Video by Sony Australia
One post to tule them all. The Sony A7/A7r videos sent to me by SAR readers. Enjoy watching 🙂
Video by Sony Korea
Full Sony Japan event recording:
Hands-on by Steve Huff
German hands-on by Andreas from SystemKameraforum
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Specs and Preorders in US and Canada (Click on store name to see direct preorder page):
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
Asia:
A7r at Digitalrev.
A7 at Digitalrev, Amazon Cina.
A7 with 28-70mm lens at Digitalrev.
35 Responses
I suggest the video of theCameraStore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnvgceTEV3c
Some A7R footage I did a bit of tweeking to:-
http://vimeo.com/78111977
What is A mount 🙂
A7 and A7r is old news now.
So is the rumour business.
Agree hype is over now..let’s forget about these and get some decent rumours. A mount glass, firmware updates new models.
Speaking of the A7/7r for professionals (the 2nd video) the only thing that worries me a little is the lack of the Pro Dynamic Duo lenses from the Sony lens roadmap:
1) the 28-70 f2.8 and
2) the 70-200 f2.8
I know there is an f4 version of the long zoom, and that you can adapt other lenses, but I hope Sony will announce these 2 pro zooms in a native mount with OSS.
Unlikely unless they manage to figure out a whole different lens design. Look at the size of the f4 version, the f2.8 will be larger and heavier.
Though I’m surprised that even with the shorter flange distance, the 70-200 f/4 is still at that size, I expected it to be slightly smaller.
I guess there’s always the hope that Metabones will come through with the adapter that fully supports Nikkor lenses.
The Sony representative at the Expo did tell me that there are no plans in the foreseeable future for f2.8 24-70 and 70-200 FE lenses. The 24-70 f4 oss is tiny compared to a standard L or G lens. So is the 55mm 1.8 compared to your standard FF DSLR lens. Sony is taking the compact/high quality route for their FE lenses.
I think I could do without the 24-70, using the primes (and my feet) instead.
Just not sure how I’m going to address the 200 f2.8 (which provides great isolation at events where you’ve got messy background and little control over it). Maybe f4 will be enough in most cases.
Why would “professionals” shoot video with the A7/7R? Is anyone doing it with the RX1/R? There are far better video cams out there. Some are even made by SOny.
because of the full frame sensor. there aren’t that many video options out there with a huge sensor, more professional, definitely, but if you want serious “boheh”, the A7/A7r are very appealing
Many professionals (including my video team for weddings) use DSLR’s for video.
As a matter of fact, my a99 does a fantastic job for video in most situations. The aliasing and moire are a bit high in certain circumstances, but the a99 has a huge dynamic range producing very flat footage. This allows a lot of latitude for post processing, especially compared to the Canon DSLR’s.
The early footage I have seen from the a7 shows improvement over the a99 in the area of aliasing, so I am seriously considering getting one specifically for video purposes.
I may not be a high-profile “pro”, but I do earn my living with my cameras. Also, it is common knowledge that DSLR’s are used in the making of TV shows, documentaries, and even some big-budget films (some scenes for the movie Red Tails were filmed with a DSLR).
Hi Ren,
Earning your living with photography and video, I would definitely call that ‘pro’!
Went through the galleries on your site, and really enjoyed the pictures as well.
Can I ask which profile you use while shooting video on the a99. Something custom or neutral?
I personally like premiere cc for editing, but like the rendering of the avcvh files in fcp X. I have no experience with vegas. What do you use?
regards,
Marald
Hi Marald,
Thank you!
So, when I am shooting the a99 in a situation where I will be mixing footage with Canon footage, I have found that Standard with Contrast turned down to -2, Saturation -2 and Sharpness -3 looks close to the Canon footage with all settings turned down to their lowest values.
When I am shooting all Sony footage I set it to Neutral and all settings turned down to -3.
I use Premiere Pro CC, and have been happy with the results, although, I am not really a video guy.
So, according to Steve Huff wide angle Leica M lenses have less problems on the A7. That is a bit of a surprise after all the attention the A7r had with legacy glass.
Steve Huff, like many other reviewers that tested wide angle m mount lenses, only tested symmetrical designed lenses and not telecentric designed lenses. Wide angle telencentric lenses seem to work perfectly on the A7/R.
Check out this post that was posted earlier on SAR
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/3dkraft-esplaines-what-ultra-wide-lens-will-work-perfectly-on-the-a7r/
@ B.Allen
So which WA leica M primes are symmetrical design?
Steve Huff, nice enough guy but does a brown nose job on just about everything he touches = no very useful for the informed buyer.
He’s madly in love with the OMD-EM1 right now..even saying it’s better than anything APS-C out there (yawn fanbouy stuff)
He does an admirable job of keeping his diverse fanbase happy. He is not a “fanboy” of anything. 🙂
I believe he admitted that he’s a Leica fanboy 😛
We’re is the A mount tests with the a7r I want see how the zeiss lens look on the 36m sensor vs new ef mount lens because the new lens might be shaper because designed for a 36mp from the start. The original 70-200mm came out with the a100
I agree! Where is the 50mm Planar or 135mm f/1.8 test?
Greetings,
I supposed that A7R is designed to deal better with rangefinder’s UWA lenses in fact of microlenses. I cannot find where Steve Huff found out that A7 is better for flat angle of light, which hit the sensor at the edges?
First shots published with Biogon 21 ZM, Summilux 21mm, Elmar 21mm and Sony A7 produced terrific results – especially wide open at edges of frame. Steve Huff has shown some image made with Sony A7R and mysterious Zeiss 2.8/21mm (probably Biogon ZM), which was perfect at corners ( http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/zeiss21a7r.jpg )
I know that A7 has larger photodiodes, but it hasn’t got gapless built. It should result similar effective photodiode’s area between A7 and A7R. That’s why Sony probably stand that Noise to signal ratio with both sensor are quite similar, which pure physics tells us that it depends on photodiode’s diameter and that from A7 is obviously larger.
Best regards, WZ.
Why my comments always need to await moderation forever?????
Greetings,
I supposed that A7R is designed to deal better with rangefinder’s UWA lenses in fact of microlenses. I cannot find where Steve Huff found out that A7 is better for flat angle of light, which hit the sensor at the edges?
Yeah, probably because the A7 pixel sites are much larger. The offset micro lenses are going to help but the 40+% smaller photo sites are at a disadvantage. Pity they didn’t put offset microlenses on that camera as well. It probably would have really given Leica a challenge since without the offset lenses it comes pretty close to the typ 240 M. The Sony literature makes it sound like both cameras have shallower pixel wells which could also be helping.
I know that A7 has larger photodiodes, but it hasn’t got gapless built. It should result similar effective photodiode’s area between A7 and A7R. That’s why Sony probably stand that Noise to signal ratio with both sensor are quite similar, which pure physics tells us that it depends on photodiode’s diameter and that from A7 is obviously larger.
Best regards, WZ.
Steve Huff has shown some image made with Sony A7R and mysterious Zeiss 2.8/21mm (probably Biogon ZM), which was perfect at corners ( http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/zeiss21a7r.jpg )
First photos published with Biogon 21 ZM, Summilux 21mm, Elmar 21mm and Sony A7 produced terrific results – especially wide open at edges of frame.
If you’re referring to Steve Huff’s photos they are naturally dark in the corners (he was shooting at a window) and they aren’t a very good test. I appreciate him doing it and they seem better than Ron’s earlier test. I imagine their effectiveness may very depending on where they are focused and used.
Wide open and focused to infinity there are likely to be problems.
hope a7 will be better with leica wide angles…
then i will buy it…
anyone has shot something on 28mm elmarit asph with a7/a7r?
I’d love to see it!
I liked the steve huff stuff review, very informative.
But he said there was no option to set the menu to nex style, while the aussie review did.. ??
Strange.. but not important, it’s not that I would like to use it 🙂
Looks like absolutely nice camera’s, but as I just a year ago invested in the a99 with the lot, I would need to really have a good year to let me have the a7 as well… But in the meantime, I would love to see those extra menu settings in an a99 firmware update. As sony has this software already around, and the a7 is in more than one way similar to the a99, how hard would a be to adopt these features in the a99?
I mean this features I think would be possible with a software only update:
– zebra (would love this for video, wonder what the submenu offers..)
– apc mode off option
– mf assist (sony had it for years on their prosumer cams, cool feature)
– focus mag time (could come in handy)
– like the menu style better as well, if it would be switchable, even better.
would also like to now if the a7(r) has more file formats / datarate options. Sadly Steve doesn’t show sub menu’s.
I did a recent shoot with the a99 and nikon d800, and while I was quite happy with the results, I found that the d800 produced cleaner / more detailed files at around similar iso. Even with just 24 Mb mp4, I thought avchd should be better than mp4. Maybe make mp4 1920 x 1080 25 & 50p available as well. Or even better, higher bitrates all round.. And please fix the line skip method, in forced aps-c with the 24-70 the video looks terribly blocky..
I’ve could think of a 100 more software only improvements for the a99, but this is already getting a little bit off topic..
sorry, a lot of typos in my previous post..
english is not my native language and automatic (mis)spell check in the browser, isn’t really helping either..
Urgent Some one can tell me did the sony a7 body have made in Japan ?