WillR wrote:
I have an A7RIV Many of the features in the A7RV are things I'd like (focus bracketing, better stabilization etc), but I upgrade every other camera cycle, so I'll get those with whatever else the A7RVI brings. But there are some things I'd like to see in addition.
In general, I think Sony is (surprisingly) behind many other camera makers in some of the non-optical, more computational, aspects of modern cameras. their AF is of course great, but why did it take so long to add focus bracketing? So in that spirit
1. I like the R series not because I need 60 or more megapixels for any output I produce, but because i want to be able to crop and still have at least 20 or more megapixels left. This allows me to pick different aspect ratios, find a picture in a picture, "extend" the long end of my lenses, etc. In my A7RIV I often enable the crop mode for composition help. That is, if i want to extend the long end of my lens the crop mode lets me see what this will look like. In fact, sometimes I enable crop mode for composition, but then take the picture in non-crop mode. Why can't Sony allow us to pick many different kinds of crop modes to see in the EVF, and assign them to a button or dial? I don't need the camera to actually produce a cropped image (at least in raw). I just want to see it. The Fuji GFX100RF has an aspect ratio dial. Why can't a high megapixels Sony have one too?
2. All the AF stuff is great, but why can't I have a function that automatically sets my focus to the hyperfocal point? The camera knows everything it needs to to do this
3. Perhaps a little harder, why can't I set two focus points in a frame and have the camera adjust the focus and/or the aperture so that they are both (reasonably) in focus?
4. Olympus has their "electronic ND" filter effect. It'd be harder for a high res Sony, but pretty neat if it could work.
5. Many other camera brands do double exposure in camera. A lot of the ICM folk like that. Its not really my thing but it does have utility, and again the other companies can do that processing. Why not Sony?
Most of these things would be worth more to me than going from a 60 megapixels sensor to an 80.
We will see what we end up with (I'd guess sometime next year).
#3 also kinda exists but it is a video feature on some of the zv-e cameras where it tries to get all the faces in focus or something. That said, after a while you do memorize what apertures to use.
#4 is the wrong thing to ask for IMO. It would be better to get iso 50/25/10/5/1 and the dynamic range that comes with ultra low iso.
#5 Isn't this just focus bracketing?
Jul 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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