Lawrence: “Some people are wondering how loud the shutter sound of the a7R actually is. I did a quick comparison between the a7R and some other cameras (M3, E-M5, OM-2)”–
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Pascal: “my A7r finally arrived and what a machine it is ! It is the first camera I have owned (Nikon D800e included) that gives that elusive medium format look to photographs. I was expecting a lot from it but it delivers even more. What a fantastic machine. The more I use it, the more I love it ! If you’re interested, here’s my review (with more to follow) : http://www.dearsusan.net/2013/12/07/sony-a7r-first-impressions-the-magnificent-seven/”
Chad: “First paid work with the A7 at http://chadwadsworth.blogspot.com/2013/12/first-paid-work-with-sony-a7.html”
Mike: “Bokeh comparison: Sony A7, Nikkor 50mm 1.4D vs Fuji X-E1, Fuji FX 35mm 1.4: http://www.mikekobal.com/blog/?p=9907”
Marcus: “I have added a Album to Facebook and uploaded some pictures in flickr from the A7.
https://www.facebook.com/marcus.rosth
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrosth/
Sanji: “You posted a video unboxing I did of the Sony A7R. Well now I have a follow up in the form of a full blown review having purchased the camera. It’s done using a bunch of lenses – m-mount, zeiss, sigma, canon from 15mm to 300mm. It would be great if you could share this with your readers as I believe they will find it entertaining and very useful.
Sony A7r, Fuji X-E2, Panasonic GH3 – DOF and Noise comparisons (<a href=”http://soundimageplus.blogspot.be/2013/11/sony-a7r-fuji-x-e2-panasonic-gh3-dof.html”>Soundimagesplus</a>).You don’t need to wait for FE lenses to have a good time with the A7R 🙂
http://sanjio.com/wp/blog/2013/11/22/sony-a7r-review/”
Buzz: “Confessions of a Camera Addict — How Sony Breaks My Bank: http://www.the.me/confessions-of-a-camera-addict-how-sony-breaks-my-bank/#ixzz2ms88Kmub”
Tobin: “Hot on the heals of my riveting A7R shutter sound comparison video, here’s an in depth review of the A7R and various Leica R lenses, includes usability, size comparison etc.
http://tobinators.com/blog/index.php/2013/11/everything-else/sony-a7r-review/
Eddy: a number of people have been complaining about the battery life of the A7R. My experience is otherwise: last Saturday I went to the Zoo in Antwerp, to try the A7R. I had the 24mm f2 and 70-400 GII with me, including the LA-EA4, AF was used all the time. I had only one spare battery with me and changed this only when I was back at home. I had 777 images (RAW+JPEG) on my memory card… So this is about double of the ‘official’ battery life.
What might be the difference: I immediately put the camera in ‘airplane mode’, which cuts the WiFi and NFC. I know from my smart phone that those options can draw a lot of energy. Also I put the ‘Auto Review’ to off. I guess these small tweaks can make a big difference.
I assume that the official battery life is measured with everything turned on. And that some people who are complaining, base their judgement on these official figures, not on real life tests like mine.
I’ve also put this info into this thread:
http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/battery-life-a7-a7r_topic103190.html”
Paul: “Just find some lightroom developed samples on web (In Chinese) text: http://www.dcfever.com/sony/readnews.php?id=9490&page=4
sample gallery: http://www.dcfever.com/cameras/viewsamples.php?set=937”
Michel: “I’ve shot a few pictures of some of my manual lenses on the Sony A7. I hope this gives an idea about the size of various combinations. Here is the album: http://imgur.com/a/IhReb”
Alik: “I’ve got some low light test shots of the Sony A7r. The high ISO performance is kind of mind blowing. In the next day or two I’ll also be doing a speed comparison video for the Metabones EF to E mount adapter. I hear it’s a littler slower. I’d like to see. I’ll let you know when that’s done. But check out my samples images. http://alikgriffin.com/sony-a7r-mirrorless-review-and-sample-photos. You can get full size original images by clicking them.”
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Specs and Preorders 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 Preorders 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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Does anyone know if you can autofocus while recording video on the A7 or A7R?
The last firmware update for the NEX 7 added it and it seems to work well. The focus square is constantly there but does not turn green unless you have half pressed the shutter and its found focus.
yes, it does it very well. I really like the af behavior with the kit lens on the A7. As good as on the FS700
Thanks. 🙂
After RX100, RX10, RX1 and now A7 I have two questions about APS-C RX 100 like camera:
1. When?
2. How much?
Tobin’s noise comparison is nice. Relative silence, according to the phone’s dB meter is 33dB. The RX1 adds only 6dB when 10-13cm away from the phone. I did a wedding last week with the RX1 and the registrar asked me whether I was actually taking any photographs or taking the piss…
That and the 35mm Sonnar are just about enough for me not to consider selling it and waiting for a 36mp RX1superR
He asked you that? Haha!
For the few times I’ve used my friend’s RX1, people have asked me that also.
She did…genuinely, she thought I was taking the piss.
Some gorgeous shots!! One of the things I like about the A7 is the real-time view of exposure adjustments. It’s really helpful when shooting in tricky lighting (high contrast night photos, dense fog, etc. – the type of photos I really love to take)
Here’s a couple samples with the A7 of the type I plan to do many more with this great little night shooter:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mars_observer/11165757403/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mars_observer/11170889646/
So I posted this firmware request to Sanjio’s blog, but I thought I’d post it here just in case someone from Sony is listening:
Allow videographer to customize the C1 to be our start/stop button for video. The ‘fix’ sony implemented to prevent accidental starting/stopping video isn’t favorable for people who shoots more videos than photos.
That is one line of code that can easily be implemented! Come on Sony! Do the right thing!
I’m not sure how people are processing and showing things like shadow recovery, specifically in Lightroom, without raw support.
By using the Lightroom release candidate which is free to download. Full RAW support although I expect for it to improve.
I’ve been shooting raw and using Lightroom (release candidate) as well.
Well looks like I need to get the release candidate.
Just a side note about that video. Dude, trim your nails! That was slightly unsettling.
Nice reviews – thanks to all for their efforts.
I hope someone with a good stock of RF and SLR lenses can get ahold of both bodies to give us a clearer idea of which has fewer problems with legacy glass. I have seen opinions on both sides but nothing conclusive.
Andrea I have a question : I think many of us find a few things annoying in the A7/R’s operation, among which the playback/magnification scheme, which is much better on the NEX 7. How can we communicate to Sony our wish to be able to change that via a future FW update ?? It would be very easy to be able to chose to use the center button for manigification in playback, à la NEX, then scroll in and out with the thumbwheel and from shot to shot with the front wheel.
Where to contact Sony for such suggestions ??
+1 totally agree. the playback magnification is highly annoying and the fact that we have to press a button twice to magnify in mf mode, def one of my top firmware update requests
Your best chance of someone seeing your request is to ask a question at http://community.sony.com There may be Sony people here from time to time but the community site will been seen or be able to be put in the system for an engineer.
is it just me or is somebody else also not enjoying the bokeh that comes out of the a7 and a7r (it looks kind of digital and definitely not smooth)?
don’t get me wrong i love what sony has done with putting a ff sensor in such a small body and i love all the features that are included and i really was hoping that this would be my next cam, but the weird bokeh thing, sometimes autofocus problems (hunting in low light, focusing on the back with the 35mm/2,8) and not good enough video mode (heavy ca’s and older codec) kept me from buying it until now.
any thoughts? am i overrating those issues? happy to be convinced otherwise 😉
Indeed “a quick video comparison”.
At size comparison there was a strange assortment of lenses, but all of these had “their own” lenses except A7R, which had an adapter and a Leitz 28/2.8 lens.
At shutter sound comparison 1/30 sec was used with the A7R. With the other three cameras were shorter shutter times selected, 1/100 sec for OM-D E-M5. Longer shutter times are more noticable.
Still, according to this video clip the E-M5 seems to have the lowest shutter sound, OM-2 and A7R the highest, and M3 somewhere in between.
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Not sure about that “medium format” bit 😉
Lol I know I was just going to say the same
These people have played with Pentax 645D files from imaging-resource and think they know medium format. No one who has ever used a modern DMF camera would say such a stupid thing.
Yep, I was thinking about leaving comment directly there but then again, i will probably never visit that blog in the future.
Yeah I thought the same thing, the files certainly look nothing like Phase One IQ 160/180/260/280 files 😉 Maybe more like Pentax 645 or Leica S files but I have no experience with those.