a7 IV

Rates the A7 IV joint favourite all-rounder and prefers it for video.

“My favorite all around camera is a tie between the A7IV and X-T5”

Left Fujifilm over AF; finds the A7 IV incredible and stress-free for paid hybrid work.

“I use an a7iv for video and my second stills body and an a7rv for my main stills body. Both incredible cameras.”

Finds their A7 IV a dependable kit for any photo or video work.

“With the A7IV and Sigma, whether you stay a hobbyist or go full on professional, you can make do with so much with that kit”

Found the A7 IV soulless and traded it back for an X-T5.

“when I got the camera I truly didn't like it. Something about it felt soulless.”

Owns both and finds the A7 IV clearly better in high ISO and AF than the X-T5.

“The A7iv without a doubt has better high iso performance and significantly bettwr AF.”

Bought the a7 IV alongside an X-T30 because Fujifilm autofocus struggled with fast-moving kids.

“I own a x-t30 and a7 iv. The latter I bought because Fuji AF isn’t great with fast moving kids.”

Shoots both and finds the Sony a7 IV's image quality and AF ahead of Fuji for commercial work.

“The Sony AF is still way ahead of Fuji, and you will appreciate this if you shoot weddings, events or sports commercially.”

Keeps the Sony a7 IV over going all-Fuji, mainly for its autofocus and cleaner raw handling.

“I’ve owned an A7IV and an X100V for a while now.”

Sold the Sony a7 IV because its raw files had ugly colours to edit.

“it was hard to sit in front of the pc and edit the Sony raw files ( ugly colors)”

Owns the Sony a7 IV and really loves it.

“I currently have an A7 IV and A7 V - and really love em”

Moved from the X-T5 to the A7 IV and finds its autofocus snappy and images sharper with a full-frame look.

“I'm on the A7IV now and it's so snappy.”

Their a7 IV overheats streaming where their a7 IIIs never did.

“A7IV is insane in terms of heat vs the A7III.”

Their a7 IV runs warmer than an a7C but hasn't overheated streaming.

“haven't had it overheat while using it to Livestream at all”

Has had no a7 IV heat issues shooting weddings in Texas on high temp setting.

“Did this with my fx3 and a7iv. No issues shooting weddings in the Texas heat”

Their a7 IV overheats streaming in a non-AC garage.

“Been having the same problem with my A7IV streaming too.”

Finds their a7 IV overheats very fast, unlike their a7S III.

“I have both models, and it’s nuts how fast the a7iv overheats.”

Their a7 IV sometimes overheats streaming even with a fan.

“The a7iv even with a dummy battery a fan by it overheats, but not all the time.”

Has an a7 IV and loves it, calling it a great choice.

“I have an a7IV as well and love it”

Thought their a7 IV's autofocus was good but finds the a7R V's AI AF even better.

“I thought my a7IV autofocus was good”

Loves their a7 IV for birds but wishes it had AI tracking and more resolution.

“I bought the a7iv and love it but wish I had the AI tracking and extra res.”

Struggles with noise from their a7 IV at high ISO in low light.

“Everything I've seen online says you can crank up the ISO in low-light pictures and it won't have a lot of noise, but when I try, I still get a lot of noise.”

Shot birds with the a7 IV and 150-600; the AF is great but the setup is heavy.

“Yes, The AF is great”

Their a7 IV has overheated indoors at 72°F in long recordings, but not with a cooler.

“I’ve had my A7IV overheat indoors with ~72F ambient temp during long recording sessions”

Their a7 IV overheated constantly across many settings.

“This was my major issue with the a7iv it was constantly overheating.”

Has never seen a temperature warning on their two a7 IV bodies.

“I’ve never even seen a temp warning on my A7IV bod”

Has never had a7 IV overheating, including 45 minutes of 4K60.

“I’ve never had a problem with my a7iv and that includes shooting up to 45 minutes (soccer game) in 4k 60 fps.”

Hasn't had a7 IV overheating in shorter sessions.

“I haven't had issues with overheating, but I don't do long recording sessions either.”

Finds their new a7 IV plenty good with pretty good autofocus.

“for now the a7iv is plenty good for me, i think it has pretty good autofocus.”

Moved from a D7200 to the a7 IV and feels its photos look worse out of the box than Nikon's.

“I felt like Nikon had beautiful photos out of the box and the Sony ones seem to had wei”

Replaced the X-T5 with an a7 IV and calls it their best move; it doesn't miss focus.

“I bought an a7iv. Best move I’ve ever made. The thing doesn’t miss.”

Sold their X100VI after getting an a7 IV but has barely shot since.

“My partner gifted me a Sony a7iv so I sold my x100vi. I have shot maybe once in the last 5 months.”

Finds the a7 IV technically better, but it doesn't inspire them like their old X-T3.

“The Sony is technically better but the Fuji makes you want to go out and shoot”

Finds the a7 IV amazing in nearly all respects.

“The a7iv is pretty amazing, in nearly all respects!”

Upgraded from the a6100 to the a7 IV and gets better low light and dynamic range.

“Do I get better low light pictures and some better dynamic range in unique lighting circumstances? Definitely.”

Loves their a7 IV but finds it heavy and bulky to carry.

“My first camera was the a7IV and while I love it, it’s also pretty heavy and bulky to carry around.”

Moved from Fuji to two a7 IVs and values the insane autofocus and good video.

“I had 4 Fujis and got 2 Sony a7iv. The transition has a lot of benefits - insane auto focus”

Bought the a7 IV with Tamron lenses; clients are happy, but they find the images boring, needing edits, with bad rolling shutter.

“So I bought A7IV and two tamron 2.8 lenses. Don’t get me wrong it works.”

Upgraded from an a6000 to the a7 IV a few months ago and loves leaving it on auto ISO without the a6000's purple noise.

“Upgraded a few months ago from an a6000 to a7IV and holy shit it's nice to basically keep that thing on auto iso.”

Travels with the a7 IV and Sigma 28-70 f/2.8 and finds the combo a beast, even at night.

“I've got Sony A7IV + Sigma 28-70 f/2.8, and that combo is a beast for travelling even at night!”

Just upgraded from the a7 III to the a7 IV for their son's soccer games and already appreciates the boost in features.

“Upgraded from the a7iii and can already appreciate the boost in features pretty much across the line.”

Moved from the a7 III to the a7 IV and found it much better in high-pressure shoots.

“The jump from the iii to the iv felt soooo good as a shooter in high pressure situations.”

Bought the a7 IV days before the a7 V announcement and doesn't regret it, seeing nothing worth $1,000 more.

“That’s what I did and I can’t say I regret it.”

Their a7 IV has done an excellent job on everything; only pre-capture and silent shutter would tempt them to the a7 V.

“I have an A7iv and it does an excellent job on everything I have done so far.”

Got their a7 IV last week and loves it so far.

“I just got mine last week! I love it so far!”

Upgraded from a Canon 1200D to the a7 IV and has loved it ever since.

“I too recently upgraded from a canon (1200D) to a A7iv thanks to my dad buying me one and I have been loving it ever since”

Moved from the Canon R5 to the a7 IV after 20 years with Canon and loves it.

“I love my A7IV after the move from the Canon R5.”

Switched from Fuji to the a7 IV with the 200-600 and is really enjoying it at the zoo.

“Really enjoying it so far.”

Owns the Z6II and a7 IV and finds the a7 IV's autofocus far superior and easier to use.

“Based on auto focus alone, the a7iv. It is just so very superior and easier to use.”

Upgraded from a D500 to the a7 IV; overall pleased, but the EVF is horrid while the autofocus is amazing.

“the EVF on the Sony is so horrid, I just usually leave my faith in its amazing autofocus.”

Finds their a7 IV a great but boring camera, now used only for work, and prefers Fuji colours.

“My Sony A7IV is a great camera but it’s boring and I love Fujis colors a lot more.”

Their 15-month-old a7 IV's shutter failed at 130,000 actuations; Sony is replacing it with an upgraded part.

“My A7IV just broke at 130K shutter count today. The camera is only 1 year and 3 months old.”

Found the a7 IV an incredible camera for their film and photo work for years.

“The a74 was an incredible cam for my film/photo work for years.”

Owns an a7 IV and an X-T5 and still prefers the Sony, perhaps for its ergonomics.

“I have A74 later bought xt5 I like it especially with 23 1.4 but for me Sony is better”

Envies the smaller a7C II but would never sell their a7 IV, which they think will stand strong for years.

“I do kinda envy all these small factor builds with a7c2 though, but I somehow never wanna sell my a7iv for it, doesnt feel right”

First outings with a new a7 IV and a 50mm f/1.8; still learning the layout, but already a big jump from their last camera.

“Still getting used to the new layout but I can already feel how big of a jump it was from my last camera.”

Uses the a7 IV with the Tamron 35-150 for paid work and a small 50mm for street.

“The tamron 35-150 is a crazy lens. It stays on my A7iv for paid work”

Used the a7 IV hard for four years, from Kilimanjaro to weddings and a motorcycle crash; even after its shutter collapsed and was replaced, it kept going before they moved to an a1 II.

“I put the a7IV to WORK the last 4 years.”

Put over 375,000 shutter actuations on their a7 IV in four years of freezing work days; it only quit once and a factory reset fixed it.

“It has worked in every condition i've put it in, freezes daily for work in the winter months and thaws out each evening.”

Their first a7 IV just died at around 600,000 actuations, and they call it the best-value camera they have ever owned.

“The absolute best bang for your buck camera I have ever owned.”

In their video testing, the a7 IV overheated much more than the a7CR.

“The A7 IV was much worse than the A7C R in my experience.”

Carried the a7 IV 20,700 km by bicycle from Canada to Ushuaia; it's fantastic, 33MP is the sweet spot, and it works like new after 200,000+ shots.

“The A7IV is simply fantastic and I think just a few will need more than this powerhouse.”

Moved from the a7 IV to the R6 Mark II because video was almost painful on the a7 IV's slow sensor readout.

“I switched from A7IV to R6II. Video was almost painful on the A7IV due to the VERY slow sensor readout.”

Moved from an a6400 to the a7 IV and found it a game changer for image quality.

“I switched from my 6400 to the A7iv. Game changer forsure. The quality of my pics improved”

Their a7 IV is capable in low light and gives nice Milky Way shots with a 24mm f/1.4.

“I have the a74 and it's pretty capable in low light”

Switched from Canon to the a7 IV and regretted it; never got used to it and went back to Canon.

“Several years ago I switched from Canon (5D Mk II) to Sony (A7 IV) and regretted it.”

Their a7 IV has been everywhere with them and never let them down.

“Mine is my Sony a7iv. I haven't tried may cameras but this has been everywhere with me and has never let me down.”

Struggled to track birds in flight with their a7 IV; the a7C II and a7 V are much better.

“I used to own the A7IV and I had difficulties tracking birds in flight”

White residue started leaking from their a7 IV within a week of purchase, and Sony service called it liquid damage and refused warranty cover.

“within 1 week i started noticing some white stuff "leaking" out of my camera.”

Used the a7 IV for long video shoots and needed a fan to stop it overheating and shutting down; moved to the a7 V for that reason.

“I’ve also used A7 IV and along with the A7R3, you had to use a fan for long shooting or else it would overheat.”

Owns an a7 IV and an a6700 and loves both, using the a7 IV for focused, quality-first shooting.

“I have the 6700 and the A7iv, I bring the big guy when I'm planning to really focus on what I'm doing”

Did not like their a7 IV: autofocus was great but the colour science was terrible.

“I had a Sony A7IV that I did not like. Color science was terrible although autofocus was great.”

Has put about 600,000 shutter actuations on each of their two a7 IV bodies.

“600k on both my a7iv.”

Their a7 IV's shutter failed at about 10,000 actuations and was replaced under warranty; now they mostly use the electronic shutter.

“My A7IV croaked at 10K. Got it replaced under warranty. Since then, I mostly use the electronic shutter unless absolutely necessary: flash, flickering lights, fast”

Their a7 IV has about 55,000 actuations and its shutter sounds laboured, as if it's breaking.

“I’ve got 55k on my A7IV and it honestly sounds like the shutter is breaking. It’s got the worst, most laboured snappy sounding shutter”

Went from an a6300 to the a7 IV and found the difference astounding, both in image quality and in its robust, pro feel in the hand.

“Dude i went from the a6300 to the a7IV, so basically the same thing.”

Switched from Fujifilm X-T1, X-T3 and X-T4 bodies to the a7 IV and doesn't understand why they ever used Fuji.

“I switched from years old fuji xt1/3/4 to Sony a7iv..”

Random blocks of artifacts have started appearing in photos from their a7 IV, and they fear the sensor is damaged.

“Random blocks of artifacts has been appearing on my photos as well. Is my sensor”