Testseek.com have collected 147 expert reviews of the Sony Alpha A7R and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Sony Alpha A7R.
December 2013
(88%)
147 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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(90%)
154 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
A lightweight
Compact interchangeable lens camera that produces image quality that matches big
Bulky and more expensive studio cameras
Sony Alpha ILCE-7R delivers some of the best image quality we've seen for under $3
000 in a great shooting design and feature set
Full-frame image sensor omits OLPF. 4fps burst shooting. Amazing high ISO performance for a high-resolution camera. Sharp
Tilting rear LCD. Focus peaking. Excellent OLED EVF. Great control layout. Compact
Dust and moisture-resistant body. Vertical shoot
Incredibly small body for a fullyfeatured
Fullframe camera
Resolution that rivals a mediumformat camera
Excellent image quality even at very high sensitivities
Decent performance bearing in mind its extremely high resolution
Accepts existing Alphamou
Small
Light
Excellent image quality when shooting Raw
Solid build quality
FE lenses are of superb quality
Equal to the sensor's high resolution
Compatible with a huge range of legacy 35mm camera lenses with no fieldofview crop
Lar
Best image quality outside of medium format
Full-frame sensor means no crop with any lenses
Small body with good ergonomics and controls
Weatherproof body
Excellent large and detailed electronic viewfinder
Tilting 3in screen with live histogram & leveling gauge
1080p video w manual exposures
Headphone & mic jacks
Wifi
NFC and downloadable apps to add features
Focus peaking
Panorama mod
Fantastic image quality
Highend resolution
Solid video specification
Robust build
The editors didn't like
Slow performance and svelte camera build may fail to impress
Disappointing autofocus speed and battery life mar an otherwise lovely camera
Expensive. Loud shutter. Focus and burst shooting are slower than Alpha 7. Some color-shift issues with third-party wide-angle rangefinder lenses. No PC sync socket. No built-in flash. External battery charger not included. Native lens library is in its i
Extreme resolution makes focus and lens quality critical
Modest performance
Loud shutter
Lacks hybrid autofocus of the A7
Mediocre battery life when using electronic viewfinder
Slow Xsync
Limited selection of native Sony FE lenses
Autofocus can be slow in low light
Auto ISO tends to keep shutter speed at 1/FL sec
Often resulting in soft images
Highres sensor requires dedicated approach to shooting
JPEG quality not as good as we'd like to see (less relevant for this camera's mar
Leisurely AF in all conditions. AF lacks confidence in low light
No built-in stabilisation. Needs optically stabilized lenses
Limited selection of native lenses at launch
Continuous bursts limited to 4fps and 15-25 frames
Screen not touch-sensitive and doesn't fully articulate
Fairly basic bracketing and no timelapse built-in
Unforgiving resolution demands very careful handling
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Published: 2013-11-25, Author: Philip , review by: popphoto.com
For the highest-quality images possible from an ILC today, the Alpha 7R is your best option by far. On DxOMark, which rates the RAW output of cameras (we rate TIFFs made from RAW files using the software that comes with the camera), it scored a 95—dead ev...
Best image quality outside of medium format, Full-frame sensor means no crop with any lenses, Small body with good ergonomics and controls, Weatherproof body, Excellent large and detailed electronic viewfinder, Tilting 3in screen with live histogram & leveling gauge, 1080p video w manual exposures, headphone & mic jacks, Wifi, NFC and downloadable apps to add features, Focus peaking, Panorama mod
Leisurely AF in all conditions. AF lacks confidence in low light, No built-in stabilisation. Needs optically stabilized lenses, Limited selection of native lenses at launch, Continuous bursts limited to 4fps and 15-25 frames, Screen not touch-sensitive and doesn't fully articulate, Fairly basic bracketing and no timelapse built-in, Unforgiving resolution demands very careful handling, Relatively
For what's arguably a specialist camera, the Sony Alpha A7r appeals to a very broad group of photographers: those upgrading from a smaller format whether DSLR or mirrorless, those downsizing from a full-frame DSLR, those looking for an alternative to ...
Published: 2013-10-31, Author: Kevin , review by: dxomark.com
Although we can't provide any commentary on image sharpness at this stage in our tests, the sensor in the Sony Alpha 7R performs exceptionally and is on a par with that found in the D800 models. Given the Sony's small size, low weight and outstanding sens...
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