Sony A7 – Specifications, Companion, Drawback, and Review

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The purchase Decision of Sony A7

From the first moment, I wanted a Sony A7. I speak of wonders, but it was not clear which Sony A7 to buy.

I would use it mainly for photography and some video, but I was afraid of losing a lot by leaving my brand new Canon 5D behind.

From the first Sony A7 to today, several models have come out.

The camera has evolved a lot and has become a new benchmark in Full Frame cameras.

The Sony A7II is a top seller, but the S range, like the A7S or A7SII, is your camera if your passion is video.

The S series specializes in video. On the other hand, the A7II is more aiming at pure photography, with a first-rate video.

Then there is the R range, the older sister, and the most professional of all, it’s like the A7II but with better specs.

I have to say that this purchase decision was harsh, callous.
Changing brands and having to sell all the lenses and the camera is sluggish. If a brand works for you, why change.
But of course, seeing that Canon does not evolve as one wants and knowing that brands like Sony were putting out exciting products in the end.
I ended up throwing myself into the pool.
Once you know that Sony A7 buy the truth is that neither selling the other was a trauma nor the change was a nightmare.

I bought the Sony A7 II with the Zeiss F4 24 – 70 lens that seemed a bit big at first but then when comparing it with a similar one from Canon, my perception changed if it’s not big!
That’s what I thought when seeing the same lens at Canon.
At the beginning with the Sony A7, everything was different. The electronic viewfinder seemed a bit strange.
But it gave me much more information than the Canon one and, of course, something more authentic.
The size is a delight much more compact and lighter.
The menu system, of course, more complete but just as complex as Canon’s
And what matters most to all of us, image quality in both photography and video. Not a tear I shed, quite the opposite.

Canon has always had a range of lenses, with Nikon far superior to the rest, and in this case, it is more than evident.
Sony with the new mirror-less cameras with E-mount and Full Frame is somewhat scarce in lenses.
But if your thing is to travel, there is more than enough, yes, nothing cheap.
I have been able to test at least three objectives, three objectives that are essential if you are a traveler like us.

Sony FE 24 – 240 mm, An all-rounder with excellent quality but very, very heavy
Sony SEL 1635Z F4-22, An excellent wide-angle, one of the few in the Sony range
Another of the initial drawbacks that I have been able to find is the power-up time.
Sony is slower, especially the processing of images with a long exposure time, where it always takes forever.
When you take a night photograph with an exposure time is greater than 5s when it ends.
It may ideally take about 10s more to show you the result.
I didn’t like the eyepiece protector, which came off after a few days without falling off and is still there.

Sorry, I have to say it. My life has changed. I can no longer live without a camera like the Sony A7.
My reasons are many, but I can summarize them in two: quality and weight.
In my case, my primary use of the camera is semi-professional.
In many ways, it is sometimes a lot of cameras, but when you see the quality of the video, impressive.
And of course that of the photographs, no doubt arises with the change I made.