I told you before that I still have no confirmation about the announcement time of the A7sIV. All I know for sure is that at least two new Full Frame camera(s) will be announced in Q3 (July-September).
To not let you get bored I am going to share a rumor I got from a new source. With “new” I mean that I have no clue yet if he is telling me the truth or not. So if you decide to go ahead and read and discuss this don’t hold me accountable :)
The “source” told me this:
The A7SIV is already in development and its features are now very different than the previous generation A7SIII and lower product positioning (more video-oriented A7IV) with lower pricing (2,799 to 3,099 USD).
The A7SIV utilizes a newly developed 24MP Exmor R sensor, which supports 4K/60p in full-frame 6K oversampling and 4K/120p in Super 35mm, and offers uncropped 4K/120p with pixel-binning sampling at slightly lower image quality.
Interestingly, the A7SIV does away with the well-received 9.44M-dot EVF in the A7SIII and replaces it with a 3.69M-dot EVF. Body stabilization has been upgraded to 8 stops and supports all new digital stabilization features.
The A7SIV will be available after July 2024 exactly.
The totally weird part of this rumor would be that it uses a 3.69M dot EVF instead of the current 9.44M dot EVF of the A7sIII. There are two possible explanation for this:
- This rumor is completely BS
- The 3.69M dot EVF has some kind of other advantages like crazy refresh rate or so
My “feeling” is that this is BS…