Is the SONY A7Rii worth it in 2023? My review after 4 years.

I share with you my thoughts about the A7Rii from Sony. What I feel are its greatest weakness and strengths are, as well as what I love about it, and what I wish it did better.

Is the SONY A7Rii worth it in 2021? My review after 4 years.

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[tolok]

Out of about 10 reviews I’ve seen this is by far the most profound and grounded one. Very good and felt job. Thank you!❤

[suzesiviter]

If you just do landscapes and portraits, this is the only camera you will need for years, just have a couple of spare batteries.

[koolfatkiid]

Quality video, while watching I assumed this was a bigger channel, very professional and well spoken

[BasicDripGuy]

I love how realist this guy is. 8:13 more people need to follow this review style with EVERYTHING they do. thanks man

[karim]

Great video, adressing all your cons as a A7r2 user since two years:
- The noise is a non issue. ISO 6400 is my personal limit too, but: You will always have the 42MP in good and bad lighting, and they are fanstastic for noise reduction because of all the detail/MP. Above 6400, you can first denoise then resize the RAWs to 24MP and they will outperform the A7, to 12MP and outperform the A7s.
- True. Tip: When shooting video, and you have a static scene, consider going into crop mode because it downsamples 5K readout to 4K.
- I love!! the fact that the battery is small. I usually travel with two batteries for a day (and you should) but I only have to lift less weigth with my hands at any time. i don't "carry" unnecessary weigth with my arms. That's why I prefer it over the R3.

The rest is something I fully agree with. But keep in mind you are getting a 42MP, 4K capable backlit 5 axis stabilized Full-Frame sensor for under 1k. A no brainer

[therationalbutangrywhitedu]

As someone who runs a buy back service for Cameras and Smartphones I love how detailed you are to the pros and cons and why. I hope your channel expands. Well done man.

[MitchFlint]

Danced with a lot of cameras & keep circling back to my A7RII. Good insights, Malcolm. Thanks!

[winstonpx]

This video is incredibly well-made for someone whose channel is this new. It's nicely composed, not biased, straight-to-the-point, and was just overall very informative and interesting. I have subscribed and turned on all post notifications because as long as you keep up this video grind, you're destined to become a huge channel. Great job, keep it up.

[princearthur]

Excelent presentation! I own the A7IV, A7II and the A7RII, which I love with passion!

[bhengetko]

i just got mine last week used for 900 with 2900 shutter count

[slhibbs]

4 years on and i'm still using mine

[channelreviews]

Fair review with spot on observations. Battery life is my biggest complaint, but luckily I have not used more than 2 batteries during my travels. I purchased this camera about 6 months ago for $1300 and the fact that you can still buy it new tells you that it is very capable camera after all these years.

[JKFLASH]

I just brought one for photos… wanted a high MP camera! 📷 excited to use it

[Diamondranchfarmstead]

Great review. I just bought the a7rii brand new on Amazon. I have the a9ii for my fast moving objects, I have my a7iii for video and my a7rii for my landscape and storm chasing photography.
Paired with the 16-35 GM and 24-70 GM lenses. Thinking on picking up a prime or the Sony telephoto lens. The a7rii is definitely still a great camera.

[robertlawson]

bought mine 3 years ago, its so sharp and clear that i take longer editing imperfections..

[Beatsy]

Nicely done. A7rii is showing it's age for UI, speed and features, but the sensor is still up with the top dogs for IQ at similar resolution. Like you, I'll be keeping and using mine for a long time yet (despite having newer models). Worth noting that It's really good for all sorts of micro and macro togging too. And as a platform for playing with adapted legacy (or weird) glass. Etc...

[johnrbruestle]

Only recommendation is a body cap to protect from dust. But great video and so happy I bought mine for the same reasons!

[ZntHLrD]

Thanks for the info, I think I will buy one of these :)

[charmerci]

Great video about this camera which I bought a couple of months ago. With high ISO shots, go the first photo menu (6) and set it to High ISO NR.

[smalltalk.productions]

Relevant to me. Thanks for the effort and sharing. Thumbs up. 👍🏻