Sony A7 IV

October 22, 2021October 25, 2021 dinuka 0 Comments

Sony A7 IV is announced on 21^st October 2021 along with two new Speed Lights by Sony Corporation. This full-frame mirrorless comes with a 33 MP Exmor R back-illuminated CMOS sensor and BIONZ XR.

Sony A7 IV Specifications

Image Sensor
Sensor size	Full frame (35.9 x 23.9 mm)
Number of Pixels	33 MP (effective)
Sensor Type	Exmor R CMOS sensor
Aspect Ratio	3:2
Maximum resolution	7008 x 4672 px
Bit Depth	14 Bit
Processor	BIONZ XR
Anti-Dust System	Charge protection coating on optical filter and image sensor shift mechanism

Lens
Mount	E-mount
Lens Compensation	Peripheral Shading, Chromatic Aberration, Distortion, Breathing (Movie)

Exposure
Metering Type	1200-zone evaluative metering
Metering Sensor	Exmor R CMOS sensor
Metering Sensitivity	EV-3 to EV20 (at ISO100 equivalent with F2.0 lens attached)
Metering Modes	Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot (Standard / Large), Entire Screen Avg., Highlight
Exposure Modes	– Still images: Intelligent Auto (Auto) / Program Auto (P) / Aperture Priority (A) / Shutter Priority (S) / Manual Exposure (M) – Movie: Intelligent Auto (Auto) / Program Auto (P) / Aperture Priority (A) / Shutter Priority (S) / Manual Exposure (M) / Flexible Exp. Mode, [Slow & Quick Motion] Intelligent Auto (Auto) / Program Auto (P) / Aperture Priority (A) / Shutter Priority (S) / Manual Exposure (M) / Flexible Exp. Mode
Exposure Compensation	+/- 5.0 EV (1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps selectable)
ISO Range	– Still images: ISO 100-51200 (Extended 50 to 204800) – Movies: ISO 100-51200 equivalent (Extended 50 to 102400)
AE Lock	Locked when the shutter button is pressed halfway. Available with AE lock button. (On/Off/Auto)
Anti-flicker Shoot	Yes

Focusing
Focus Type	Fast Hybrid AF (phase-detection AF / contrast-detection AF)
Focus Sensor	Exmor R CMOS sensor
Focus Modes	AF-A (Automatic AF) / AF-S (Single-shot AF) / AF-C (Continuous AF) / DMF (Direct Manual Focus) / Manual Focus
Focus Area	Wide / Zone / Center Fix / Spot / Expand Spot / Tracking
Focus Points	Phase-detection: 35 mm full frame – 759 points / APS-C mode with FF lens – 713 points / with APS-C lens – 575 points Contrast-detection: 425 points
Focus Sensitivity Range	EV-4 to EV20 (ISO100 equivalent with F2.0 lens attached)
EYE AF	– Still images: Human (Right/Left Eye Select) / Animal (Right/Left Eye Select) / Bird – Movie: Human (Right/Left Eye Select) / Animal (Right/Left Eye Select) / Bird
Face Detection	Modes: Face/Eye Priority in AF, Face Priority in Multi Metering, Regist. Faces Priority
AF Illuminator	Yes (with Built-in LED type)
AF Illuminator Range	Approx. 0.3 m – approx. 3.0 m (with FE 28-70 mm F3.5-5.6 OSS lens attached
Other Features	Predictive control / Focus lock / AF Track Sens. (Still) / AF Subj. Shift Sensitivity (Movie) / AF Transition Speed (Movie) / Switch V/H AF Area / AF Area Regist. / Circ. of Focus Point / Focus Map (Movie) / AF Assist (Movie)

Still Output
Colour Space	sRGB standard (with sYCC gamut) / Adobe RGB standard and Rec. ITU-R BT.2100 standard (BT.2020 gamut).
File Format	– JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver. 2.32, MPF Baseline compliant), – HEIF (MPEG-A MIAF compliant), – RAW (Sony ARW 4.0 format compliant)
Image Quality Modes	– RAW (Compressed / Lossless Compressed / Uncompressed) – JPEG (Extra fine / Fine / Standard / Light) – HEIF (4:2:0 / 4:2:2) (Extra fine / Fine / Standard / Light) – RAW & JPEG – RAW & HEIF
Image Size	3:2 ratio Full-frame – L : 7008 x 4672 (33 M), M : 4608 x 3072 (15 M), S : 3504 x 2336 (8.2 M) APS-C – M : 4608 x 3072 (15 M), S : 3504 x 2336 (8.2 M) 16:9 ratio Full-frame – L : 7008 x 3944 (28 M), M : 4608 x 2592 (12 M), S : 3504 x 1968 (6.9 M) APS-C – M : 4608 x 2592 (12 M), S : 3504 x 1968 (6.9 M) 4:3 ratio Full-frame – L : 6224 x 4672 (29 M), M : 4096 x 3072 (13 M), S : 3120 x 2336 (7.3 M) APS-C – M : 4096 x 3072 (13 M), S : 3120 x 2336 (7.3 M) 1:1ration Full-frame – L : 4672 x 4672 (22 M), M : 3072 x 3072 (9.4 M), S : 2336 x 2336 (5.5 M) APS-C – M : 3072 x 3072 (9.4 M), S : 2336 x 2336 (5.5 M)
Creative Look	ST, PT, NT, VV, VV2, FL, IN, SH, BW, SE, Custom Look (1-6)
Soft Skin Effect	Yes

Video Output
Colour Space	Rec. ITU-R BT.2100 standard compatible (BT.2020 gamut)
Recording Format	XAVC S / XAVC HS
Video Compression	XAVC S: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, XAVC HS: MPEG-H HEVC/H.265
Frame Size Frame Rate File Size	XAVC HS 4K – 3840 x 2160 (4:2:0, 10bit, NTSC) (Approx.): 60p (150 Mbps / 75 Mbps / 45 Mbps), 24p (100 Mbps / 50 Mbps / 30 Mbps), – 3840 x 2160 (4:2:0, 10bit, PAL) (Approx.): 50p (150 Mbps / 75 Mbps / 45 Mbps) – 3840 x 2160 (4:2:2, 10bit, NTSC) (Approx.): 60p (200 Mbps / 100 Mbps), 24p (100 Mbps / 50 Mbps) – 3840 x 2160 (4:2:2, 10bit, PAL) (Approx.): 50p (200 Mbps / 100 Mbps) XAVC S-I 4K – 3840 x 2160 (4:2:2, 10bit, NTSC) (Approx.): 60p (600 Mbps), 30p (300 Mbps), 24p (240 Mbps) – 3840 x 2160 (4:2:2, 10bit, NTSC) (Approx.): 60p (600 Mbps), 30p (300 Mbps), 24p (240 Mbps) – 3840 x 2160 (4:2:2, 10bit, PAL) (Approx.): 50p (500 Mbps), 25p (250 Mbps) – 3840 x 2160 (4:2:2, 10bit, PAL) (Approx.): 50p (500 Mbps), 25p (250 Mbps) XAVC S-I HD – 1920 x 1080 (4:2:2, 10bit, NTSC) (Approx.): 60p (222 Mbps), 30p (111 Mbps), 24p (89 Mbps) – 1920 x 1080 (4:2:2, 10bit, PAL) (Approx.): 50p (185 Mbps), 25p (93 Mbps)
Creative Look	ST, PT, NT, VV, VV2, FL, IN, SH, BW, SE, Custom Look (1-6)
Soft Skin Effect	Yes
Slow & Quick Motion (shooting frame rate)	NTSC mode: 1 fps, 2 fps, 4 fps, 8 fps, 15 fps, 30 fps, 60 fps, 120 fps, PAL mode: 1 fps, 2fps, 3fps, 6fps, 12fps, 25fps, 50fps, 100fps

USB Streaming
Video Data Format	MJPEG, YUV420
Video Resolution	3840 x 2160 (15p / 12.5p) / 1920 x 1080 (60p / 50p / 30p / 25p) / 1280 x 720 (30p / 25p)
Simultanious Internal Recording	Yes

Noise Reduction	– Long exposure NR: On/Off, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 s, – High ISO NR: Normal / Low / Off

White Balance
White Balance Modes	Auto / Daylight / Shade / Cloudy / Incandescent / Fluorescent / Flash / Underwater / Color Temperature (2500 to 9900 K) & color filter / Custom
Shutter AWB Lock	Yes (Shut. Halfway Down / Cont. Shooting / Off)

Shutter
Shutter Type	Mechanical shutter / Electronic shutter
Shutter Mechanism	Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type
Electronic Front Curtain Shutter	Yes (ON/OFF)
Frames per Second
Sync Speed	1/250 s (35 mm full-frame) / 1/320 s (APS-C)
Shutter Speed	– Still images: 1/8000 to 30 s / Bulb
Shutter Speed (Movie)	– Movies (NTSC mode): 1/8000 to 1/4 (1/3 steps), up to 1/60 in AUTO mode (up to 1/30 in Auto slow shutter mode), – Movies (PAL mode): 1/8000 to 1/4 (1/3 steps), up to 1/50 in AUTO mode (up to 1/25 in Auto slow shutter mode)
Silent Shooting	Yes (ON/OFF)

Image Stabilization
Type	Image Sensor-Shift mechanism with 5-axis compensation (Compensation depends on lens specifications)
Compensation Effect	5.5 stops

Drive
Drive Modes	Single Shooting / Continuous shooting (Hi+/Hi/Mid/Lo selectable) / Self-timer / Self-timer (Cont.) / Bracket: Single / Bracket: Cont. / White Balance bracket / DRO bracket / Exposure Bracketing
Continuous Drive Speed	Continuous shooting: Hi+: 10 fps, Hi: 8 fps, Mid: 6 fps, Lo: 3 fps
Self-timer	10 s delay / 5 s delay / 2 s delay / Continuous self-time / Bracketing self-timer
Exposure Bracketing	Cont., Bracket: Single, 3/5/9 frames selectable. (Ambient light, Flash light)

Flash
Built-in Flash	No
Flash Control	Pre-flash TTL
External Flash Connection	Hot shoe adaptor
FE Level Lock	Yes
Flash Compensation	+/- 3.0 EV (switchable between 1/3 and 1/2 EV steps)
Flash Modes	Flash off / Autoflash / Fill-flash / Slow Sync. / Rear Sync. / Red-eye reduction (on/off selectable) / Wireless / Hi-speed sync.
Wireless Control	Yes (Light signal: Available with Fill-flash, Slow Sync., Hi-speed sync. / Radio signal: Available with Fill-flash, Rear Sync., Slow Sync., Hi-speed sync.)

Viewfinder
Type	1.3 cm (0.5 type) electronic viewfinder (Quad-VGA OLED)
Number of Dots	3 686 400 dots
Coverage	100%
Frame Rate Selection	STD 60 fps / HI 120 fps
Eyepoint	Approx. 23 mm from the eyepiece lens, 18.5 mm from the eyepiece frame at -1m-1
Diopter Adjustment	-4.0 to +3.0 m
Magnification	Approx. 0.78x (with 50 mm lens at infinity, -1m)
Display Contents	Histogram / Real-time image-adjustment display / Digital level gauge / Grid line / Focus check / Peaking MF / Zebra / Movie marker / Emphasized display during REC

LCD Screen
Type	7.5 cm (3.0-type) type TFT
No. of Dots	1 036 800 dots
Brightness Control	Manual (5 steps between -2 and +2) / Sunny Weather mode
Adjustable Angle	Opening Angle: Approx. 176 °., Rotation Angle: Approx. 270 °.
Touch Panel	Yes
Focus Magnifier	Yes, Focus Magnifier (35 mm full-frame: 5.5x / 11.0x, APS-C: 3.6x / 7.2x)

Storage
Memory Card Slot	SLOT1: Multi slot for SD (UHS-I/II compliant) memory card / CFexpress Type A card SLOT2: Slot for SD (UHS-I/II compliant) memory card
Supported Memory Cards	SD memory card / SDHC memory card (UHS-I/II compliant) / SDXC memory card (UHS-I/II compliant) / CFexpress Type A memory card

Interface
PC Interface	Mass-storage / MTP
HDMI	Yes
Multi / Micro USB Terminal	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes (Bluetooth Standard Ver. 4.1 (2.4 GHz band))
Multi Interface Shoe	Yes (with Digital Audio Interface)
Mic Terminal	Yes (3.5 mm Stereo minijack)
Headphone Terminal	Yes (3.5 mm Stereo minijack)
Vertical Grip Connector	Yes

Audio
Microphone	Built-in, stereo
Speaker	Built-in, monaural

Power
Battery Life (Stills)	Approx. 520 shots (Viewfinder) / approx. 580 shots (LCD monitor)
Battery Life (Movie, actual recording)	Approx. 100 min (Viewfinder) / Approx. 110 min (LCD monitor)
Battery Life (Movie, continuous recording)	Approx. 170 min (Viewfinder) / Approx. 175 min (LCD monitor)
Supplied Battery	One rechargeable battery pack NP-FZ100
Internal Battery Charging	Yes (Available with USB Type-C Terminal. USB Power Delivery compatible)
USB Power Supply	Yes (Available with USB Type-C Terminal. USB Power Delivery compatible)

Operation Environment
Operating Temperature	0 – 40 ℃ / 32 – 104 °F

Physical
Weight	Approx. 658 g (with battery and memory card included)
Dimensions (W x H x D)	Approx. 131.3 mm x 96.4 mm x 79.8 mm, approx. 131.3 mm x 96.4 mm x 69.7 mm (From grip to monitor)

What’s in Box	Rechargeable Battery NP-FZ100, AC adaptor, Power cord, Shoulder strap, Body cap, Accessory shoe cap, Eyepiece cup, USB-A to USB-C cable (USB 3.2)