Talk:Sony α7

MSRP?

Does anyone think adding the Manufactures Suggested Retail Price (at time of release) to the matrix adds value? Clearly the prices vary depending upon where you buy it and from who you buy it, so I suggest the MSRP, not necessarily the street price. Please comment. Paul.wehland (talk) 07:47, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DxO Mark Sensor Overall Score

The following statement in your article needs correction... "DxOMark crowned the A7r as the highest full frame image quality by a mirrorless camera with the score of 95 and behind only with Nikon D800,[7]... "

There is a problem with grammar... "and behind only with" The a7R had a score of 95. The D800 had a score of 95. The D800E, which it appears you are trying to refer to, had a score of 86.

It should be added that the one point difference is well within their error of measurement and has no meaning full significance, hence the statement in the title of the DxOMark article "Highest ever full-frame image quality?"

The DxO Mark Sensor Overall Score consists of: Color Depth for Portrait, Dynamic Range for Landscape, and Low-light ISO for Sport, so even 2 cameras got same Sensor Overall Score, ones is better than the other. But correction has been made for more easy reading. Thank you.Gsarwa (talk) 06:47, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Flash shoe?

Do the A7x have the Multi Interface Shoe or something else? None of the articles on the A7 cameras mentions the hot shoe.--89.13.131.196 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 17:34, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The A7x have got a flash shoe, of course; AFAIK it is Sony’s Multi Interface Shoe (cf. [1], the section “Komp. mit externen Blitzgeräten” mentions the “Multi Interface-Zubehörschuh”). Hope that helps, --Aristeas (talk) 08:28, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Split the pages for each camera

The A7II and A7RII has been announced... I think it's time to split the A7 pages. Keeping all of them on the same page doesn't really make sense. Teemome (talk) 04:11, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I strongly disagree with your bold moves of a number of Sony camera articles recently. While Sony's camera naming conventions aren't exactly intuitive, there are basically two names we can choose from:

Either we use the official names such as Sony α6000, Sony α7, Sony α7R, Sony α7S, Sony α7 II, Sony α7R II, etc., or we use the official model codes Sony ILCE-6000, Sony ILCE-7, Sony ILCE-7R, Sony ILCE-7S, Sony ILCE-7M2, Sony ILCE-7RM2, etc. As they are all part of the α family it would also possible to combine both to Sony α ILCE-6000, Sony α ILCE-7, Sony α ILCE-7R, Sony α ILCE-7S, Sony α ILCE-7M2, Sony α ILCE-7RM2, etc.

There is no "A" in the names of these E-mount cameras at all. The "A" is part of the name of A-mount cameras (such as the α900 (DSLR-A900), α99V (SLT-A99V) or α77 II (ILCA-77M2)). Using it for E-mount cameras indicates that Sony's naming scheme wasn't understood, it is incorrect. Even if some people can't be bothered to spell names correctly, we should not place articles under misspellings (but we might create redirects from such misspelling to the correct names in order to "catch" corresponding search box input as well).

I strongly advise against using names such as "Sony A7" for articles, not only because these names are incorrect, but also because they may conflict with future A-mount camera names (some are already conflictive with existing Minolta camera names). Also, any Sony product with model codes following the "Sony abc-de" scheme might be abbreviated to "Sony de" as well, making it very likely for the abbreviated names that naming conflicts exist or will exist with other Sony products. Sony's cameras make up just a tiny fraction of their product range; they have manufactured ten-thousands of products already, and there have been many naming conflicts among abbreviated names already in the past. Only the unabbreviated model codes will remain unambiguous long-term (this is a scheme Sony has consistenty maintained for more than three decades already).

So, it will be impossible to maintain a naming scheme with names like "Sony A7" long-term in Wikipedia. Instead of creating a mess and a tremendeous amount of extra work in the future, we should simply avoid such names right from the start.

--Matthiaspaul (talk) 18:50, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm inclined to agree that we should go by name ( Sony α7), with redirects from alternative titles. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 23:34, 7 November 2015 (UTC).[reply]

Combine cells in Model Differences table?

Should we combine cells if it's the same features for two or more side-to-side cameras? For example, the a7R II and a7S II share several features such as the metering sensitivity and continuous Eye-AF. Should we combine the cells (like it is done for the in-body stabilization)?.

Thanks, Tristan — Preceding unsigned comment added by TristanRobitaille (talk • contribs) 14:57, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

chart color coding?

The orange and green coloring on the chart seems to be subjective, and there is no legend. Orange seems to mean 'bad' and green seems to mean 'good' - but again, it's apparently subjective. For example, cameras with an expanded ISO range of 50 = 25,600 are 'orange/bad', and those with an ISO range of 100 - 102400 are 'green/good'. But, then there is one with a range of 50 - 102,400 that is 'neutral/white', even though it has a higher ISO. But, also, is seems to suggest that a more sensitive ISO is better - which is completely subjective. In my opinion, a lower ISO (e.g. ISO 50) is better/more useful than a higher ISO. If the coloring was up to me, I'd color all the '50's green, and anything that couldn't do 50 would be white/orange.

My point is, by what criteria are we marking cameras green/orange? And is it a subjective criteria? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pconwell (talk • contribs) 15:24, 4 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Sony α7

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Sony α7's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "dpreview.com":

From Hasselblad: "Hasselblad announces 100MP H6D-100c capable of 4K, H6D-50c 50MP option". dpreview.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
From List of Sony Cyber-shot cameras: Sony DSC-T100/T20 digital camera specifications Digital Photography Review
From Micro Four Thirds system: "Olympus 45mm and 17mm F1.2 Pro lenses emphasize bokeh quality". dpreview.com.
From Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicdmcgh1/

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 14:37, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]