Totally BS A7V rumors…
So folks, it’s a slow day and I am on the beach with my family. So I am giving you this one rumor I got recently and I think it has to be BS. Don’t you think so too?
This is what I got:
Sony will be releasing their latest Alpha camera, the ILCE-7M5, at FY’24 H2, which will further enhance the photo and video experience.
The A7V keeps the 33 megapixels, but reads twice as fast as the A7IV, while the baseline ISO is lowered to 80, and features slightly enhanced dynamic range.
With a body design on par with the A7RV, the same 4-axis multi-angle LCD monitor, AI Processing Unit, 8-Stop stabilization and Dual CF-express type A compatible media slots. 14-Bit lossless/uncompressed RAW + JPG shooting upgraded from 6fps to 10fps and lasting at least 1,000 frames thanks to larger buffer. A7V surpasses the A7RV in terms of photographic and focusing experience, becoming the best hybrid camera.
For video, it inherits all the features from the A7CII (Log recording and LUT handling, Breathing compensation, AI-based Auto Framing), but also from the ZV-E1 (Dynamic active Mode stabilization and Cinematic Vlog Setting).
Doubling the readout speed gives the A7V Sony’s best ever 4K internal recording performance for full-frame mirrorless camera: 7K full width oversampled 4K at up to 60fps, 15+ stops of dynamic range (nearly 16 stops thanks to the 7K sampling and lower noise), and a readout time of 13ms*.
Meanwhile, its Super35mm video readout time is 6ms (2.5 times as fast as the FX30, Super35mm), realizing Super35mm 4.6K oversampled 4K recording up to 120fps with swift AE/AF.
Sony has no intention of discontinuing the A7IV, which will join the A7CII, ZV-E1, and A7V in constructing a new order in the market in the 2000 to 3000USD price range.
*: For full resolution readout video recording, the A7SIII has a fast 9ms readout time, but decent 4.2K readout resolution. And the A1 has a high readout resolution of 8.6K, but readout time is decent 17ms.
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I will give it a 0,0000001% chance this is a real thing :)