- I've owned the Sony A7III for the last four years
as my main stills camera
for outdoor and landscape photography.
But just over two months ago, I switched to the Sony A7IV.
I wanna share with you things that I love
about the Sony A7IV, and why it should be on your list
if you're looking at upgrading
to a full-frame mirrorless camera.
The new body and design, very similar.
In fact, it's probably nearly identical to the A1
and the ASIII apart from perhaps the logo and its weight.
But in terms of holding it,
it just feels great in the hand, really pro level.
It doesn't look like the entry-level camera
or entry-level full-frame mirrorless camera by Sony.
Programming the customized buttons,
it's just an easier user experience within the menu system
compared to the Sony A7III
and makes it much easier and quicker to get started.
Being able to separate your menus between video and stills.
Better weather sealing and construction.
The doors and hinges of the parts of the camera
that actually open, say, so the mic check
or your memory card slots as well,
feels a lot more durable and firm and secure,
and you'd be confident taking it out in the weather.
Now I've had the camera in a number of situations,
downpours, sand, beach, those kind of things,
and hasn't let me down yet.
Now there's a mechanical shutter over the sensor,
so when you're changing lenses, say,
especially for outdoor and landscape photography,
there's a door that appears essentially over the sensor now
that ensures that you can't get dust and rain
and other particles onto your sensor.
The fully-articulating screen
that people were very excited about.
Now in honest use, I have found it very useful
for videos certainly.
I've found it useful for getting shots down low.
The only problem I've had with it is when you put it
on an L bracket in the horizontal landscape mode,
it is actually stuck in this position here.
So I just want you to be mindful, not a big deal.
Is the improved EVF, which claims to be 3.69 million dots.
In terms of an improvement on the Sony A7III,
One of the great things about the improved LCD screen
is now it's touchscreen,
which is fantastic for being able to pinch and zoom
when you're reviewing your images, checking focus,
things like that, little bit like your smartphone.
Nine is the improved menu system.
It's a much better user experience, and the difference
between the Sony A7III and the A7IV is significant.
However, what I would say is
once you set up your customized buttons and dials,
spending some time in the menu,
it's probably not that big a deal,
but it is a better experience overall than the A7III.
10 is more aspect ratios.
So now with the introduction of the Sony A7IV,
not only do we get the traditional 3:2 and 4:5,
which is useful on location,
we can now get 16:9 and 1:1,
which means when you're composing your scenes
out in the field, you're able to have a look
at different aspect ratios in camera
to help you compose better.
11, bird eye autofocus.
I've made a whole video about it, it's amazing.
So I'll leave a link in the description below
for you to check it out.
12 is the incredible auto system which builds
on the Sony A7III and the Alpha lineup in general.
With now over 759 phase-detection points
and 94% of your image area covered,
it's very responsive, very fast.
13, while we're talking about autofocus,
real-time tracking is the real game changer here.
It's exceptional with a fast hybrid autofocus system
which basically means it can track your subject
across the entire scene, both for wildlife, for humans,
for sport, action.
It does an incredible job,
and I've been really impressed with it
in the first few months.
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14 is image stabilization.
So the Sony A7IV has marginally better image stabilization
on numbers than the Sony A7III,
so it comes down to 5 1/2 stops.
And I did some limited real-world testing,
so I'm showing some images now where I've been using it
at the beach, and I managed to handhold
down to, I think it was 1/5 of a second,
and the images are pretty usable.
15 is improved memory card capacity.
So the Sony A7IV introduces the CFexpress Type A cards,
which are basically faster than SD cards.
Now admittedly I've been only using an SD card,
but I did make a video recently about,
so if you wanna learn more about the difference
between the two types,
I'll leave a link in the description below.
Number 16 is the introduction of new file formats.
So the Sony A7IV introduced lossless compressed RAW.
I haven't done any real-world testing,
but I have been shooting in uncompressed RAW.
However, the difference between uncompressed RAW
and lossless compressed RAW is a smaller file size
and no loss of data.
So potentially I need to check that out.
Number 17, more resolution, more megapixels.
So the Sony A7IV introduces 33 megapixels
compared to the 24 in the Sony A7III.
And whilst I haven't done any side-by-side shootouts
between the two cameras at this point in time,
I do know that having the flexibility in post
to be able to crop in
and still get a reasonable file size is important to me
and was one of the reasons why I chose to upgrade.
So thinking about the Sony A7IV versus the Sony A7III,
would I choose, if I had my time again, the Sony A7IV
over the Sony A7III today?
For the work that I do in terms of outdoor,
landscape photography, photos of people,
the occasional photographs of animals and wildlife,
and those kind of things, and obviously the content creation
I'm doing here on YouTube,
I feel the Sony A7IV is probably the most complete
hybrid package in the Sony lineup,
suits my needs day in, day out,
even though the price point is significantly more
than, say, when the Sony A7III was released a few years ago.
Now this video's been based on my experience
with the Sony A7IV over the last couple of months,
and if you do have any questions,
drop a comment below and I'll do my best to get back to you.
I'll also leave a link in the description below
for the other videos that I've mentioned
throughout today's video.
Well I really hope you found this useful
in terms of comparison between the Sony A7III
and the Sony A7IV.
And if you'd like to learn more about the Sony A7IV,
I'm building a playlist here.
Tap on the screen or click the link below.
I'll see you in the next video.