into the darkness – SONY α7S 4K shoot
You remember Stanley Kubrick shooting with a f/0.7 special Zeiss lens to shoot a Barry Lindon scene with the sole candle light? Well, that’s what you can do now with the new Sony A7s (which will ship soon). The video on top has been shot by Yoshihiro Enatsu and shows you the A7s performance with the light of one single candle. Below is another low light video:
Also Photoblog.hk posted two new videos: A Frame rate speed test (youtube video here) and an Autofocus test (youtube video here).
A7s and RX100M3 Preorders:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
Sony A7s EU pages: Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PL. And Wex UK.
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA.
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT. And Wex UK,
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan and Sony Australia.
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I like how they emphasize “shot in real darkness”
Impressive stuff here. Now they are really asking me to get one of these. I don’t like the external contraptions required for 4K though so I am really looking forwards the 1080p output with, hopefully, 4:2:2.
Any chance of downloadable videos?
It looks pretty good up to 3200 ISO and after that there seem to be too many compression artifacts– but this is based on a youtube video, which is essentially worthless. WHY do people post test videos to youtube?! Post to Vimeo and enable the DL link. Youtube does more harm than good for video quality tests. Morons like me are apt to jump to baseless conclusions.
A very good example to demonstrated that a high ISO setting in no way replaces good lighting, in my opinion.
That opinion is useless even for you. Try again.
If you look at the size of the rig, it is not “palm sized” at all.
what about the image quality in normal light situations, any example images in original resolution? …
Not so impressive toying around with ISO settings.
Probably your Canon is more impressive then?
Not palm sized, requires (lots of) add ons, and still no good lenses in the lineup (apart from any lenses adapted from other systems). All in all, another great crippled launch for a camera that has fantastic potential. This is why I am walking away from Sony…
lol… to which other whole sensor read out 4K FF camera is that?
casting pearls before swine…
None (A7s/7/7r) are palm sized unless someone in Sony has GIANT palms. 🙂
You won’t be missed, but don’t let the door hit you on the way out!
I’m sure the GoPro5 with F0.7 lens and 12k raw video recording will satisfy your needs, pending its release, feel free to play the troll under the bridge and piss off everyone in your vicinity!
Good that you’re walking away, don’t let the door hit you in the a** on the way out troll.
The more I see the videos and the High ISO stuff I wish this camera had IBIS. If it had, I would even sell a kidney to buy it! :p (of course, I’d be interested in IBIS for stills, not video)
You can attach the IBIS sticker yourself.
Yeah….. but that won’t stabilise the un-stabilised lenses I already have 🙁
Stop drinking coffee.
NEVER!!11!1!1!!!! Ò.Ó
LOL
Tamron has a patent for a teleconverter with built in oss.
It goes between camera and lens.
It would be great as an A mount to E mount converter..they should make it.
Nikon also has a pattent for a teleconverter with oss.
Thiers attaches to the front of the lens.
Of course the other choice is to wait for an A mount with this sensor.
Thanks for the reply, Barry.
I find it a little frustrating that tamron currently
Does not have oss on sony A mount
Does not make teleadapter for sony mount.
And that they hold the patent for oss in an adapter…ideal for E mount adaptor ….. but not only are they not making it but because they hold the patent no one else can make one.
You can’t patent such a simple idea as putting a stabilizer between the camera and the lens. Fujifilm makes such a stabilizer, the TS-P58A.
See PetaPixel feb 22 2011 and Photo Rumors feb 21 2011.
The teleadaptor goes between the lens and camera ,has an on /off switch and is listed as going from x0.9-x1.5
I looked at the fuji device you describe and it looks very differrent from the Tamron device.
Fuji is described as a stand alone optical lens stabilization and is 1.25x
Oh please let Kubrick rest in peace! 🙂
If you look in to the details of the f/0.7 lens used in Barry Lyndon, it was shot on relatively low sensitivity film and the additional glass that was added worked as a teleconverter (iirc) which also changes the effective aperture. In other words, since the days of the 5D II we’ve been able to do just as well if not more than what Kubrick did back in the day.
I think you are correct, except.
“..and the additional glass that was added worked as a teleconverter (iirc) which also changes the effective aperture.”
The front additive converter, preserved that aperture (f/0.7) and did not make it slower.
I fully agree that Lyndon should RIP. 🙂
Are you sure?
The issue was not having enough rear clearance. So it would have been a rear TC.
It was a front mount converter and a wide one at that. The original 50/0.7 was the tele lens.
Actually, it was a 48/0.65. Please refer to The Omnicomprehensive guide to Kubrick (2013).
Thanks for the reference.
Well then you must be right. I once read through the details of the setup just because every mention of a lens faster than f/1.2 makes people bring up Kubrick and Barry Lyndon to the point it’s like a joke. Did some calculations back then which I’ve now forgotten.
At any rate we’re capable of doing more with what’s there now.
I have the Zeiss brochure with some data. Will scan it and put it on my flickr when I get to it.
Nice.
The source I originally came across was:
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/ac/len/page1.htm
People, people, always whining about everything. Why don’t you forget about photography and take up knitting instead?
Then they will whine about knitting…
They would obsess about the needle type, material and construction method. And the arguments over the thread choices would never stop. None would ever have time to actually knit a damn thing.
Whining makes people feel better about themselves…On that basis, some people on this forum must have terrible lives.
We all have a terrible life, the difference is how we cope with it 🙂
lenses, lenses, lenses……..seems to me canon lenses on A7s now.
So what? Just an a clear indication of Sony’s FE mount’s flexibility. Their cameras can accept all kinds of lenses, from their own (excellent) native lenses to Canon, Nikon, Leica, Contax, etc, etc. For the owner, it’s an immense advantage!
Yep unlike the stills industry..the film industry has no problem with mixing and matching lenses to suit their needs. It is whatever lens works for the look you want.
Yes, Canon or Minolta or Nikon or Zeiss or Leica or Voigtlander etc etc. So yes even the one lens you own will mount to the A7s.
And AF is completely gone or bad.
this camera is about filming, no AF needed
I have Canon 1Ds (Mark I) still in my mind. Altough I sold it for APS-C stuff. No need for pixel race in photography (at least for me). High ISO is very welcome.
Only a complete idiot would make such a statement.
Compact setup to shoot 4k, nice.
WHY do people post test videos to youtube?! Post to Vimeo and enable the DL link. Youtube does more harm than good for video quality tests. Morons like me are apt to jump to baseless conclusions. http://0rz.tw/YAAeL
Download and install YTD downloader: http://www.ytddownloader.com/
Do custom install and uncheck all the unnecessary crap, this program will let you download any YouTube video.
But if you download the video from YT, won’t the harm have been done already?
Like downloading an image from facebook.
No, it’s a program that downloads the video directly from YouTube at the highest resolution available.
Wrong.
Youtube does its own conversion process, so while yes, it will download the highest quality available, your video already had its bitrate downsampled, So no matter how you spin it, you’ll end up with a much lower quality video than the original.
You can do a simple test and upload a high bitrate video to youtube, then download it from youtube and compare bitrates. You’ll see what i’m talking about
Impressive low light video as always….these video continue to amaze me with how far technology has gone for the mass consumer market
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Pretty good dynamic range even in video mode 🙂
i was not sure between a7r or a7, can not decide for either
thankfully waiting to make my choice, a7s rise and show me the light
most are bashing that sensor with so few megapixels
so, to make one point for the a7s, i will say its the most impressive sensor tech in years (for me)
dr, evs steps, 4k, electronic shutter, high iso, video tools, etc
with all camera manufacters releasing new cameras with few upgrades, some that not help a bit to image quality like gps, wifi, etc, the a7s bring something totally new to the market, kudos to sony to keep inovating while others just play bored “safe”, the more options all we had the better, at the end of the day there is not a camera to place everyone or a camera to rule them all, everyone chose one that fit their needs, more options to chose its always better than buying a camera between few options just because you need a camera until your perfect camera get real, if ever 😉
FLAT. OUT. AMAZING.
Can’t wait for my A7s to ship!
I wonder if this camera could shoot animals at nite wth the new tamron 150-600?
A stunning sensor indeed. Three cheers for Sony!
i thought a7s has full electronic shutter but in Frame rate video above it’s fully mechanical whats up with that !?
I’m actually more impressed than I thought I’d be.
Very good job Sony! Now lets see this tech in an A-mount camera too!
IMO video at high ISO usually looks better than still images at the same high ISO. Would be nice to post some RAW images at these high ISO settings in addition to showing the video.