Sony A7Cii Review | The Best Everyday Camera?

The Sony A7Cii has become my favourite everyday camera. The Sony A7Cii for photography is great. The Raw photos, autofocus and stabilisation are all top-notch! But is the Sony A7Cii good for video? Yes, I'll dive into the Sony A7cii's video performance later on in this video but the 4k looks great, even at 60fps when it's cropped!

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My Current Camera Gear -

[TBills]

I have the Sony A7CII, I have had it for a month now and I love it so far. I am an automotive photographer and I have shot some amazing things on this camera so far. I am using the Sigma 24-70 F2.8. I am excited to get more lenses and shoot more with the A7cii

[Zara_Beth]

would you recommend the A7Cii for video and photo capabilities? i currently have a canon for photo and then the ZV-1 for video (but alas, no interchangeable lenses)

i’m wanting to upgrade and possibly sell my canon for something that has much better video capabilities - but i would like to keep photography capabilities too where possible

the zv-e1 looks like a great option, but i worry about losing photo quality & viewfinder etc!

summary:
AC7ii, ZV-E1..or A7vi??

[BogdanGrigore]

How can you say it doesn’t have all the cutting edge features? It is fullframe, it has the latest and the fastest autofocus, it has the crop mode, it has one of the best IBIS, it has 33 mp, it has 4k. What can you wish for more?

[tsizzle]

What is faster, moving the focus point with a joystick or half press shutter and recompose?

[SimonFan]

I brought this camera last month and absolutely love it! Definitely my fave camera so far

[briandoyal]

Turn on touchpad (relative position) AF…works great in the absence of the joystick when using the EVF.

[relaxsounds]

I dont miss the joystick, i configure de real time tracking to the shutter button, focus and recompose. And configure the "recall custom hold" option with wide and continuos focus to "af on" because eye focus on af on dont focus if there arent a eye. Also configure the focus point separately on vertical and horizontal.

[shittytownguides]

Honestly it’s hard to justify at until the second hand market prices drop a little. You can buy an A7IV for less than an A7C II on the used market right now, and I held both in my hand and the A7C II isn’t much smaller, it’s really just a little less tall because of the lack of the big EVF. I believe it’s an overall better value for money if looking second hand (got mine for 1, 900 in perfect shape)

It’s a great camera though for sure! Not taking away from that.

[Bo_Hazem]

For the aesthetics, check out Smallrig's silver arca swiss plat that looks gorgeous with A7CII and A7CR with silver tops.

[wiriadinata]

4:21 just touch the screen where you want to focus

[howardhdavidson]

We know, no joystick, no 2 card slots, not the largest grip, Small EVF, yet you like the small size of the camera .Don’t understand why they all make the same obvious observations that we’ve heard so many times before.

[prof_jesus]

Bought mine with the Sigma 50mm f2 contemporary.

Incredible fit!

[pw]

Hi there when using a7cii for video 4k60 goes into a crop mode do we lose any video quality? Thanks

[MyGroo]

But hang on, regarding the missing joystick, on my A7iii I can configure the screen to act as Touch Screen+Pad, and even configure which part of the screen should act as a pad. When I hold my eye on the viewfinder, the screen acts like a touch pad and can be used to move the focus point around. No clue about A7CII, but I'd be surprised if they disabled this feature if it was present in a7iii?

[anthonystonehouse]

The viewfinder switches over from the rear screen almost instantly when I put my eye to it, at least under 1 second, on my a7cr. You must have something misconfigured?

[PatrickSchraner]

What lenses do you usually take on trips if you want to keep your gear light with the A7 CII?

[darrenchen]

I sold my a7rv for this camera and I couldn’t be happier.

[robbycastillo]

I have the A7CII with the Sigma 35mm and 20mm DG DN contemporary lenses. Perfect combos in my opinion

[neegraphynm]

Today I’m going to buy this please tell me about this combo ?

[juanluis]

You can use the screen ...touch it to move the focus point, as in fuji or olympus.