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The Sony A7 is a mirrorless camera with FF (1.0x) sensor and 24.3 megapixels manufactured from 2013 to 2020 (discontinued). The range of sensitivities, including ISO extension, is 100 - 25600 ISO and it has a continuous shooting (burst mode) of 5 FPS x 28 RAW, unlimited JPEG. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 674 €;
89 users have given it an average vote of 8.8 out of 10
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Opinion:Taken out of curiosity and to understand how it goes after 9 years an FF with the electronics of 2013 (paid just over 400 euros used! As much as a compact). I must say that I am pleasantly surprised. I make a premise to clear the field of misunderstandings: do not look at the speed of the AF and the duration of the batteries because they are inadequate (but two more batteries are kept in your pocket and you do not even notice) compared to the current A7 III and A7RIII! Let's move on to the rest: it weighs as much as a compact and clutters as much as an APSC! Accept all the manual optics you can think of! Hilarious! The quality of jpeg and RAW is very good! Compared to the A7III and A7RIII it obviously has less dynamic range and more noise, let's be clear! Up to 640 ISO in terms of noise, however, it is practically equivalent to the A7III (approximately), above 800 ISO the difference is seen (about 1 stop of noise more). at 12800 ISO the gap is very very significant. But this can be read almost everywhere, so no surprises. I read that the jpeg is not much... I do not know! The RAW allows more freedom of pp (of course) but the jpeg I find it very usable (just play a little with the settings on sharpness contrast etc ..)! Used with manual optics is spectacular (the assistant at maf is great!). About the autofocus: with fairly fast optics (200-600; 100-400GM etc .. is "acceptable"; the 50/1.8 is really slow (but it is slow regardless). In general to make portraits and street is fine, completely forget about moving animals and things that move quickly. I will keep it for a few more weeks/ months... then I will have completed the test and move on to something else. But I must say that I did not imagine so much yield with such a shopping pose! Ah.. just one clarification: the dimensions are toy! Wonderful little toy. PS: video only in FullHD, no 4K... !
Cons:The cons that bother me the most is the battery consumption, for the rest being aware of the purchase I make everything go well considering also the purchase price.
Opinion:I bought it new about 1 year ago at a very interesting price to be a small and above all beautiful light FF, I admit I took it for the aesthetics reminds me of the Praktica L is exactly what I was looking for. Technologically outdated, yes there is a fund of truth let's remember it is a hardware dating back to 2013 and for high tech products it is a huge amount of time. I was aware of it but the desire to have one has erased all doubts related to jpg quality, iso, af, battery, slowness and so on. Use with manual focus m42 lenses does not make a bend. Use with af lenses does not make a bend. I grip it well, the grip is better than the Sony a6300, there are two wheels, I like the position of the shutter button on the shell, it helps to hold it better in the hand. I don't make videos. Face recognition and smiles work but I don't use. The only thing that really bothers me is the battery consumption, it is discharged even when turned off! But I'm used to the supply of batteries always with digital. To tell the truth even in analog I had the stock of batteries but here we are at the top. As features it has too much, I could eliminate at least 3 quarters maybe the battery would benefit. February 2022 update: I discovered that the low autonomy is not due to the "generic" batteries but to the "generic" power supply. Since I took the original Sony BC-TRW the matter has changed and a lot with all the original and non-original batteries. A charge of a battery with original power supply lasts about 2h sometimes even longer, with the generic about half an hour and marked full charge. In addition, some tricks in the room, such as deactivating the "pre af", deactivating the automatic play after each shot, lowering the brightness of the display (I also set an fn button so as to turn off the display completely), set the separate af-on by freeing it from the shutter button, deactivate the wireless connections and finally set a minimum stand-by time.
Pros:FF, possibility to use all the old lightweight optics
Cons:Everything else
Opinion:Bought in my " creative moment ", (you know those who come so spontaneously to meet your expectations without succeeding) I soon regretted. If you buy it used cheaply to mount the old glories in your possession, ok... After playing with it a bit with the old optics in possession, stove. Then you start shooting with the zoom provided and you get an accident once you see the shot in play ... Even an old cimko of 40 years ago is sharper I see it so small and I say ok I mount its and I carry it with me ... In the end I thank you for nn having sold the pen f and the Sony I use it only to play my old negatives with the 90 macro sigma. finished doing that I resell it .... Rating from 5 to 6
Pros:Full frame, excellent sensor (if you shoot in RAW) weight and size, possibility to mount any lens you can think of, fantastic manual MAF, price of the used to date
Cons:Unwatchable JPG, ridiculous AF, ergonomics of a 70s SLR, battery life, lack of some fundamental functions (see minimum times with ISO car), sometimes slow start
Opinion:At the time I came in order from the Olympus Em5 and the Em1 but, I wanted to try anyway how Sony was trying to fit into the world of mirrorless. It was love at first sight but like so many lightning strikes, it immediately ended. The machine had an extreme operational slowness, from ignition to awakening from the stanby... a torture since my mirrorless background was lightning compared to her. Unfortunately, being Sony's first mirrorless, it was still an immature product; battery that was consumed only to look at the status icon on the display, the attack of the lenses that had a minimum of play but that gave a huge annoyance (also confirmed by other specimens seen in the store) and the handling at least for me not at the top. I remember that I tried it with the kit lens, the 28/70 which was decent only in good light conditions but when the contrast was poor, they were pains. On the other hand, I liked the viewfinder a lot, beautiful and sharp as well as the files that the machine churned out. Maybe I didn't have enough patience with the A7 and after a bloodbath, I sold it back shortly after returning to my beloved m4/3.
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