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The Sony a7r IV Has a 61MP Full Frame Sensor (And There’s More)

Chris Gampat
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07/16/2019
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The new Sony a7r IV is probably going to make you drool. 

Sony Electronics President and COO Mike Fasulo presented some of the company’s latest products for the Digital Imaging Division. Amongst those products is the new Sony a7r IV that includes features like a new 61MP full-frame sensor at heart. It has a whole lot of great features for professional photographers. At $3,500 it’s going to include things like upgraded weather sealing, wireless tethering capabilities, a ton of autofocus points, and much more.

CHECK OUT OUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS!

But first a fun fact: more than half of the smartphones out there have a Sony imaging sensor at the heart of the camera. Also, Full Frame ILC has been dominated by Sony for the last 20 months in both units and dollars.

Also, mirrorless camera growth is up! That’s nice to know. This is different from CIPA data that we’ve analyzed over the past few months. Reports previously stated that the entire market was down. To be clear, that’s not just for Sony but Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, etc. Of the DI segment though, mirrorless seems to have gone up according to what Sony said during their presentation today. This just makes sense as DSLRs continue to fade into obscurity except for flash sales that we often see on Amazon, Adorama, and several other platforms.

Sony a7R IV

Here are the specs on the new Sony a7r IV:

  • There is a 240MP pixel shift option
  • 15 stops of dynamic range
  • 5.76 MP viewfinder
  • 4K video
  • 26MP APS-C capture mode
  • 5 axis optical in-body stabilization
  • 10fps shooting with full AF and AE tracking
  • 567 phase AF points
  • Touch tracking for movies
  • 6K movie mode

At 26MP in APS-C mode, it’s basically going to make many of APS-C cameras obsolete. That’s a strong statement, but we’ll have to see.

In APS-C mode the camera has 325 AF points, but in full-frame mode there are 567 phase detection autofocus points. Considering how good previous Sony cameras are, we’re sure this is going to do really well too. We’ll be playing with the camera a bit later today so we can give our fuller first impressions later on.

The Sony a7r IV has real-time eye-AF for movie shooting too. That’s huge and something that is brand new. There is also an upgrade to audio with an audio interface. It works with the company’s latest microphone to help with video recording and audio recording.

Here’s a screenshot of some of the best new features.

There are also several other cool features like wireless tethering, a WiFi upgrade, and improved weather sealing.

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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.
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