The KING Of Wildlife Photography - Sony A7RV + Focus Settings

Taking fast for a newbe

Im planing to buy this camera in about a year and if u can tell me which lenses i could buy with the camera (lenses must be from 18-100/200)

great video. what's you editing process?

Hi great Video. I decided to switch from (lossless M) to (Lossless s). In post the Lossless s images i could only get a Preview on the image, but not open it? That was in LightRoom & On1 Raw. Lossless M Have all been fine. Switching to Compressed Now. Anyone else have this problem? thanks 👍🏻

Thanks. I really enjoyed the video. Do you think this is better than the A1 for wildlife?

dude is wearing a hoodie and a beanie indoors

i've never had a problem with wildlife and sony a7riv and i'd imagine the same would be said about the sony a7rv. the only problems i've encountered are with the dreaded sigma 100-400 lens

It should be "the king of GOOD WEATHER wildlife photography" :)))

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I have had the camera week and love it. I didn't need it but I wanted it for megapixels. I stepped up from the A7iii which I have only had for a year. It is a huge upgrade and I love it. I see you have a video using the 1.4 teleconverter. Unfortunately I bought the 2x converter for the 3 and was disappointed with the focusing. Is there a chance you will be testing the 2x converter on the V? This video helped me a lot. I am a retired hobbyist so I had to research the back focus setting before changing it. I also would love to see more in depth videos on wildlife shooting. Thank you!

Great video Danny. It seems like you've been doing some homework trying to get the RV to work well with the 100-400. On my A7Riii phase detect AF stops working at or smaller than F8 (I can't remember which now), and will only focus for the first shot then the focus stays the same if you're doing a burst. Frustrating when using the 100-400 + 1.4TC.

Did you find out if PDAF stops working at any particular apertures, or noticed focus behaving weirdly at smaller apertures?

Your videos are getting me excited for when I pull the trigger in few months on the A7RV. Unless there's soon to be an A9iii released by then!

Very helpful video. I received my A7RV about 6 weeks ago and LOVE it! I actually sold my a1 with NO regrets! Tracking is amazing. Picture quality is amazing, For some reason, this is the 1st digital camera where I frequently use the crop mode. As you mention, even with Crop mode and a little additional cropping in post you end up with a very good image for the internet or a high quality 8x10 print.

I can't believe the ZV-E1 is getting this exact same ai autofocus.. bur with the mighty A7Siii sensor 🥵🤤

Frame rate is too slow for fast action. 10 fps vs 20 fps will likely cost you many money shots. Also, for wildlife, there is really no substitute for getting close.

Great content, I would love to see a long form content. Just you composing and shooting

Focus issues is what brought me here. I’ve been having issues with my A7R5 + Sigma 150-600 DG DN. Focus is slightly off. The sensor show focus in one area but you can tell it’s off. I’m hoping firmware update to lens fixes it

I really want the RV but haven’t decided yet. I’ve been using the a6400 with the 200-600mm and it works great for wildlife and flying aircraft.

I wonder if you tried comparing to the Sony A1? Personally I got frustrated with the A7Rv missing focus on flying birds, and returned for the A1 which is the real master for this task. Now watching this video I wonder if firmware update has corrected the problem. However, I am 100% happy with the A1, so have no regrets for my decision, except my wallet is lighter :)

Really wish I watched this video 4 hours ago PRIOR to my kids track meet. 🤣 I was getting so frustrated with not being able to get the full 10fps burst rate - I ended up switching my FX3 over to photos. I now realize it's because I was shooting Lossless RAW instead of compressed. I can definitely see a difference when pixel peeping between Uncompressed and Compressed - have you seen much of a difference between the two?

Ohhh only made it 36 seconds. Thumbs down end video.

Would love to see how it performs in video ☺️

Another great video Danny 👏
Thanks

AMAZING WORK

Getting old ....... yeah right - 61 MP is a beast and I think you are right with the content aware removal it gives Adobe more to work with - cracking shots

Very useful video. I’m getting more and more tempted by this camera. I currently have an A6600 and an A7II so this would be a significant upgrade. I already use the 100 - 400 with a 1.4 teleconverter and have enjoyed. 

The ability of the A7RV to either use APSC mode OR to crop after and still have a lot of info is getting the edge over the A7IV for me at the moment, although both look like fantastic cameras.

What else do you want to see from the A7Rv? Sport?! Let me know, I'll make it happen