HOT S T

‘All-rounder’ is often a euphemism for ‘not

that good at anything’. But Sony’s A7R IV

is happy taking snaps in so many different

situations, it doesn’t need euphemisms.

The world’s first 61MP full-frame camera,

the A7R IV combines a whip-smart

567-point autofocus system, 10fps burst

shooting and five-axis in-body image

stabilisation to take everything in its stride,

with that monster of a sensor ensuring

each picture is absolutely packed with

detail. Whether you’re shooting studio

portraits, the 110m hurdles, a pride of lions

stalking their prey or some mysterious

aircraft zipping over the Nevada desert,

the A7R IV has the power and practicality

to cope with them all. And Sony’s included

its AI-based real-time tracking system,

which includes Eye AF for your two- and

four-legged friends: just press the shutter

halfway and the camera will track your

chosen subject with ruthless precision,

making the A7R IV’s AF system harder

to dodge than a conspiracy theorist

on the internet. So what’s the

weakness – video? Hardly: it’ll shoot

that in 4K with eye-tracking too.

As hot as... the smouldering wreckage

of a recently-crashed spaceship

£3499 (body only) / sony.co.uk

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Sony A7R IV

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Bigger picture

Pixel Shift mode shunts

the sensor around in

half-pixel increments to

create giant composite images

of up to 240.8MP. You’ll need

to process them in Sony’s

Imaging Edge

software.