Outdoor Photographer – September 2019

new gear & tech

SONY’S 61-MEGAPIXEL FULL-FRAME A7R IV

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Sony a7R IV pushes that spec further
than ever before for the Alpha series,
with its 61-megapixel back-illuminated
sensor. That’s massive resolution for a
full-frame camera, but there’s more.
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Shooting mode that takes up to 16
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sensor in one- or one-half-pixel
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can then be composited into an
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other top-line features, it’s an
important one when it comes to your
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upper ISO limits of this capability.

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61-megapixel images at up to 10 fps,

with full autofocus and autoexposure

tracking, and can do so for continuous

bursts up to about 7 seconds. The

camera also offers an APS-C crop

mode, which creates 26.2-megapixel

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mode, the camera can buffer up to

about 21 seconds of continuous

shooting at 10 fps.

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a hybrid system with 567 focal-plane

phase-detection AF points and 425

contrast-detection AF points. The

intelligence behind the AF system is

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September with a list price of $3,500.

Contact: Sony, sony.com.