A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
p.1 #1A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
I was very surprised to see the max shutter speed was only 1/8000 even in electronic shutter. I don't see many posts that mention it...
I have needed more than 1/8000 occasionally.... and I was happy to have up to 1/32000 on my A1/II.
Does this bother anyone??
I have needed more than 1/8000 occasionally.... and I was happy to have up to 1/32000 on my A1/II.
Does this bother anyone??
Jul 10, 2026 at 06:13 AM
p.1 #3A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
If I was looking for a camera, it would be a deal breaker for me. I like to use fast lenses but I'm not a big fan of ND filters so I like stacked sensors. This just kills it for me but to each his own.
Jul 10, 2026 at 06:36 AM
p.1 #4A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
Lt.Deadeye wrote:
If I was looking for a camera, it would be a deal breaker for me. I like to use fast lenses but I'm not a big fan of ND filters so I like stacked sensors. This just kills it for me but to each his own.
It was for me too... deal breaker.
If I was looking for a camera, it would be a deal breaker for me. I like to use fast lenses but I'm not a big fan of ND filters so I like stacked sensors. This just kills it for me but to each his own.
It was for me too... deal breaker.
Jul 10, 2026 at 06:40 AM
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p.1 #5A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
One of the big perks of my FULLY stacked (not the marketing stacked) sensor camera is shooting my f/1.2 glass wide open midday with no ND needed. My $1200 camera can do work at 1/8000 
Jul 10, 2026 at 07:13 AM
p.1 #6A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
Sony segments cameras; if you want faster speeds, just go for a A9III (1/80,000)
Jul 10, 2026 at 07:20 AM
p.1 #7A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
Never needed that speed before…don’t see the need going forward.
Jul 10, 2026 at 07:21 AM
p.1 #8A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
It sounds like the A1ii is the camera for you then. Or wait a year for this new sensor to make its way into the A1iii 🤷🏼
Jul 10, 2026 at 07:22 AM
p.1 #9A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
I was curious, so looked in my Lightroom catalog at that statistic. Out of +30k photos, if I exclude for iPhones, 500-ish were at 8k shutter speed and less than 20 were above, and most of those 520 it's because I was a bonehead and had my iso set above 1600 because I was just grabbing the camera and forgot I had it in manual. This is just my sample, so recognize everyone is different.
My conclusion - I'll live.
My conclusion - I'll live.
Jul 10, 2026 at 07:24 AM
p.1 #10A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
mogul wrote:
Sony segments cameras; if you want faster speeds, just go for a A9III (1/80,000)
A1II is 1/32,000 with a base ISO of 100. I thought the A7RVI would be the same...
Sony segments cameras; if you want faster speeds, just go for a A9III (1/80,000)
A1II is 1/32,000 with a base ISO of 100. I thought the A7RVI would be the same...
Jul 10, 2026 at 07:40 AM
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p.1 #11A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
Less than 1% of my photos are shot at 1/8000th, so that max shutter speed is fine for me.
Jul 10, 2026 at 09:08 AM
p.1 #12A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
In bright sunlight you need 1/6400 seconds at f/1.4 @ ISO 100. Any reduction in sunlight requires a slower shutter speed. At f/1.2 you are looking at 1/8700, but how often are you going to encounter this situation? Now stopping a bullet in midair, or totally freezing a humming birds wings might require a much shorter shutter speed, but if this is what you are shooting, you have the wrong camera, or need flash.
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Jul 10, 2026 at 09:31 AM
p.1 #13A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
If you actually _need_ faster speeds than 1/8000, then you need a different camera, right?
If you feel like you might, maybe, sometime, possibly want to go faster, then you have to balance that feeling against other pluses and minuses of this camera and alternatives. (If it just bothers you that another camera is faster…)
Speaking for myself, it doesn’t seem like a problem, but that could depend on the kinds of photography you do and how you approach them.
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If you feel like you might, maybe, sometime, possibly want to go faster, then you have to balance that feeling against other pluses and minuses of this camera and alternatives. (If it just bothers you that another camera is faster…)
Speaking for myself, it doesn’t seem like a problem, but that could depend on the kinds of photography you do and how you approach them.
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Jul 10, 2026 at 09:36 AM
p.1 #14A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
This is 28-70 @ 56mm F2... and 1/8000. If it was 1.2 or 1.4... 1/8000 would not have been enough.
Jul 10, 2026 at 09:38 AM
p.1 #15A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
Donzo98 wrote:
This is 28-70 @ 56mm F2... and 1/8000. If it was 1.2 or 1.4... 1/8000 would not have been enough.
https://donzo98.com/2026Pics/2870-5.jpg
But it wasn’t at f/1.2. You discovered the advantage of longer focal lengths at f/2.0. !/8000 has you covered at f/1.4… My 50-150mm f/2.0 is far sharper wide open at 150mm than any fast 35mm, or 50mm at f/1.2-1.4.
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This is 28-70 @ 56mm F2... and 1/8000. If it was 1.2 or 1.4... 1/8000 would not have been enough.
https://donzo98.com/2026Pics/2870-5.jpg
But it wasn’t at f/1.2. You discovered the advantage of longer focal lengths at f/2.0. !/8000 has you covered at f/1.4… My 50-150mm f/2.0 is far sharper wide open at 150mm than any fast 35mm, or 50mm at f/1.2-1.4.
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Jul 10, 2026 at 09:42 AM
p.1 #16A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
Donzo98 wrote:
This is 28-70 @ 56mm F2... and 1/8000. If it was 1.2 or 1.4... 1/8000 would not have been enough.
https://donzo98.com/2026Pics/2870-5.jpg
If you shoot a lot like this…then you need a different camera.
This is 28-70 @ 56mm F2... and 1/8000. If it was 1.2 or 1.4... 1/8000 would not have been enough.
https://donzo98.com/2026Pics/2870-5.jpg
If you shoot a lot like this…then you need a different camera.
Jul 10, 2026 at 09:42 AM
p.1 #17A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
bwcolor wrote:
https://donzo98.com/2026Pics/2870-5.jpgBut it wasn’t at f/1.2. You discovered the advantage of longer focal lengths at f/2.0. !/8000 has you covered at f/1.4…
How's that? it's already 1/8000 @ F2. 1.4 would be 1/16000 (although I could have dropped to ISO 50).
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Donzo98 wrote
This is 28-70 @ 56mm F2... and 1/8000. If it was 1.2 or 1.4... 1/8000 would not have been enough.https://donzo98.com/2026Pics/2870-5.jpg
How's that? it's already 1/8000 @ F2. 1.4 would be 1/16000 (although I could have dropped to ISO 50).
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Jul 10, 2026 at 09:44 AM
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p.1 #18A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
bwcolor wrote:
In bright sunlight you need 1/6400 seconds at f/1.4 @ ISO 100. Any reduction in sunlight requires a slower shutter speed.
I have plenty of low-vignette lenses that need more than 1/8000 at f1.4 in the bright Texas sun on a cloudless day. Not all lenses have the same light transmission/T stop at f/1.4 aperture.
In bright sunlight you need 1/6400 seconds at f/1.4 @ ISO 100. Any reduction in sunlight requires a slower shutter speed.
I have plenty of low-vignette lenses that need more than 1/8000 at f1.4 in the bright Texas sun on a cloudless day. Not all lenses have the same light transmission/T stop at f/1.4 aperture.
Jul 10, 2026 at 09:48 AM
p.1 #19A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
Donzo98 wrote:
https://donzo98.com/2026Pics/2870-5.jpgBut it wasn’t at f/1.2. You discovered the advantage of longer focal lengths at f/2.0. !/8000 has you covered at f/1.4…How's that? it's already 1/8000 @ F2. 1.4 would be 1/16000 (although I could have dropped to ISO 50
“ I could have dropped to ISO 50
Heh. You answered your own question!
(What ISO did you use for this shot?)
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Using the old “sunny 16 rule” as a starting point, at ISO 100 f/16 would typically be about right in midday sun. That would be 1/6400 at f/1.4 and right around 1/8000 at f/1.2.
If your subject happened to contain some reflections and you choose to underexpose to deal with them (a reasonable option) then you might be out of headroom… if you required f/1.2 and cold not drop to ISO50. You could also stop down to f/1.4 or even f/2. (Few portraits are done in full midday sun, nor do they actually need f/1.2.)
My point is not that there are NO situations where 1/8000 would not be sufficient and 1/3200 would be. Just that they are pretty rare — so much so that most of us won’t encounter them. But if your photography is specialized enough that this is a significant issue…
… then you get a camera that has a faster shutter speed. For example, if you thing is doing flash-fill portraits in super bright sun with subjects that include reflective highlights…
Or get a couple NDs for when you occasionally run into such issues.
YMMV.
bwcolor wrote
Donzo98 wrote
This is 28-70 @ 56mm F2... and 1/8000. If it was 1.2 or 1.4... 1/8000 would not have been enough.https://donzo98.com/2026Pics/2870-5.jpg
“ I could have dropped to ISO 50
Heh. You answered your own question!
(What ISO did you use for this shot?)
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Using the old “sunny 16 rule” as a starting point, at ISO 100 f/16 would typically be about right in midday sun. That would be 1/6400 at f/1.4 and right around 1/8000 at f/1.2.
If your subject happened to contain some reflections and you choose to underexpose to deal with them (a reasonable option) then you might be out of headroom… if you required f/1.2 and cold not drop to ISO50. You could also stop down to f/1.4 or even f/2. (Few portraits are done in full midday sun, nor do they actually need f/1.2.)
My point is not that there are NO situations where 1/8000 would not be sufficient and 1/3200 would be. Just that they are pretty rare — so much so that most of us won’t encounter them. But if your photography is specialized enough that this is a significant issue…
… then you get a camera that has a faster shutter speed. For example, if you thing is doing flash-fill portraits in super bright sun with subjects that include reflective highlights…
Or get a couple NDs for when you occasionally run into such issues.
YMMV.
Jul 10, 2026 at 10:20 AM
p.1 #20A7RVI MAX SHUTTER SPEED 1/8000
gdanmitchell wrote:
https://donzo98.com/2026Pics/2870-5.jpgBut it wasn’t at f/1.2. You discovered the advantage of longer focal lengths at f/2.0. !/8000 has you covered at f/1.4…How's that? it's already 1/8000 @ F2. 1.4 would be 1/16000 (although I could have dropped to ISO 50“ I could have dropped to ISO 50
Heh. You answered your own question!
(What ISO did you use for this shot?)
ISO 100
Donzo98 wrote
bwcolor wrote
Donzo98 wrote
This is 28-70 @ 56mm F2... and 1/8000. If it was 1.2 or 1.4... 1/8000 would not have been enough.https://donzo98.com/2026Pics/2870-5.jpg
Heh. You answered your own question!
(What ISO did you use for this shot?)
ISO 100
Jul 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM