Sony’s A7S II successor will have a crazy high resolution 9.44 million pixel EVF
Jul 3, 2020
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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According to Sony Alpha Rumors, who say they “got a proof”, the Sony A7S III (or whatever the A7S II successor will be called) is expected to have an insane high resolution 9.44 million pixel electronic viewfinder. This makes it the highest EVF in a mirrorless camera by a pretty wide margin.
Even the upcoming Canon EOS R5 is expected to have “only” a 5-million pixel EVF and other than Panasonic and Sony’s own A7R IV, most full-frame mirrorless cameras around today sit somewhere around 3.7 million pixels or less when it comes to their EVFs.
Here’s a comparison of how some of the current model full-frame mirrorless cameras stack up.
- Sony A7S III – Expected 9.11 million pixels
- Panasonic S1 – 5.76 million pixels
- Panasonic S1R – 5.76 million pixels
- Panasonic S1H – 5.76 million pixels
- Sony A7R IV – 5.76 million pixels
- Canon EOS R5 – Expected ~5 million pixels
- Canon EOS R6 – Expected ~5 million pixels
- Canon EOS R – 3.69 million pixels
- Nikon Z6 – 3.69 million pixels
- Nikon Z7 – 3.69 million pixels
- Sony A9 II – 3.69 million pixels
- Canon EOS RP – 2.36 million pixels
- Sony A7 III – 2.36 million pixels
- Sony A7S II – 2.36 million pixels
- Sigma fp – No EVF, but it has an addon to turn the 2.1 million pixel LCD into one.
9.11 million pixels would be a big step up, even from the 5.76 million pixel Panasonic’s and Sony A7R IV. And compared to the 2.36 million pixel found in the A7S II, there would just be no comparison at all.
The fact that the EVF is so high resolution suggests that this might not just be the solely video-focused camera that many expect. After all, who uses the EVF when shooting video? As well as being popular for video, though, the A7S II was also something of a low-light king for regular photography back when it was released, too. Perhaps Sony’s looking to reclaim that title for stills. It certainly would explain why they’re putting such a high-resolution EVF in there.
The Sony A7S II successor is expected to be announced at some point this summer.
[via Sony Alpha Rumors]
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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15 responses to “Sony’s A7S II successor will have a crazy high resolution 9.44 million pixel EVF”
And the more battery the EVF will drain. If Sony didn’t already had battery issues… I know, they have beefed the battery in their latest camera models, but if they continue like this, they’ll need a car battery to keep the camera alive.
Michael Estwik less battery drain than previous gen. This evf was annonced a year ago
Gregoire Labadens the higher resolution a screen has, the more power it drains. That’s true for smartphones and I don’t think an EVF differs.
Michael Estwik believe it or not….
Michael Estwik you do realize the newer sony cameras have just as good of battery as dslr right?
Christopher R Field yeah, I know. I wrote that.
Fully touch screen manual?
It’s Sony, you’ll get everything you wish for except that.
And a fully articulating screen.
Actually the rumor says dots, not pixels. It makes a difference.
Considering the size, is this really necessary?
Yet, still no mirror… :-D
Guido Van Damme where exactly you feel the need of a mirror in a milc?
they need to – what’s good image creation if your looking at distortion as reference