Sony A7S Hands-On Field Test 

Do you still use it ? What are the pros and cons if I want to buy it second-hand now ?

What do you shoot or used to… back then, if I may ask?

Tough choice. If its going to be a very fast paced sort of trip. I would go with the GH4. Smaller and more compact, plus the internal 4k if you are going to be doing video. If pace and price and how much you are carrying isn't an issue. I would go with the a7s. The GH4 is a wonderful camera for fast paced, plus 4k. However, if you are just wondering with pictures. a7s all day.

It's a very slight improvement for stills shooting. Nothing close to the A6000's AF performance. Video AF seems to be smoother and drift off subject less though. Jordan @ The Camera Store TV

Just saw the bottom gh4 used to film .cool . Stabilizer or gimbal ?

tsproduction2010 A Glidecam HD-2000 was used for the walk & talks. Levi has inspired me to start dragging the Glidecam out again, it looks really nice! Jordan @ The Camera Store TV

Yes it does .very nice work guys.pro work

There is no in-body stabilization with the Sony A7S. You will need to make sure that your Canon to NEX adapter will allow stabilization. If your lens is stabilized, turn that function on via the switch on the lens. The option for stabilization in the menu is for using Sony stabilized E-Mount lenses. Jordan @ TCSTV

This was mostly shot on the Zeiss FE 24-70 F4. The ND filter was a Genus Eclipse Fader. I have no idea what the glowing sculpture is called. Jordan @ The Camera Store TV

TheCameraStoreTV This comment relates to the last comment above recommending going with the A7R, as well. I was thinking of going with an A7 or A7R, and I'd like a quality fast constant aperture zoom lens that isn't that big. The Zeiss FE 24-70 F4 should fit the bill as good all around lens, but the max aperture of F4 seemed a bit conservative and I worry if it would hang well enough in low light situations, was kind of deterred from it, but I understand keeping it at F4 would allow it to remain compact for such a compact system.. if it were an F2.8, it would be significantly larger and if you wanted to keep things as compact as possible, that would seem like not the right route to go. With the A7S now, I was thinking maybe the extra light sensitivity of the A7S would make up for an other wise less than ideal F4 aperture working in low light conditions... enhancing the performance out of an F4 lens compared to it's larger MP A7 models. Perhaps, technically working as if you it were like a F2.8? I know, DOF is not the same and I'm not comparing that, just the ability to work with a "slower" lens in low light conditions and get cleaner shots and perhaps have better AF performances as well. But, from your experience with the A7S so far, I feel like it may perhaps not be as much of an advantage as I might have originally believed or was hoping.. the A7/A7R's are capable enough where you could probably work the RAW files enough to obtain the same results from an A7S, noise & DR wise?.. unless you work at really high ISO's, anything low to mid-high range the A7 & A7R's can do just as well as the A7S?

They can't... that's just it. Higher MP count on the same sensor means smaller pixels.. means worse low light performance. There is no "one size fits all" solution, at least not in the budget/pro-sumer camera range. I will say this.. notice how on the GH4 footage the blades of grass are not discrete? On the A7s you can clearly tell each blade apart but on the GH4 they blend together :)

We've tested the Sandisk Extreme Pro 64GB UHS-1, and Panasonic UHS-3. Nothing else seems to work for XAVC-S capture. The screwed up thing is, no lower capacity cards seem to work, regardless of write speed. This is an issue I'll take up with Sony before out final A7S review. Jordan @ TCSTV

TheCameraStoreTV Thank you very much for taking the time to respond and doing so that quick. I look forward to seeing the final A7s review and learning more about this camera. Thanks for everything!

It works brilliantly with Leica lenses and other M-Mount glass (Zeiss, Voigtlander) at 28mm and up. It does suffer when used with ultra-wide lenses, the corner falloff is very noticeable. With a 50mm Lux though, you'll get gorgeous images. Jordan @ TCSTV

TheCameraStoreTV Thanks a lot!

I actually prefer the image from the A7S to the FS700 when recording internally, the XAVC-S is much more robust for grading than the AVCHD in the FS700. However, the native sensitivity of 3200 ISO and lack of ND filters means you need to pack filters around for anything but the lowest light shoots. I'll look at this comparison in more detail when we do our follow-up A7S video. Jordan @ The Camera Store TV

TheCameraStoreTV Thanks for the reply and the review. I'll be waiting for the follow up review of this camera.