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Richard Sibley
It’s starting to look a bit beat up
around the edges. It has no IBIS
(in-camera stabilisation). I still
occasionally get lost in the menu
and I’ve replaced the LCD
laminate after the original one
started to bubble and peel away.
The original eyepiece is on a hill in
the Peak District somewhere and
the camera and the 11 batteries
I have for it live with me in London.
Oh, and the shutter. I once had to
stop shooting a friend’s wedding
with the A7R and switch to using
the Sony RX100 as the clatter of
shutter was distracting everyone in
the room. Despite all of the above,
the Sony A7R still comes with me
on almost every trip away.
More than fi ve years since its
release, its 36.4-million-pixel
sensor still holds its own against
most of the competition. For
landscapes I can expose for the
highlights and recover impressive
shadow detail, so much so that I
can often forgo using ND grad
fi lters. The body is slightly thinner
than the contemporary A7
cameras, and I often pair it with
the Sony Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 lens as
my small ‘throw it in a bag’ travel
camera. With the resolution,
dynamic range and size and
weight being what they are, I can
see the A7R coming on many
more journeys with me for the
foreseeable future. More of my
images can be viewed on
Instagram richsibley.For and against
+ Brilliant travel camera
+ Excellent dynamic range- Loud shutter
- Poor battery life
Creag Dhubh, Cairngorms, Scotland
Sony A7R, Metabones adapter, Carl Zeiss Planar T*
50mm f/1.4 ZF.2 lens, 1/250sec at f/8, ISO 100© RICHARD SIBLEY
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Ladybower Reservoir, Peak District
Sony A7R, Sony FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS Carl
Zeiss T* lens, 1sec at f/8, ISO 200