Sony a7 V announced - $3000 is now entry level

[Chrille]

Somehow strange that they did not put this technology in the FX2. 

I assume the development on the photo side is stronger. 

For the videoside it just reduces some of the A74 biggest flaws. The Crop on 60p has cost me some nice shots, i find the rolling shutter not too problematic even though i hate the effct- haven't shot for the big screen though. 

Will be super interesting to see a comparison of the picture of the  A74 to the A75 -again skintones is what i am most interested in... 

 

[zerocool22]

I wonder when the first comparison video's will turn up. Would love to see some side by sides. Not sure why there are 30 video reviews out there from people just talking about the camera without comparing it to other camera's. Specs on paper is one thing. but I want see comparision against other camera's (IQ, (crop or no crop), AF, stabilisation,...)
Still think the nikon zr got the rest beat IQ wise. But would love to see it perform against the R6III, nikon zr and the panasonic s1II. 

[ND64]

1 hour ago, zerocool22 said:

Would love to see some side by sides

Compared to A7IV

[ac6000cw]

The Optyczne.pl 'movie mode test' review is here - https://www.optyczne.pl/110.1-Inne_testy-Sony_A7_V_-_test_trybu_filmowego_Wstęp.html

[newfoundmass]

6 hours ago, Chrille said:

Somehow strange that they did not put this technology in the FX2. 

My guess is they have a lot of those sensors they need to offload and this is one way of doing it. 

[ND64]

4 hours ago, ac6000cw said:

The Optyczne.pl 'movie mode test' review is here - https://www.optyczne.pl/110.1-Inne_testy-Sony_A7_V_-_test_trybu_filmowego_Wstęp.html

Horrible line skipping in Full HD. Pleasing noise in Angle of View Priority mode. 

[ntblowz]

9 hours ago, ND64 said:

Horrible line skipping in Full HD. Pleasing noise in Angle of View Priority mode. 

no H.265-based codec available in 4K in 25 fps and in Full HD.. I find the lack of 25P in Xavc-hs after 5 years is quite disturbing, I usually switch to xavc-s for 4K25p in 420 8bit 60Mbps which is bigger filesize and less flexible in post on machines that dont have fan like E10II and E1, on FX3/FX30 I just shoot 50P all the way.

[FHDcrew]

$3,000 being entry-level is crazy...the A7V is a beast but so is every single camera out right now haha.  Honestly the GH7 or used G9II is whats tempting me at this point if I were going to upgrade.  I'd take the smaller sensor for crazy IBIS, tons of features and great IQ that punches above what people expect from MFT.  Lowlight would be fine with a sigma 18-35 and metabones 0.64 lol.

 

But that's a totally different topic...back to the A7V.  I just don't like how expensive cameras are now; seems every new model is crazy in price.  Nikon are the outliers with incredibly competitive pricing.  Sony not having Open Gate here is very lame.  Yes you don't need Open Gate, yes the A7V is still a beast, its just that every camera is a beast right now.  I could buy a 5 year old A7SIII on eBay for $2,400 USD and never need better in my life...and we had this camera 5 years ago.  The fact that the A7V doesn't give me a dramatic reason why I'd want it over the 5 year old A7SIII or even the A7IV which as previously said will become cheaper...says a lot.

[newfoundmass]

The thing is, open gate is a pretty big deal for people in charge of social media for companies big and small. Almost everyone i know doing that kind of work is a Sony shooter and are frustrated that they don't have that option, while my S5II X does. 

I know of at least three folks who switched to Lumix for open gate, though that's a drop in the bucket. Still, as other companies introduce it, Sony might find themselves shedding customers if they too don't introduce it soon. 

[Andrew Reid]

5 hours ago, FHDcrew said:

$3,000 being entry-level is crazy...the A7V is a beast but so is every single camera out right now haha.  Honestly the GH7 or used G9II is whats tempting me at this point if I were going to upgrade.  I'd take the smaller sensor for crazy IBIS, tons of features and great IQ that punches above what people expect from MFT.  Lowlight would be fine with a sigma 18-35 and metabones 0.64 lol.

 

But that's a totally different topic...back to the A7V.  I just don't like how expensive cameras are now; seems every new model is crazy in price.  Nikon are the outliers with incredibly competitive pricing.  Sony not having Open Gate here is very lame.  Yes you don't need Open Gate, yes the A7V is still a beast, its just that every camera is a beast right now.  I could buy a 5 year old A7SIII on eBay for $2,400 USD and never need better in my life...and we had this camera 5 years ago.  The fact that the A7V doesn't give me a dramatic reason why I'd want it over the 5 year old A7SIII or even the A7IV which as previously said will become cheaper...says a lot.

I don't know what people see in new cameras really.

Used ones just so much more exciting.

A GFX 100 for £1800. You don't need to buy a single medium format lens for it... Bang on a 10 quid adapter and Minolta 50mm F1.4 for 50 quid and it looks like a Leica M11 with Noctilux F0,95.

A7 IV for £1300... What a bargain that is. Does everything.

If you need the exotic frame rates and codecs... EOS R5, 4K/120p, 8K raw, £1700.

Sony a1... You can go to Japan and the flight pays for itself.

The list goes on.

I will never buy a new camera or pre-order one again.