Check out our review of the new Sony Alpha 7R V.
Sony’s Alpha camera system has evolved significantly in the three years since Sony released its predecessor, the Alpha 7R IV. The new Alpha 7R V not only has caught up with the other cameras in the system, but it has also surpassed them.
The a7R IV had the oldest technology at its core. It lacks the newer processors found in Sony’s current lineup, has only SD cards for storage, only has a tilt screen, uses the older menu system, lacks the top-end EVF in the pro models, and has, by far, the slowest autofocus of any camera in the current lineup.
While the 61MP a7R V doesn’t have the a1’s 30FPS capture rate for autofocus subject recognition and tracking, it surpasses the a1 autofocus system in almost all other ways. Most of this review will center around the autofocus performance, as this feature of the a7R IV sets it apart from the other cameras and, Sony hopes, its competition.
With 693 autofocus points and wide autofocus coverage, I saw fast autofocus even at the extreme corners of the frame and found that the new system resulted in a vastly better experience.While shooting birds, for example, I found the autofocus amazingly accurate and astoundingly tenacious. Birds in flight against clouds are traditionally tricky to acquire, especially when the birds are moving quickly and when they are far away.
From a closer distance, the a7R V could nail bird’s eyes consistently. This rescue owl is part of an educational raptor demonstration, and the a7R V with the Tamron 50-400mm lens got every shot of its flight in focus. Why sheep? Despite being slow-moving, sheep are tough subjects for eye focus. Herd animals have eyes farther back on the skull so that they have better peripheral vision, while predator’s eyes are forward-facing and easier to see.Hard to see on the web, but the sheep’s eye is in focus.
I found the a7R V locked onto the faces of cyclists consistently regardless of speed. This is most likely due to the new human pose recognition. While helmets and sunglasses are foreign to an autofocus system, a cyclist is a clear and visible display of moving body parts. Head, shoulders, arms, elbows, knees, legs, and feet are all visible. These key focus points made the autofocus system more accurate on cyclists than any system I’ve used.
One note, these images were converted using the beta version of Imaging Edge. When Lightroom and Capture One support these files, I will update them. Additionally, the beta of Imaging Edge seems to shift skin tones and overall color on export for these files.There were some shortcomings in the world of autofocus. Naturally, not every shot was perfect. No autofocus system gets all the shots all the time.
Three different menu choices to control three aspects of the same choices is too much for the average user. No user manual was available when I performed this review, which might have shed some light on the menu options, but I doubt it.includes Human, Animal, and Bird, the camera prioritizes looking for humans and secondarily for animals and birds. If you don’t include Cars or Insects, the camera will still look for them, but not as a priority. I think. This is all very unclear.
Until we get to the point where AI can predict what subject you are trying to capture in a photo — even with different subject types — the best we are going to get is dialing in a lot of choices to tell the AI how to do its job.Unsurprisingly, the a7R V has excellent resolution. The a7R IV, which uses the same sensor, also created rich, detailed images. Sony says the processor allows the a7R V to pull more resolution dynamic range out of the sensor.
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