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This video was filmed with:
Mostly a DJI Oslo Action 4
An iPhone 14 Pro Max
And a few clips with my A7IV
Gear I own:
Sony A7IV x2
Sony 24mm 1.4 GM
Sony 35mm 1.4 GM
Sony 50mm 1.2 GM
Sony 55mm 1.8
Sony 85mm 1.4 GM
Tamron 17-28mm 2.8
Tamron 28-75mm 2.8 G2
Fuji X100V
When I started with Sony, I did it with the A mount cameras in 2010 I think, and those were cameras that I still love to this date if I have to be very honest. The ergonomics, the grip was absolutely stellar....but the BEST DETAIL they had, was the screen, not the resolution or brightness, but the way it articulates its movement. On the 77 and 99 models to be precise. Which is basically the one on the a7rV. I just love the decided to come back to that. It is hands down the best way to have a screen.
I was about to say the exact same thing. Those screens were amazing.
A7iv been great for me so far!
Fellow A7IV user here for about the same length of time. The camera just simply works and works very well at many things. I think the LCD screen could be improved and that’s about it for my negatives.
Totally agree with you! Thank you for sharing your opinion!!!
Amazing video man, spot on...well explained
I love my A7 IV's! People bitch about Sony colours and I don't know why.
Sony colours are great. Honestly it smells of an ambiguous hard to define specification what people can throw around without any justification. Just ask them to be specific and give examples. They can't.
People _used_ to gripe about Sony color back when we had switched from Canon 5D and 6D series to Sony α7R II, which offers flagrantly greenish complexions. I haven't seen notable griping about Sony color since about 2020.
People that don’t know how to edit.
I have a7m4 and I think color is shit. Even a7c has better color I'm really considering selling my m4 now
Coming from Fuji’s the a7iv and fx3 have been a beast. The a7iv tracking with back button focus has been mind blowing. Makes wedding and event shooting so much easier. And man, that studio looks dope! Cheers brother!
Cheers bro
100% agree. I use the A7C and A7CII and it’s nuts on both of them. Suuuper reliable.
@@rickbiessman6084 it’s like magic :)
Wait till you upgrade to the next gen "AI" chip (i.e. A7RV, A7Cii, etc).. the AF and color processing gets even better!
I love my A74's. Enough that im finally not looking to upgrade. Great review Chris.
Great review. Such a good camera !
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Great video Chris. I actually watched your videos on it when I switched 2 years ago from Fuji, based on my pal Steve’s recommendation. It’s an incredible camera, and I couldn’t be happier with the 50mm 1.2 GM, 35mm 1.4 GM, and 24mm 1.4 GM. Away from weddings I’m using my Leica Q3, which is my fave camera ever, and I’m now integrating that into weddings too.
I am about 100 wedding in with my a7iv’s. So true about the shutter sound. I just shot at a very dark church and I also needed to use flash. The shutter and bulb sounds were definitely distracting 😂 One of the few times I truly felt intrusive while working.
Great review! When do you think they will release the A75? Or hard to tell?
Great review! Lately I’ve been almost upset with what the a7IV offers for video with all the new updates and the 4K 60p crop, but after seeing this you reminded me that it is a beast of a photo camera and that’s half the reason I got it to begin with lol. Lately I’ve just done more video so I tend to forget how great it is
The only negatives are the crop in 4K/60 and how slow the readout is on the sensor. The electronic shutter is pretty much unusable in most situations.
Better late than never man, always enjoy a break from editing to watch a new CTP vid
Thanks mate
I learned using my dad's old D750 for like 6 years through highschool and college, and lots of those images still hold up and are some of my favorites I've ever shot. I've been shooting on the a7iv for a couple years now and the biggest upgrade over DSLR is easily the autofocus and physical size. I was actually a bit shocked at how similar the raw images looked the first time I imported Sony raws!
D750 was ahead of the game. I remember I was shooting with 5D mkiii and my friend's Nikon D750 Raw file quality was way ahead of my Canon's. Even today that camera can rival new Sony or Canon bodies.
@@TomasRamoska LOL when I was in college for filmmaking I would have killed for the 5D mkiii video! Sounds like we should have traded 😂
3 years?! man ...time flyes
I had my A7iv for 2.5 years. Only for weddings photos. I agree with 90% of your review. My only complaints are: -LCD resolution. Pictures look really dull in the camera, but awesome in the computer. -Change the hard plastic on the grip for a more rubberized and grippy material like my old Nikons. In the summer, with the sweat, the camera becomes slippery. It has fallen out of my hand a couple of times. -The black paint gets easily scuffed. I never had that issue on my D750 and Canons. It hurts the resale value. -I still have a hard time getting great consistent colors from the RAW files, compared to my Nikons. My wishes for a A7V would be: -The A7Rv screen mechanism -Better EVF and LCD resolution. It's good enough, but I would happily pay extra for a better experience. -Please add the option tu use our own LUTs for the JPEGs. Like the Panasonic S5II real time LUT feature.
I have two. big leap from my old Nikon z5, which is basically a mirrorless d750. I hope to simply change the shutter when it gets too high, and keep it going for many, many years
I love your presets. I use an A7r iii and I'm torn between this and maybe side - stepping the 7IV
Thanks mate appreciate it. A7Riii is great. Definitely better than the A73 imo.
I really appreciate your review! I'm rocking a couple of A7RIV's and I see that you were using them in the past. Do you notice a significant difference in auto-focus between the A7RIV and the A7IV?
Yeah definitely better autofocus on the A74 but a7r4 still has great focus
Nice review! What is your set up for this season?
Video coming soon haha
FWIW, I've been using dual ProGrade Digital 256GB UHS-II SDXC (250MB/s read) memory cards in a a7RIV for cheer competitions. ~150 shots in 2 minutes 20 second routines. The camera is buffering but never running out of shots, even when I shoot RAW for difficult lighting. The next team comes quickly and the camera is back to zero.
One thing you did not mention, but I noticed in your hand is the Sony 45RM flash. I own one and absolutely love it. I also own two Godox V1's for when I need extra power, but they are just so much bigger than the Sony 45RM. The little Sony flash just feels so much more balanced on the cameras. As I'm often shooting at F1.4 to f2.8 the 45RM has plenty of power.
Yeah I might make a video on my lighting setup soon
I switched from the nikon D850 which was a great camera. I only switched to Sony because Nikon were nowhere near in the mirrorless at the time. I couldn't be happier with the switch.
Nice.. How did you graded this video.. do u use a specific lut?
Yeah it’s my own LUT I will put it out soon I just don’t want to spam people with stuff for sale lol
Thanks for sharing When u say you don’t use more than 2 batteries on a full day wedding, is that per camera body or across both? and roughly how images would u take on say a 10 hour wedding or similar?
Per camera yeah. Probably about 4000 all up with both cameras. Usually I’d use one and a half batteries per camera
@@ChrisTurnerPhotographer wow, still thats pretty good & thanks again for doing this video gives us a lot of confidence with this model especially coming from a working Pro that understands the pressure cooker environments and the trust you need with your gear unlike many other youtubers reviews.
Love the camera but my A7IV started developing shutter issues at 60xxx clicks which was unfortunate. Scared to buy one again and I think ill just wait for the new release next year.
From what I can tell, the a7III and a7IV use the same (potentially unreliable) shutter. Hope they fix/change that with the a7V otherwise that seems like a big fail. I would not buy another a7IV if you want a shutter you can trust (in my opinion) - Have seen plenty of a7IV's with broken shutters in the Sony groups, one guy had his fail with only 12k clicks or something crazy...
Chris i want to go a1 with 24 1.4 and 50mm 1.2 to use it on crop and a7cr2 as backup and private camera, what do you think? now im using 2x a9 with 24/35/55/85
Please send a link for that meike grip!!
you forgot to mention the silent shutter at the cons section 🤪
Noice. 🙌
Sony A7IV is almost perfect. For me the Grip is not that ergonomic as Canon. But all the technical specs are great. 4k60 crop is a bit lame but if you need a wide angle you can also use the aps-c lenses 😉 And I love the E-Mount with alle the great Tamron, Sigma and other third party lenses. ❤️
I follow a few different Sony a7IV groups, and sadly it seems that the a7IV uses the same shutter as the a7III and is having some of the same early failure issues for many... I seriously hope Sony corrects this with putting in a better quality shutter into the a7V (whenever that happens). I'm hoping they use a 500k rated shutter like they do in the a1, a9, a7R bodies. I know some peoples shutters last a decent amount, but it seems more just luck of the draw with a7III and a7IV bodies.. I would have gladly paid a bit more money for my a7IV IF it had a better shutter. As it is, I mostly use it with electronic shutter mode when I can, but that is not ideal.
Those very two complaints about α7 IV-the noisy shutter and the flip screen-had made me opt instead for α9 II.
I would have kept my a92 if it had slog
A noisy shutter? You should hear the a7r iii which is way louder.
Actually, I have never heard α7 IV's shutter. Still, I don't see how α7R III's shutter could louder, let alone "way louder." In 2018, I moved from Canon DSLR to Sony mirrorless via α7R II, which 2015 model debuted Sony's quiet shutter. In 2019, I got α7R III, which 2017 model perpetuated Sony's quiet shutter. In 2020, I got α7 III, whose noisy and clunky shutter, alike DSLR mirror slap, promptly appalled me. And in 2022, when α7 IV debuted, multiple sources, including Chris Turner, reported that it perpetuates α7 III's loud shutter.
Whata your opinion versus Lumix S5II
I’m not a fan of the LUMIX series for photo but they are great for video. Still don’t think I’d pick one over the Sony but that’s just me. Nothing wrong with the S5ii and it has some features the A74 doesn’t have
I bought mine (edit: a7RIV) hoping a firmware release would give us down sample RAWs. Damn! Called that one wrong.
It did. You can choose small medium and large now
@@ChrisTurnerPhotographer Sorry, a7RIV. The 7 got it out of the box (if I recall) so I purchased the R expecting to get it in an update. It never happened AFAIK.
Ah yeah
Im still Shooting with my A7 m3! I dont buy the 4! Am waiting for the A7 m5! What do you think about the Release?
Haven’t heard anything at all
Disagree on the overheating issue. Although, it really depends on the environment and how long you are shooting for in 4K 4:2:2. Had the warning and camera shut down for longer recordings (over 15-20 mins) and tried all the tricks to stop the issue. Still occasionally does it for those longer situations, especially indoors with warmer rooms. Just something to flag that it does occur for some users.
Yeah I can only speak for my own experience
I was cleaning my gear and I decided to make a video.... I always start with "I was cleaning my gear, when I had a better idea"
Are you tempted by A7R5 ?
Nah I’ve already owned it. Epic camera though. Just too many megapixels for my work haha also the low light is no where near as good obviously which is a little more important to me.
Hoły cow its there for 3 years? ;o
A7iv has taken my client work to the next level, especially in terms of video, coming from an a7iii. However, I do wish Sony adds a few features in the a7v which they intentionally left out in the a7iv. I am sure you know which features I am talking about ;)
thanks for your thoughts but i don't know which features were left out of the Sony IV. care to share? tia
@@smalltalk.productions9977 This is just my personal opinion, however since you asked, following are the features I feel I miss using the a7iv: 1) Tilt up screen which we had in the a7iii. I think the a7rv screen mechanism is perfect! Can’t hip shoot on streets with the a7iv as easily as a7iii. 2) 1.5 times crop with 4k60p is sometimes too much when shooting indoors. 1.2 times would be reasonable. 3) The option to shoot with Luts and presets is missing which other brands are now offering. This feature can be a game changer for Sony users!
@@smalltalk.productions9977 Hi, this may be a personal opinion, however, I miss the following features on the A7iv: 1) the tilt up screen from the A7iii, which I truly miss specially during street photography. I know that a7 iv is meant to be a hybrid camera but it still isn't perfect. Cant hip shoot easily. I think the screen on the A7R5 is perfect, and this will probably come to the A75 as well. 2) the ability to shoot with luts and presets. Honestly, this can be a game changing feature for Sony users. Few brands are already offering it including Panasonic and I don't see any reason for Sony not to have it. 3) the 1.5 times crop on the 4K 60 sometimes feels just a bit too much and limiting specially in indoor shoots. A 1.2 times crop factor can still be reasonable.
Just picked one up used for $1,800.
Now do A7C ii loool