Name: a7R
Brand: Sony
SKU: 2378
Rating: 4.3 (40 reviews)

4.4

based on all reviews

solid and well built
cameras have a sturdy build and feel like robust cameras
the image quality is superb

It seems to be placed too far back on the camera
poor autofocus system
the selection of FE lenses is extremely limited right now

Sensor type: CMOS
Image sensor format: APS-C
Sensor size: 35.9x24 mm
Effective pixels: 36 Mpx
Max resolution: 7360, 4912 px
Lens mount: E mount
Maximum aperture: 2.8
Autofocus: Continuous Auto Focus, Single Auto Focus
Screen size: 3.0 in
Touch screen: no

Sony a7R - Pros & Cons

solid and well built
cameras have a sturdy build and feel like robust cameras
the image quality is superb
exciting new compact system camera aimed firmly at keen photographers
The night photograph was excellent
smaller and more capable camera
high-quality still images and movies
excellent and very appealing camera
yet feels very sturdy in the hand as well
extremely helpful review and has powerful tools to compare performance
image quality is excellent
relatively easy
The view finder actually was really good
careful
thorough and well balanced review
Focus is faster and more accurate
picture quality is truly outstanding and AF is snappy
Sony lenses are quiet and very very quick compared
lenses are important is very true
solid and well-built
all lenses are actually suited for liveview
Delightful camera and very capable of producing high quality photographs
excellent complement of lenses
Sony A7R provides a healthy selection of exposure modes
The menu system is fairly straightforward
colors are still bright and natural-looking
Both cameras here show fantastic detail
Rolling shutter looks to be fairly well controlled
Great for reasonably static subjects
magnesium alloy body is very solid
Sony Alpha 7R feels wonderful in the hand
things are pretty straightforward
High ISO shots are very usable indeed
are fast
sharp and very well built
Video Features The video features are fantastic
fast and snappy as well
Equivalence is a very simple concept
she has won awards and has been exhibited
Canon EOS 6D are reasonably closely matched in price
Build quality and handling Image quality
The picture quality of this camera is very good
Camera IQ become better and better
Compact System Cameras and it works very quickly with zero hesitation
excellent
groundbreaking cameras with color
capability
the zooming system It is very nice
Modern technology has certainly made great strides in composite materials
Image quality from the A7R is awesome
of delivering excellent images and is competitively priced
f4 zooms and a good set of primes
Beautiful camera and with the aggressive pricing a game changer
good detail and image quality
D780 is a tremendously well-rounded camera
making it easy to compare with other cameras
Lighter body weight is nice too
It sits well in the hands
and everything falls within easy reach
Canon focuses better in low light and the kit lens is far better
SonyZeiss lenses are very nice
color rendition is better with the Canon
Very informative
interesting and helpful
make it easy to shoot compelling lifestyle images
D750 is an outstanding unit in every degree
very good
fast and reliable allround camera
Good eyes
great imagination
and good technique makes
zoom
stabilization
and relatively good image quality
center sharpness was excellent
sterling reputation of this lens seems well deserved
it yielded excellent images
The dials are smooth and well placed too
Movie quality was generally very good
Low light performance was also good
White balance performance was generally very good
The image is crisp and responsive
are well-built and a joy to use
Sony did a great job remaining consistent with previous cameras
compact nature and excellent control layout
the shooting experience is greatly improved over the NEX cameras
sturdy and very well built
improved speed and focus abilities
color mode is extremely accurate
beautiful blurred-out backgrounds
looks eternally great
The autofocus here is devilishly quick and accurate
sharp
clean-looking pictures
It also preserves great dynamic range
video quality is surprisingly good
Both sound very impressive on paper
integrated microphones also do a pretty good job
sharp
bright and also with great color balance
Battery life has also been improved
Amazing high ISO performance for a high-resolution camera
Compatible with third-party lenses via adapters
A7R Mark IV is spectacular
ergonomics and control set are excellent and one of the best
color and texture as well as fine detail are rendered exceptionally well
The autofocus system is fast and accurate
performance and image quality
It s incredibly helpful for focusing too
pretty neat to include
The print came out surprisingly clean
images are incredibly sharp and the files look really clean
Great review
great pictures as well
camera will work equally well for shooting video
nice and small and super sharp
a great looking camera in size
design and feel
The start up is pretty fast too
The exterior is very clean and minimal
It was nicely packaged - like an Apple product
This camera feels great in your hands
bright and beautiful
Fast to focus
responsive shutter
quick to scroll through menu
image quality of Sony is beautiful
s pretty awesome when a camera company can create something that embodies both
It performs better in low light
has better battery life
it s simply easier to look through and work with
Both are great cameras
smaller
lighter
and more durable
A7 III has it all and is suitable for most users
card slots now support UHS-II speeds and are secured
A7 IV s buffer capacity is impressive
new ways of thinking
new connections
and new industries
really smart and really fast
sensor produces sharp images with impressive dynamic range
stylish and versatile Alpha
impressive dynamic range and generous 42
the grain is very fine
durability and can withstand even the toughest beatings
Image details will be crisper which is great for all underwater photographers
Underwater autofocus in video works better than the A7R
quick and intelligent AF system is
large resolution
fast capture rates and wide dynamic range
good for four dives of hard shooting -
Beautiful image quality and dynamic range produced
are lighter and more portable
The camera feels sturdy in the hand with a deep grip and buttons are
A7 series are appealing
robust and well built housing is
in
curved handles are suprisingly ergonomic and very comfortable
most light-weight and compact underwater housings
small size
it is great to travel with
robust
sturdy
and feature great ergonomics
truly stunning
very natural pictures
just feels better
more polished and more robust than previous iterations
the feel and controls has been refined and improved
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reach an enthusiastic audience of students
enthusiasts and professional videographers and filmmakers
tombstone and texture of the stone was fantastic
more consistent and accurate test results
EV knob is very welcome
menu is intuitive and gives you loads of control
the video looks great

It seems to be placed too far back on the camera
poor autofocus system
the selection of FE lenses is extremely limited right now
lack of a long telephoto lens
it felt a little awkward
slightly pared down from its original design following an
slow glass
absolutely no longer a high resolution race
Constant f/4 is not consistent with consumer glass
Nikon currently does have issues
A7R is heavier than the A7
vs spending too much time here straining at gnats
4K file size is really not that big with modern day compression
missing a red dot
huge
expensive and special-purpose lens
all my lens bring DX would not work with full frame
Auto Focus is pretty dire
The balance is terrible with legacy DSLR lenses
perceptions are quite subjective and exceedingly difficult to describe
the corners and edges were a bit soft
Image quality then began to fade at smaller apertures
No more lying prone like a sniper and getting a neck crank
the corner issues appear insignificant and may not require any additional processing
printing does burn up some ink in a possibly wasteful manner
There is no separate battery charger
lack of a physical AF switch
low light performance of this camera left a little more to be desired
Bracketing will not work in unison with the 2 second self timer
relatively poorer low light performance
requires several pushes of the button to actually get the points moving
images are a little soft at the default sharpening setting
Functions available are pretty limited
Shutter speeds are limited to a minimum of 1/25 second in Auto Slow Shutter mode
7R has limited battery capacity
Auto white balance with fluorescent lighting
little too much noise and smearing of fine detail
exposure is fixed once you depress the shutter button
Autofocus is not as good as it needs to be
D800 and three lenses around all day is painful
A7r lacks an AA filter in front of the sensor
a built-in pop-up flash
quite meet the natural resting places of your fingers
video quality remains mediocre
The ring is a little small
those lenses are only suited for smaller APS-C sensors
the A7R is truly dreadful at tracking motion
full frame cameras were too large
setting noise actually never is allowed to cross the 2% threshold
indoor incandescent and fluorescent lights
Sony A7R can feel like a bit of a contradiction
Sony costs less then a third of an M240 camera
significantly slower than its CSC rivals
a bit interface challenged
quite a small niche market
having a compact body seems a little redundant
Sony DSLRs had featured A-mount lenses
Sony Alpha line of cameras going
it cannot be flipped out parallel to the body
smart string lights
Alpha 7R does not have an anti-aliasing filter
No more video of the inside of your camera bag
but no way - not at those speeds
heavy and bulky
sony produces significantly more noise in raw mode
sony have electronic first curtain on a7
no optical low-pass filter
Street prices fluctuate too much over time
it renders the overall scores useless
not street prices
Inferior low-light imaging with the A7
only two lenses and they are heavy and expensive
Lacks hybrid autofocus of the A7
there is no space between the micro-lenses
variant will not be available with the 28-70mm kit lens
there is only one proprietary lens
the A7R is a tad louder
hardly a deal breaker or very noticeable in real-world situations
Not noise in image quality
lack of a secondary LCD display
supply is expected to be very tight
low-pass filter for precision sharpness and huge file sizes
sluggish performance and short battery
it locks when writing to the card
mirrorless mean small cameras with small sensors
lackluster electronic viewfinders and short battery life
Electronic viewfinders will never be as good as optical viewfinders
an equivalent pixel count and lack of optical low-pass filter
Translations are occasionally a little clumsy
No strobe is bundled with the camera
is limited solely to contrast detection autofocus
no electronic shutter or silent mode
lose the optical low-pass filter
Mediocre battery life when using electronic viewfinder
the AF is very slow for the these A-mount lenses
shots emphasizing bokeh and unusually strained subject isolation
Low-light action is tough on these cameras
A-mount lenses are just painfully slow
slow and hesitant AF in low light
Sony also went a step further and also added weather sealing
the lens is larger and heavier than the body
doesn't have a built-in flash
lack of anti-alias (Low-pass) filter
Sony A7R is not the highest resolution Full frame camera
Does the Sony A7R have Weather Sealing
Does the Sony A7R have Touch Screen
lack of an optical low-pass filter
External battery charger not included
absurdly loud shutter
The interface for the app is a little sluggish
A7R is slow
loud
and piggy with power
the LCD could tilt down further for easier overhead shooting
autofocus speed and battery life mar
the shutter only has to close and open when shooting
no PC sync socket
noticeable lack of sharpness at the edges of the frame
leave your lens uncovered
the video capabilities have not really advanced significantly
A7R IV is hardly a video specialist
Sony A7R IV is not just about resolution
Sony is only a little way ahead of hat figure
there is no way to program direct access to the custom white balance execution
It only has one top dial - the exposure compensation dial
does have a filter holder in the back of the lens
the layout is very confusing
There are no touch options likes most other cameras
less expensive options
only flips up and down but will not rotate for front facing photos
there was no access to the rear dial pad which controlled ISO
No video lights were used in this video
the base model has often been looked over
lower mid-tones are unexpectedly noisy
Not having ready access to this information slows me down
Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera
its use for image composition is limited
no optical image stabilisation inside the body
antiquated and still confusing menu system and interface
image quality was shooting at high ISOs in mixed to low light
Telephoto Lens MISTAKES that Spoil Travel
only has the sound of the front curtain
EV prices are going in the wrong direction
missing is a fully articulating screen
it s only available on iOS for now
feature is only useful for tapping the screen to focus
but is a tad small
s relatively uninspired
it sounded like a machine gun going off (a bit over exaggerated)
It was quite loud and obnoxious
You can only using the screen for focusing
camera didn t have any electronic shutter and would clack twice
a7 series was only a single card slot
it is very hard to go back
4K video is really taxing on your computer while editing
start/stop video recording button is way too close to the EVF
Play Memories smartphone app is ugly and frequently buggy
my external hard drive
The weather in New York City can be pretty unpredictable at times
start to lose details to image noise
images can get a bit noisy once you start to ramp up the ISO
it still only flips up and doesn't flip to the side
the camera will lock not to that area of the frame
menu system is still labyrinthine
Sony has decided not to go with the XQD memory card format
Sony FE 50mm f/1
more prone to vignetting and slight magenta cast
landscape photo trip and can only take one camera body
imaging processor they share than their sensors
the command to format a card is tucked away deep in the menu
dual card slots
details that could not be captured with any other full frame camera
EVF showed images too dark and I had a tendency to overexpose
a bit dismal this weekend with rain and mostly cloudy skies
Sony stuck with the formula while others fell asleep at the wheel
it is nowhere near as pronounced as I had feared
There is no additional cost to you
still no system camera with a full-frame sensor
Sony A7R does not choose a slower shutter speed
no PC Sync socket
the battery was fresh out of the factory
real-time Tracking AF
on in-camera charging to top off the battery
it falters with headshots and other tight compositions
rate for lossless compressed shots is a bit slow
Sony RX100 Color Filters
we only used one battery per day
Price is not that different as weight is
Tamron zooms on the crop bodies
any noise in the image will appear much smaller
The hit rate went down drastically
Video is limited to only humans
they are not always put in the ideal or best logical location
is impossible to figure out on your own in the menus
Motion blur is compounded at higher resolution

Sony a7R - Technical Overview

	Poor	Average	Good	Excellent
Screen size	3 in Best: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710 Screen size: 6.7 in
ISO maximum	25600 Best: Pentax KP ISO maximum: 819200
Effective pixels	36 Mpx Best: Hasselblad H6D-100c Effective pixels: 100 Mpx
Max resolution	7360 x 4912 px Best: Leica M11 Max resolution: 9528 x 6328 px

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Sony a7R - Full Specifications

Sensor type	CMOS
Image sensor format	APS-C
Sensor size	1.41 in
Sensor photo detectors	37.0 Mpx
Effective pixels	36.0 Mpx
Image ratio w:h	3:2 16:9
Max resolution	7360 x 4912 px
Other resolutions	7360x4144 4800x3200 4800x2704 3680x2072 2400x1600
Processor	BIONZ X

Lens mount	E mount
Digital zoom	4.0 x
Magnification (Crop factor)	1.0 x
Maximum aperture	2.8
AF assist (auto-focus assist light)	Lamp
Focus adjustment	Auto/Manual
Contrast autofocus	yes
Autofocus in recording mode	yes
Autofocus	Continuous Auto Focus Single Auto Focus
Manual focus	yes
Number of focus points	117
Image stabiliser	Lens based only
Filter diameter	1.93 in
Phase detection autofocus	no
Number of AF points (contrast)	25

Camera shutter type	Electronic
Minimum shutter speed	30.0 s
Maximum shutter speed	1.0 s
Shutter priority	yes
Aperture priority	yes
Manual exposure mode	yes
Number of exposures	3
Exposure compensation plus	5
Exposure compensation minus	-5
Expousure compensation steps	1/3 1/2
AE EV steps	1/3 1/2 2/3 1 2
Continuous shooting	yes
Self-timer delay	2 10
Histogram	yes
AE frames	3 5
WB Bracketing	Yes
Subject / scene modes	yes
Flash sync speed	1/160s
Built-in flash	no
Flash modes	Auto Fill-in Flash OFF Pre-flash Redeye Reduction
External flash connection	Hot shoe
Flash metering system	TTL
External flash	yes
Continuous drive	4.0 fps
Scene modes	Night Night portrait Portrait Sports Sunset Landscape
Self-timer	yes
Metering modes	Multi Center-weighted Spot
Manual settings	yes
Self-timer options	2 10
Speed (JPEG)	4.0 fps
Speed (RAW)	4.0 fps
Exposure bracketing	0.3 - 2.0±EV

Built-in microphone	yes
Microphone type	Stereo
Speaker type	Mono
Audio system	Stereo

Weight	14.36 oz
Width	5.0 in
Height	3.72 in
Depth	1.9 in

Power source type	Battery
Battery life (CIPA)	340
Battery technology	Lithium
Battery capacity	1080.0 mAh
Battery voltage	7.2 V
AC adapter included	yes

Timelapse recording	no
GPS	no
Orientation sensor	yes
Energy Star certified	no

ISO	100 125 160 200 250 320 400 500 640 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2250 2500 3200 4000 5000 6400 8000 10000 12800 16000 25600
ISO minimum	100
ISO maximum	25600
Boosted ISO minimum	50
Maximum image resolution	7360 x 4912 px
White balance presets	10
White balance modes	Auto Cloudy Custom modes Daylight Flash Fluorescent Incandescent Shade Underwater
Custom white balance	yes
Supported image file formats	JPEG RAW
Supported image file formats	JPG RAW
Photo effects	Black&White Neutral Sepia Vivid
Image stabilizer	no
Image stabilization type	No
Supported aspect ratios	3:2 16:9
Uncompressed format	RAW
HDR	yes
AEB/HDR support	yes

Screen size	3.0 in
Articulated LCD	yes
Screen technology	LCD
Screen dots	1230000
Touch screen	no
Field of view	100.0 %
Live view	yes
Viewfinder	Electronic
Viewfinder screen size	0.5 in
Viewfinder coverage	100.0 %
Viewfinder resolution	2359000.0 px
Viewfinder magnification	0.71 x
Dioptre correction	yes
Separate info display	no

Maximum resolution	1920 x 1080 px
Video recording	yes
Recording resolutions	640 x 480 1440 x 1080 1920 x 1080
HD type	Full HD
Supported video file formats	AVCHD MP4
Analog signal format system	NTSC PAL
Max resolution (highest frame rate)	1920 x 1080
Max frame rate (highest resolution)	60.0 fps
Max frame rate (regardless of res.)	60.0 fps
Motion JPEG frame rate	30.0 fps

Body type	MILC
Body material	Aluminum-magnesium
Colour of product	Black
Anti-dust system	yes
Environmentally sealed	yes

Compatible memory cards	MS Pro Duo MS Pro-HG Duo MS XC-HG Duo SD SDHC SDXC
Dual memory card slots	yes
Storage types	SD SDHC SDXC Memory Stick Pro Duo Memory Stick Duo Memory Stick Pro-HG Duo

micro-HDMI port with 4K still, uncompressed video output	yes
HDMI connector type	Micro
USB connector type	Micro-USB B
USB version	2.0
Headphone port	yes
Microphone port	yes
Wireless	Built-In
Remote control	yes
NFC	yes
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)	yes
Bluetooth	no
Firewire	no

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4.5

Based on 53 reviews

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