Today, Sony is releasing an update on their strategy for Interchangable Lens cameras. For those who can't watch the presentation, here is a quick rundown:
Five fundamentals:
Lens
Image Quality
Speed
Battery Live
Compact & Lightweight
a9 Transformed the experience of professional sports & news photography.
Today will expand the world of Alpha, through innovation, establishing another milestone:
61.0 MP full-frame sensor
15-stop dynamic range
10 FPS
A7R IV
Medium Format level image quality
5-axis internal image stabilization
52 native lenses
1 mount - stills, cinema, Full-Frame, APS-C .... all using the same mount (E Mount)
Mark Weir - Senior Technology Manager
Another milestone in mirrorless:
New standards of image quality
New creative opportunities
61 "effective" MP
15 stops of dynamic range
new generation of image sensor, backside illuminated sensor, even lower noise.
"Resolution to spare"
They showed several examples of images with extreme crop
Pixel Shift multi-shooting mode can create images up to 240 MP - another level of performance in an easy-to-handle camera
APS-C Crop mode: 26 MP
567 phase detection points covering 74% of the Frame in Full Frame
325 phase detection points covering virtually the entire frame in APS-C mode
World's first 61 MP - ExmorR CMOS Sensor
Speed: 61MP x 10FPS continuously - up to 68 images with continuous AF and AE tracking
Real-time Eye AF/tracking as in the a9 (first time in an R) (human & animal)
Movie capture: full width S-Log 2 & 3 for 14-stop dynamic range, HLG Hybrid Log Gamma, Touch Track
Revolution in video autofocus: real time Eye AF for video
Audio - Digital audio interface between the microphone and the camera - the microphone has its own A/D converter built in.
New digital microphone, rather than an analog microphone, so it's digital info straight into the camera
Dual UHS-II slots
Refined focus control boosts productivity
5.76 dot UXGA OLED view finder
improved grip
enhanced dust/moisture sealing
2.4 and 5 Gb WiFi
USB C connector
Studio sync connector
September: $3,500 US ($4,500 Canadian)
New vertical grip VG-C4EM ($400/$530)
Microphone: ECM-B1M - 8 mic capsules in a microphone 4" long - comprehensive controls, 3 different patterns user selected ($350/$470) - can be switched to analog mode for other cameras
Adapter: XLR-K3M - adapts other microphones with a A/D converter October ($600/$800)