Sony Introduces A7II. Mirrorless Full Frame Camera With Built In 5 axis image stabilization.

November 20, 20143 Comments

Sony unveils new a7II at inter BEE today. Worlds first full frame camera with built in 5 axis image stabilization.

Sony A7II

5-axis image stabilization (5-axis SteadyShot INSIDE)
The new 5-axis image stabilization system dramatically expands your range of expression by compensating for five types of camera shake during handheld shooting of still images and movies. So you can confidently zoom in faraway subjects, snap detailed close-ups and capture night scenes with minimal camera shake blur. Since camera shake compensation is equivalent to using a 4.5-step* faster shutter speed, you can also take advantage of a wider range of shutter speeds. All this, within super compact dimensions!

One catch is the stabilization only works with Sony lenses.  Dan Chung from newshooter.com reports that yes other lenses will work. You just have to input the focal length in a menu setting first.

Not sure if a Metabones adapter will enable the function to work with EF lenses or not. The a7II isn’t a 4K camera. It’s marketing to Photographers so if you have a A7s for video this one won’t replace it. Yet. Now wouldn’t it be great if this new 5 axis IS makes it to the A7s MKII?

Sony a7II

Sony a7II
Sony a7II
General specification
Model Interchangeable lens type digital camera
Use lens Sony E-mount lens
Imaging unit
Imaging element 35mm full size (35.8 × 23.9mm), “Exmor” CMOS sensor
Camera Effective number of pixels About 24.3 million pixels
Total pixels About 24.7 million pixels
Imaging element aspect ratio 3: 2
Color filter RGB primary color filter
Anti-dust function
Anti-dust system By antistatic coat and image sensor shift drive
Anti-dust working When cleaning mode run
Manual cleaning working ● run from Menu
Still image recording
Image file format JPEG (DCF Ver.2.0, Exif Ver.2.3, MPF Baseline) compliant, RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format)
The number of recorded pixels [3: 2] 35mm full size when L size: 6000 x 4000 (24M), M size: 3936 x 2624 (10M), S size: 3008 x 2000 (6.0 M)
APS-C when L size: 3936 x 2624 (10M), M size : 3008 x 2000 (6.0M), S size: 1968 x 1312 (2.6M)
The number of recorded pixels [16: 9] 35mm full size when L size: 6000 x 3376 (20M), M size: 3936 x 2216 (8.7M), S size: 3008 x 1688 (5.1 m)
APS-C when L size: 3936 x 2216 (8.7M), M size: 3008 x 1688 (5.1M), S size: 1968 x 1112 (2.2M)
The number of recorded pixels [Sweep Panorama] Wide: the left and right direction 12,416 x 1,856 (23M), the up-down direction 5,536 x 2,160 (12M), standard: left and right direction 8,192 x 1,856 (15M), the up-down direction 3,872 x 2,160 (8.4M)
Image quality mode RAW
RAW + JPEG
JPEG Extra Fine
JPEG Fine
JPEG Standard
14bit RAW output
Picture Effects 13 Type: Toy Camera (Normal, Cool, Warm, green, magenta), Pop Color, posterization (color, black and white), retro photo, soft high key, part color (R / G / B / Y), high-contrast black-and-white, soft focus (weak, medium, strong), pictorial HDR (weak, medium and strong), rich tone monochrome, miniature (auto, on, middle (horizontal), bottom, right, middle (vertical), left), watercolor tone, Illustration tone (weak, medium, strong)
Creative style * 1 Standard, Vivid, Neutral, Clear, Deep, Light, Portrait, landscape, sunset, night view, autumn leaves, black and white, sepia, style box 1-6
(contrast <± 3 stage>, saturation <± 3 stage>, sharpness < ± 3 stage>)
Picture profile Off / PP1-PP7 (black level, gamma (Movie, Still, Cine1-4, ITU709, ITU709 [800%], S-Log2), black gamma, knee, color mode, saturation, hue, color depth, detail, copy, reset)
Dynamic range function Off, D-range optimizer (auto / level setting <Lv1-5>),
Auto HDR (exposure difference auto / exposure difference level set <1.0EV every six stages between 1.0-6.0EV>)
Color space “Bird Luminous color” corresponding sRGB standard (sYCC color gamut), AdobeRGB standard
Video recording system
File recording method XAVC S
AVCHD standard Ver.2.0 compliant
MP4
Compression format XAVC S: MPEG-4 AVC / H.264
AVCHD: MPEG-4 AVC / H.264
MP4: MPEG-4 AVC / H.264
Voice recording system XAVC S: LPCM 2ch
AVCHD: Dolby Digital (AC-3) 2ch, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator equipped
MP4: MPEG-4 AAC-LC 2ch
Picture Effects 7 Type: Toy Camera (Normal, Cool, Warm, green, magenta), Pop Color, posterization (color, black and white), retro photo, soft high key, part color (R / G / B / Y), high-contrast black-and-white
Creative style Standard, Vivid, Neutral, Clear, Deep, Light, Portrait, landscape, sunset, night view, autumn leaves, black and white, sepia, style box 1-6
(contrast <± 3 stage>, saturation <± 3 stage>, sharpness < ± 3 stage>)
Picture profile Off / PP1-PP7 (black level, gamma (Movie, Still, Cine1-4, ITU709, ITU709 [800%], S-Log2), black gamma, knee, color mode, saturation, hue, color depth, detail, copy, reset)
Color space “Bird Luminous color” corresponding xvYCC standard (HDMI cable connection when xvColor)
Movie recording shooting mode (XAVC S)
1280 x 720 (120p, 50M)
1920 x 1080 (60p, 50M) About 50Mbps (average bit rate)
1920 x 1080 (30p, 50M) About 50Mbps (average bit rate)
1920 x 1080 (24p, 50M) About 50Mbps (average bit rate)
Movie recording mode shooting (AVCHD)
1920 x 1080 (60p, 28M, PS) About 28Mbps (maximum bit rate)
1920 x 1080 (60i, 24M, FX) About 24Mbps (maximum bit rate)
1920 x 1080 (60i, 17M, FH) About 17Mbps (average bit rate)
1920 x 1080 (24p, 24M, FX) About 24Mbps (maximum bit rate)
1920 x 1080 (24p, 17M, FH) About 17Mbps (average bit rate)
Movie recording shooting mode (AVC MP4)
1440 x 1080 (30fps) About 12Mbps (average bit rate)
VGA (640 x 480, 30fps) About 3Mbps (average bit rate)
Video features
Audio level display
Recording level adjustment
Simultaneous video recording
Time code / user bits
(TC Preset / UB Preset / TC Format / TC Run / TC Make / UB Time Rec)
Motion tracking sensitivity
AF drive speed
Auto Slow Shutter function
Wreck control
HDMI Information Display ● (On / Off)
HDMI video output 1920 × 1080 (60p)
1920 × 1080 (60i)
1920 × 1080 (24p),
YCbCr 4: 2: 2 8-bit / 8-bit RGB
Recording part
Recording medium “Memory Stick PRO Duo”
“Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo”
“Memory Stick XC-HG Duo”
SD memory card
SDHC memory card (UHS-I compatible)
SDXC memory card (UHS-I compatible)
Noise reduction Apply to BULB from NR ON / OFF SS 1 seconds when long seconds
High sensitivity NR standard / weak / off
Multi-shot NR Auto / ISO 100-51200
White balance
Mode Auto / sunlight / shade / cloudy / bulb / fluorescent light <warm white / white / cool white / daylight> / flash / color temperature setting (2500K-9900K), color filter (G7-M7, A7-B7) / custom / underwater auto
AWB tweak ● <G7-M7 (all 15 steps), A7-B7 (all 15 stages)>
WB bracketing feature Three, H / L switch
Focus
Detecting scheme Fast hybrid AF (phase difference detection method / contrast detection method)
Detection element “Exmor” CMOS sensor
Ranging points 35mm full size at the time: 117 points (phase difference detection method) APS-C size at the time, 99 points (phase difference detection method) / 25 points (contrast detection system)
Detection brightness range EV-1-20 (ISO100 equivalent, F2.0 lens used)
AF mode Single (AF-S) / Continuous (AF-C) / Direct Manual Focus (DMF) / Manual Focus (MF)
Focus area Wide (117 points (phase difference detection method) / 25 points (contrast detection system)) / zone / center / flexible spot (S / M / L) / lock-on AF (wide / zone / center / flexible spot (S / M / L))
Eye Start AF Optional LA-EA2, LA-EA4 use during Allowed
Lock-on AF
Hitomi AF
Other Features Motion prediction
Focus Lock
AF auxiliary light Auxiliary light by the visible light LED
AF auxiliary light reaching distance About 0.3m – about 3.0m (FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS)
AF fine tuning Optional LA-EA2, LA-EA4 possible when using
Exposure control
Metering 1200 split live view analysis photometry
Metering element “Exmor” CMOS sensor
Photometric range EV-1- EV20 (ISO100 equivalent, F2.0 lens used)
Metering mode Multi-metering
Center-weighted metering
Spot metering
Exposure Mode AUTO (Random Auto / Premium Random Auto)
Program AE (P)
Aperture Priority AE (A)
Shutter speed priority AE (S)
Manual (M) mode
Sweep Panorama
Scene Selection
Video (program auto, aperture priority, shutter speed priority, manual exposure, selectable)
Scene Selection Portrait
Sport
Macro
Landscape
Evening view
Night view
Handheld Night
Night Portrait
Persons Blur Reduction
Exposure compensation ± 5.0EV (1 / 3EV, 1 / 2EV steps selectable)
(dial operation at the time: ± 3EV (1 / 3EV step))
Exposure Bracketing Single shooting / continuous shooting, shifting amount: 1 / 3,1 / 2,2 / 3,1,2,3EV step, 3 / five selectable
AE lock Half-press during AE lock (auto, ON, OFF selectable)
ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index) * 2 During still image shooting: ISO100-25600 (Expanded ISO50), AUTO (ISO100-6400, upper / lower limit can be set)
applies to movie shooting: ISO200-25600 equivalent, AUTO (ISO200-6400 equivalent, upper / lower limit can be set)
Finder
Finder
Format 1.3cm (0.5-inch) electronic viewfinder
Total dot count 2,359,296 dot
XGA OLED
OLED
XtraFine
Brightness adjustment function Auto, Manual (5 steps)
Color temperature adjustment function 5 stage
Field of view Hundred percent
Magnification About 0.71 times (50mm lens, infinity, -1 m -1 )
Diopter adjustment function -4.0- + 3.0 M -1
Eye point About 27mm from the final optical surface, about 22mm from the eyepiece frame (diopter -1 M -1 ) (CIPA standard)
Lcd monitor
Format 7.5cm (3.0-inch) TFT drive
Touch panel
Number of dots 1,228,800 dot
Brightness adjustment function Manual (5 stage), outdoor fine weather mode
Shooting Information Display The graphic display / full information display / No information display / histogram / level / viewfinder for shooting
Field of view Hundred percent
Angle adjustment function Against the back of the camera
above about 107 °, below about 41 °
WhiteMagic
Switching of the LCD monitor and viewfinder Auto, manual
Screen display switch Graphic display
All information display
No information display
Histogram
Level
For viewfinder shooting
Real-time reflection of the setting value ON / OFF
Quick Navi
Focus Check function ● MF Assist (35mm full size when 5.9X, 11.7X
APS-C during 3.8x, 7.7x)
Zebra
Peaking ● (high / medium / low / off) (Color: Red / Yellow / White)
Marker
(Center / aspect / safety zone ./ guide frame)
Grid line
(3 split / grid / accusative + grid / Off)
Face detection
Mode Input / input (registered face priority) / OFF
Personal face registration
Face selection
The maximum number of detections Eight
Auto Framing
When a still image is
Other Features
Smile Shutter Smile Shutter <level set three stages>
Touch Shutter
Touch focus
Self-portrait self-timer
PlayMemories Camera Apps
Shooting advice
Camera guide
Date and time setting
Area Setting
Demo mode
Zoom ring operation direction
Eye-Fi support * 3
All pixels super-resolution zoom
When a still image is ● (about 2 times)
During movie ● (about 2 times)
Digital zoom
Smart zoom (still image) 35mm full size when
M size about 1.5 times, S size about twice the
APS-C size when
M size about 1.3 times, S size about 2 times
Digital zoom (still image) 35mm full size when
L size about four times, M size about 6.1 times, S size about 8 times the
APS-C size when
L size about four times, M size about 5.2 times, S size about 8 times
Digital zoom (video) 35mm full size when about four times
during the APS-C size about 4 times
Shutter
Format Focal plane shutter Electronically controlled longitudinal
Shutter speed range During still image shooting: 1 / 8000-30 seconds, valve,
when shooting movies: 1 / 8000-1 / 4 (1/3 step), until AUTO 1/60, until the auto slow shutter 1/30
Flash sync speed 1/250 seconds
Electronic first curtain shutter ● (On / Off)
Silent shooting
Camera shake correction function
Method Image sensor shift method 5-axis correction (by the correction method lens specification)
Correction effect 4.5 stage (CIPA standard compliant. Pitch / yaw direction, Sonnar T * FE 55mm F1.8 ZA when mounted, when noise reduction off when long seconds)
Flash
Method
Pop-up
Guide number (GN)
Irradiation angle
Control scheme P-TTL dimming
Flash Exposure Compensation ± 3.0EV (1/3, 1 / 2EV step switchable)
Flash bracket Shift amount: 1 / 3,1 / 2,2 / 3,1.0,2.0,3.0EV step, 3 / five
Flash mode Flash Off
Auto emission
Fill-in flash
Slow Synchro
Rear curtain sync
Red-eye reduction
High-speed sync * 4
Wireless * 4
Charging time
External flash α system flash (multi-interface shoe correspondence, corresponding to flash for auto-lock accessory shoe)
FE level lock
Wireless control
Drive
Drive mode Single shooting
Continuous shooting (Hi / Lo switchable)
Self-timer (10/2 sec can be selected)
Self-timer (continuous): three / five after 10 seconds)
One bracket
Continuous bracket
White balance bracket
DRO bracket
Interval Shooting
Multiple exposure
Continuous shooting speed * 5 Hi time: up to about 5 frames / sec
Lo time: up to about 2.5 frames / sec.
Maximum burst for continuous shooting * 5 * 6 During continuous shooting Hi: JPEG L size Extra Fine 50 sheets
continuous shooting Lo time: 69 sheets JPEG L size Extra Fine
During continuous shooting Hi: JPEG L Fine size 77 sheets
continuous shooting Lo time: 200 sheets JPEG L Fine size
During continuous shooting Hi: JPEG L size standard 80 sheets
continuous shooting Lo time: 200 sheets JPEG L size Standard
During continuous shooting Hi: RAW 25 sheets
continuous shooting Lo time: 30 sheets RAW
During continuous shooting Hi: RAW + JPEG 23 sheets
continuous shooting Lo time: RAW + JPEG 27 sheets
Main function
Playback function
Preview
“PhotoTV HD” compatible
Customization feature
Operation sound
Playback function
Playback function Play one (shooting information Yes / No, histogram display (brightness · RGB) and white Dark Area)
Index display (9/25 sheets can be selected)
Larger image (maximum: L size 18.8 times, M size 12.3-fold, S size 9.4 times, panorama standard 25.6-fold, (panorama wide 38.8-fold))
Auto Review (10 seconds, 5 seconds, 2 seconds, Off)
Recorded image rotation display (auto / manual / off)
Slideshow feature
Panorama scroll playback
Play folder selectable (date, still images, MP4, AVCHD, XAVC S)
To fast forward or rewind (video)
Delete
Protect
Wi-Fi
Smartphone Transfer
PC Transfer
TV Watch
NFC
One-touch remote
One-touch sharing
Interface
PC interface The PC Remote with mass storage / MTP / dedicated software
Multi / micro USB terminal
NFC-enabled ● (to comply with the NFC Forum Type 3 Tag)
Synchro Terminal
Wireless LAN support (built-in) ● (Compliant with Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11b / g / n (2.4GHz band))
Video output
HD output HDMI micro terminal (type D)
BRAVIA Sync (HDMI device control)
“PhotoTV HD” compatible
4K still picture output
Multi Interface Shoe * 7
Auto-lock accessory shoe
Smart accessories Terminal
Smart accessories Terminal 2
Microphone terminal ● (3.5 mm stereo mini-jack)
DC-IN terminal
Remote terminal
Remote control (cable connection)
Remote control (wireless) ● (RMT-DSLR2 sold separately)
Headphone jack
Vertical position grip connection terminal
PC Remote
Voice
Microphone Built-in microphone: stereo, stereo microphone: XLR-K2M / ECM-XYST1M (sold separately)
Speaker Speaker: Mono
Print function
Corresponding standard Exif Print, Print Image Matching III, DPOF setting
Customization feature
Custom Key Settings
Shooting registration ● (body: 2 mode, memory card: 4 mode)
Lens correction
Lens correction Amount of ambient light, magnification chromatic aberration, distortion
Power
Use battery Rechargeable battery pack NP-FW50
The maximum number of still pictures When using Finder: about 270 sheets
LCD monitor use: About 350 sheets
(CIPA standard)
During the actual movie shooting * 8 * 9 When using Finder: about 60 minutes
the LCD monitor is used: about 65 minutes
(CIPA standard)
Continuous movie recording time * 8 * 10 When using Finder: about 100 minutes
the LCD monitor is used: about 100 minutes
Within the body charged
External power supply (AC adapter) AC adapter AC-PW20 (sold separately)
Mass
I include the “Memory Stick PRO Duo” with battery About 599g
Body only About 556g
Outline and dimensions
is not included mm protrusion About 126.9 (width) x 95.7 (height) x 59.7 (depth) mm
Operating temperature limit
Operating temperature limit 0-40 ° C
  • * 1 style selected by the optimal image processing (contrast / saturation / sharpness / WB, etc.) and will be set
  • * 2 ISO standard (ISO12232,2006) compliant
  • * 3 Eye-Fi card is approved for use only in is purchased country. Please use in accordance with national law to be used.
  • * 4 corresponding flash when mounted
  • * 5 It depends on the memory to the shooting conditions and memory cards used.
  • * 6 When the drive mode Continuous shooting (Hi)
  • * 7 accessory shoe correspondence of Sony accessories I can also be used.
  • * 8 time that can be taken in a row is about 29 minutes. (Limit by commodity specification)
  • * 9 shooting, zoom, photographing stand, indication of the shooting time when repeating the power ON / OFF.
  • * 10 continuous shooting limit (29 minutes) by the time the shot is completed, the recording time in the case of continued shooting by pressing the MOVIE button again. And will not be other operations, such as zoom.

The maximum number of still pictures / movie shooting remaining time

Still image
Memory card that was formatted on this unit
2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB
Image size: L 12M (aspect ratio 3: When 2)
Standard 280 560 1,100 2,250 4,600 9,200
Fine 195 395 800 1,600 3,200 6,400
Extra Fine 105 215 435 870 1,700 3,450
RAW + JPEG 54 105 215 435 870 1,750
RAW 74 145 295 600 1,200 2,400
  • The number of recordable pictures might be different depending on the shooting situation
Animation
Shooting mode
(during simultaneous recording OFF)
Memory card that was formatted on this unit
2 G B 4 G B 8 G B 16 G B 32 G B 64 G B
X A V CS 1920 × 1080
(60p, about 50 Mbps)
About 2 hours and 35 minutes
1920 × 1080
(30p, about 50 Mbps)
About 2 hours and 35 minutes
1920 × 1080
(24p, about 50 Mbps)
About 2 hours and 35 minutes
A V C H D 1920 × 1080
(60i, about 24 Mbps)
About 10 minutes About 20 minutes About 40 minutes About 1 hour 30 minutes About 3 hours About 6 hours
1920 × 1080
(60i, about 17 Mbps)
About 10 minutes About 30 minutes About 1 hour About two hours About 4 hours 5 minutes About 8 hours 15 minutes
1920 × 1080
(60p, about 28 Mbps)
About 9 minutes About 15 minutes About 35 minutes About 1 hour 15 minutes About 2 hours 30 minutes About 5 hours 5 minutes
1920 × 1080
(24p, about 24 Mbps)
About 10 minutes About 20 minutes About 40 minutes About 1 hour 30 minutes About 3 hours About 6 hours
1920 × 1080
(24p, about 17 Mbps)
About 10 minutes About 30 minutes About 1 hour About two hours About 4 hours About 8 hours
M P 4 1440 × 1080
(30 fps, about 12 Mbps)
About 20 minutes About 40 minutes About 1 hour 20 minutes About 2 hours and 45 minutes About 5 hours 30 minutes About 11 hours
640 × 480
(30 fps, about 3 Mbps)
About 1 hour 10 minutes About 2 hours 25 minutes About 4 hours 55 minutes About 10 hours About 20 hours About 40 hours
Shooting mode
(during simultaneous recording ON)
Memory card that was formatted on this unit
2 G B 4 G B 8 G B 16 G B 32 G B 64 G B
X A V CS 1920 × 1080
(60p, about 50 Mbps)
1920 × 1080
(30p, about 50 Mbps)
About 2 hours 25 minutes
1920 × 1080
(24p, about 50 Mbps)
About 2 hours 25 minutes
A V C H D 1920 × 1080
(60i, about 24 Mbps)
About 9 minutes About 15 minutes About 35 minutes About 1 hour 15 minutes About 2 hours and 35 minutes About 5 hours 15 minutes
1920 × 1080
(60i, about 17 Mbps)
About 10 minutes About 20 minutes About 50 minutes About 1 hour 40 minutes About 3 hours 25 minutes About 6 hours 55 minutes
1920 × 1080
(60p, about 28 Mbps)
1920 × 1080
(24p, about 24 Mbps)
About 9 minutes About 15 minutes About 35 minutes About 1 hour 15 minutes About 2 hours and 35 minutes About 5 hours 15 minutes
1920 × 1080
(24p, about 17 Mbps)
About 10 minutes About 20 minutes About 50 minutes About 1 hour 40 minutes About 3 hours 25 minutes About 6 hours 55 minutes
M P 4 1440 × 1080
(30 fps, about 12 Mbps)
640 × 480
(30 fps, about 3 Mbps)
  • Video Recommended media
    if the AVCHD and MP4 recording: Memory Stick PRO Duo (MARK2), Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Memory Stick XC-HG Duo, SD memory card / SDHC memory card / SDXC memory card (Class4 or more)
    the XAVC S record If you: SDXC Memory Card (Class10 more)
  • The above table, is the approximate maximum recording time of the sum of the video file
  • 1440 × 1080 12M of time that can be taken in a row is about 20 minutes (it is limited by file size 2GB)
  • Each number is an approximation. Times differ depending on the subject and shooting conditions
  • continuous shooting time of the video
    is to do continuous shooting in high-definition video and high-speed using the image sensor of the APS-C size it requires a lot of power. Inside the camera can continue to shoot continuously for that, the temperature of the image sensor in particular will rise. An increase in temperature making it the specification camera to turn off automatically because the load to the effects and camera inside of the image quality caused
  • time that can be taken in a row is about 29 minutes (it is limited by the commodity specification)
Digital SLR camera
α7 II
Seen in Sony Store(Sony store selling price)

 

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  1. dale says:

    Sounds interesting. I’m looking for a replacement for my Gh3. Do you know if it has the low light capabilities of the A7r or s?

  2. dale says:

    I can answer it myself…. No.

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