Video by Sony Australia

One post to tule them all. The Sony A7/A7r videos sent to me by SAR readers. Enjoy watching :)

Video by Sony Korea

Full Sony Japan event recording:

Hands-on by Steve Huff

German hands-on by Andreas from SystemKameraforum

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Specs and Preorders in US and Canada (Click on store name to see direct preorder page):
Dedicated Sony announcement page at Amazon US (Click here).
Sony A7r body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony A7 body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony A7 with 28-70mm kit lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony RX10 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 24-70mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 35mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 55mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
70-200mm A-mount at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Sony A-Mount to E-Mount Lens Adapter at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony A to E adapter with mirror at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
A7/A7r leather case at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
A7/A7r vertical grip at Amazon, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Sony W Series Battery Charger at Amazon, BHphoto.
Sony FA-CS1M Off-Camera Shoe at BHphoto.
Semi-Hard LCD Screen Protector for A7-A7r at Amazon, BHphoto.

Specs and Preorders in Europe:
Sony A7r body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT,  WexUK, WexDE.
Sony A7 body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Sony A7 with 28-70mm kit Sony  DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Sony RX10 at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE.
Zeiss 35mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT,
Zeiss 55mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT

Asia:
A7r at Digitalrev.
A7 at Digitalrev, Amazon Cina.
A7 with 28-70mm lens at Digitalrev.

Image courtesy: 3D-kraft

3D-kraft (Click here) posted a very interesting test with many wide angle lenses

Those who asserted that the Sony A7R is not suited to be used in combination with Leica wide angle M lenses propably arrived at a too vague conclusion. In fact it depends on the particular lens design. Lenses with an extremely compact and symmetric design may produce problems with color shift and edge smearing even on the sensor of the A7R with shifted microlenses whereas lenses with a more telecentric design like the Leica WATE perform perfectly fine without color shift and without edge smearing on the A7R.

Also Steve Huff (Click here) posted a full image samples resumme including test images taken with M-mount lenses.

Swedish A7r review at Cyberphoto. The camera received a Gold Medeal (the highest) and below are some quotes in english:
“The Zeiss 35mm 2.8 is amazingly sharp”
“Compared to the Nikon D800 the noise at high ISO is slightly worse on A7R but on the other hand sharpness is a lot better”
“The Sony Alpha 7R is a fantastic, no compromise full frame camera”
“If you are looking for maximum sharpeness and amazing details, the Sony A7R is your camera”

Joe: “I uploaded a full-resolution panorama stitched from 11 36mp jpegs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotosiamo/10603386124/
Because of Flickr does compress the image a bit, I uploaded the full-resolution to Google Drive also: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5z9ggEcvy77SWdaNVc3cnVqWE0/edit?usp=drive_web”

Sony A7-A7r pictures on Facebook by Yuri.

A7 and A7R samples (also RAW):
http://www.fotopolis.pl/index.php?n=17825&sony-a7r-zdjecia-przykladowe
http://www.fotopolis.pl/index.php?n=17824&sony-a7-zdjecia-przykladowe

Je test le sony alpha 7r en ce moment, voici qq photos faite avec:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=574688582596964&set=pb.148390301893463.-2207520000.1383168739.&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=572938656105290&set=pb.148390301893463.-2207520000.1383168739.&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=567337586665397&set=pb.148390301893463.-2207520000.1383168739.&type=3&theater

Specs and Preorders in US and Canada (Click on store name to see direct preorder page):
Dedicated Sony announcement page at Amazon US (Click here).
Sony A7r body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony A7 body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony A7 with 28-70mm kit lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony RX10 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 24-70mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 35mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 55mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
70-200mm A-mount at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Sony A-Mount to E-Mount Lens Adapter at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony A to E adapter with mirror at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
A7/A7r leather case at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
A7/A7r vertical grip at Amazon, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Sony W Series Battery Charger at Amazon, BHphoto.
Sony FA-CS1M Off-Camera Shoe at BHphoto.
Semi-Hard LCD Screen Protector for A7-A7r at Amazon, BHphoto.

Specs and Preorders in Europe:
Sony A7r body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT,  WexUK, WexDE.
Sony A7 body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Sony A7 with 28-70mm kit Sony  DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Sony RX10 at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE.
Zeiss 35mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT,
Zeiss 55mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT

Asia:
A7r at Digitalrev
A7 at Digitalrev.
A7 with 28-70mm lens at Digitalrev.

Philip Reeve posted all the test samples and final conclusion at SystemKameraForum.de. I kindly invite you kindly to visit the site. If you don’t speak German I got his permission to repost the results on SAR (translated by me):

Philip is extremely pleased by the lens performance on the A7r. Most lenses work extremely well on the Sony and here is the single evaluation of them:

Sigma 24/2.8: From f/11 you have very sharp corners..
Sigma 24/2.8 images |image detail overview | [shoplink 22453 ebay]lens auctions on ebay[/shoplink]

Carl Zeiss Biogon 2.8/28: A real disappointment. Massive Vignetting, Color Shift and Smearing on corners.
Carl Zeiss Biogon 2.8/28 images | image detail overview | [shoplink 9804 ebay]lens auctions on ebay[/shoplink]

Canon FD 35/2: The center is sharp wide open. At medium aperture corner sharpness is increases and shows decent results.
Canon FD 2/35 images | image detail overview | [shoplink 22454 ebay]lens auctions on ebay[/shoplink]

Minolta MD 35/2.8: A real surprise! The Full Frame is sharp at f/2.8. Sharpness increases at f/8.0. Impressive for a lens that costs 15 Euro.
Minolta MD 2.8/35 images | image detail overview | [shoplink 22455 ebay]lens auctions on ebay[/shoplink]

Carl Zeiss Planar 2/45: At f/5.6 the image is perfect.
Carl Zeiss Planar 2/45 images | image detail overview | [shoplink 22456 ebay]lens auctions on ebay[/shoplink]

Carl Zeiss FE 55/1.8: One word: Wow! At f/1.8 very sharp in the center and in corners. At f/5.6 an astonishing performance.
Carl Zeiss FE 1.8/55 images | image detail overview | Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT

Minolta MC 58/1.2: Wide open it shows a certain” character” (not sharp but has a certain flair). Center sharpness is ok from f/2.0. At f/8.0 also corners are sharp.
Minolta MC 58/1.2 images | image detail overview | [shoplink 22457 ebay]lens auctions on ebay[/shoplink]

Samyang 85/1.4: Already good at f/1.4. But corners never are truly impressive even at medium apertures.
Samyang 85/1.4 images | image detail overview | [shoplink 22458 ebay]lens auctions on ebay[/shoplink]

Minolta MC 100/2.5: The lens is 45 years old but shows a very decent result at f/2.5 aperture (even corners are ok!). You will get the best results at f/5.6 aperture.
Minolta MC 2.5/100 images | image detail overview | [shoplink 22459 ebay]lens auctions on ebay[/shoplink]

Minolta MD 100/4: Very good results at f/4.0. Improves a tiny little bit at f/5.6. A very solid performance for a 80 Euro lens.
Minolta MD Macro 4/100 images | image detail overview | [shoplink 22460 ebay]lens auctions on ebay[/shoplink]

Minolta MD 135/2.8: A disappointment. Corners are never sharp at any aperture.
Minolta MD 2.8/135 images | image detail overview | [shoplink 22462 ebay]lens auctions on ebay[/shoplink]

Minolta MC 200/4: Sharp at all apertures.
Minolta MC 4/200 images | image detail overview | [shoplink 22463 ebay]lens auctions on ebay[/shoplink]

Again Thanks Philip and SystemKameraForum.de for posting such an interesting test!