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Hi, I'm Dustin Abbott and I'm here today to give you my quick review of the new Sony A7R Mark 5 Full Frame Mirrorless Camera
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Like the a7R IV, it retains the 61 megapixel full frame BSI CMOS sensor that remains at the resolution peak for full frame cameras
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It also retains the limits of a 10 frame per second continuous shooting, but what has radically changed is the amount of buffer depth available
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Where previously you could fill the buffer in about 68 raw shots, you can now shoot up to nearly 600 raw shots, making this a much more flexible camera
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Add to that the improved AF tracking that now has the AI learning that allows it to track a variety of subjects with much more intelligence than before
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And you have a camera that is suited to a wide variety of photography pursuits
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The amount of phase detect AF points has improved from 567 to 693
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Also interesting is that when in APS-C mode, which is a 26 megapixel resolution, you now have a total of 567 phase detect points available, rather than the 325 that were available on the A7R Mark IV
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Byproduct is that this is a camera that focuses very well, whether in full frame or in APS-C mode
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There's also a newer imaging processor that helps with the AI learning for superior tracking, and you can now track subjects like humans, animals, birds, insects, cars, trains, and airplanes
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Also improved is the in image stabilization which was rated up to 5 stops on the A7R Mark IV but is now rated up to 8 stops which is an incredible improvement
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I found that in real world use that that embodiment stabilization is definitely improved and improved not only with shorter focal lengths but also when I put longer focal lengths up to 200mm on there that had no lens stabilization that I was able to still get very steady shots either for stills or for video
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It also has Sony's active mode when in video that allows you to get some improvement to stability when hand-holding video action shots
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However, it's not going to replace a motorized gimbal for smooth shots when stepping
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You can see a little bit of jerkiness as I step through some snow to try to get these shots
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There has long been a debate over tilting screens versus the fully articulating screens, and Sony has solved that debate by giving you both
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This screen can be tilted like Sony screens before, but it can also be fully articulated for either side use or for front monitoring
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It's a really unique approach to solving this problem and gives photographers and videographers the best of both worlds
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Unlike the a7R IV, we now have a fully functional touchscreen that allows you to do everything, including navigating menus by touch
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Also improved is the viewfinder, which goes from 5.7 million dots on the A7R4 up to a whopping 9.44 million dots
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making this the highest resolution in the class and up with the Sony Alpha 1 in terms of performance
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Also improved is the viewfinder magnification which moves from 0 times to 0 times The resolution of the LCD screen is also improved It a little bit larger 3 inches versus 3 inches but it has also grown in resolution to 2 million dots instead of the 1 million dot resolution found on the A7R Mark IV
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The ergonomics are highly similar to that of the A7 Mark IV with a similar button placement and similar ports
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with the exception that we now have a full-size HDMI port, which will be very welcome by those that do video work
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The card slots have also been upgraded to now accept CFexpress Type A cards along with UHS-II rated SD cards
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giving you more flexibility in the high bit rates associated with both those buffer depth
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but also with video capture. On the video front, we now have the ability to record up to 8K 24p or 4K 60p
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which is a definite improvement over what we saw on the A7R Mark IV
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I found in real world use that while we have a similar sensor, there have been some improvements that have come
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Namely, we have a slight bit more dynamic range. I was able to successfully realize four stops of shadow recovery with almost no penalty and five stops with a minor amount of penalty
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I was also able to recover up to about three stops with very little penalty of highlight recovery, which is a little bit better than what I typically see
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According to Photons to Photos, we have a very slight improvement over the a7R Mark IV, but already this was one of the best dynamic range performances out there
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If you're shooting in video and shooting S-Log3, Sony claims that you can get over 14
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stops of dynamic range here. I also found that while there are some limiting factors that come with such high resolution
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when you do high ISO settings I also found that I could get up to ISO 12800 with relatively little penalty And what was interesting to me is that when I shot in MRAW I basically alleviated almost all
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of the penalties that I could see with less noise, less color discoloration, anything like that
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And so that certainly is a new option that the a7R IV did not have, that if you're in a high ISO
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setting, you can shoot at a lower resolution level, even shooting raw, and achieve a much
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cleaner end result. Sony also claims to have improved auto white balance, and I did find that to be the case
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The AI learning helps to detect, particularly when it comes to skin tones, and there is
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an improved performance in mixed lighting to where I saw more consistent skin tones
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also with people of various ethnicities. So some definite progress in the right direction
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At the end of the day, the A7R Mark V is a camera that is basically improved on almost every level over its predecessor
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It's not just that there are new technologies here, but I find a maturation of existing technologies to where they just work a little bit better here
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There's a lot to praise and little to criticize. And when I tried to come up with just a few words to describe the A7R Mark V, they were words like complete and mature
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And I believe that this is one of the more complete and mature cameras that you can find on the market right now
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If you want more information, you can check out my definitive video review that will break down everything in detail
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Or you can look in the description below and find linkage to my full text review
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Also to an image gallery there as well. There are buying links there and also linkage to follow myself or Craig on social media
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