Sony Announces the Super Compact Whole-Body Alpha 7C Digital camera

Sony launched the A7SIII previously this summer time, but the company’s digicam division has much more in retail outlet this yr. Currently Sony announced its smallest and most compact full-frame mirrorless digital camera still: the Alpha 7C.

Built as a extra transportable substitute to mirrorless rivals like the Nikon Z6, Panasonic S5, Canon EOS R, and Sony’s personal electronic total-body cameras, the $1,800 A7C (entire body only) combines the measurement of Sony’s APS-C a600 digital camera line with the bigger graphic good quality of the A7III line.

Weighing 17.9 ounces and measuring 5 x 2.88 x 2.38 inches (not such as a lens), the A7C is fundamentally the similar dimensions as the a6600 and virtually 20% scaled-down than an A7III, although nevertheless sporting a 24.2-MP sensor, 5-axis image stabilization, and super speedy autofocus procedure (with Eye AF) discovered in the A7C’s larger and far more high priced siblings.

Sony also features that the A7C sports activities up to 15 stops of dynamic array, light sensitivity that tops out at ISO 204,800, and guidance for a ton of substantial-conclusion video clip recording formats such as 4K/30Fps utilizing S-Log3. You also get assist for total High definition gradual-mo recording at up to 240 fps.

On prime of that, to go along with its extra vacation-pleasant character, the A7C attributes a 3-inch vari-angle touchscreen in again that can be flipped 180 degrees so you can nonetheless see the display when you’re filming from in front, vlog-fashion. The A7C also features a developed-in 2.3-million dot OLED EVF, apart from that as an alternative of being centered in the center of the digital camera like on greater A7 cams, it’s positioned off to the left like a selection-finder to help improve compactness.

The A7C will come with a couple other tweaks, like assistance for USB-C charging and improved battery life that lasts up to 740 photographs for every demand. Unfortunately, one detail the A7C doesn’t have is Sony’s redesigned and up to date menu program which debuted on the A7SIII.

Sony did not halt there, simply because in addition to the A7C, Sony is also saying a new lightweight lens and flash to ensure size-conscious photographers can produce the most light-weight and moveable whole-body digital camera package all over.

The new FE-28-60mm f/4-5.6 lens weighs just 5.8 ounces and features a retractable layout that tends to make it even far more compact when not in use, although even now offering Sony’s standard dust and water resistance. In the meantime, the new $250 HVL-F28RM was established to be Sony’s smallest and most compact (discover a topic listed here?) velocity mild that even now features wi-fi radio control for use both of those on digital camera and as a remote flash.

For me, although it is a bit of a bummer that the A7C doesn’t have Sony’s new menu process, placing the very same sensor and graphic quality of additional high priced A7 cams into an even scaled-down and a lot less highly-priced body appears to be like a profitable method, in particular when so lots of legacy cameras like Canon and Nikon are nonetheless attempting to participate in capture-up in the full-body mirrorless group. That said, we’ll have to wait around until eventually we can consider some true sample photographs to see how it compares to other sub-$2,000 full-body mirrorless cams.

The Sony Alpha 7C is slated to be accessible later this fall in the two silver and black for $1,800 (physique only) or for $2,100 as section of a package bundled with the new 28-60mm lens.