Kai from Digitalrev tested the new Sony A7rII. And he surprisingly has really nothing negative to say about the A7rII. For him the camera it’s just ” bloody awesome!”.

A7rII in Stock in USA and Germany too: The A7rII is in Stock at Amazon USA (via third part resellers) at [shoplink 39551 ebay]eBay Germany (Click here)[/shoplink] at [shoplink 39493 ebay]E-infinity on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Digitalrev (Click here).

New Sony A7rII tests:
Sony a7R II Camera: AdoramaPro with Daniel Norton (Adorama Blog).
Apple adds A7r2/RX10m2/RX100m4 RAW formats support (Apple Support).
A7Rii Performance… Am I Missing Something? (SonyAlphaForum)
The a7R II is the Best Camera Sony Has Ever Made (Resourcemagonline).
A7RII vs A7R Dynamic Range test at HIGH ISO (Fred Miranda).
How To Light & Photograph a Silhouette Indoors- Sony A7Rii Studio Shoot by Jason Lanier A7Rm2 (Jason Lanier on Youtube).
Sony A7R II Memory Recalls Gone – Issue? (Yannick Ciancanelli).
A7r II low light gallery (Mirrorlessons).
Sony A7R II and A7 II ISO Series Comparison: http://www.talkemount.com/threads/13566/
Sony A7R II, A7 II Shutter Sound Comparison: http://www.talkemount.com/threads/13556/
ISO 100 Dynamic Range Test – A7R II vs A7 II: http://www.talkemount.com/threads/13544/

A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

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Dpreview posted their big autofocus Sony A7rII test and their conclusion is absolutely sensational:

The a7R II, when paired with a bright lens, can match or exceed the performance of the best DSLRs with respect to low-light AF ability. And we haven’t even shared the most exciting thing with you yet: although in this video we show you results at -2EV, our ‘extinction’ tests measured -3EV as the failing point of phase-detection with the a7R II + 35mm F1.4 combo. That’s very dark, and represents potentially game-changing performance, in our opinion.4

Sounds like for the very first time Canon and Nikon managers will REALLY have to worry about Sony taking away the spotlight from their Full Frame Pro market!

A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

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The SPanish review site DSLRmagazine (translation here) posted a detailed Sony A7rII vs Canon 5DSr vs Phase One XF comparison. Of particular interest is that very big comparison chart image you can see here: dslrmagazine.com/images/stories/Pruebas/Sony_A7RII_Captor/SCP.jpg. In very short the conclusion of the reviewer is:

1) Sony’s JPG files show excellent processing. It significantly increases the feeling of sharpness rivaling even with RAW versions of the 50 Megapixel models (Canon-Phase One) showing a larger but not sharper file.
2) The overall quality of the new Sony A7RII is really noticeable until it reaches ISO 6400 / ISO 12800.

Focus Numerique also posted a new A7rII ISO test. Their graph below shows how up to ISO 12,800 noise is acceptable and then suddenly doubles with the next stop and goes crazy high at ISO 102,400.

They also compared the A7rII against the Nikon D810, A7s and Canon 5ds:

“Ultimately, it is the new Sony A7R II and BSI sensor that wins this comparison. The progress made by Sony in the management of electronic noise when creating JPEGs are really impressive“

A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

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Image courtesy: Explora

The Alpha 7R II is a huge step up from the Alpha 7R. If you’re sitting on the fence wondering whether the Alpha 7R II is worth changing to from a heavy and bulky DSLR, I’d highly recommend you try it. If you’re anything like me, you’re likely to find yourself checking your bank balance to work out if you can afford it. One thing’s for certain ­– if you do bite the bullet and settle for the Alpha 7R II you won’t be dissatisfied by its results and you’ll be a proud owner of one of the finest compact full-frame cameras available.

TheCameraStoreTV posted their Sony RX10m2 field test video. Just hit the play button on the video above to see what they think about the new camera!

And Nicholas Goodden posted “This is London (slow motion) – Shot on Sony RX100 IV”:

New RX cameras store links:
In USA:
RX10m2 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
RX100m4 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at:
RX100m4 at DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
RX10m2 at DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
In Asia at:
RX10m2 at Digitalrev, CameraPro.
RX100m4 at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

Unboxing The Sony Alpha 7Rii, RX100-4, RX10-ii by Gary Fong.

You can now read plenty of A7rII owner reviews at Amazon (Click here scroll down) and BHphoto (Click here). Many readers don’t like the quick overheating of the camera. But I guess you have to live with that if you want to shoot long 4K videos. If that’s an issue for you better get the A7s with external recorder. That said all reviewers really do like the camera!

There is also an upcoming new double A7rII US event:
1) Adorama on August 19th: Transitioning from DSLR to Sony Mirrorless Cameras
http://www.adorama.com/alc/browse/pages/seminar-transitioning-dslr-sony-mirrorless-cameras
Live Stream Link> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcSNoMEnIf0
2) Focus Camera on August 25th: http://www.focuscamera.com/sony-portrait-photography-roof-top-event.html/?___store=default

New A7rII tests:
Sony Alpha A7r II review-in-progress (CameraLabs).
Anyone else getting a lot of chroma noise/ noise on a7rii? (SonyAlphaForum).
A7RII with dust spot or oil spot (SonyAlphaForum).
Long Exposure Examples at ISO 100, Including Raw Conversion and RawDigger Exposure Info (Diglloyd).
Sony’s A7RII (formerly Leica it or not) by DearSusans.
Battery Life in the Field (Diglloyd).

James sent me this:

Really Right Stuff just added A7RII baseplate and ‘L’ plate for preorder.  New feature according to sales person is they have managed to allow for FULL LCD ARTICULATION with the new A7RII baseplate. Also this is a full width plate that surrounds the battery door (with access for battery)….  IMO this is much more comfortable to shoot handheld with the baseplate attached vs. the shorter plates that don’t surround the battery door…
I have the original RRS baseplate for the A7R and it is by far the most solid and best finished plate I’ve seen for the A7R..  It’s more expensive than other brands but worth it for the more solid and robust design and superb finish.  I have one on preorder for my A7RII

A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

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There is a closer look at the Sony a7R II by Dpreview that unveils a couple of interesting info:

1) Something we think is very interesting is Sony’s claim that, due to the effective increase in lateral space for the active pixel area from going backside-illuminated (BSI), pixels are able to receive more oblique light rays, which helps with issues like extreme vignetting and color shifts at the peripheries of the image.
The current design in the a7R II should allow for high resolution (small pixels) and the ability to accept very oblique light rays – particularly important for legacy glass that has an exit pupil located very close to the sensor. This ability essentially makes the sensors more ‘film like’: film avoided many of these issues by having an essentially flat, 2D structure with very little depth.

2) The faster sensor in the a7R II allows it to reset all 42 million photosites fast at the start of the exposure, meaning the mechanical shutter doesn’t even need to be used at the start of your exposure.

3) So what’s the big deal? Electronic front curtain plus no mirror is the big deal. No moving parts around the sensor means you don’t have to worry about keeping your shutter speeds high to make use of the full potential of all of those pixels. And on top of that, you’ve got in-body image stabilization (IBIS) to stabilize things for you further. And no shutter movement at the beginning of your exposure either, so nothing sudden for the image stabilization system to respond to and make matters worse.

4) Dual-gain implementation like the one found on the a7S exists in the a7R II. This architecture essentially boosts the signal even more, at around ISO 640 on the a7R II (and at 1600 in the a7S), really early on in the signal pathway, to ensure that any noise added by the camera has minimal effect on the (now ‘louder’) signal. This essentially means increased dynamic range at higher ISOs

5) The Sony RAW compression can limit dynamic range: The posterization artifacts are due to Sony’s lossy compression, which you can read more about in Iliah Borg’s excellent study here. You’ll also see in Iliah’s article that this can particularly be an issue with star(trail) shots, which tend to have sharp, high contrast transitions.

6) Sony claims a 40% increase in AF response compared to the original Alpha 7R, in particular because of faster contrast-detect AF, but we actually think this estimate is underselling the capabilities of the a7R II. Considering the accuracy of focal plane AF points, which is far higher than most AF points of DSLRs, the ability of the a7R II to focus quickly and continuously is no small matter.

7) Eye AF is potentially game-changing for wedding photography, newborn photography, and generally photojournalistic and candid photography where you need to react to a subject quickly. Combine this with the focus accuracy of on-sensor AF implementations, and you have a usable way of instantaneously and accurately focusing on the eye of a subject, even at 35mm F2

Really a very interesting contribute from the Dpreview team! And again, a big statement in favour of real lossless 14 bit RAW. I will keep annoying Sony until they will deliver it to us via firmware upgrade :)

New Forum discussions:
A7RII autofocus test: Commlite and Fotodiox Pro Adapters (SonyAlphaForum).
A7RII Backyard Hostas (SonyAlphaForum).
My Sony A7RM2 First Images From J Cole Forest Hills Drive Tour (SonyAlphaForum).
kingfisher , A7rII + SAL500mm F4 G (SonyAlphaForum).
Cleaning the New SteadyShot Sensor (SonyAlphaForum).
LR vs Capture1 for a7rii – help needed, c1 looks sharper (SonyAlphaForum).

A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

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