With 24.3 megapixels, the α7’s 35mm full-frame Exmor sensor rivals that of leading DSLRs. And with Sony’s latest BIONZ X processor and most advanced autofocus, the α7 offers outstanding detail, sensitivity, and quality. Get ready for performance that will propel your photography to new heights.
This remarkable new sensor has all the elements for world-class images: high-resolution, top sensitivity, extreme dynamic range, unsurpassed detail, and low noise.
Expect superlative results with Sony's latest processing engine, BIONZ X: truer color rendering, better noise reduction, and faster burst mode shooting.
A series of advances make this full-frame Exmor sensor exceptional: higher speed from parallel signal processing, lower noise from smaller analog circuits, and more rapid signal conversion. With low noise, a wider dynamic range, and rich gradations, this sensor provides the level of detail necessary even for large-format prints.
What makes Sony’s latest processor our best? Enhanced detail reproduction and diffraction-reducing technology produce more natural outlines, and reduce blur from light points, especially at smaller apertures. Advanced area-specific noise reduction operates on every image, and with 16-bit processing and 14-bit RAW output, professionals can enjoy ultimate post-processing control.
In designing the a7, Sony strove to balance the precise control working photographers need, with the ergonomics they want. The result is carefully-crafted knobs and dials, robust functions, extensive customization potential, and recording and connectivity options, all in a durable, lightweight body 25% smaller than leading DSLRs.
At just 14.67 oz with battery, the α7 is about half the weight of leading DSLRs. And being less bulky as well, there’s no more giving up quality for portability.
Crafting the α7 from magnesium, the world’s lightest structural metal, means that the camera you carry with you today will also be with you tomorrow.
Sony’s most advance autofocus ever, the α7 combines the speed of phase detection (with 117 focus points) and the accuracy of contrast detection. The refined Spatial Object Detection Algorithm gives an AF speed with the world’s fastest cameras. Additional enhancements include more accurate eye detection, lock-on autofocus for moving subjects, and autofocus area setting options.
For perfect portraiture, this function creates sharp focus on faces even when partially turned away from the camera with a shallow depth of field, thanks to enhanced eye detection that can prioritize a single pupil.
Easily keep moving subjects in focus with this updated technology, which adjusts target frame size based on subject characteristics and makes use of a wide AF area to ensure usage of the optimal focus point.
With the Flexible Spot AF area setting, you can select different-size autofocus area to match your subject, and help ensure the camera focuses on the intended area. Wide and Zone focus area settings are also available.
With 100% frame coverage, 1024x768 resolution, high contrast, real-time settings updates, and accurate bokeh, the OLED (XGA) Tru-Finder is not merely a composition accessory, but an enhancement. Completing the professional-grade features are five display modes and color temperature and brightness adjustment.
Unlike a traditional optical viewfinder (OVF), which distorts bokeh through the focusing screen, Sony’s electronic viewfinder (EVF) presents the image directly from the sensor, so you see exactly what the finished image will be. Change your f-stop? You’ll see the depth of field shift in the viewfinder.
Find the perfect expression for your vision with AVCHD at 60fps for an ultra-smooth look, or shoot 24p for classic cinema feel.
Attach external microphones via the XLR adaptor, meter recording levels, and monitor sound with the headphone jack.
The α7 has two forms of wireless sharing capability built in; NFC One-touch allows image transfer with a single tap to any NFC-compatible smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Wi-Fi allows quick uploading from many locations.