Sony launches full-frame Alpha 7 and Alpha 7R mirrorless Cameras

Sony's new cameras Alpha 7 and Alpha 7R are of different resolutions up to its full format sensors almost identical. Sony Alpha 7 model is a full frame sensor camera, with WiFi and NFC. Sony's new mirrorless system cameras Alpha 7 and Alpha 7R are almost identical - except for one important feature.

Both have a 35 mm full-frame CMOS sensor with an area of 35.8 x23.9 millimeters. While the alpha picks up 7 photos up to 24.3 megapixels, the 7R alpha can take up to 36.4 megapixels. With new technology, it will illuminate the sensor surface and can do it optimally so that the minimal gaps between the individual pixels disappear. The light sensitivity of this camera range is from ISO 100-25600.

Both cameras have an electronic viewfinder with 2.3 megapixels and field of view coverage of 100 percent. Her three -inch screens with a resolution of 0.9 megapixels are movable about 90 degrees upward and 45 degrees downward. The housing is dust - and splash -proof. The body of the Alpha R7 is also completely made of magnesium, while in the alpha 7 additionally plastic is used.

With battery and memory card both weigh less than 500 grams. The facilities of Alpha 7 and Alpha 7R are the new Bionz X image processor which processes, high-resolution photos and full-HD videos easily in real time. For other option like fast auto focus and others more facilities are provided in the control panels provide.

The two cameras system transfers the photos via WLAN and NFC to the inserted memory cards or SD cards to Smartphones, tablets, TVs and computers. According to the Sony; compact mirror less full-frame cameras require matching compact, lightweight and robust lenses.

Therefore, the manufacturer along with the Alpha 7 and Alpha 7R trying to make available five new full-frame lenses - including premium models from Carl Zeiss. The five new E-mount lenses for full frame cameras appear between November 2013 and February 2014. The suggested retail price for the Sony Alpha 7 is 1,499 Euros, for the Alpha 7R it is 2,099 Euros. Additionally it comes with a kit with the full-frame lens SEL - 2870 for 1,799 Euros in the market. You may soon expect these cameras in the market.