Sony A7R V Announcement Oct 26th

[Tim Mayo]

The Sony a7R V has finally been announced so now we can all go back to sleep

Here are the confirmed key specifications:

• 61MP BSI CMOS sensor
• Improved AF with subject recognition
• In-body stabilization rated at up to 8.0EV
• Continuous shooting at up to 10fps with flash (JPEG or Lossy compressed Raw)
• 8K/24p or 4K/60p video (both with 1.24x crop)
• Full-width 4K up to 30p
• 10-bit 4:2:2 video options, including S-Log3, S-Cinetone and HLG
• Fully-articulated rear screen on tilt-out cradle
• Focus bracketing mode (with stacking via computer)
• Multi-shot pixel shift high res mode with motion compensation (via computer)
• 2 x 2 MIMO Wi-Fi
• UVC/UAC USB-standard video for use as webcam

The a7R V will cost you $3,898.00 in the US, £3,999.00 in the UK and €4,500 in Europe.

Preorders have already started in the UK and Europe and will start at 10am ET, Thu Oct 27 in the US.

B&H Photo already has a pre-order page (affiliate link) up.

You'll find further details and early reviews from the usual crowd over in the blog post here:

Sony A7R V Announcement - AlphaShooters.com

Sony has announced the much rumored Sony a7R V which is the fifth generation of the company’s high-resolution full-frame mirrorless series. The a7R V will cost you $3,898.00 in the US, £3,999.00 in the UK and €4,500 in Europe. Preorders have already started in the UK and Europe and will start at...

www.alphashooters.com

Are you tempted by this camera from what you have seen so far? Or were you hoping for some more megapixels?

 

[MrFotoFool]

Although the A7RV sensor will have same 61MP size as current A7RIVa, it will not be the same sensor according to the most recent post on SonyAlphaRumors: https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/rum...ensor-with-more-light-gathering-capabilities/

 

[MrFotoFool]

On yesterday's post, SonyAlphaRumors says 95% chance it's a new BSI sensor. On today's post he says 50% chance it's a new BSI sensor. I guess that's why it's called SonyRumors and not SonyFacts!

 

[Ralph]

I know what I see is what I would like to get but as with a few things in life I am sure it will be over my budget.
So this will make the previous model more to my budget once this one comes out.
But if I had the money I would have it on the to buy list. As it is on my wanted list for now.

 

[MrFotoFool]

On yesterday's post, SonyAlphaRumors says 95% chance it's a new BSI sensor. On today's post he says 50% chance it's a new BSI sensor. I guess that's why it's called SonyRumors and not SonyFacts!

After going down to 50% chance on yesterday's post, today he is back up to 95% chance LOL!

 

[Paul stuart]

Priced at £3999 so a price increase ,to be expected i guess ,some nice incremental upgrades ,the biggest being 8k video but not sure their is much allure to that for me ,auto focus improvements are nice and bigger buffer ,the 8 stops ibis is this going to be using catalyst or a actual real 8 stops,to me it looks like a a7r4s than a complete upgrade ,but those coming into sony full frame will have a hard time discounting this camera. but mostly video features improved so not much in it for me ,pixel shift unless processed in camera is going to be another mute point but at least some improvement here .

 

[Tim Mayo]

Priced at £3999 so a price increase ,to be expected i guess ,some nice incremental upgrades ,the biggest being 8k video but not sure their is much allure to that for me ,auto focus improvements are nice and bigger buffer ,the 8 stops ibis is this going to be using catalyst or a actual real 8 stops,to me it looks like a a7r4s than a complete upgrade ,but those coming into sony full frame will have a hard time discounting this camera. but mostly video features improved so not much in it for me ,pixel shift unless processed in camera is going to be another mute point but at least some improvement here .

About a £500 price increase over the a7R IV launch price, definitely a good bump if it's accurate.

 

[Tim Mayo]

If that follows suit, it'll be $4100 here.

I'm going to guess $3998 That's an extra $500 on top of the current a7R IVA price when it's not discounted. $4k is a pretty large psychological barrier as well, I'd imagine they would prefer to stay just below this figure but I could be wrong.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

I'm really not blown away by the spec. Certainly not the leap I expected.

 

[MrFotoFool]

After going down to 50% chance on yesterday's post, today he is back up to 95% chance LOL!

It changes every day. 95% one day, 50% next day, back up to 95% yesterday, and now 70% today! Are they just making up percentages to for the sake of variety LOL?

 

[Tim Mayo]

I wonder if we will also see the new 1.4x and 2x teleconverters today that were rumored to be announced last month?

 

[Tim Mayo]

Looks like there are some details already up on Sony's UK page

https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/interchangeable-lens-cameras/ilce-7rm5

 

[pointreyes]

$3,900 on the BH site with one feature that has me hoping that the expected big firmware update to the A1 in Spring will have.

• In-camera Focus Bracketing is possible, with the ability to record up to 299 frames with sequentially shifted focus points for creating composite images during post-production with greater-than-possible depth of field.

The four axis LCD is a nice surprise too.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Looks like there are some details already up on Sony's UK page

https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/interchangeable-lens-cameras/ilce-7rm5

This is a beast of a camera, just glancing through all the announced features. I know Brownie is yawning in the back there, but I'm impressed
Do you think this camera will steal some of the A1's potential sales?

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

$3,900 on the BH site with one feature that has me hoping that the expected big firmware update to the A1 in Spring will have.

The four axis LCD is a nice surprise too.

I've never seen such a screen until now.... and I'll never see it in the cameras in my budget either

 

[AlphaWorld]

"with sequentially shifted focus points for creating composite images during post-production"

So, no in-camera focus stacking? That's pretty disappointing.

Dear Sony,

It's 2022.

Love,
You Customers.

I think it makes sense. They can take advantage of a lot more memory and processor power doing the actually stacking in the PC / Mac.

I think Mike Fewster, to name just one, will be delighted to be able to capture the images for the focus stack.

 

[AlphaWorld]

I have to say that I'm delighted to see that I can do waist-level shooting without a flippy screen in the way. I was dreading that, and they anticipated my dread

I've asked my local dealer to inscribe my name on the pre-order list.

It was worth getting up in the middle of the night (announcement was 1am here) to learn about it.

 

[AlphaWorld]

Oh, and it thoroughly amused me that Sony's real answer to the Canon R5 is the Sony A7 R5 - that's not a coincidence, right?

How much pre-planning must that have taken? Carefully releasing the A7R4 well before Canon announced the R5 so the seeming natural progression to the A7 R5 was set up, lining up the features so the A7 R5 tops the R5 line by line - this must have involved precognition at the highest level.

 

[Tim Mayo]

Some of the basic features that one expected are missing, one being in-camera focus stacking.

It mentions this on Sony's website: "The camera will automatically shoot up to 299 images with sequentially shifted focus points, with custom intervals and sequence specified by the user. Pick the perfect shot, or post-process multiple shots to achieve creative composites with impossible focus depth." Sounds like you might still need to post-process though.

 

[pointreyes]

Someone else had done this before, although I can't recall who. Doesn't seem like one of the big three, maybe Fuji or Pentax? It's one new feature I'm glad to see.

Panasonic - cannot remember which one.

 

[Albertvlc]

It seems a beast. Waiting for the price in Hong Kong and maybe reconsidering an upgrade to this instead of the A74. The articulated screen is a wow; it combines the two systems. I hate the side-screen trend.

 

[MrFotoFool]

According to the announcement on SonyAlphaRumors, it won't begin shipping until December.

 

[MrFotoFool]

I am just starting to look at this (have to get ready for work so more tonight). But I watched the first couple minutes of the DP Review TV and he says it has an improved EVF (their best ever). This would be the top selling point to me, as someone who still uses (and loves) DSLR primarily.

From what brief bit I saw it seems to be the same body as the A74 (what I currently own). Can anyone confirm this? And if so will it accept the same battery grip (which I also own)?

 

[Albertvlc]

Panasonic - cannot remember which one.

Panasonic S1H

 

[MrFotoFool]

According to the announcement on SonyAlphaRumors, it won't begin shipping until December.

However, acccording to the written review from DP Review it will be available starting late October?

 

[Paul stuart]

I'm really not blown away by the spec. Certainly not the leap I expected.

This is a beast of a camera, just glancing through all the announced features. I know Brownie is yawning in the back there, but I'm impressed
Do you think this camera will steal some of the A1's potential sales?

Great camera sony really irons out a lot of issues with the a7r4 and the A1 ,the deep learning looks good the ibis is now up with the best ,it has the best evf and rear screen now with 4 way tilt and flip best of both ,focus stacking superb much needed ,wow even insect tracking ,still at the end of day no better iq than a a1 or a7r4 or a7r3 ,and the same slow 10fps compressed or 7fps lossless and the video looks unispiring from my perspective using a a1 ,do i wait for the sony a1 mk2 or get this a7r5 ,sure if i was looking for a new camera it would be high on my list ,hope some this trickles into the A1 perhaps not the train or plane ai but insect would be useful and animal & bird combined ,in fact the A1 could use some tracking for video other than human .

 

[AlphaWorld]

I am just starting to look at this (have to get ready for work so more tonight). But I watched the first couple minutes of the DP Review TV and he says it has an improved EVF (their best ever). This would be the top selling point to me, as someone who still uses (and loves) DSLR primarily.

From what brief bit I saw it seems to be the same body as the A74 (what I currently own). Can anyone confirm this? And if so will it accept the same battery grip (which I also own)?

Sounds like the same EVF as the A1, and the one in the A1 us very good indeed.

 

[AlphaWorld]

No idea who Mike Fewster is. But I'm not sure this would belabor the processor that much, and once stacked it would be irrelevant. Others are doing it.

He has been wanting to capture the images for a focus stack automatically for a long time. As you can imagine, doing it manually is painful - take shot, adjust focus, tske shot, over and over.

Once the images are taken, stacking them is done in the computer, selecting the best focussed parts of each part of the stack - I think that’s the part that consumes time, memory, and processing power (300 images x 60 megapixels x 3 channels x 2 bytes per channel is 10.8GB of data to process, not counting working storage and the final image). He had no trouble with stacking them in post, but capturing the images is tedious and easily automated. I can see his point.

The cameras which do it in-camera - how many images do they stack? I can imagine they’d have to limit the count to keep it manageable,

 

[AlphaWorld]

However, acccording to the written review from DP Review it will be available starting late October?

Yes, their “preview review” does say “available from late October”, but it’s already late October. Maybe they mean late October 2023?

 

[Albertvlc]

Sony Hong kong is already showing HKD29,490 , That's almost 2 times the price of a Sony A7IV , when the A7Riv is almost the same price as the A7iv.