Re: Don't buy the a7Rvi for more cropability...I told myself
DWOfPaul wrote:
It's more complicated than just rolling shutter. Using the electronic shutter removes most of the dynamic range advantage over the a7rV. Also, due to the slowish readout speed, LED banding is much more likely to be an issue, and flash sync speeds are greatly reduced.
I am sure there are still some use cases where the electronic shutter at 30 FPS will be nice to have, but personally I feel like if I pick up the a7rVI I am going to end up using it most of the time with the mechanical shutter.
I doubt that this dynamic range reduction is really still relevant at higher ISO values (500+ in the newer stacked sensors of Sony (It might be relevant at baseline ISO).
Actually it is very minimal in the original A1 (according to DPReview) and I do not expect it to be of great relevance in the new A7RVI. These things are starting to be sorted out. I‘m sure even with electronic shutter the dynamic range will be better than the Nikon Z8/Z9.
Re: Don't buy the a7Rvi for more cropability...I told myself
DWOfPaul wrote:
It's more complicated than just rolling shutter. Using the electronic shutter removes most of the dynamic range advantage over the a7rV. Also, due to the slowish readout speed, LED banding is much more likely to be an issue, and flash sync speeds are greatly reduced.
I am sure there are still some use cases where the electronic shutter at 30 FPS will be nice to have, but personally I feel like if I pick up the a7rVI I am going to end up using it most of the time with the mechanical shutter.
I doubt That this dynamic range reduction is really still relevant in the newer stacked sensors of Sony. For example it is very minimal in the original A1 (according to DPReview) and I do not expect it to be of practical relevance in the new A7RVI. These things have been sorted out.
Jun 24, 2026 at 02:52 AM
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