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The Sony A7s Can Probably See Better in the Dark Than You Can

Chris Gampat
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06/10/2014
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Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7s first impressions photos (1 of 22)ISO 2001-125 sec at f - 5.0

Last Updated on 06/10/2014 by Chris Gampat

Chris Gampat The Phoblographer Sony A7s first impressions photos (1 of 22)ISO 2001-125 sec at f - 5.0

Sony’s A7s has already been touted to be able to have lots of dynamic range and some crazy low light abilities. But we didn’t expect that it was able to see in near pure darkness. The folks over at EOS HD decided to put the 12MP high ISO camera to the test. To do this, they shot in nearly pure darkness at ISO 8000-40,000 and shot with the Canon 35mm f1.4 L lens–one that is softer than the latest Sigma iteration.

What the video shows us is that the footage holds up really well up to 102,400 but then we start to see a loss of details after that–but that could also be YouTube’s compression doing it nasty thing. Still though, this is much better than many other cameras out there and in the real world all that matters is what folks see on their screens. NoFilmSchool has featured many different tests like one with Canon gear against Kodak Film and Canon vs Panasonic. But it seems like Sony is really taking the lead now. Canon may have to respond to this in some way or another–especially at the price point of the Sony A7s.

The video is after the jump.

Via Petapixel and EOS HD

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.