Sony announces A7S II system camera

Sony has announced a new mirrorless full-frame camera. The A7S II is, as the name implies, the successor to the A7S, but offers image stabilization over five axes and an improved autofocus system compared to that model. Sony mainly focuses on videographers with this camera.

The A7S II takes some of the features of the A7S and adds innovations that the A7R II brought, such as five-axis image stabilization and the ability to record 4K video internally. According to Sony, this happens without pixel binning in full-frame image format. In addition, the camera is able to shoot images at 120fps at 100Mbit/s, when using a uhs-i class 3 memory card, for 4x/5x slow motion playback in full HD.

The fact that Sony is increasingly focusing on the video filmer is also apparent from the functions for this group of users: support for the S-Gamut3.Cine color space and S-log3 log curve, a new Gamma Assist display and an improved Zebra function for showing overexposed areas.

Like the A7S, the camera has a 12.2-megapixel sensor, with a maximum light sensitivity of ISO 409,600. Compared to the predecessor, the autofocus system has been upgraded to 196 af-points. This would allow fast and accurate focusing even in low light. Finally, the electronic viewfinder with OLED display has been improved. This now offers 0.78x magnification and is equipped with a coating from Zeiss that should prevent annoying reflections. The A7S II should be available in November, with a suggested retail price of 3400 euros.