The video on top has been posted by ThePhoBlographer. It’s Mark Weir talking about the new A7 camera.
ThePhoBlogrpaher also shared the first impressions about the Zeiss Touit 50mm macro and about the RX10 (article here).
Also dpreview posted a couple of pictures. Also SonyAlphaLab posted a longer article about the Sony stand at the show.
Those of you that speak spanish may read the long and very detailed article at DSLRmagazine (google translation here).
SAR reader Richard sent me his PDN impression review:
Just returned from Photo Expo – Here are some first impressions on the A7r:
It’s a nice compact camera, hefty (but not heavy) for it’s size. I was worried that with the center viewfinder, my nose would end up in the screen (using my right eye), but the body was small enough that my nose was to the side of the body. But, I feel that it will be a pain for left eyed people, with the controls and such in the way. The shutter is very loud. No, THE SHUTTER IS VERY LOUD.
But, I was impressed that I was not able to feel any shake or vibration from the shutter, and I felt confident hand holding it at slow speeds. The viewfinder seemed ok, but not exceptional. The autofocus did seem to jump around quite a bit, and the face detection feature only seemed to get in the way, jumping from face to face. The menu was very hard to navigate – when you tried to use the scroll wheel, sometimes the pressure used to turn it, activated the 4 way navigational click feature. Maybe it was just this particular camera. Of course, I was not familiar with the menu structure, so that didn’t help either. The guy next to me had a couple of Leica M lenses, and they seemed to work fine with his adapter, but of course we were not allowed to take any shots and we could not get a magnified view on the screen. One problem with manual focus – with a Sony FE lens, the magnify activates when you touch the focus ring, and stays on for at least two seconds. Also we couldn’t see how to enable it with the Leica lenses (got an error message on the screen about that feature not being supported with that lens). Maybe there is a way, but we couldn’t figure it out, and the Sony rep didn’t know. All in all, I rate it as a maybe purchase for me – there is a lot to like about the camera, but it’s not perfect. It is frustrating – Sony seems to come out with cameras that are just one or two steps away from being great – the biggest negative for me is the loud shutter.
BTW – spoke to the guy at the RX1 counter – asked when the 36mp sensor was going to get put into it – he said that was a question for someone higher up, but he expects Sony would want to put their best technology into the next RX1, if there is one.“
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Specs and Preorders in US and Canada (Click on store name to see direct preorder page):
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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.
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Asia:
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74 Responses
Can’t wait to get mine.
Can’t wait to see some tests with Canon EF glass. And some proper dynamic range tests at ISO 100. 🙂 Is the A7R the mini-D800E we’ve been waiting for?
Im still disappointed.
According to the rumors this camera should have an 4 Megapixel OLED Viewfinder (completely new designed), also it should have image stabilization.
It have the 100% identical 2 Megapixel Viewfinder than the a99 and it does not have image stabilization.
Its just a NEX-7 with Full-Frame Sensor, nothing more. Nothing that special at all.
This Camera comes with all compromises, all NEX cameras come with.
– No fast Lenses
– Lenses need Image Stabilization
– A lot of important lenses are missing
– Even the official Alpha Mount Adapter is not _that_ much of a use because Sony Lenses (even those of Tamron) dont have stabilization.
Its just a full-frame NEX-7 with the Viewfinder in the middle instead on the left side.
Its cool that its there but it doesnt help me take better pictures. The SLT was a real innovation where you had all advantages of an SLR combined with the advantages of an Mirrorless where the only compromise was a loss of 0,5 EV light. SLT was the first real evolution of SLRs and it increased the level of helping the photographer.
Im still waiting for an a99 successor without Mirror.
Sure its nothing special just like you.
Already religious fanatics attached to a machine not yet used or tested…amazing.
Vamp898 seems like a very unhappy person.
People here on SAR know what’s what before they preorder or purchase their stuff.
You didn’t do your homework seems like, and set your expectations in wrong places about A7.
Please wait and wait and wait and wait and wait.
You’re right. Strangely most people think a full-frame sensor in a mirror-less body without an AF system comparable to a SLR is a game changer. It will be once someone invents a new AF system.
Gosh Guys, you want this camera so much and are so impatient for Sony to get it right that when someone offers a true simple honest opinion that contradicts yours then you lash out. There really is nothing “special” about this camera other than it’s superficial qualities. It’s a dumb blonde with huge…Well anyways, she’s fun for a week or two but eventually you’re sitting there watching T.V. with her and she makes some random comment and you think “Oh Honey”, then find a new girlfriend. People when someone comes to this forum/website and makes negative comments about something, it’s not because they are trolling, it’s because they are trying to help others put things into perspective. Honestly, grow up children. Or maybe you’re just a bunch of rich kids. Buy it, it’s daddies money anyway.
@JUS7IAN Such nonsense post. Please learn to speak regularly. Just the fact that it’s a FF and mirrorless makes it a special camera. You are trolling because you are asking for unrealistic things. Canon, Nikon and NEX series never had IBIS and never well, so why does the A7s must have IBIS? This camera series will not have it as long as it’s a E-mount. I can already foreseen when every time a new generation of these camera comes out you will be there bagging for IBIS, but you will never see it for the rest of your life. Asking for double the resolution in viewfinder sounds as funny as double the resolution, double the lines line up or double the battery life for the price you are paying for them. No matter how impressive this camera going to be, you are going to find something to pick on because you love to troll and face it. You were never going to buy it.
he’ll buy it if he can afford it. You know some people are trolling because they want to calm themselves down for not buying stuff that they couldn’t afford.
I started taking pictures in 1978 and all of my cameras have always had underbody stabilization… it’s called a tripod. And when I can’t use a tripod, I have realistic expectations of sharpness. I am blown away by the current high ISO abilities of cameras… never before in the history of cameras has it been so easy to hand hold a camera with sharp results that don’t look grainy or off-color. A bunch of people on these forums need to go out and shoot a couple rolls of film in low light and come back when they have a better understanding of what a great time we live in.
In the most possible sincere way – “I know you are but what am I”?
Well said roger.
Jus7ian ,
get a life and a job so you to can buy a Sony A7 you little jealous person you.
I have more money on hand and make more many then all three of you stooges combined. It’s isn’t about the money but you did prove my point, the Sony a7 can’t offer up any intelligent conversation, golly gee, superficial*
His “simple honest opinion” contradicts common sense (same as yours), that is the problem.
Nothing special? Tell that to the engineer who managed to squeeze that sensor in there. The smaller size here is a feature, whether it’s useful to you or not. Important lenses are missing? Wow, Sony are really slow, it’s been whole two weeks since they announced the A7/r, what are they doing? No fast lenses? It’s launched with one of those (and if there were only fast lenses, you’d be complaining about how big and horribly expensive they are).
I agree. I actually think the right glass for this camera is ‘small glass’ with high optical quality. The Zeiss 35mm f2.8 is a perfect example: it is just what this camera needs. If it was 35mm f1.4 it would be too big and cancel out the concept of the camera. You might as well get an A99 if you are into Big Glass.
I would like to see Zeiss supplement the 35mm f2.8 and 55mm f1.8 lenses with 15mm f4, 24mm f2.8, 85mm f2.8 lenses and a 135mm f2.8 OSS lens. Not ‘Big Glass’.
+1
No, what’s innovative here is it’s a FULL FRAME NEX-7. The resolution is awesome too. But yes, otherwise, it’s just an NEX with all the limitations of them.
The comparison is you sacrifice some things to be on an NEX body (fast lenses, IBIS, etc), and some things to be an A99 (size!). Pick what you prefer. A99 or A7. Both have good points and drawbacks.
Me? I have a Canon 6D. Takes great pictures, but I can’t stand the optical viewfinder and the poor AF accuracy. I much prefer the Sony body, but the A99 is too expensive, the SLT gets in the way for astrophotography, and I also hated lugging around the 6D weight. (Not to mention, Sony lenses aren’t great)
So, the A7 has what I want. Full frame, small body, Sony body. And I can put my Canon lenses on it if I want.
I’m with you brother!
I think there’s 3 very special things about these cameras:
1) their small, pocket-able size (given they are FF)
2) what appears to be an amazing sensor
3) the fact that it’s a FF mirrorless
I do however share your concern about the lack of fast (AF) glass – but I hope that will come!
You are disappointed that not every and each rumor became true? Welcome to reality!
I disagree. I think the nex-7 was special and this camera has better features than the nex-7. I was a bit disappointed about the IBIS but people have been taking awesome pics without it for many years so I will just improve my technique and worry about that later.For the price I think its a awesome camera. I just woke up and had a dream it was in my hands.
I’m going to say it again. Clearly loads of SAR commenters don’t know how to use their camera well enough that they have to have stabilization on everything.
And the Sony Alpha Mount adapter is of no use because Sony has no fast glass? If you aren’t getting Zeiss glass for your Sony Alpha cameras, then you are seriously missing the HUGE selling point and advantage of Sony. If Sony didn’t have Zeiss glass, I would even consider Sony because their lenses are really not great. So, the adapter is useful because all of Zeiss lenses are fast. Can you find another 135mm f/1.8?
If you need stabilization on everything, you probably shouldn’t be buying these types of cameras. Same with if you aren’t buying Zeiss glass.
So many reports about the loud shutter of these alpha 7s. My Nex 6 is louder even with electronic first curtain shutter.
Firmware on both (7 and 7r) was 0.9. Electronic first curtain shutter was not activeatable with firmware 0.9 on 7 (statement of sony guy).
And it was not a problem to take JPGs made with Elmarit 28mm on 7 and 7r home. After analysing them a little yesterday night I am convinced that the 7 is the better cam for legacy lenses. The images are directly usable without color correction and without devignetting (in contrast to the 7r).
There is no smearing on both cams.
On the C1 button was EVF magnification (4 step cycle?). I hope the magnification time is adjustable in the final firmware. Did not search for it in the settings.
I’ll order the 7. It’s the cam I was waiting for.
PS: All my shots were taken with the elmarit.
What are talking about? Are there any shots taken with the Elmarit 28mm on A7/R available?
No, did not publish them so far. Thinking about providing 100% crops of the corners.
Okay, here a shot with Alpha 7 and Elmarit 28mm. Think it was f/2.8. This is the lower left corner of the image as TIFF. 100% crop. Focus is on the text in the image. The edge is out of focus (hoping so). Image is OOC as JPG. Firmware is 0.9 and not final!
ISO 200 and 1/160 sec.
No preview. Download the tiff.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g7gxnd0ek973ha5/_dphw1iPFZ
Thank you for posting those – it is still really hard to find decent samples! They do look a bit smeared in the extreme far corners though, more than you would expect from the lens. Of course the vignette can up in post.
Hello Thomas!!!
I’d very much like to thank you for testing a7/r with elmarit 28mm!
Was it asph version?
This lens is only one in my camera bag I’ve been worried how it will perform with these cameras!
I’m worried specially about smearing!
Please do you have some other pictures from a7/a7r shoot with this lens? I’d really love to see them!
thank you very much!
S.
No doubt Focus Assist time will be adjustable, just like the NEX. 2secs-10secs-till shutter is pressed.
I pre-ordered the A7 believing it would be a better candidate for legacy slr lenses. Thanks for the confirmation.
Legacy SLR lenses should be good with the 7r too – just a guess. Legacy was a too generic word.
I think only for the retrofocus lenses as my elmarit 28 mm ASPH the 7 is the better choice. This lens produce magenta shift on the nex 7 and 7r. So I bought the nex 6 and now I will buy the 7 instead.
[not so sure that the lens design of my elmarit is called retrofocus]
Love Mark Weir. It’s true the image quality is outstanding, although Leicas have a lot better corner performance with M lenses compared with than the A7 and A7r.
Well, why would the A7 have better performance on the corners than the original camera for what those lenses were designed for? Although the A7r should be way better than the a7 right for the M lenses right??
larger photosites
Same iso fewer pixels yes…better pixels no…..with new technology comes new technology.
Hi Andrea – or anyone that knows
Does the RX-10 have phase detect autofocus?
It looks like a genuinely interesting option for video but would seem a little crippled if it had all the rest of the right kind of video specs and not this.
If anyone has any impressions of the focus tracking i’d be keen to hear them.
Cheers, TJM
Ok so the shutter is very, very loud. Why didn’t they fix this.
They didn’t fix it, because obviously they didn’t see it as a problem. They probably didn’t intend these cameras to be used for street or reportage photography, where a silent shutter would be important, but rather for travel, landscape, portrait and studio work.
oh I dint think so, I think they know very well this could be a great tool for journalism and street shooting. I think they would have done something about the sound if the could have. but it’s hard to dampen the sound in such a tiny body. there are always tradeoffs.
Dampening the shutter requires really large mechanics…that’s something new.
I actually thought they could have created a totally silent focal plane shutter with only the front curtain electronic: start reseting the photosites from both the top and the bottom, ending in the middle, then have two shutter curtains, one from the top and one from the bottom, slide one on top of the other in front of the CMOS, the two rear curtains have shorter travel enabling smaller lighter curtains , and since they don’t go all the way and don’t touch anything during movement, they should be silent, or at least much more silent than this. Since they both move at the exact same time and their movement is totally opposite to one another, their momentum gets canceled out resulting in zero shutter vibration.
The two rear curtains do have to slide very close to one another or risk light leak.
I took my 28 summicron asph to the Sony Store in my hometown on Saturday and snapped of a few shots with a 7R. I deliberately tried to shoot with white spaces near very edges of the frame.
Although the Sony Rep would not let me put my SD card in the camera, he did show me how to magnify the images on the LCD. Although my testing was not scientific or rigorous at all, I could not detect any color shift near the edges, shooting at f2.
OF course, your mileage may vary.
What a tie ;^)
Most of the complaints listed in the review are simply from someone new to Sony cameras. I’ve run into just about all of them on my NEX-6 and found out how to make it work. I wouldn’t get too worried about the complaints.
Exactly, and people that are new to this tend to look at the cons more than the pros for the reason to hold themselves not spending lots of money on getting a completely
new camera and its lenses
It’s just my first impressions –
NOT a review!
Like I said, I was not familiar with the menu and operation, and the reps either did not know, or were just too busy to bother showing me.
My biggest complaint was the noise.
In fact when I was at the RX1 counter later, and mentioned to the rep there that I thought the a7 was a little loud, he said that I was being kind, and he felt that the noise was excessive for any camera – he compared it to cocking the bolt on a rifle (really). Of course he was at the RX1 counter, and the camera he was promoting is silent – they added a noise in the menu so you could tell if it took a picture.
http://sonyalphanex.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/sony-a7-and-a7r-hands-on-at-photoplus.html
Little post about different lenses on A7
Also, a rather interesting (if not impressive) show of the eye AF function:
http://sonyalphanex.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/sony-a7r-eye-af-in-action.html
What would be decent option for a travel lens zoom on the sony A7 giving priority to zoom range, autofocus and the physical length
of the lens itself?
OSS would be a bonus of course. Other brands? Adapters? Anyone with experience from a Canon metabones adapter together with a lens such as the Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS or similar alternatives?
Probably would get the Zeiss 24-70. Any 18-200 will be pretty crappy image quality. Not to mention, after the canon adaptor, it would be $400 more and real expensive, and you’d have crappy autofocus, if any.
You’d get better resolution doing the Zeiss 24-70 and cropping to an effective field of view of 200mm.
Sigma also just released a 24-105, and they said they’ll be making more FE lenses. Might wait and see if they put a stabilized 24-105 out for FE.
Just to clarify. I think I meant to write a lens similar to the “Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM” together with a metabones adapter on any e-mount body. I guess the A7/A7r are not very tested yet, right?
Great, thanks! Good to hear. Sigma might just be a cheap alternative in the wait for some better lenses.
Sigma has some new lenses that are blowing even Canon L series and Zeiss lenses out of the water. AND they’re not nearly as expensive. Seems like the way to go to me. Their new 35mm is getting rave reviews as ‘the best 35mm you can buy’.
They also have a USB dock for their lenses to adjust all the focus parameters of the lenses for like, $40 or something real affordable. Can update the firmware, too. They also will swap the lens mount on their newer lenses to other mounts. Say if you go from Canon to NEX, then to Alpha cause the new alpha body puts the A7 to shame with its IBIS.
I used to be real shy about getting third party lenses, but Sigma’s new Art line looks real appealing.
I can testify how well the Sigma 35mm does on my D800 it is an excellent performer bit of a bonus that it is a lot cheaper than the native fast 35mm lenses. I don’t shoot APS anymore but my brother has the 18-35mm F1.8 which covers a lot of the range I use most {landscape shooter} and the results from it on his D7100 are amazing.
Though its pretty large the Samyang 35mm T1.5 is another very good performer and it even comes in native e-mount { though obviously manual focus }
I think Sigma will make some nice FF E-mount lens for A7/r.
I hope Sigma will make a 24mm or 35mm F1.8 with OS.
and I am sure it will be cheaper than the Sony FE 35mm F2.8 ZA.
Right. But even on cameras the Metabones is known to work well with, the autofocus is still VERY slow, it adds about an inch to the lens length, and adds $400. Not to mention, the Canon 10x zoom sorts of lenses are relatively poor quality. Even the L series 28-300 is pretty terrible.
I was considering getting the Metabones for some of my Canon lenses, but it’s $400, doesn’t give you a useful autofocus, so you’ll want to use manual, and then you add in the cost of the lens. All in all, unless you have a real good, real expensive lens, you’re better off waiting for the native FE lenses, or fully manual lenses.
And if you don’t get the Metabones and get a cheap $40 adaptor, I don’t know how you’ll get aperture control of the lens. From the reviews I’ve read, the adaptors only really make sense for manual focus use. And then you might as well go for entirely manual lenses to begin with.
Samyang has a couple nice manual lenses for reasonable money, and have a native FE mount, too.
Certain cheap adapters have lock/open controls which act as the aperture. Just have to keep your lenses wide open to use them.
I’ve heard those second apertures in the adapter don’t work properly from an optical standpoint, since they’re not at the the proper optical location inside the lens’s optical path. Read a review that said they basically just vignette the image. But I dunno. I’d rather just get a manual lens. Heck an electronic adapter that doesn’t autofocus, but lets you set the aperture would be perfect.
No you don’t have to keep the lens wide open..if you had an adapter, you would know otherwise.
I’m considering the Metabones adapter for the A7, but I’ve got some Nikkors and some Canon FD that would satisfy most of my requirements.
But the one lens that I would like to use is my 135mm f2. And here lies my dilemma.
I’ve got a couple of good Canon lenses at my disposal, and I’m wondering if maybe getting the alpha mount Sigma 35mm, and then the LEA-4 (the autofocus alpha adapter) might be a good idea, so I have a fast focusing, 35mm F/1.4 lens.
Wonder what the light loss on the LEA-4’s mirror is these days. I know they’ve made improvements to the SLT mirrors since the first one. I had it in my a55, and it had some drawbacks.
Richard’s impressions are fair but they seem to mainly stem from not using a Sony menu system before. I guess the real question is how long does it take the average transplant to learn the features. Pretty sad the Sony rep couldn’t confirm where the magnification setting was or if they just removed it (that would be terrible).
BTW, don’t know if anybody saw Phillip’s post on FM forum…but it looks like BIOGONS are a nogo on the A7R either.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/birnenbaumgarten/10489198784/
Unfortunate since I really like the 25mm/2.8 ZM
mind you the shots were with contax G Biogon 28mm (not ZM)
I always shoot RAW, but after watching the video I’m curious to check out the jpegs on these new cameras.
I assume the new image processing that Mark Weir is talking about in the video is ONLY applied to the jpeg files, and not the RAW???
AT the 3:40 mark he talks about a number of IQ improvements:
1) finer gradation to allow improved jpeg sharpening
2) defraction reduction technology
3) area specific noise reduction
It’ll be interesting to see if these are great IQ advancements… or just some marketing glop.
I too only shoot RAW. But with built-in WiFi/NFC, if JPEG processing is decent, can make sharing much quicker.
I shoot JPEG/RAW on my NEX-6, but mainly so I can do exactly that. However, it’s still clumsy to set up the WiFi link, and often if it’s something to share, I’ll snap it quick with my phone. If I want a good shot, people will just have to wait for me to get the pic processed on the computer.
If you are interested in Sony A7 / A7R RAW vs jpeg, check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96nbKAsu42M
Hint. Sony processing is shit. RAW files are awesome.
Shoot RAW.
I for one am excited for these cameras. I started my photography journey with a Panasonic GH2 and loved using it. To me an EVF is an advantage because you can expose and get a clear picture of the end result without ever having to move your eye from the viewfinder. I am not a pro user, I am a prosumer that uses these tools strictly for personal use like family. I currently have a Canon 5d Mark III and while it takes amazing pics with my L glass, it is big and bulky and I often find myself missing the EVF. Video is another example of where the EVF is extremely useful for a casual shooter. My GH2 was a pleasure to shoot video with without having to use a rig. The 5dIII is almost useable without a rig. Once again size/weight makes a big difference here. So in my opinion for the prosumers out there that don’t shoot professionally (because customers will always expect Cannon/Nikon) this will be a great full frame option that is smaller and therefore more likely to be used day to day for it’s intended purpose.
It sounds like a terrific camera. I was about to order a nex7 but I’ll wait and see for a couple months AFTER seeing reviews by those without a vested interest in selling it. If it’s anything like the $1000 16-70 f4 p&s glass, I’ll know it was worth waiting and seeing, rather than falling in love sight unseen.
I have now one alpha 7 shot and one alpha 7r shot with the elmarit 28mm asph online (no preview, only download)
They are both 100% crops as TIFFs. Both are less than a quarter of the whole image (vertically a third, horizontally half of the image).
My testing focus was more on the camera handling with a MF lens. Currently I’m using a nex 6. I would upgrade to a 7 just for the better ergonomics. [nex 7 is not an option. More magenta shift than 7r]
Firmware was not final! It was version 0.9!
Easy to see the magenta shift with the 7r. It is not too extreme and should be easy correctable. But I prefer the 7. Don’t know why briansmith recommends the 7r for leica glass (has he only used the 7r??).
The images are not to assess corner sharpness! Focus is on the text in the 7 image and on the background building in the 7r image. So corners are out of focus.
Both images are OOC JPGs.
See my other posts in this thread.
ups! here the link again: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g7gxnd0ek973ha5/_dphw1iPFZ
There are 2 issues with Leica wides:
1. Corner mush
2. Color shift.
While 2 (though annoying) can be corrected in the post, nothing can be done about the corner mush. There have been suggestions that the 7 excels in the mush aspect while the 7R is good at fringing. 🙂
With the corners not in focus one can not tell.
The only mush I like is in my mash potatoes.