a7R V

Uses the A7R V as their main stills body and finds it incredible.

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

Switched from the A7C II to the A7R V and enjoys its better ergonomics, screen and EVF; it's a bit heavier but still fits a small sling.

“I’m taking my A7rv out as much as the A7cii and enjoy the better ergonomics, screen and evf.”

Got the a7R V with the 20-70 for travel and likes the sensor and viewfinder.

“I got a7rv with 2070f4 specifically for travel.”

Moved from the a7 IV to the a7R V and loves it, though longer lenses are heavy.

“I went from A7IV to A7RV, and I love it.”

Switched from the a7C to the a7R V for the grip and screen, which helps a lot.

“I switched from the original a7c to a7rv. Mainly for the bigger grip and tilt/swivel screen.”

Finds the a7R V slightly sharper than their X-H2, but its rolling shutter is pronounced.

“I have A7Rv, it has slightly sharper picture than my X-H2, note th downside of A7Rv, rolling shutter is pronounced”

Started on the a7 III, which they found pure heaven, then upgraded to the a7R V and loves every second with it.

“I have since upgraded to an a7rv and just love every second with it.”

Upgraded from the a7R IV to the a7R V and found focus more accurate and auto white balance much better.

“I had the a7Riv and upgraded to the Rv. There are so many little things it does better, go for the Rv.”

Adores the a7R V but finds it bulky, so keeps the a7 III for travel.

“I adore the A7RV but it sure is bulky”

Used the a6000 for years and upgraded to the a7R V two months ago; it feels like a whole new world.

“I have been using a6000 for years and two months ago I upgraded to the A7RV, it is a whole new world”

Upgraded from an a6600 to the a7R V and needed a new computer to handle its huge files.

“I upgraded from an a6600 to an a7RV and ended up buying a new computer too just to deal with it. The files are crazy”

Owns the a7R V and finds it awesome.

“I have the A7RV, and it is awesome.”

Also owns the a7R V and finds it awesome; they flip the screen in to protect it.

“I too have an A7RV it is awesome.”

Has shot wildlife on the a7R V for a few years, but misses shots for lack of pre-capture and finds the autofocus doesn't always work for them.

“I’ve also found autofocus doesn’t always work for me, again unclear if it’s me or the camera.”

Got an a7R V at a discount and finds it more than enough for what they shoot.

“I got an A7RV at a really nice discount and for what I shoot it’s more than enough.”

Moved from the a7R III to the a7R V and found it worth the money.

“A7r III to A7r V here. Stupidest money I've ever spent.. worth it though.”

Bought the a7R V instead of an a7C II and loves it, though they still think about the smaller body.

“A beast of a camera & I love it”

Switched from three Canon R5s to the a7R V for weddings and events; it's lighter and acquires and holds focus faster.

“Not only did I not miss a shot, the cameras acquired and maintained focus faster”

Loves their a7R V; the only complaint is the Creators' App often failing to connect.

“I love my A7RV. My only complaint is the Creators' App app.”

A landscape shooter who switched from an R5 system to the a7R V and calls it the best camera they've owned.

“The A7rV is simply the best camera I've ever owned”

Loves using their a7R V with GM lenses and the 200-600.

“I love using my a7RV so much.”

Totally fell in love with the a7R V, which made their a9 II feel outdated.

“After I got the Sony a7R5, which I totally fell in love with, I found myself unable to go back to my a9II for reportage work.”

Found the a7R V's huge files not worth managing and switched to the Z8.

“I had the Sony a7RV and found file management with those huge files not being worth it.”

Finds the a7R V's autofocus much better than the a7R III's for wildlife, though they miss the older 42MP sensor's look.

“My A7rv has much better autofocus than my A7riii did for wildlife.”

Uses the viewfinder or screen as the job needs, and likes how their new a7R V's screen flips every way.

“On my new A7RV the screen flips all over the pla”

Moved from 15+ years of Nikon to the a7R V on Black Friday and is blown away by it with the 12-24 and 24-70 GM lenses for cityscapes.

“Absolutely blown away by this camera and my GM glass.”

Took their new-to-them a7R V out in freezing temperatures with the 200-600 and is quite pleased with the quality and cropping room.

“took it out in the 30 degree temps to check out the quality first hand. I’m quite pleased.”

First outing with a new a7R V in Death Valley; zero complaints, and focus bracketing saved shots before the light changed.

“I had a lot of gripes with Sony originally when I got an A7iii (awful menus & ergonomics mainly) but I have 0 complaints with the A7rV.”

Loves the a7R V and uses it for sports for the resolution.

“love my A7R v, use it for sports because I love the resolution”

Chose the a7R V over the a7CR after holding both, because they loved its EVF for careful composition.

“Chose the A7R V because I loved the EVF.”

Moved from the a7 IV to the a7R V for birds; beyond the resolution, the fully articulating screen is the best upgrade.

“The fully articulating screen, hands down. I’ll never buy another flippy screen.”

Their a7R V with the 200-600 frequently produced soft images, so they replaced it with an a7 V.

“My 200-600 did not like my A7RV. I ended up getting rid of the body for the A7V.”

Owns the a7R V and gets plenty of raptor and owl shots, but has missed thousands of small fast birds; a great camera, but the a1 is better for this.

“I've also missed out on thousands of shots on smaller passerines due to the speed. Its a great camera but the A1 is better imo.”

Their a7R V has spent weeks at -10 to -20C with no issues beyond slightly shorter battery life.

“A7RV does fine in normal cold.”

At -25 to -35C their a7R V struggled: the screen refreshed slowly, AF struggled and processing slowed.

“My old a7r v would struggle a lot with conditions where I live, -25C is routine winter”

Finds the a7R V really painful for birding because of rolling shutter, though the resolution is nice.

“My A7RV is really painful to use for birding (resolution is nice though).”

Their a7R V got dust under the sensor glass, and Sony's repair centre called it normal and refused a warranty repair.

“I got dust under the sensor glass (!!!) on my A7R V and Sony's repair centre called it 'normal' and 'expected.'”

Owns the a7R V and a7 V and would keep the a7R V for its crisp 60MP files, better EVF and dual slots.

“I love both, but if I could only have one, it'd probably be the R. 60 MP with no AA filter gives such crisp images.”

Owned an a7R V and found it outstanding for photos, but weak for video.

“I used to own the A7RV and it was an outstanding photo camera but video was not a strong point”

Owns an a7R V and a7 V; the a7R V has a much better EVF and is better for slow subjects, the a7 V for video and action.

“The A7R5 has a much better EVF and two CF-A slots. For stills of stationary or slow moving subjects it is better.”

Finds their a7R V amazing and moved to it from an a7 IV for extra resolution to crop distant birds.

“I have the A7rv. It's an amazing camera”

First outing with the a7R V after an a7C II: better balanced with big lenses, a much better EVF and screen, and a monster 61 MP sensor, but bigger and with 120 MB RAW files.

“The body feels **much better balanced with larger lenses**, although it’s also significantly bigger than the A7C II.”

Their professionally used a7R V has reached about 1.4 million shutter actuations and is still going; their a7 IV needed a new shutter around 500,000.

“This is obviously the result of heavy professional use, the camera body is incredibly durable.”

Loves the a7R V for landscapes and wildlife but notices it handles fast action poorly, so is considering the a7R VI or a1 II for birds.

“I’m currently rocking the A7RV for landscape and wildlife and I love it, but definitely notice the poor ability for any type of fast action. With the A7RVI’s 30 fps”

At a wedding their a7R V with a Godox V100-S had intermittent shutter refusals, inconsistent flash firing, choppy live view in low light and a hot shoe that loosened, on more than one body.

“Occasionally, I'd press the shutter button fully and nothing would happen. I'd have to release and press again, sometimes two or three times, before the camera would take a photograph.”

Warns that the a7R V's rolling shutter and 10 fps limit are a big problem for sports; they had many missed and ruined shots the few times they shot sports with it.

“If sports is something you do than rolling shutter is big problem for a7r5 plus it can only capture 10fps. I had lots of missed and ruined shots in sports photography which I don’t do very often.”