the day that many of you have been waiting for is finally here say hello to the new Alpha 7 IV and
in this video I'm going to share everything that you need to know about this exciting addition to
Sony's full-frame camera lineup welcome to alpha universe my name is Miguel Quiles we've got a
lot to cover today so let's get straight into this and cover the specs the Alpha 7 IV features
a 33 megapixel full frame exmor r cmos sensor along with their latest generation
beyond xr image processing engine this is the same processor that was introduced in the Alpha 7s III
and in the Alpha 1 which gives you up to 8 times the performance compared to the a7 iii
the inclusion of the new processor brings with it some awesome autofocus features like real time Eye AF
for humans animals and birds with 759 phase detect autofocus points that cover 94 of the frame Sony
has also improved the AF tracking for continuous shooting up to f 22 which I tested during a series
of portraits that we'll talk about shortly the body of the camera takes various elements from the
Alpha 7s III with some key differences the a74 has a new dial setup separating the mode dial with the
shooting mode dial which makes it really easy to adjust your shooting experience to fit your needs
on the back of the camera there's now a little cutout next to the screen to make it easy to pull
out the side opening articulating touchscreen compared to its predecessor the a73 they've
updated the joystick on the back to make it more tactile and added a custom function button that
replaces the positioning of the video recording button which is now located on top of the camera
speaking of the top of the camera the shutter dial has now been raised out of the body itself
which makes it easier to adjust your settings since you have 360 degree access to the dial when
it comes to inputs they've now added a full size hdmi which replaces the micro hdmi that was found
on the original a7 iii you still have your mic and headphone inputs as well as usb micro and usbc the
Alpha 7 IV has a dual cf express type a and sd slot as well as a second sd slot to give you redundancy
for your photo and video projects on the video side of things sony has added 4k 60p recording
in super 35 format along with 10 bit 422 all intro recording in hd or 4k resolution you'll also have
the opportunity to utilize sony's excellent s sinotone color just like you have in the a7s iii
I'm going to be doing a separate video going more in depth on the video features of the a74 so stay
tuned to Alpha Universe for that video a few other things to note with the a7 IV is the added digital
audio interface on the mi shoe so that you're able to get high quality digital audio recording
using some of sony's new shotgun and lavalier microphones you could also use the a74 as a webcam
by just plugging it into your computer using a usb cable and what's super cool with that
is that you could even save the recording onto your sd card this feature will come in handy for
content creators since you could take your live stream recording and have a high resolution copy
for you to edit later on something that you'll see on an alpha camera for the first time is
their focus map feature turning that on will add an overlay to your screen where you could see the
amount of defocus and gradation around whatever the focus point is in your frame the electronic
viewfinder also sports a 3.68 million dot oled screen with a high 120 frames per second refresh
rate if you're coming from using the a7 III this upgrade makes shooting with the evf feel a lot
like using an optical viewfinder it's something you'll definitely want to try out I ended up using
the a74 for some studio and location portrait sessions I was impressed with the autofocus
performance in many ways it felt like my Alpha 1 where the tracking really holds onto the subject's
eye as they move around I tested this using the new 70 to 200 millimeter f 2.8 gm version 2 and
their 50 millimeter f 1.2 gm lenses and the performance felt every bit as good as their
flagship camera the ergonomics also made a long day of shooting portraits far more comfortable
and the touchscreen operation to review photos I had taken worked really well here's some of the
behind the scenes footage from my portrait session and the resulting images for you to check out
This camera is packed with updates over the a7 III which you can go more in depth and read about
in the link in the description of this video I'll be doing some follow-up videos using this
camera so let me know in the comments section if there's anything specific that you want to
see and I'll do my best to bring that content to you in the coming weeks be sure to subscribe
to the channel if you haven't done so already so you can stay up to date with everything that is
happening in the Alpha Universe if you want to learn more about the Alpha 7 IV we've got this great
video here on screen for you to check out that should really help you out see you next time