A7RV announced

Mark Galer is a Sony Ambassador because he is a good photographer (his channel is just a bonus for Sony). The folk over at Dpreview are less talented. Also, Galer clearly edited his pictures, the Dpreview pictures are SOOC.

You can get the full pictures from Dpreview. There is a lot of information in those files. I like my A7r4 pictures!

You only need 12mp for 4k, that is why the A7s3 is 12mp.

addy landzaat wrote: QuietOC wrote: 4K UHD has less than 8 MP. That is 3840x2160 pixels, that is 8.3 MP. However, the sensor is 2x3, and should be at least 3840x2560 = 9.8 MP. Just being pedantic

Lol. I think I typed 2060 instead of 2160 into the calculator, oh well. Post fixed now.

There are some non-UHD 4K displays and video formats that actually have more than 4,000 horizontal pixels instead of just 3840 horizontal pixels. For example the old Apple 4K iMac had a 4096 x 2304 display.

I think you have to go to the FX6 to get 4096 pixel wide video capture.

Edited by QuietOC - 28 October 2022 at 14:53

The Dpreview pictures were taken with different lenses. I looked at pictures taken with the 24/2.8G and the 24-70/2.8GM II. And yes, the Dpreview pictures are clearly unedited. Take a look for yourself:
https://www.dpreview.com/sample-galleries/0641980724/sony-a7r-v-sample-gallery/5312848263
https://www.dpreview.com/sample-galleries/5381747118/sony-a7r-v-sample-gallery-dpreview-tv/8293516269

Looking forward to some more detailed test results and reviews of this next R-model.
While it is probably listed at a too high price for many, it does help to bring prices of previous models down a bit.

Got a really nice deal on the A7 IV a few days ago. I was looking forward to getting that one in order to test IQ and AF differences vs. the A7R III.
And then yesterday, an excellent A7R IV offer passed by. Got that one as well, so I am really looking forward to getting a few hours to compare these three.
Actually, got both for less than the price of an A7R V .

Will see afterwards which will stay...

For years, I've been using my a99ii for concerts, and have collected lenses (mostly primes) that make up my "ultimate kit" (IMHO of course). 100s of thousands of photos, so my fear has been that anything else will just feel "wrong".

I got my a7Rv about ten days ago, and have used it quite a bit for concert photography. A few small venues (dive bars) and one larger "proper" venue. Using the LA-EA5 adapter has given me the luxury of not (absolutely) needing any more lenses... but of course I got two native E-mount lenses: 20/1.8G and 50/1.2GM. I supplemented those with my old(er) Zeiss 24/2, Minolta 35/1.4G, and Sigma 35/1.4 Art.

Summary: Wow!

It can serve, for the most part, as an a99ii replacement. So my worst fears— that it would feel "wrong"— were not realized. The rear screen articulates differently than on the a99ii, which is probably the most glaring difference (I don't use the viewfinder). I can pretty much use all of my established techniques and get the results I want. So that's good.

But...

This camera is so much more. Low light performance? Better. AF? Better. IBIS? Better. Menu and customization? Better. The subject recognition and tracking have breathed new life into my A-mount lenses. I am still mid-learning curve on that but the results are incredible. High performance A-mount lenses (e.g. 24/2) lock on to subjects' eyes and stay there (the lock might get lost but it comes right back). The old screw drive lenses can nail focus near the edges and corners, even if, alas, tracking is not quite as good. It may be that some tweaking of the settings would help, I'll have to play with that.

With native lenses there is a big jump in performance. It's like I'm cheating. I can't recommend this camera enough, it's just that good.

Thank you, Alec! Very positive feedback! Kind of what I expected. 50mm f1.2 GM, Wow! Don't think you could go wrong with that combo in concert venues! Happy that it is working so well for you, coming from the A99II.
I have the A99, but soon after purchasing that I started migrating to FE mount. A99 has great ergonomics and I love the articulating screen, but having used the A7III and A7rIIIa for a while now, it is hard for me to go back to the A99. I'm so accustomed to using back button focus and joy stick to move my AF point to the subject I want to track. AF with the A99 was good -- the A7III series is better and this A7rV moves AF to a whole new level, plus it has a true fully articulating screen. The flip screen on the A7iv is one reason I skipped it for the A7rIIIA since I shoot mostly in landscape orientation anyway and not so much in portrait/vertical. Also I seldom shoot video.
Thanks again for your report! OT, born in Alexandria (not Egypt) a place you are likely familiar with.
Regards,
Kelly

I have it and have used it for a few days. Truly blown away at what it can do. The rumors and early reviewers were not lying or exaggerating. I have used an a1 quite a bit and thiers certain things the rv does better than the a1 even in the auto focus arena. Eye af has been extremely sticky for humans and for my dogs. Definately more so than the a1. Bravo Sony. A1 still beats the rv if you need absolutely instantaneous af on erratic moving objects or if you need 20 plus frames per second or more. But other than that the rv is level of not slightly ahead in a lot of areas.