Official: Sony A7R V announced (pre-orders now available)
I've watched some of the youtubes. Some of the brightlines are that video IS still lags, but IS for stills sees an improvement. Focus bracketing! Nice new articulating function, but the LCD resolution isn't improved. 10 fps shooting is still limited to compressed lossless RAW. Uncompressed drops you down to 6.5 fps or whatever. White balance improvements. Detect and toggle between faces in a scene. Stickier tracking of faces and eyes. I really want to see how it rolls for wildlife. Menu tile mode that looks interesting. USB 3.2. Bulb timer up to 900 seconds! Price increase.
There's lots to learn and of course the early reviews are cursory, but there are plenty of nuggets in them to suggest an overall impression of the camera. And since Sony insists on a staggered highly segmented approach to its cameras, the feature set here shouldn't surprise. Sony "protects" their a9 and a1 lines' speed and adds just enough to the a7r line to match and exceed the a7 line. I think the real question comes down to value, and I'm not convinced it's there. That's a lot of scratch extra over the a7IV for the extra resolution. At $4000 I would have expected more improvement in terms of overall speed and fps capabilities. There was plenty of room between the a9 and a1 and the a7rIV to add a few extra fps.
As it stands, the a7rV appears to be another case of the a7rII to the a7rIII: a worthy upgrade and the superior camera. Quality of life improvements and feature improvements, but not really an improvement in image quality and no improvement in motor drive or sensor readout.
There's lots to learn and of course the early reviews are cursory, but there are plenty of nuggets in them to suggest an overall impression of the camera. And since Sony insists on a staggered highly segmented approach to its cameras, the feature set here shouldn't surprise. Sony "protects" their a9 and a1 lines' speed and adds just enough to the a7r line to match and exceed the a7 line. I think the real question comes down to value, and I'm not convinced it's there. That's a lot of scratch extra over the a7IV for the extra resolution. At $4000 I would have expected more improvement in terms of overall speed and fps capabilities. There was plenty of room between the a9 and a1 and the a7rIV to add a few extra fps.
As it stands, the a7rV appears to be another case of the a7rII to the a7rIII: a worthy upgrade and the superior camera. Quality of life improvements and feature improvements, but not really an improvement in image quality and no improvement in motor drive or sensor readout.