Sony α7 IV

The camera features several advancements from its predecessor the Sony α7 III, also incorporating some pro features from the high-end Sony α1.

• 33 MP (approx. effective)^[2] full-frame BSI-CMOS sensor
• 759 phase detection autofocus points and 425 contrast detection autofocus points^[5]
• Continuous Eye-AF tracking for Human, Animal & Bird
• Improved UI layout^[6] (new menu structure) compared to its predecessor
• Closed mechanical shutter function when the camera is turned off^[7] (feature debuted in α1)
• Flip^[5] 3-inch LCD vari-angle touchscreen with 1.04 million dots^[6]
• 3.69-million-dot OLED Quad-VGA resolution 120 fps refresh rate EVF^[6], 1.6× resolution compared to α7 III^[1]
• 5-axis optical in-body image stabilisation with a 5.5 stops of shake reduction^[8]
• 10 fps continuous burst shooting (mechanical or electronic silent shutter)^[9] with compressed Raw, 6 fps with Uncompressed Raw^[7]
• Live stream through the USB Type-C connector in 4K^(15 fps) or FHD^(60 fps)
• Up to 4K 30p video recording with 7K oversampling available in full-frame mode, 4K 60p recording in Super 35mm mode^[10]
• 15-stop dynamic range^[11]
• Slow & Quick motion features up to 120 fps
• Battery life with NP-FZ100 is rated at approximately 580 images using LCD screen and approximately 520 images using EVF according to CIPA rating method^[11]
• Native ISO range is 100-51,200, extended ISO range is 50-204,800^[9][12]
• 10-bit HEIF^[13] image option (using .heic container)
• Weather sealed, magnesium alloy body
• No built-in flash^[14]
• Multi Interface (Mi Shoe) shoe with Sony's unique metal shoe
• Supports 4 different video file formats (XAVC HS 4K, XAVC S-I 4K, XAVC S 4K, XAVC S HD)^[15]
• Dual SD card slots,^[16][17] single CFExpress Type A slot (SLOT 1)

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Dual memory card slots of the right side of the Sony α7 IV, the camera supports the operation while both card slots are occupied, both card slots supports UHS-I and UHS-II class SD cards 1 CFexpress Type A & SD card slot 2 SD only slot

Independent testing by Gerald Undone using Imatest software and a Xyla color range chart demonstrates 12.8 stops of dynamic range, which is approximately 1/3 of a stop better than the Sony α7S III and approximately the same as the Sony α1^[18] It color matches fairly well with the α7S III and α1, with the α7S III leaning a bit green, the α1 a bit magenta, and this camera between the two (tested using DCS Labs -SW - CDM 28R - v15.2 A3 color chart) and with individual white balancing, the colors are very similar.^[18]

Camera is using in-house developed AVC Video Format called XAVC. The format is compressed format, achieving balanced quality and file size. Recording in color depth of 10 bits and 4:2:2 chroma subsampling is possible with Sony's XAVC codec.

• All Intra-frame system that compresses each frame individually to achieve best quality.
• When recording 4K movies in the XAVC HS format is an optional which is using a HEVC codec (H.265) and has high compression efficiency.
  • The camera can record movies with higher image quality than XAVC S movies but the same data volume.
• Camera can record in "Long GOP" codec (H.264) compression, which is compressing multiple frames to reduce file size.

PAL modes and NTSC modes have different recording frame rates and record settings.^{[15][16][17][19]}

Available Slow and Quick motion shooting modes in PAL and NTSC Mode:

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