Sony a7R V Pre-orders in the US start today at 10am ET, Thursday Oct 27. In Europe pre-orders have already started.
If you have a good local store then I’d recommend supporting them before the bigger stores.
Based on past pre-orders you’ll typically need to order in the first hour or two from the larger stores if you want to receive one of the first shipments.
First shipment is planned for mid-November in Europe and mid-December in the US. So hopefully just in time for Christmas! 🙂
Visit my detailed Sony a7R IV vs a7R V Comparison if you are interested in how these two high megapixel cameras compare with each other.
Sony A7R V Key Specs
Here are the 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
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Early Reviews
Here’s a collection of early reviews from the usual crowd and you’ll also find DPReview has an initial review up here.
As you say, supporting a smaller local store is best if possible. Also this may actually get you a camera faster than signing up for a list with one of the big national names, because you may be first or second on their list. I read on another forum this happened to several people with the Nikon Z9 release.