chiron wrote: Douglas L wrote:
Adorama and two of my local dealers are showing they have them in stock too. I am a bit surprised as well. Maybe a lot of the folks who bought the A7RV feel the A7RV is more than good enough for what they shoot and are not convinced they need the speed improvement of the A7RVI , and the A1II crowd are not going to get the A7RVI to replace their A1II because the A1II is still better for fast actions due to the faster sensor speed and AF calculation. It's purely my speculation. Or it's simply because the initial shipment was very large...
Hi Douglas.
I haven't been following the A7RVI too closely, but what would you say would be the major reason for an A7RV or A1/A1II owner to upgrade to the A7RVI? I am not clear on any major advantages that it offers to users of those cameras.
On the other hand, if you own an earlier model of the R series Sony cameras, there might be more reason to upgrade. Or, if you are coming to Sony from another system, the A7RVI might be a very appealing choice.
It may be that the A7RVI will sell slowly and steadily but without any major rush of sales.
First of all, I personally think the A7RVI is a phenomenal package for the price, a lot more reasonably priced than the A1II.
With that out of the way, I think most people bought the A7RV for it for the resolution, new focus bracketing feature not available in older R models, better IBIS, newer LCD. They probably use the R5 mainly for landscape, studio, travel, macro type of stuff. That's how I used my R5 but I don't pretend I speak for most of the R5 owners. Sure, some of them may shoot fast stuff once in a while. Now, if one sells the R5 for $2250 to upgrade to the R6, that's $2250 new expenditure + new backup batteries, etc. Is the R5's vastly better speed worth the $2250 new expenditure for folks who mainly shoot non fast action stuff? Sure the R6 has slightly better dynamic range but is it really visible to most users? The Canon folks have made marvelous images with Canon's "interior" sensors. I guess at the end, If one wants a high resolution camera that also does fast stuff pretty well, the A7RVI is a no brainer.
As for myself, I sold my A7RV and are down to two A1II now. I may get an R5 again for landscape, cityscape, travel stuff when it falls below $2000 in the used market. As for the A7RVI, I am keeping a close eye on the actual users reports. If the electronic shutter is indeed good enough for most of the stuff I shoot, I may actually replace one of my A1II bodies with the R6. I will definitely keep one A1II for fast stuff that it's better at than the A7RVI.
Again, I think the A7RVI sounds like an amazing camera.
chiron wrote: Douglas L wrote:
Adorama and two of my local dealers are showing they have them in stock too. I am a bit surprised as well. Maybe a lot of the folks who bought the A7RV feel the A7RV is more than good enough for what they shoot and are not convinced they need the speed improvement of the A7RVI , and the A1II crowd are not going to get the A7RVI to replace their A1II because the A1II is still better for fast actions due to the faster sensor speed and AF calculation. It's purely my speculation. Or it's simply because the initial shipment was very large...
Hi Douglas.
I haven't been following the A7RVI too closely, but what would you say would be the major reason for an A7RV or A1/A1II owner to upgrade to the A7RVI? I am not clear on any major advantages that it offers to users of those cameras.
On the other hand, if you own an earlier model of the R series Sony cameras, there might be more reason to upgrade. Or, if you are coming to Sony from another system, the A7RVI might be a very appealing choice.
It may be that the A7RVI will sell slowly and steadily but without any major rush of sales.
First of all, I personally think the A7RVI is a phenomenal package for the price, a lot more reasonably priced than the A1II.
With that out of the way, I think most people bought the A7RV for it for the resolution, new focus bracketing feature not available in older R models, better IBIS, newer LCD. They probably use the R5 mainly for landscape, studio, travel, macro type of stuff. That's how I used my R5 but I don't pretend I speak for most of the R5 owners. Sure, some of them may shoot fast stuff once in a while. Now, if one sells the R5 for $2250 to upgrade to the R6, that's $2250 new expenditure + new backup batteries, etc. Is the R5's vastly better speed worth the $2250 new expenditure for folks who mainly shoot non fast action stuff? Sure the R6 has slightly better dynamic range but is it really visible to most users? The Canon folks have made marvelous images with Canon's "interior" sensors.
As for myself, I sold my A7RV and are down to two A1II now. I may get an R5 again for landscape, cityscape, travel stuff when it falls below $2000 in the used market. As for the A7RVI, I am keeping a close eye on the actual users reports. If the electronic shutter is indeed good enough for most of the stuff I shoot, I may actually replace one of my A1II bodies with the R6. I will definitely keep one A1II for fast stuff that it's better at than the A7RVI.
Again, I think the A7RVI sounds like an amazing camera.
chiron wrote: Douglas L wrote:
Adorama and two of my local dealers are showing they have them in stock too. I am a bit surprised as well. Maybe a lot of the folks who bought the A7RV feel the A7RV is more than good enough for what they shoot and are not convinced they need the speed improvement of the A7RVI , and the A1II crowd are not going to get the A7RVI to replace their A1II because the A1II is still better for fast actions due to the faster sensor speed and AF calculation. It's purely my speculation. Or it's simply because the initial shipment was very large...
Hi Douglas.
I haven't been following the A7RVI too closely, but what would you say would be the major reason for an A7RV or A1/A1II owner to upgrade to the A7RVI? I am not clear on any major advantages that it offers to users of those cameras.
On the other hand, if you own an earlier model of the R series Sony cameras, there might be more reason to upgrade. Or, if you are coming to Sony from another system, the A7RVI might be a very appealing choice.
It may be that the A7RVI will sell slowly and steadily but without any major rush of sales.
First of all, I personally think the A7RVI is a phenomenal package for the price, a lot more reasonably priced than the A1II.
With that out of the way, I think most people bought the A7RV for it for the resolution, new focus bracketing feature not available in older R models, better IBIS, newer LCD. They probably use the R5 mainly for landscape, studio, travel, macro type of stuff. That's how I used my R5 but I don't pretend I speak for most of the R5 owners. Sure, some of them may shoot fast stuff once in a while. Now, if one sells the R5 for $2250 to upgrade to the R6, that's $2250 new expenditure + new backup batteries, etc. Is the R5's vastly better speed worth the $2250 new expenditure for folks who mainly shoot non fast action stuff? Sure the R6 has slightly better dynamic range but is it really visible to most users? The Canon folks have made marvelous images with Canon's "interior" sensors.
As for myself, I sold my A7RV and are down to two A1II now. I may get an R5 again for landscape, cityscape, travel stuff when it falls below $2000 in the used market. As for the A7RVI, I am keeping a close eye on the actually users reports. If the electronic shutter is indeed good enough for most of the stuff I shoot, I may actually replace one of my A1II bodies with the R6. I will definitely keep one A1II for fast stuff that it's better at than the A7RVI.
Again, I think the A7RVI sounds like an amazing camera.
Jun 08, 2026 at 09:46 AM
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