Category: Sony A7RII

We have been testing the video capabilities of the new Sony, looking in particular at moire issues with the full frame sensor (which bins pixels when recording video). Recorded at 100 Mb/s to the internal card. We will post some additional material in sensor crop mode and also via external recording to a shogun. The moire is visible on the original recording, and was not created in post. Note also this video is mastered to 4K.

Second of a series of tests with the new Sony, looking at moire. In our previous test we showed the impact on full-frame recording in 4k (or UHD as it really is). In today’s test we looked at recording on the cropped setting, where no pixel-binning happens. This is our recommended setting for video with this camera, unless in extreme low light, as the moire is much less apparent. We also show some directly comparable full-frame footage, which again shows bad moire. These recordings were made with the out of the box settings, other than slowing the auto-focus to stop hunting. We also applied some colour correction. Our next test will be with an external recording device, but we think the noticeable moire on full-frame means the better video comes with crop. but then the field of view is reduced, suggesting that a wider lens is required for landscape and the like.

 

Further test with the Sony A7RII, on a bright but blustery day. Recorded and mastered in 4K.