. . . and it’s almost out.

Figuring the a7rV sensor couldn’t do any worse at middle ISO speeds than the a7cII, I added one to the arsenal a week or so ago. This was in spite of not liking the sensor in the a7rIV and a subsection thereof in the a6700.

Although the tiniest of fine details are rendered crisply in non-nature shots, the smears I get with foliage and critters remind me of an a3500, one of Sony’s first DSLRs many years ago. Even an ISO400 shot, below, has fuzzy edges and noise where the details should be.

On top of it, its strongest point, superb autofocus, screwed up multiple times today even when it gave confirmation. The tiny a7cII misses occasionally but has at least been consistent.

The a7rV will get another try, next in FF mode, before I decide whether to ditch it. And I’ll also shoot the 70-200mm with the 1.4X just to make sure the 2X isn’t the problem on the demanding sensor. If it flunks even one of the tests, it’ll be history soon.

So, it ends up getting more than three strikes before it’s out. Why am I so generous? Could have something to do with how many strikes I have from making poor choices. Yeah, a lot more than three . . .

a7rV/70-200mm GM II/2X . . .