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Great, fast camera

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024

I upgraded to this camera from the Sony a6100 and I’ll tell you what, it’s quite the upgrade! I’ve been so happy with it. The images I’ve shared were taken with this camera and the 24-70mm f/2.8 lens.

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BBQ Lover

It’s good for its age but better things out there

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2024

Even in the Sony family, the compact version of this camera the Cii i’ll perform this camera by margin. You would think that they would start from top down but in this weird sense they started from bottom up making the technology not shine on this camera. This camera should’ve been updated before the compact series. it only makes sense.
There are always pros and cons for each camera body the ergonomics on this are amazing but it’s missing the tech. The auto focus and that’s what we pay for this has an outdated auto focus UI, but that doesn’t mean that Sony UI is the best out there, however, compared to the Cii that camera can outperform this one
Hopefully Sony can get the updated one out soon

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Chey

Great, fast camera

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024

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Sean Noche-Schultz

An amazing camera

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2024

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This is definitely an amazing camera! It has durability and uniqueness to it. I love the little dial on the top of the camera or you can switch from photo to video! It makes it an easier process. Has all the things I need and one. I wish I did have 120 FPS for video but 60 FPS will do. Definitely a great camera if you are getting to photography and videography and starting your own business.

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Kasey

LIKE NEW

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2023

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I am happy with the purchase but was shocked to see it have almost a 1000 on the shutter count. If it had been over that I likely would have returned.

So far the camera is doing well, picture quality is insane compared to the A7iii. Certainly the better of the two as it was meant to be.

Will update again if something comes up.

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Lunatique

Upgraded from a7RII and its an improvement in every way

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024

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I used the a7RII for several years in my professional work (portraits, real estate, products), and upgraded to the a7IV because I wanted the fully articulated LCD touchscreen. While having the fully articulated touchscreen is great, the a7IV also improved upon every single aspect of the a7RII, with better autofocus, ergonomics, and menu system.

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EJK

Upgraded from a A7

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2022

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After a decade or more with my gen 1 A7 I decided to upgrade to the A7IV. If you're coming from a A7II or A7 the upgrade is quite large. The autofocus speed is the biggest thing I noticed immediately. Even older lenses like my 55mm Zeiss is very fast on this camera.

The other thing I noticed is how this camera body is about twice as thick as the original A7. If you liked how small the A7 was well... expect the A7IV to be more of the thickness of most other cameras. The thickness from what I understand is the sensor stabilization which by the way the original A7 didn't have. I used to use a monopod with the A7 because no stabilization meant handshake was a very real issue. With the A7IV I can get very sharp images in hand without worry.

One other thing. This camera's ISO has some dual sensor business going on. It's both a good and bad thing. It's good because if you shoot at 100ISO or 400ISO your images will look almost identical on noise. The bad is if you shoot at 125, 160, 200, 250 or 320. Someone that doesn't know this may get less sharp images when you need to increase ISO over 100. Do yourself a favor and just shoot at 100 and 400 for most instances then over 400 as usual.

I noticed reviewers complaining about the camera menu, but if your coming from another A7 you'll understand the menu quite easily.

All other specs were about what I expected. The massive increase in AF points, better video recording, full HDMI slot, dual SD card slots, etc. Also no wall charger for battery... really Sony? Don't be Apple please.

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Glen Foster

Love, Love Love it

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024

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Just buy it. The quality is fantastic and the out of camera footage is amazing IMO. Love this new Camera.

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Will

Jack of all trades, master of none

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2023

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This is for me a high-end purchase, really stretching my budget. I chose this camera above all the other Sony models and above all other brands because it seems to me, after reading many reviews, that this camera is not “the best!” at anything but is very, very good at everything. I’m not trying to pay for the perfect camera or a professional’s camera. I’m trying to get one camera - one investment - to livestream, vlog, record video on vacation, take great pictures of people, nature and landscapes, and astrophotography. One can argue about how this camera or that camera would have been a better choice. This was my choice. Unless you have lots of money or this is your profession, you can only have one camera like this. After two intense weeks of reading and watching many camera reviews during the summer of 2022 the Sony a7iv is where I landed.

I will not get into the specifics and technical details about this camera because I’m not the right guy to do it. I’m still learning but I am very, very satisfied with this camera. I also very much like the G Master lenses. They are pricey but they are also very, very good lenses. The G Master f/1.2 50mm prime? Wow!

I have to give this camera five stars because it is a jack of all trades even if a master of none. Sony may have saved some of it’s master-class attributes for other more expensive models and that’s fine. For my purposes, a multitool camera is exactly what I wanted.

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Matt James

Amazing Camera

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2023

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After 15 years shooting exclusively with Nikon DSLRs I finally made the switch to mirrorless. Sony is leading the pack in Mirrorless and has been innovating and pushing the entire market while Nikon and Canon try to catch up. Excellent build quality, awesome face auto focus, and high megapixel sensor. Would highly recommend.

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BBQ Lover

It’s good for its age but better things out there

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2024

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hutchison15

Amazing technology, better enables me for creativity.

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2022

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I can't emphasize enough how amazing this camera is coming from the very first generation of the Sony A7. I was worried whether this was worth the extra $500 versus A7M3 but after typing it out, it seems like it was. Versus the A7M3, it has...

- Higher resolution photos.
- More autofocus points.
- Bird eye autofocus.
- Better stabilization.
- 4k60p vs 4k30p video.
- Higher res viewfinder/LCD.
- Bigger image buffer.
- 5GHz WiFi support.
- USB3.2 support.

To each their own, but it felt like for $500 difference, that was worth it for me in the long run.

Having now for about a week, I will say coming from the Sony A7 (first gen) - it's amazing on all fronts. It does feel heavier, but the bigger battery, in-body image stabilization, and other cool tech shenanigans surely have to attribute to this.

Autofocus is 99% perfect; seems like in dim-light scenarios, not as great as I was hoping but it's barely off.

The video looks fantastic.

Love the new menu system.

An amazing amount of customization. Those just beginning will definitely want to study up on YouTube for what everything does.

Flip out screen is great, but I do miss the first gen's folding system a little for outdoor photography; you can of course get MORE articulation with your screen now but it just takes longer to fold out, plus it's outside of the camera body which worries me with durability in mind.

The quality of the body and grip feel fine; I am tending to miss the first gen's material choices as well but I think this will grow on me.

Loving the arrangement of buttons and switch choices.

Performance seems stellar. I paired with dual Lexar Professional 2000x (LSD2000128G-BNNNU) and haven't had any issues.

Solid thumbs up, and can't wait to use this camera for 7+ years as I did with the first-gen.

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