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Review on Sony Alpha Camera ILCE-7RM4 Body, black by Gabriela Kowalczyk ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Not a bad product, but I expected a little more.

I took it at the end of January for 215k (and a 24-70 2.8 GM lens) I have been shooting with Canon for more than 6 years (at the moment mark3), I wanted good autofocus in the eyes, the choice fell on a new Sony. As a complete replacement, I would not take this camera, there are too many nuances, it is more for a calm, measured shooting. Due to the high resolution, the noise is stronger than the third brand. Even a compressed rav weighs 60MB, 515 frames fit on a 32GB card. If you do not shoot large series, you can get by with inexpensive UHS1 cards. I have a 600X 10th class transend card. You can serially shoot 30 frames in uncompressed Raw and 60 frames in compressed Raw. Then the camera starts to throw off on the card. As you reset, you can shoot. The menu items are very scattered, but you can create a few of your own, then you won’t have to look for something for a long time. There is an analogue of the quick menu, the fn button (shooting, focus modes, ISO, WB, etc.) In principle, you can quickly adapt to the functionality. The knob under the trigger is aperture, the knob next to exposure compensation is shutter speed, ISO can be assigned to the wheel next to the screen. On C1 BB. It would be nice, of course, to move the mode dial to an empty place on the left, make 4 programmable buttons and a mini screen on the right. And of course, full-fledged touch control, but this will only appear in version 10, but this is not accurate))) A camera with a sea of ​​​​nuances and incomprehensible flaws. The camera is made only for good light during the day and studios, to work at a minimum iso. It is advisable to use fast fixes.

Pros
  • Light weight, high resolution, folding screen. Compressed file size (weight 60mb). A chic focus on the eyes, for the sake of it, and took it. It sits well in the hand, the little finger does not fall off. The joysticks are comfortable.
Cons
  • Noisiness (worse than canon mark3) With ISO 400, small noise begins to climb. The touch screen is not touch at all, the only thing you can do is to poke the focus point. Chaotic menu, strange abbreviations (you have to go into the instructions) Sometimes functions become temporarily unavailable - for example, when the camera sends a photo from the buffer to the card, you cannot change the shooting mode (burst-single-frame) Very strange color in manual BB mode, you have to adjust the gamma yourself . If you put the shooting mode on two cards and then remove one, the camera will refuse to shoot, you will need to change the setting back. There are a lot of such trifles and of course they will slow down the shooting. There is no M equal as such in the camera. There is a compressed one, it weighs not 120mb but already 60mb, but the frame resolution will be 9504 x 6336 (60M). And only in crop + compression mode, it will be 6240 x 4160 (26M). But the same 24mm will not be 24mm.