a7R VI

Rented an a7R VI after their a1 II was damaged and found it focused on birds faster and more confidently.

“To my surprise, the A7Rvi seems to focus on birds in flight, and birds in busy environments faster and more confidently than my A1ii did.”

Chose the a7R VI coming from an X100VI and loves its AF, pre-capture, screen and cropping.

“I ended up going with a a7rvi and 24-50mm”

Moved from the a7R V to the a7R VI and sees better performance at ISO 12,800 and more highlight headroom.

“I can tell you that I am seeing better performance in the A7R6 at 12,800 ISO than on my A7R5.”

Swapped a briefly owned a7R V for the a7R VI and is happier; pre-capture is everything it promises.

“Precapture is everything it promises.”

Finds the a7R VI's 30fps electronic shutter awesome, with about 25% better battery life and much less rolling shutter in video.

“30 fps electronic shutter, so you're not wearing out your camera while also capturing a lot of fast action is awesome.”

Owns the a7 V and a7R VI; both are great, and the a7R VI's resolution helps wildlife crops.

“I have the A7V and A7R6. Both great cameras, and pretty much on the same level”

Spent a few days in the Tetons with the new a7R VI and calls it easily the best camera Sony has made.

“I’ll just say this is easily the best camera Sony has ever made.”

Moved from the a7 IV to the a7R VI and loves its workflow, display, 30fps and autofocus, though the a7 IV is slightly less grainy above ISO 3200.

“But for the whole workflow, i love the A7RVI.”

Sold their a7R IV for the a7R VI; a great upgrade with a new menu, lossless compressed RAW, better focusing and lit buttons.

“I sold my A7Riv to buy the A7Rvi - it’s a GREAT upgrade all around.”

Owns both the a7R VI and the a1 II for birds and prefers the a7R VI daily, for much better battery life and slightly better lock-on to small distant subjects.

“I prefer the a7R VI for a daily use camera because the battery life is just so, so much better.”

Easily captures swallows in flight with the a7R VI as long as they stay in frame, and finds the AF plenty capable.

“I can easily capture swallows in flight with my a7r6 as long as I can keep them in frame. The AF is plenty capable.”

Moved from an a7 IV to the a7R VI and noticed more noise, but finds it a machine whose resolution is great for cropping and big prints.

“But it’s such a machine and it’s so handy to have that kind of resolution for cropping and making huge prints for me”

Tried the a6700 after an a7 III and went for the a7R VI instead with no regrets.

“Decided it wasn't for me and went for the A7R6. No regrets for me.”

Finds their new a7R VI remarkable, though they miss the smaller a7CR.

“Granted, my new A7Rvi is remarkable.”

Loves their a7R VI but finds its file sizes a burden as a photo-first shooter.

“I’m a photo first guy, main issue is the file sizes.”

Bird photographer who upgraded from an a6400 to the a7R VI and loves its bird tracking, but got soft shots with the 200-600 until changing SteadyShot from Auto to Manual.

“So I recently upgraded from my a6400 to an A7RVI. I am a bird photographer and that’s literally all I focus on. A lot of the features on this camera are really amazing for that, especially all the”

Shoots hummingbirds with the a7R VI at 30 fps; rolling shutter hasn't hurt the keeper rate, with only a few wingtips possibly warped. Their own technique is the limit, not the camera.

“I used a7rvi to photograph hummingbirds. The rolling shutters doesn’t affect keeper rate. With 30 fps, you got so many photos from a burst and whole bunch of wing positions”

An amateur birder who finds the a7R VI amazing: APS-C mode gives faster readout, the AF is good in 12-bit compressed RAW, and the buffer is fine with two CFexpress cards.

“As an amateur birder, the A7R6 is amazing for me. Buffer is good enough with 2 CF-A cards.”

Hasn't had a single bird-in-flight shot from the a7R VI ruined by rolling shutter.

“I don't think I've had a single BIF image taken with the A7RVI that I thought was unusable due to rolling shutter.”

Shoots birds in flight with the a7R VI and finds it amazing, with no rolling-shutter problems.

“I have taken birds in flight on my a7Rvi and its amazing. No rolling shutter ever.”

Only sees rolling shutter on the a7R VI when panning birds against buildings, and much less than on their a7R V; for practical purposes it's not a problem.

“The only time I noticed any rolling shutter with A7RVI is pan-shooting BIF with buildings in the background, where the buildings may have a subtle lean”

Moved from an old OM-D E-M5 II to the a7R VI. It draws more attention and its weight is noticeable on 25–30k-step travel days, but neither is a dealbreaker.

“Also the weight difference is noticeable when traveling and walking 25-30k steps a day, but not a dealbreaker at all for me.”