New test shows Sony A7rV “monochrom” version would give 1 stop advantage and visible increased sharpness

The new Leica M11 Monochrom camera uses exactly the same Sony A7rV sensor with stripped RGB filter (the sensor is listed on Sony’s sensor page). PetaPixel tested the M11 and the result is quite clear: the M11 gives 1 stop advantage and visible increased sharpness compared to the classic Bayer sensor!

I do believe Sony should make a Sony A7rV monochrome version for those reasons:

  • It would give us the option of getting the “ultimate” dynamic range and sharpness performance of those superb Sony sensors
  • It would be a camera without real competition (the Leica is way too expensive and limited)
  • It would not cannibalize any current Sony camera sales as this would find a completely different use.

What do you think?

Chris Niccolls says the A7rV is the best photographers cameras you can buy!

From minute 44 you can hear why Chris loves the A7rV and believes it’s the best camera to buy!

As much as Sony can frustrate when it comes to lack of firmware update support, I know why I bought the A7rV myself: It is the best camera for my kind of photography and I am super happy with it!

Sony A7rV store links:
In US at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FocusCamera, BeachCamera, Buydig.
In EU at Fotokoch, Amazon EU, FotoErhardt, Calumet DE, WexUK. ParkCameras UK.
In Australia at CameraPro, Camerahouse, Sony.

Angelbird Type A speed test: Faster than Sony cards!

As you know you can finally preorder the 1TB Angelbird Type A card at Amazon US and BHphoto. There is also a Angelbird CFexpress Type A Card Reader and Angelbird Media Tank for CFexpress Type A Memory Cards.

Alex Phan tested the speed of the new Angelbird cards and concluded:

Speed test result.
We have the new top dog in town now. Compare with Sony, angelbird has faster write speed (more critical for buffer clearing) while Sony has faster read speed.
Angelbird: write 707, read 528
Sony: write 697, read 666

Current price line up:
Angelbird 1TB: $499
Sony 160GB: $350
Sony 320GB: $650
Sony 640GB: $1250
Prograde 160GB: $350
Exascend 180GB: $299
Exascend 240GB: $399
Exascend 360GB: $650
Exascend 480GB: $850
Delkin 160GB: $320
Lexar 320GB: $580

Interesting enough, the test above was done using the Sony card readers. If you use the Angelbird card reader the results are clearly on favor of the Angelbird cards:

The difference is explained by the fact that the Angelbird card reader is using gen2x2 usb-c 3.2, while Sony uses gen2.