Sony A7RII Review and Hands On Report

 
Sony's Industry Challenger

The Sony A7RII was announced in June and started shipping world-wide in early August, 2015. The product's highlights are likely well known by now, even though shipments have just started. But, at the risk of repetition, here are the main points again...
– 35 mm full-frame back-illuminated 42.4-Megapixel CMOS sensor
– magnesium alloy weather sealed body
– no AA filter
– sensor-based 5 axis image stabilization, which works with any attached lens
– 5 FPS in raw with focus tracking
– 399 phase detection AF points on-sensor covering 45% of the total image area
– 4K (UHD) video with full frame and Super 35mm modes
– 4K recording to internal SD card at 100Mbps in XAVC S
– S-Log video recording
– silent electronic shutter available
– very large, fast refresh and high-resolution OLED EVF
– articulated rear LCD
It's hard to know where to start when describing the overall appeal of the A7RII. The specs speak for themselves, and I will dive down into many of them...