The complete Sony A7r II Autofocus test with FE, A-mount and EF-mount lenses

Canon pro after one week with A7Rii (SonyAlphaForum).
Secrets: starring Rachel Alexander: shot with the Sony A7rII (Mike Kobal).
Hands-on video review by BHphoto (Youtube).
Sony A7RII VS D810 Vs 5DSR Revisited (Fstoppers)
Sony A7R II vs Sony RX1R II (World of DSLR).
Choosing between a D810 or A7RII (Jorge Torralba).
Sony A7r Mark II Review (SonyAlphaLab on Youtube).
Lucy: “.here is a link to some excellent work by a photographer who has moved from micro four thirds system to the Sony A7R II and shot on the streets of Istanbul with the Loxia 35mm (Footlessfish).

A7rII store list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Wex UK and ParkCameras.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

You see that weird black spot on the image on top? Well, according to the new Sony A7sII that’s the Sun :(
Yes the As7II has major Black Spot issue we hope can be fixed via firmware upgrade soon. The issue has been reported by many testers:
The full-frame mirrorless monsters – Sony A7r II vs A7s II (Mirrorlessons).
Sony A7S II Review Part 1 – Major Sunspot Defect (EosHD).
sony a7sII FAIL black spot? (Nezzes on Youtube).

And here are some more A7sII tests:
The Ultimate Sony a7S II vs. a7S Test – What’s the Difference? (Cinema5D).
Sony A7S II Review After Real World Use – Tom Antos (Vimeo)
The New King of Lowlight — Sony a7SII Full-Stop Review Pt. 1 (Digital Hype on Youtube).
Sony A7Rii vs Sony A7Sii / 5 Things To Know – MichaelTheMentor (Youtube).
Deux vidéos à 409 600 ISO avec le Sony A7S II pour le prix d’une (Lesnumeriques).
Sony A7S II: primeras muestras (Quesabesde).

AquaTech (info here) released a new underwater housing for both the A7/A7r/A7s and the newer A7II/A7rII/A7sII cameras. The housing will ship on December 1.

And here are some new A7rII and A7sII tests:

A quick overview of the A7II and a Leica 50mm Summilux (Jorge Torralba).
A7rII review By Adrian C. Murray.
Japanese A7rII review at Procameraman.
Sony A7s Mk II review at ThePhoBlographer.
Some helpful tips for new owners of the A7RII who have just switched over from the old style DSLR’s (Jorge Torralba).

Daniel: “My a7SII + Loxia 35 arrived. Decided to make a short about my coffee brewing process to test drive along with some new grading software. I’m a former a7S user and really appreciate the enhancements in the mark II as well as the addition of the Loxia. Its a nearly flawless combo. https://vimeo.com/144077089”

Joel: “I recently wrote an article about the A7R II/A7 system that I think both you and your readers will enjoy. From my perspective as a working pro, it’s about a rare “Wow!” moment when first looking at images out of the A7RII from an aerial shoot in Kauai. It sealed the deal for me and after almost 30 years of SLR/DSLRs as my main system, now it’s Sony mirrorless. Even if you don’t have time to read the article- take a look at the images! They’re all captioned.”

Arty: “We have shot a short halloween theme film – in case you may be interested, here is a link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krYnpBKZnJk Shot on A7RII, Ronin m, Canon glass“

SAR reader Joe sent me this:

Wow wow wow! Stop what you’re doing, you got to watch this! Holy hell, this is good. The filmmaker, Ryan J Thompson, is only 22 years old, too! Incredible work, especially the VFX.
And you know what he shot it with? Sony a7S with Sony FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 lens and the Samyang FE 50mm f1.4 lens!!
http://tomantosfilms.com/8738/making-of-exploration-short-film/

autumn larches 4K (A7rII) from Christian Mülhauser on Vimeo.

A7rII:
A7rII review by Brian Toh.
Mobile01.com from Taiwan posted comparison between Canon 5DSR, Nikon 810 and Sony A7RII.
PhaseOne has just released CaptureOne 8.3.4 which is now compatible with the uncompressed RAW file format in the a7R II
Alexandre: “I shot the candidates for the beauty pageant Miss Grand International 2015. I used my Sony A7rII, the Zeiss lens FE55mmF1.8 and the flash Sony F43M.
http://traveljournalist.com/miss-grand-international-2015-beauty-pageant-in-bangkok/”
Iceland Show Images shot with the Alpha 7R Mark II (Mark Forman).
Alex: “I’ve just finished a short film for entry to the Sony ‘No Limits’ FS5 competition. It’s shot entirely on the A7rii with a variety of lenses (Sony, Canon, Sigma, Tamron). More info and screengrabs on my blog post here: http://www.alexpasquini.com/blog/2015/10/30/no-limits-a-short-film-for-the-sony-fs5-competition. Direct link to the video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brvi7Zv-F2o”

A7sII:
Test – Sony A7S II : gestion du bruit électronique (Focus Numerique).
Tim: “Just picked up the A7SII. Took it out and shot some footage with it. Tossed the clips into FCPX with a LUT plugin, and loaded the Osiris LUT’s to the clips. Here’s the outcome! https://vimeo.com/143948740”
A7sII lowlight video (Youtube).

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A7rII store list:
In USA at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Wex UK and ParkCameras.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

A7sII store list:
In USA at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama.
In Europe/Asia at ParkCameras, WexUK, Jessops and Digitalrev.

DxOmark (Click here) tested the Loxia 50mm lens. And the Loxia scores pretty close to what is yet the best autofocus lens ever tested at DxOmark…our 55mm FE lens! This is quite a good result and DxO writes:

“Anyone looking for a small, high-grade 50mm lens for the Sony A7-series cameras will find a lot to like about the Zeiss Loxia. Not only is it relatively small and lightweight compared with other lens options such as the 55mm Otus (which could be used with an adapter), it is a very good performer, not to mention a lot more accessibly priced. It’s still not cheap, of course, and somewhat bizarrely, it competes directly with the similarly-priced Sony-made Zeiss-designed 55mm f/1.8 which not only is a slightly better performer in the outer field, but is an autofocus model, which may appeal to a wider market. Still, the Loxia is a great lens, but choosing between it and the Sony model may come down to whether you prefer manual focus or not.”

Links to all Zeiss made FE Loxia and Batis lenses:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens in US at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto. In Eu at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto. In EU at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Lens for Sony E Mount at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama., WexUK, CameraPro.
Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* Lens for Sony E Mount at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK, CameraPro.
Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 FE lens at BHphoto and Adorama. In Europe at WexUK.