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The standout feature on the new camera is the 61-megapixel full frame image sensor,
but did you know that the camera also has a 16 shot pixel shift mode that can capture
a ridiculous 240.8 megapixel image. Not only does this increase image resolution
but it also improves colour depth and accuracy, just make sure you use a tripod and check
for any movement in your shot. Making this mode best for Architecture and Interiors.
If you shoot a lot of flat lay images or content
for social media, you’ll be happy to hear that the A7r Mark IV can shoot stills with
a 1:1 & 4:3 aspect ratio, in-camera. This can speed up your editing workflow, taking
the guesswork out of composition.
Using Bluetooth and the Sony Imaging Edge App, you can transfer images and video to
your mobile device, even when the camera is powered off and stored in your bag.
Not only that, you can also save your custom camera settings to your mobile phone and then
load them back into a different camera at later date. You can also do this with the
SD cards and both the SD card slots have been upgrade to UHS-II.
Sony have added a handy new feature to help
navigate the camera’s menu system. Pressing the delete button, while in the menu, displays
a short description of the selected setting, explaining what it does.
Your focus point can be set to circulate across
the frame, this can be really really handy if your trying to change your focus point
quickly using the joystick on the back of the camera.
The camera also has a multi-interface hot
shoe on the top, which allows you to connect external microphones like the ECM-B1M shotgun
mic or XLR Adaptor Kit for cable free digital audio.
Now this one especially boring (yawns) But
also super important. The file naming and folder functionality has also been improved
for video shooters, allowing you to add a custom title and a date to your video files.
It’s a really simple that but something that adds extra functionality….
if you remember to use it
You can also choose blue, as well as red, white and yellow as a peaking colour when
manually focusing. Peaking allows you to see exactly where your
focus is, before you take the shot and with a ultra-high-resolution sensor like this getting
this in focus has never been more important.
And this one is a personal favourite. You can now change the colour of the focus
box, which doesn’t seem like a big thing but considering in the past your options were
grey or grey, it’s kind of nice to have the option
Now you can select either a red or white focus box that turns pink when focus cannot be acquired.
Autofocus in amazing, low light performance
is amazing, resolution is amazing. But for me the standout feature is the Video
Eye-AF. Not only that but if you hunt around in the menu, you’ll find the badly named
and weirdly hidden Realtime Tracking feature under the heading Func Of Touch Operation.
Now this allows you to touch the screen to choose a tracking point and then the camera
will continuously keep that point in focus, even when your subject goes out of the frame.
Personally, I shoot a lot with gimbals, being able to pick my focus, lock it on and then
focus more on the movement on the shot, what’s in my framing and things like that and not
have the worry about focus because the camera has that focus.
That’s ahh that’s pretty amazing The photo version of the same feature is STICKY,
it’ll pick a subject really really well and grab on.
It’s Pretty impressive, I’m impressed, are you impressed? You should be impressed.
So that was 10 things you didn’t know about the Sony A7r Mark IV.
The biggest thing you didn’t know about the Sony A7R Mark 4 is that you want one,
because I want one and I don’t have one. If you have any questions leave a comment
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