Thursday, 9 January 2014

Camera Test: Sony a7R Full-Frame, Interchangeable-Lens Camera | PopPhoto

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Imagine: A body that mimics the looks of DSLR, but in a size more akin to a Leica M, with resolution on par with the best full-frame cameras. And weighing about half as much as its closest competitor, the Nikon D800. What you get is the Sony Alpha 7R. This new 36.4MP flagship interchangeable-lens compact ($2,298, street, body only), along with the concurrently announced 24.3MP Alpha 7 ($1,698, body only), sports the same E-mount as Sony’s NEX line of APS-C-format ILCs. As the E-mount has a much shorter mount-to-sensor distance than the company’s A-mount DSLR lenses, Sony also introduced a whole new line of optics for these full-frame ILCs. Carrying the FE moniker, they roll out this January with a 55mm f/1.8 ($998, street), 35mm f/2.8 ($798), 24–70mm f/4 ($1,198), and 28–70mm f/3.5–5.6 (only in a kit with the A7); a 70–200mm f/4 is due later in 2014. (We used the 55mm in all lab tests.) ….
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Camera Test: Sony a7R Full-Frame, Interchangeable-Lens Camera | PopPhoto

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