The size of mirrorless cameras has trended ever larger as the early focus on (mostly) smaller sensors and compact lenses has shifted to high resolution full frame sensors and professional grade lenses designed to match (or exceed) what was available for DSLRs in the past. Some of us don’t mind this trend, as we are more interested in getting quality images, but others feel disenfranchised by this trend. They want smaller and lighter. If that is you, then good news! Sony has released their newest full frame mirrorless camera – the Sony a7C – a compact full frame model that manages to (just about about) fit a fully featured full frame sensor with IBIS into a body roughly the size the a6xxx series.

This meant moving to more of a rangefinder body style and squaring off the top of the camera (it is nearly 25mm shorter) but while moving away from Sony’s typical tilt screen to a (finally) vari-angle LCD screen that can even be rotated out to the side and face forward for monitoring from the front. The Sony A7C’s spec list most similarly resembles the similarly priced Sony a7III, but there is some give and take between the two cameras. Above all, though, Sony is marketing this camera to photographers and content creators who want to keep things small and light…which includes the new FE 28-60mm f/4-5.6 retractable kit zoom lens.

Basic Feature List

- 24.2MP Full-Frame Exmor R BSI CMOS Sensor
- BIONZ X Image Processor
- UHD 4K30p Video with HLG/HDR and S-Log3/2
- 15 Stops of Dynamic Range
- 5-Axis In-Body Image Stabilization
- Vari-Angle Touchscreen LCD
- Smallest Full-Frame Camera with IBIS to Date
- 10 FPS burst rate
- 693 phase-detection and 425 contrast-detection points

Watch for my full written review along with video reviews coming soon. In the meantime, enjoy the photos below!

Photos of the Sony a7C

Images Taken with the Sony a7C and FE 28-60mm Kit Lens

Images taken with the Sony a7C (random lenses)

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