Sony A7R Preview Leaked on diglloyd

Sony A7R with new Zeiss 24-70mm f/4 lens
Sony A7R with new Zeiss FE 24-70mm f/4 lens

The Sony A7 and Sony A7R will be officially announced on October 16, 7 am at London time. Diglloyd has already leaked some new images and preview of Sony A7R.

Sony A7 Body Only Amazon | B&H | Adorama | Sony.com | Best Buy | ebay
Sony A7 w/ 28-70mm lens Amazon | B&H | Adorama | Sony.com | Best Buy | ebay
Sony A7R Body Only Amazon | B&H | Adorama | Sony.com | Best Buy | ebay
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 Amazon | B&H | Adorama | Sony.com | Best Buy | ebay
Sony 24-70mm f/4 FE ZA OSS Lens Amazon | B&H | Adorama | Sony.com | Best Buy | ebay
Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA Lens Amazon | B&H | Adorama | Sony.com | Best Buy | ebay
Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA Lens Amazon | B&H | Adorama | Sony.com | Best Buy | ebay
A-Mount to E-Mount Lens Adapter Amazon | B&H | Adorama | Sony.com | Best Buy | ebay
A to E-Mount Lens Adapter w/ Mirror Amazon | B&H | Adorama | Sony.com | Best Buy | ebay
Sony Vertical Battery Grip Amazon | B&H | Adorama | Sony.com | Best Buy | ebay
 Sony A7R Vs. Olympus E-M1:

Sony A7R: 465g with battery and card + 120g for the 35/2.8 lens.
Olympus E-M1: 497g with battery and card + 120g for the Olympus 17mm f/1.8 lens.

Wow. The Sony A7R full frame camera with equivalent lens is lighter than the equivalent Olympus E-M1 Micro Four Thirds setup.

Actually, the ƒ/2.8 lens on full frame would have to be ƒ/1.4 (!) on MFT to be equivalent in depth of field and blur potential. So the Sony wins there also.

Oh, and the Sony A7R has 36 megapixels in which each of those pixels is larger in area than the 16 megapixels of the E-M1. 2.25X the pixels in 3.8 times the area = more and larger and higher quality pixels. Case closed for anyone looking for image quality at similar size/weight equivalence, at least for the ~35mm focal length.

Sony A7R with Zeiss FE 24-70mm f/4 lens:

The A7R with the 24-70mm f/4 zoom is a chunky package, but no doubt will appeal to those who like to cover a zoom range, my advice being that zooms serve a useful function in certain situations, but a fixed lens tends to make the photographer think more carefully about perspective and composition—less is more.

Part of the appeal of the A7R is its relatively small size, but with the 24-70 zoom at 460 grams, it becomes more substantial. Still, this is probably very acceptable, and that ƒ/4 aperture keeps the weight to a reasonable level. Whether it can deliver top image quality to a 36-megapixel sensor is an open question.

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