how to read? Title of the video says “Sony a7m2 Test & Review”. What you’re expecting is not the primary objective of the video.
I like train!
The PhoBlographee:
“In the five hours that we spent with the A7 Mk II, we didn’t see any major and completely mind blowing differences that would make us sell our Sony A7 cameras just yet. But we have much more in-depth testing to do. We will keep you all informed as things continue to progress.”
Ok, so a far better grip, extra custom button and a fuc@$ng 5 axis IBIS are nothing?
Luckily internet have such reviewers…
P.S.
I wonder if they know about IBIS, since they didn’t even mention it.
But, hey, built quality is up there, together with the OMD EM-1… Thumbs up!
yes and they wonderfuly serve us a shitload of photo taken behind a windows … I think this is the best way to evaluate IQ
Of the three you mentioned, the only significant difference is the 5-axis IS (which Sony achieved by working around the Olympus patent). I would never upgrade from my A7 for a “better grip” and “extra custom button”. Give me a break. And I am happy with my A7, as two of my three FE lenses have in-lens stabilization (and I do not shoot with legacy or other manufacturers’ lenses). I’m going to wait for the A7 MkIII before I upgrade at all. The PhoBlographer is right. I see no compelling reason to spend $1700 on the A7 Mk II at this time.
Freedom of choice.
You’re happy enough to have OSS in 2 lenses and you can do whatever you want, some others might see those as “good enough reasons” to upgrade.
I was just pointing out that there are 3 “differences” that could make some people happy to upgrade.
Well one reason could be -> Sell your a7 now for $1100? Invest $500 or less to get the A7mk II and do the same when the A7 mk III will be released – not a good deal – stay with the A7 and don’t sell it when the A7 mk III hits the street because at this time it will be worth around >$500 if you find someone who want’s to buy it. If $500 investment is to much, wait a couple months/weeks.. price drops fast too. But upgrade from A7 to MK II? – hell yes, anytime.
Anyone who cites Phoblographer as any kind of reputable source has to turn their camera in and take pictures with their 1st gen iPhone from now on. Good bye.
That site spews non-sense in poorly written articles. Luckily all five of their viewers don’t even take them seriously.
It’s gotten larger, so eventually these will be near dslr size. Using canon glass on my a7 I’m thinking smaller size is overrated. I actually the feel of my 5d mark 3 better. Especially with my awesome zooms. But my 55 fe on my a7 is definitely my travel and lightweight camera.
The only reason it’s bigger is due to the IBIS. The grip size increase is very welcome since you won’t ever be using a lens that sticks our further than the grip anyway. If you in the video when he flips them on their back side by side you can see that the overall length (end of the lens) is only a 1/8″ (about 3mm) difference.
The only reason it’s bigger is due to the IBIS. The grip size increase is very welcome since your lens will always stick out further than the grip anyway. If you in the video when he flips them on their back side by side you can see that the overall length (end of the lens) is only a 1/8″ (about 3mm) difference.
Whats up with the PhoBlo guy? “EVF seems not as crisp and sharp as A7”, that’s gotta be complete BS.
Btw: I still wonder why the EVF housing has gotten bigger…
He must have forgotten to focus the EVF properly… LOL
Haha, you dont know how right you may be…
Phloblographer missing the point again – the evf is unchanged but the lcd is improved (might have been nice to comment on that instead) … And they ignore the headlines me feature. Why do Sony bother sending review cameras to these muppets? All the review bill down to is it looks a bit different and AF might be better but we didn’t bother testing it enough to see.
I really wouldn’t pay any attention to that site. The guy is absolutely clueless and a terrible photographer to boot.
I mean, who the h*ll describes a camera’s grip as “poignant”?
I wondered about the EVF housing being bigger too.
It looks as though it might have 4 or 5mm of extra eye relief which would help when wearing my glasses, but maybe they’ve just made it stronger instead to cope with bigger flashes and peripherals?
Gary fong created the Tupperware light shpere which is a must for a strobist.
Gary Fong MANUFACTURED the Tupperware-style light sphere and sold to the mass, but I assure he he did not create it (I and many other photographers have real Tupperware modifiers that long predate his overpriced items).
http://improvephotography.com/2545/gary-fong-lightsphere-collapsible-review/
Still nobody in these previews mentioned whether the EVF sensor ‘sensitivity’ issue has been improved or not?
Not only was that painful to watch but the way he compared the cameras in the video was very amateur. I also hated how he didn’t even use IBIS to get a tact sharp shot on the 7ii and 55 combo so that we could get a good idea on what lowest shutter speed we could use to achieve a sharp photo. I don’t care that on 1/8 of a second that looks better with IBIS on, duh! But I do care what shutter can achieve a useable shot.
I don’t have the steadiest of hands so IBIS is something I really care about and his “impression” of it on this video needs work.
His logo is also atrocious! I’m sorry if I’m being rude but I’m a bit bitter Sony thinks this guy is worthy of sending cameras to.
so you think you can make better camera comparison video? then make one.
Every person has different the acceptable shutter speed for this combo. I am sure you have one too so just stepped down couple of stop to see your comfortable shutter speed
If Sony gives me a camera prior to release for free, I would love to make one. I realize every person has a different acceptable shutter speed and if his is at 1/8th of a second and still has slight camera shake, then I stand by my statements. He needs better standards.
Sony A7 MKII Hands On
Less than a week with a new camera isn’t enough for my kind of testing. But even such a short period of time has shown me that with the A7 MKII Sony has finally hit its stride in terms of refining the NEX / A7 design paradigm. The early mistakes of dreadful user interface and awkward controls is now mostly past, and instead the A7 MKII has emerged as one of the most usable mirrorless cameras on the market. The fact it is also smaller and lighter than some Micro Four Thirds and APS-C cameras while offering a much larger and in many cases higher resolution sensor just clinches the deal. With its IBIS the MKII will appeal to a great many users of third party lenses as well as Sony’s A series lenses via an adaptor such as the LA-EA4.
Michael Reichmann
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/sony_a7_mkii_hands_on.shtml
I hope this Reichmann clown does not quit his everyday job…