Sony's new A7S

[Arthur Gannis]

Wow !
Sony announces full-frame A7s camera that can practically shoot 4K video in the dark | The Verge

[Clive McLaughlin]

Was super excited when I heard this this morning until I realised the 4k was only output.

[Arthur Gannis]

The low light capability as well as autofocus during capture without moire are enough to make me sell all my gear for this. As long as it has a clean image out to ISO 12800. Let's hope it sells for less than 2K.

[James Palanza]

This is amazing except everything I own is M4/3 lol

[Clive McLaughlin]

Originally Posted by Arthur Gannis

The low light capability as well as autofocus during capture without moire are enough to make me sell all my gear for this. As long as it has a clean image out to ISO 12800. Let's hope it sells for less than 2K.

A7R is £1700 so I doubt it will be under 2k. Not unless the A7R goes down in price so the range can compete with Panasonic. But brands don't generally do that, do they?

[Craig McKenna]

Originally Posted by James Palanza

This is amazing except everything I own is M4/3 lol

Haha same, but then I appreciate the cost of M4/3 and doubt realistically needing to shoot with anything shallower than what f1.4 provides on a M4/3 camera... obviously, the ISO alone is reason enough to place this above the M4/3 range, but then the eco-system of lenses for the Sony at the minute are not great.

Interesting that they decided to drop the megapixels by so much to provide such an advancement in ISO. Sony's becoming more and more interesting with their cameras... after watching the DigitalRev video on the D4S... low light performance as good as that on the Sony for video will be unreal.

That said, I'll stick to M4/3. (Because I don't have full frame money).

[Adrian Tan]

No pricing yet on this thing, though rumour mill says this plus Atomos Shogun for $5,000.

I'm still trying to get my head around the specs. Very interested to see a comparison with the 1dc when the camera is out in the wild. If it really does sell for 3K or 4K, I don't really know why anyone would buy a 1DC or even a 5DMk3.

Only real advantage of 1DC I can think of, stills capability aside, is ergonomics of internal 4K recording. But balanced against considerable savings for camera body and recording media, better frame rates, better lowlight sensitivity, more flexible lens mount...

Add to that known issues with 1DC. Eg non-ideal physical controls, banding below 400 ISO, too desaturated C-Log...

So at least on paper it seems like a slam dunk to me unless I'm missing something obvious, which is very possible. But until it's been tested in practice, who knows.

If Canon is forced to drop price of 1DC to match, now that would be interesting.

[Arthur Gannis]

I saw somewhere it is around 1800 USD, body alone ,almost same price as the A7. Hope so.

[Clive McLaughlin]

Pre-order on Park Cameras at a whopping £2500

[Noa Put]

That was to expect I guess as it seems to be competing with the 5dIII, in that case the gh4 becomes very attractive :)

[Clive McLaughlin]

I'm dubious about Park Cameras price through. I see no price ANYWHERE else. is it at all possible, they guessed the price in order to cash in on pre-orders, and may then refund some when the true price is released? Or is that not legal?

Strange that I don't see anybody else with it on pre-order yet.

[Jeff Harper]

Yesterday Yossi from B&H posted that Sony has not announced the release date nor price. I don't know who is taking orders or who has prices but it's likely they are being deceptive. Check with B&H and Amazon for preordering this camera or to see availability.

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