This is the first image I can publish from the Sony A7rV that will be announced on October 26. All we can learn from this image are:

1. The image posted by other websites showing a dial on the top left are fake…I keep telling you this for weeks now :)
2. The 4K and Steady Shot mark that was on top of the A7rIV is gone
3. The only major thing we learn from the image is that it uses a fully articulating screen. You can see on the very left the mount point of the screen.

My talk about this and about recent spec rumors here:

Confirmed Sony A7rV specs summary:

• 61MP sensor (50% chance this is a new BSI sensor with better light gathering performance).
• New BionZ XR processor
• TOTALLY New Autofocus system with AI deep learning
• 8k 24p (cropped)
• 4k60p 4k24p (full read out)
• heat sink design of the Sony A7sIII (up to 30min 8K recording without overheating)
• S cinetone is available
• 8 stop IBIS
• New Pixelshift function with movement correction
• Fully articulating LCD screen
• Body looks like a mix between the Sony A7sIII and Sony A7IV.
• A7rV preorder page will be up on those links at BHphoto and Fotokoch.

A7rV preorder page will be up on those links at BHphoto and Fotokoch

I got a rumor from two new sources that I am pretty sure are going to be correct:

• The Sony A7rIV features a “new” 61 megapixel sensor
• It has improved BSI to catch more light
• Image Quality has been improved thanks to new BionZ XR (new version) and new BSI sensor.

Confirmed Sony A7rV specs summary:

• 61MP sensor (95% chance this is a new BSI sensor with better light gathering performance).
• New BionZ XR processor
• TOTALLY New Autofocus system with AI deep learning
• 8k 24p (cropped)
• 4k60p 4k24p (full read out)
• heat sink design of the Sony A7sIII (up to 30min 8K recording without overheating)
• S cinetone is available
• 8 stop IBIS
• New Pixelshift function with movement correction
• Fully articulating LCD screen
• Body looks like a mix between the Sony A7sIII and Sony A7IV.
• A7rV preorder page will be up on those links at BHphoto and Fotokoch.

Here is a list of rumors I got from new sources. All that’s written here is unconfirmed and might as wheel be wrong. But I hope that after posting this trusted sources can give me some feedback:

Source 1:

• One bullet point notes a “Visible Light + IR sensor” – I think this may mean it has a removable IR cut filter, similar to the Sigma sd Quattros. The Spec sheet doesn’t say.
• Designated AI processing unit
• “Completely updated 5-axis in-body stabilization with up to 8 stops of compensation”
• Heatsink allows for 30 minutes of 8K recording
• Price: $3899-$3999
• Super-35 4K crop from 6.2K oversampling
• S-Cinetone, S-Log3, 16-bit RAW out, full HDMI port
• “New 4-axis multi-angle LCD”

Source 2:

• Bionz Xr of 7r5 is not same Xr used by 7s iii /7 iv / 1.
  New version.
  Same way bionz X has different generations.

I repeat, some of that info might be wrong…

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REMINDER: Confirmed Sony A7rV specs summary:

• Same 61MP sensor because all the power goes to the new processor.
• TOTALLY New Autofocus system with AI deep learning
• 8k 24p (cropped)
• 4k60p 4k24p (full read out)
• heat sink design of the Sony A7sIII (up to 30min 8K recording without overheating)
• S cinetone is available
• 8 stop IBIS
• New Pixelshift function with movement correction
• Fully articulating LCD screen
• Body looks like a mix between the Sony A7sIII and Sony A7IV.

The new Sony A7rIV will have a more advanced pixel shift shooting software. It will for example correct for movements. I don’t know if this means it can be used handheld…

Sony A7rV specs summary:

• Same 61MP sensor because all the power goes to the new processor.
• TOTALLY New Autofocus system with AI deep learning
• 8k 24p (cropped)
• 4k60p 4k24p (full read out)
• heat sink design of the Sony A7sIII (up to 30min 8K recording without overheating)
• S cinetone is available
• 8 stop IBIS
• New Pixelshift function with movement correction
• Fully articulating LCD screen
• Body looks like a mix between the Sony A7sIII and Sony A7IV.

I was now able to triple confirm two more specs of the new A7rV that is going to be announced on October 26:

• The A7rV has a newly designed stabilization system that indeed offers up to 8stops image stabilization!
• The A7rV also has a fully articulating LCD screen

For me the addition of those two features alone makes the A7rV a worthy upgrade of my current A7rIV. Stabilization was always seen as a imitating factor of the Full Frame E-mount system compared ot the competition. It was rumored that Sony could never cath up with he competition because of the narrower mouton diameter. Well, it seem this was a wrong assumption!

Sony A7rV specs summary:

• Same 61MP sensor because all the power goes to the new processor.
• TOTALLY New Autofocus system with AI deep learning
• 8k 24p (cropped)
• 4k60p 4k24p (full read out)
• heat sink design of the Sony A7sIII (up to 30min 8K recording without overheating)
• S cinetone is available
• 8 stop IBIS
• Fully articulating LCD screen
• Body looks like a mix between the Sony A7sIII and Sony A7IV.
• Announcement October 26

I have been told the Sony A7rrV will have the same (or similar) heat sink design of the Sony A7sIII. This will allow the A7rV to record 8k videos up to 30minutes.

Sony A7rV specs:

• Same 61MP sensor because all the power goes to the new processor.
• TOTALLY New Autofocus system with AI deep learning
• 8k 24p (cropped)
• 4k60p 4k24p (full read out)
• heat sink design of the Sony A7sIII (up to 30min 8K recording without overheating)
• S cinetone is available
• 8 stop IBIS (unclear yet if “native” or with “gyro data”)
• Body looks like a mix between the Sony A7sIII and Sony A7IV.

I have just been told that a third party manufacturer will announce a new E-mount lens on Friday Oct 14th. got no specs to share yet…