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Featuring the world’s first 35-millimeter full-frame image sensor with a back-illuminated structure, plus a fast-performing BIONZ X image processor, the Sony Alpha a7R II mirrorless digital camera has made waves in the photography world. Its 42.4MP CMOS sensor enhances light-collection efficiency, expands circuitry scale, and with the help of a copper-wiring layer, outputs data about 3.5 times faster Read More
delatiS is for Video and R is for Photo. The S is more expensive and I would highly recommend the A7III if you need video, its superior to both R and S in many ways.
manhgoghThe business I work for provides these kinds of services for electronic manufacturers and so the source is private. I just take what I can and give a snippet for the current week/ span of time.
As an art photographer, who has worked with the Sony line of alpha cameras,( since they were Konica Minolta and before...), I can say little but GOOD things about this camera, and its family.
I have passed on the much-hyped other brands, because, after trying them out,(there's a rental agency that I use for lenses that I can't afford, and test driving other brands), I return again and again to my Sonys.
The format is excellent, the mirrorless build is FAST and lossless in quality.
No vibration is a GOOD thing.
That MASSIVE and WONDERFULLY flexible LCD monitor is a huge selling point, too. It's great to be able to see what you are snapping when you are holding your camera above your head!
In response to some folks concerns, I can say that I use every one of those MPs for some images; I do a lot of wide and ultr-wide weather shoots and landscape work. I load all of my photog work onto an external 4TB hard drive...so that should be noted if you work RAW. I do, and my bread-and-butter lens is an UltraWide 17-35 Sony AF, so I am USING everything that this can do!
I don't need to buy this camera, as I am already well equipped with my Sony cameras,( I am running with the 7 and the 9 and the 900 and the 850), but I can say that you will not miss the exaggerated pricing of Nikon and Canon and how much more expensive their accessories are. All of my older Konica Minolta lenses still work on the Sony bodies, which has saved me THOUSANDS.
Over the long haul, these cameras have served me well.
The photography mags all rave about the Sony alpha line.
The bodies are durable, easy in the hand,and, as a VERY manual shooter,(think old-school-still-shoots-film), I love the external buttons-accessible functionality of these cameras.
I am not going to do a spec by spec review here, as you can find plenty of intelligent reviewing all over the internet.
I am just chipping in my two-cents as a Massdrop community member already experienced with this camera vs. other brands in the same functional bracket. That cost MUCH MUCH MORE,mostly because of their NAME. You are paying for NAME with these others, and I got tired of doing that....
Fuss about other price-tags all you will,(funny how there are ALWAYS people doing that here), this is a decent price, filtered through a reputable merchant, unlike much of the ebay "risky proposition" sales.........
I, myself, when looking for savings, visit B&H, or Adorama...they even sell through Amazon and ebay, so I know my cash isn't at risk. I have found some CRAZY bargains there on their home-site, many lenses and cameras get re-sold by them from folks who's eyes were bigger than their wallets, buying much more camera than they really could ever need. You don't need a camera like this for taking pictures of your kids on a plastic swing-set..... ;)
Again; Mirrorless is an AWESOME technology! The build and electronics quality is unsurpassed, really. If I didn't already have the same camera, I'd snap this up, ABSOLUTELY.
No matter where you buy this camera, and at what price, it's truly a gem purchase, worthy of the superlatives used in describing it.
I think it is not right time for such Drop.
1. On ebay there are deals at 2200 USD for A7R II.
2. Everyone is waiting for A7R III.
So shall I buy A7R II now? I have doubts. If Sony announces A7R III (and it might happen very soon), price for A7R II shall fall; or even A7R II will become obsolete and not interesting at all.
P.S. If the price for A7R II will be, let’s says, 2000USD – then it could be very tough temptation to buy. Otherwise no.
I have collection of Leica lenses - all manual. My new camera is broken and currently I am using Pentax k-10 which is more than 10 years old. Sony a7r will be perfect for me. But Mark II is rather old, I am waiting to see specs of Mark III and then to decide. On eBay there is Mark II for 2.2k, if MD could put 2k usd - it will be no brain decision for me to buy immidialety. In other way - I will wait till outumn when Sony usually announces new cameras. Not much to wait left.
And yes, with my lenses FF absolutely needed for me.
OleksaI have many RF lens too. Have you checked out Kolari's ultra-thin glass modification? It seems to work very well and they have converted cameras for sale. You might find their price interesting.