Sony A7R IV ( A7R4 ) - First Impressions Bird Photography with the Sony 100-400mm Lens
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Sony A7R IV ( A7R4 ) - First Impressions Bird Photography with the Sony 100-400mm Lens
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Mark, you've made me very excited for the A7RIV!! I LOVED those Turnstone photos. Incredible detail 😍
I think we have to keep in mind that Mark is an incredibly talented and highly experienced BIF photographer who knows how to choose times and areas when birds highly populate the scenes he is shooting. As such, he generously shares his techniques for success. (BIF photography is NOT EASY, I don't care what anybody says) - I like that he explained how he was shooting in short bursts of 5-6 frames at a time in order to keep the BIF framed. This is Mark helping others understand his technique with the A7RIV - a very important detail. Important to know the equipment's strengths and limitations and to work within those parameters. As always, it's entertaining to listen to Mark's take on equipment and shooting circumstances. Thanks, Mark.
I love watching your subscriber count continue to climb and there’s a good reason for that too. Well done Mark!
Your passion for wildlife makes your videos enthralling. Absolutely stunning images but the narration makes them so much better
Stunning detail. Resolution and color saturation are the best I have ever seen on a full format sensor. Photos look like they were taken by a large format (8X10) camera.
Most of your videos are entertaining while all of them are good and informative. You are amongst my favorites to follow for bird photography.
You have answered my question with this video: The a7RIV with the 100-400 GM is a killer combo. No need for me to consider the a9 any longer, especially with the ergonomics upgrade of the a7R4 body. Thanks for another great video!
Did you get the a7r4? I have the 100-400 with a7r3. Have you got 200-600? Any regrets for not getting a92?
Took mine out for the first time today with an 85mm and I’m in love. Quite amazing pics.
The detail on the snaps is simply mind blowing! I didn’t even need my reading glasses to view the details on the snaps churned out by this monster camera. Sony is literally crushing the game right now!!
What a real pleasure to watch someone actually take photos with the camera and show what it can do. Rather than just standing waffling on about the specs.😊
Really nice review, Mark. you've captured well the resolution advantages and autofocus capability of this amazing camera. I'm loving my A7R4!
MARK- I just got my D500 today (November 27- 2019)It's all because of you Mark! You on your videos have praised the D500 over the years! I photograph birds and High School sports. Randy B.
Nice work! The a7RIV is amazing so far...
To be honest I’m not really into wildlife photography, but your enthusiasm and video content keep me hooked on your videos! Keep up the good work!
Wow, amazing shots with the camera/lens combo!
Wow those photos are 🖼 ART
Spectacular Images. Love the hi res Detail. Thx
Best photography channel Mark. Such a treat to see a new post!!
Jim
Homed in to what we all want to know. You are so down-to-earth and forget-the-other-stuff. Thanks so much.
Once again some stunning images, but it dose show that the cameras may be great but the person behind it is in control. Just love your work and style. Thank you.
Got mine a few days ago. Totally in love with the pictures coming out of this camera.
AS always awesome photography and a really great video!
You Are a Joy and Absolute Pleasure with all of Resourcefulness to more Photographers than you can Imagine.... A Longtime Student and Professional Photographer.... Thank You for your Excellence....
Once again some incredible images
Wow that detail is amazing ! Great captures as usual 👍👌😀🍿
Thanks Mark for the video, just getting into bird photography myself.
Great video and a Brilliant selection of Photos Mark. My favourite of the a7r iv videos to date. 👍🏻
Another great video Mark!
Fabulous Mark + fabulous camera = incredible images!
Some youtubers struggled shooting birds with this camera ;-) Your skills are outstanding.
Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Great. Thanks Mark. Terrific osprey over moon vid.
Excellent review and images as always Mark, thanks for sharing 👍
As always, lovely images!
Hugely impressed by your narration
Well done Mark, beautiful video as always
Another great video with entertainment and education. Thanks
You create beautiful work, Mark!
Great review! I really enjoyed it! Thanks so much
Your videos are very entertaining. You do a great job of voice over integrating in with the always super video and still shots.
These IQ shots mama mia🔥🔥🔥📷👌
Great video. You are the master of sharp, detailed images.
Thank you sir for this video. I love your videos very much. And the camera is really a beast. Never seen those details of osprey or even the chuckle of pelican. Really awesome.
Another brilliant video.
Mark again another awesome video glad you went for a real life test than just blah blah about the specs. For those of us either trying to go with something lighter this the video to watch. Awesome photos of the Ospreys and well narrated as always. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful footage and your commentary is great ..as usual!! 😉👍
You are the man Mark.
What a fabulous Camera.
Awsome video from you again!
Good to hear about the auto focus performing so well even in low contrast situations. I look forward to seeing a comparison with the 200-600mm on the camera, and some stress testing of the a6600 too! It was great to see lots of wonderful shots of the Osprey to start my day. Keep them coming! The winter migrants have started to arrive in India. I hope to see one this Sunday.
I love your video man. I'll going to purchase the A7RIV by next year.
Nice pics awesome work
I enjoy you photography very much very entertaining. Thank you.
How do you recommend configuring the a7r4 for bird photography (including BIF)?
Even the fish 🐠
Enjoying last movements in the clouds.
You rock Mark. Greetings from Costa Rica
The resolution is so good!
mark smith wonderful video of sony a7r4, iam a nikon shooter for the past 35 years from film days to digital, now iam thinking of switching to over to sony A9 and A7r4 for mirrorless system.thanks for your advice and good info
i love these pictures. I recently purchased a sony a6400 that i will try when we go to New Symrna beach
Great photography as always Mark! That Sony A7R4 looks like a really nice compact & ergonomic camera. Thanks for the brief look............. :)
Thank you Mark. This is the video we have been waiting and hoping for. I, Bill, shoot with the Nikon D850. Deb shoots with a Canon 7D
Mark II but has been wanting a full frame camera. I, Bill, have been asking her to wait until we see your input on this Sony A7R4 hoping you
would test it. Now that it has happened we will most likely add Sony to our camera gear. Oh, almost forgot, we were a little surprised to hear your comments about the Sony 200-600mm lens compared to the Sony 100-400 lens. We thought sure the new 200-600 would have been superior but life is full of surprises, isn't it ?? Thank you again. Bill & Deb
Just wow! I do wonder, though, how many people will be disappointed, because they just don't have your level of skill and so won't get such stunning results!
Wonderful!!
Mark, Great work as usual and so so much better then the You Tubers that talk the talk but simply can't walk the walk. I'm still waiting for my A7R4, but really appreciate the case you make for the higher pixel count and the easy crop feature on this body. I am a wildlife shooter and especially for flyers, we are always cropping. Being able to crop in so much and the image hold up is a real luxury. I think this makes the case for A9 vs A7R4 an easier call. You have both bodies so you know the difference and I know how darn good you are with the D850. Pixels count! Thanks for sharing your amazing images and storytelling that really brings everything to life. Keep them coming. You are in a class by yourself and your readers love you for good reason. Geez those Osprey shots are incredible. It is so hard to do and you make it look sooooo easy. You got skills man!!!
Totally agree , too many RUclipsrs who are barely photographers reviewing gear and making bad recommendations. Even putting down gear they haven't tested for more than a few hours! I too am sick of it...I look for real working pros who actually field test gear and compare their scenarios to my shooting styles to get an idea if said gear might work. Once you find a tool that works though, move on! It's not all about the tools...build skill too!
The detail in those images is insane. What are your favorite AF settings for birds in flight with this camera?
Awesome video, my first time to watch you, your passion for what you do is really eveident, so is the quality of your images. Subscibed and thanks for creating this, have a great day :)
Excellent review!
You are a great photographer and a story teller.
Thanks
Also wanted to say, Mark, that you are one of the few reviewers who has pointed out that the colors coming from the A7RIV are much improved. I noticed that also and...whoo-hoo! Great improvement!
I really wish one day that I could be able to use such impressive looking equipment and be in the right location . I always love to see your images and video footage Mark. These images really were something else , even on the TV via the video you could see all the details. I can only imagine how wonderful these look when printed out :D Thanks for sharing :D Teddy
Great Video as always..
Wow the photos are fantastic .the a7r4 looks an amazing camera .can't wait to get back to the inlet next may
Can't wait till you get it on the 200-600mm just as I thought this camera would be fantastic great job as always👍👌👏👏
Mark, we share a love of the Osprey. From my first shot of an Osprey hitting the water in the Potomac river and coming up with a nice size fish I was hooked. I had a cheaper camera (Nikon-D5300) and was actually shooting at the time in Auto Mode, but the shot hooked me and started my obsession with shooting Raptors, and birding in general. I was lucky enough to witness and shoot another series of shots with a diving Osprey landing into the turbulent waters below Great Falls Virginia and coming up with a large fish he couldn't fly with because it was so large. He just held on and drug it down the river through the current and made shore to eat his catch. I bought a better camera Nikon D-500, and a long lens Sigma 60-600. I am learning and enjoying my new found birding photography and your videos are a great help. Thanks...
Completely agree with everything that was said here. Got mine on release date and was completely happy with everything about the camera. Way better than the A7r III
Amazing as always. Love your storytelling. Can’t get enough of it. Pls may I ask which AF mode and other settings you used for the Osprey at around 6:09?
Thanks for a very informative video. Particularly wonderful to include such amazing shots of one of my favourite birds. If you can add a bit of detail about which AF options you use that would be very helpful.
Saw you guest with Steve, Owling in the Tetons. So I subscribed to take a look. This video was AWESOME! That close up of the Egret was stunning!!!
Great video and commentary.
Mark, are you going to publish your settings for BIF with the A7RIV?
Whats about the FPS of this camera is it possible to shoot 61MP at 10FPS with continues af tracking of the object?
💚🦅Stocked !
Hi Mark
Hopefully you can do a setup guide on the A7R4 I used your a9 one to get me in the ball park with this camera ,you explain things very well .
Great work
Rob.
First time watching your video. You got a new sub and a talkative commenter brother. Keep up the good work! I enjoyed your commentary.
Received my A7RIV recently ... and it's simply an incredible camera. I used a 24-70 f/2.8 GM to test it. The amount of detail in 61 MP images is utterly stunning. As good as the A7RIII is, the A7RIV bests it, easily, and the ergonomic advances made upgrading worthwhile to me. The programmable buttons are still there (outstanding feature).
That said, it still has a terribly outdated menu system. Yep, it has the "My Menu" option which helps quite a bit, but no fully functional LCD screen in 2019? The Wi-Fi function is horrible. No other way to describe it. I spent nearly two hours trying to get the camera to send a photo to my iPhone X, and eventually gave up. Use an SD card reader - trust me.
Don't get me wrong, I love this camera, it's a "keeper". But for a camera this great to be saddled with this operational firmware is just terrible.
Many of the A7RIV's issues could be solved with a firmware update. Hope springs eternal it happens. A couple lines of code to permit Small RAW (20MP) and Medium RAW (40MP) image capture would be welcome.
You should have Imaging Edge Mobile on your phone.
Boss YOUR the best
Hey Mark, just found your channel and I'm loving your work with the beautiful Ospreys. One of my favorite features of the Osprey is after they leave the water and pause the climb out for a water shake-off stunt. I wonder if that can be captured and what it might look like.
Thanks Mark, you are the best. loving my A7RIV and 200-600mm lens. Don't have the 100-400mm. Cheers.
you are the best
Thanks for the review Mark 👍 would love to see what you got with 200-600 on it..
Great video Mark as always. I have the A9 and 200-600mm but am tempted to go for the A7R4 also. I still have my Canon primes 500 f4 MKII and 300 f2.8 MKII , have you tried these with MC-11 and Sony A7R4? They work good with my A9 ...
Hi Mark. Another great video. Thanks. If you had to choose A9 or A7R4 and could only have one, which would it be? I love my A9 for bird photography because of the frame rate, but I wonder whether sacrificing 20fps is worth the 61mp.
Marks shows that the 10fps works well, If you are into high level sports photograpy then you will need the 20fps...
It seems Mark is not big on answering questions, even if he say so in the video.
@@L.V-Rider Funny, I was just noticing that while scrolling through all the questions.
Great Video, thanks. I did have to laugh at your poor lighting conditions in Florida. Here in in the Pacific NW in Seattle, the would be a fairly decent morning.
Thanks Mark. I just ordered my new body. I switched to Sony a few years ago but kept using my Nikon D810 for bird photography until the a7RIII arrived. I am happy to see the lock button on the exposure compensation as this is high on my list of complaints with the 2 and 3. I am looking forward to seeing more of your work with this new camera.
Awesome video and what an amazing camera that A7R4 seems to be, wow.
One does wonder how or perhaps even why an A9II could/would top this one, it seems to me that a Sports Photographer could do very well with this camera, it clearly does the job with wildlife.
Nice 🤩
Great blog as always. Have they fixed the lag when waking up the camera. My concern with the previous models was the I-2 sec delay before the camera can shoot from standby
I NEED IT!!!!
Mark, Congrats! Another fantastic video and some solid feedback on one of Sony's latest offerings. I'm sure a lot of photographers were waiting to get your take on the Sony's 200-600, its performance with the A9 and the A7R4. If a photographer was considering purchasing the Sony 200-600mm zoom, would you recommend teaming the A9 with it over the A7R4 or do you think the slight difference in your results might be the quirk of an individual piece of gear?
Bruce Graner I was wondering the same. Makes me think the focus could be just enough better on the A9 to provide better results with the 200-600.
my A7Riv and 200-600 work flawless. the 100-400GM does focus slightly faster though. ive only had it about 3 days now but its amazing
@@Tylermehigan Probably just the difference imposed by the maximum apertures of the two lenses. The slower zoom (no matter how well built) would likely make it harder for any camera to autofocus with the longer and slower zoom mounted. It's my understanding the A9 is probably the better low-light camera and
I was just wondering if that low-light capability might make it the better choice for the 200-600 Sony. I think
the 200-600 zoom will be a game changer for Sony.
@@brucegraner5901 lookup the 100400gm internals It has dual SSM autofocus motors vs only one slower motor in the 200600G. That's the difference
@@njrtech I love my 100-400 w/ 1.4x and will upg fm 7SRM3 to 7R4
Thanks for putting together this video. I follow your setup for a9 and use it as a basic template for the 7RIV. I am wondering how you set up a custom button for going from full to crop mode? Did you setup a Custom Button to Toggle between the two and if so which button did you sacrifice from the a9. Thanks again.
David
Thanks Mark for another great video! - after the A6600 release I had pretty much given up hope on a high end crop sensor from Sony. I have the A7RIII and have the C1 set up to toggle between full frame and crop mode - works well. Really happy to hear the AF performance is that good - I was expecting the A7R IV to be essential same AF level as the A6400 - which to me means 8 frames/sec to reduce lag, but it sounds like it is better than that camera. The detail in the pic of the Osprey at 4:40 (the weathering on the beak was what I was drawn to) is impressive. Glad to hear it's a keeper. Did you have any rolling shutter with silent mode?
Brilliant video. Helped me make up my mind whether to go for the R4 over the R3. Was concerned the autofocus tracking for wildlife wasn't good enough so was thinking of replacing my broken R2 with an R3 and picking up a used A73 for wildlife. Those Osprey shots are truly awesome - especially the burst sequence.
Question. What's the autofocus like with the 200-600mm? You mention in your video the 100-400mm works better. Can you explain why?
Hi Mark. Love your work. Do you plan to add a video on how to setup this amazing camera for bird photography as you did with the D500 and D850?
Thank you a lot for all your advice.
Yes!