Sony launches full-frame mirrorless Alpha 7R II in India and its compact RX100 IV,travel-zoom RX10 II

Sony launched three new cameras for the Indian market at an event in Mumbai today. All three cameras, namely, advanced RX100 IV compact, travel-zoom camera RX10 II and full-frame interchangeable lens mirrorless Alpha 7R II will be priced at Rs 69,990, Rs 94,990 and Rs 2,39,990, respectively, and they have already started selling in retail outlets.

Sony Alpha 7R II

This is the camera mirrorless interchangeable lens sporting a huge back 42.4MP full frame illuminated Exmor R CMOS sensor combines with BIONZ image processor X. The Alpha 7R II will replace the Alfa 7R and supports a native ISO range of 100-26500 which can be expanded to ISO 50-102 400 shooting still images. As is the case with most high-end cameras, the Alpha 7R II drops the optical low pass filter for sharpess added.

Alpha 7R II boasts of a fast hybrid AF mechanism with a maximum of 399 points AF phase detection, which covers about 45% of the surface of the sensor. This adds to the 25 points of contrast detect AF points. Apart from this, it comes with 5-axis image stabilization that compensates for movement along the vertical and horizontal planes yaw, pitch and roll movements.

On the video front, you can record videos in professional grade 4K Super 35mm format and full screen format. Come with professional features for video workflow and profile picture, Log2 Gamma and S-S-range, with 120fps high frame rate (HFR) mode video recording at 720p. Alpha 7R II will support all 63 Alpha mount lenses from Sony, including 12FE full frame lenses. All this will come to Rs 2,39,990 hefty price poin


Sony RX100 IV

The Sony RX100 series has been a hit with those looking to buy a compact camera with high image quality. The Sony RX100 IV will be an update to the RX100 III and is priced at Rs 69,990. The RX100 IV is very similar to the RX100 III at first glance. But inside, there are a lot of improvements. For starters, the camera sensor is a stacked ExmorRS 1.0 inch CMOS sensor that has a DRAM chip to cache data light coming from the catchment area of ​​pixels before they go to the BIONZ image processor X . The RX100 IV allows you to capture video at 960fps super slow camera and shoot at a maximum speed of 1 / 32000th of a second.

Like its predecessor, the RX100 IV features a pop-up flash unit in the center and an electronic viewfinder pop up on the left side. The RX100 IV lets you shoot a burst speed of 16fps. It has a 24-70mm (35mm equivalent) lens with a range that goes from the maximum aperture f / 1.8 to f / 2.8 which is the same as its predecessor. It has 2.35 million dots XGA OLED Tru-Finder (EVF).


Sony RX10 II

This also belongs to the CyberShot series and RX100 IV, but is aimed at those looking at a large zoom range. The RX10 II comes with the same stacked ExmorRS 1.0 inch CMOS sensor as the RX100 IV and this is combined with the BIONZ image processor X. Zeiss has a 24-200mm (35mm equivalent) lens with a maximum aperture of f / 2.8 throughout the range. Like the RX100 IV, the RX10 II also features an electronic viewfinder 2.35 million points.

The RX10 II will be selling at Rs 94 990.