As you can see, pretty much any ISO you need will work well for reasonably sized web or print images. Sony A7S II and Nikon NOCT-NIKKOR 58mm f/1.2. Go to the Gear icon and go to Menu 6, scroll down and select Custom Key Settings, 3. Auto ISO is primitive, allowing setting the minimum and maximum ISOs but no ability to define the slowest shutter speed. Two of the most important accessories you can pick up for your new Sony a7rII are an L-Bracket and a Wireless Remote. On your camera monitor, tap the subject you want to track. For my A7II, I use small tracking mode. Better, with a Canon adapter you can use a real man's lens like the Canon 50mm f/1 for great results in starlight. Press the MENU button. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. To see images play-back right after you shoot them, set this in Gear Menu 2. Otherwise, all the actual shooting controls are a few clicks away hidden behind buttons and menus— just like the cheapest Canon SL1 or Nikon D3300. Individual Face registration is hidden in the Gear 5 menu; I don't bother with that. Set these at Function Menu Set and Custom Key settings on the Gear 6 Menu page. It uses the Sony E-Mount (a.k.a. Palm, 01 February 2017. This a great suggestion, and have forwarded it to my clients with the A7II. bigger. When there is sufficient light it focuses fast and precise. Why are the features hidden and undocumented? It's sharp, bright and colorful, and it's always the right brightness day or night. Top Sample Images Intro Lenses & Adapters Specifications USA Version Performance Compared Usage Recommendations More Sony A7 Mk II (21.4 oz./605g with battery and card, $898) and 85mm f/1.4 GM. Wide: horizontal 12,416 x 1,856 (23 MP), vertical 5,536 x 2,160 (12 MP). Manual focus works much better once you assign the focus magnifier to one of the programmable buttons, otherwise the magnifier comes and goes as it likes. Creative Style: Standard — SETTING AUTOFOCUS — Press Fn. Buy only from the approved sources I use myself for the best prices, service, return policies and selection. It has two dials, and the rest is all pushbuttons — and a lot of fiddling in menus. And for some stupid reason the camera won't let you zoom into an image while it's in AF-Continuous mode. Insane, right? If you already own Nikon, Canon or LEICA lenses, the best results are had shooting them on their own bodies. Once you’ve set it, you may still not be happy with the procedure. © Ken Rockwell. All rights reserved. Sony is preparing a special treat for photographers using a A7II FE-mount mirrorless camera. Single modes will put focus exactly where you have placed your focus point in your viewfinder. If it weren’t for difficulty of programming without any manufacturer support (and the limited number of lenses), I might switch. (605.0g) with battery and card, actual measured. I have no idea. You can even change the focus spot size by rotating the control dial. Sony a7 (left) vs Sony a7ii (right) Auto Focus. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon, or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay (see How to Win at eBay). The biggest help is when you use any of these links when you get anything. It's easy to knock the power switch on or off by accident; it has no lock and it's right where it's easy to hit. Sony A7II, 70-200mm f/4 G OSS at 200mm at f/4 at 1/250 at Auto ISO 125. Thanks, Jim. (Do this once for every new project to ensure sufficient storage space) — SETTING CREATIVE STYLE — Go to Menu tab1 screen12. Yes, ISO 50 is sharper than ISO 100 as you will see. While the A7II is smaller and lighter than most DSLRs, its full frame lenses are just as heavy, or heavier. Sony's official "ILCE-7M2" model number is printed on the certification sticker on the bottom. So you must change focus modes within the camera. We have filter more than … Depending on your camera, it might be under the Camera and 3rd page or in the Sony A7iii, it’s now under the first Camera and 5th page. Set your camera to shooting mode. This works by default; there's no need for any prerelease modes for autonomy or other vibration-sensitive shooting. ● Any lens of just about any brand can be adapted in some way to work. Amazing dynamic range. It's as slow as Nikon's D1H of fifteen years ago; forget the A7 II for sports. Press the shutter to take a photo or press the movie button to record a movie. If you mount an APS-C lens, it automatically uses only the central APS-C section of the full-frame sensor. Its more casual "α7 II" designation is on the front. Sony A7 Mk II (21.4 oz./605g with battery and card, $898) and 85mm f/1.4 GM. In this case, attempting to move the focus point (the rectangle you see in the viewfinder or LCD that tells you where your camera is focusing) with the Control Wheel (the way it works with both Nikon and Canon) was bringing up the Display, ISO and the Drive Modes. June 2019   Sony   Lenses   Zeiss   Nikon   Canon   Fuji   LEICA   All Reviews. Canon has been making cameras since the 1930s, while Sony seems to use the same guys who designed VCRs back in the day; remember the blinking clocks showing "12:00" that no one could set? Gallery As this page is copyrighted and formally registered, it is unlawful to make copies, especially in the form of printouts for personal use. Even with an electronic shutter there are no ultra high speeds to allow shooting very fast lenses in broad daylight wide-open, like the Fuji X-T10's 1/32,000 shutter. ● The superb magic crop button of the Sony A99 is gone. Face recognition works great in all focus modes, but only if you turn it on in the Camera 6 menu! ● No auto brightness control for the rear LCD (but great auto brightness control for the electronic finder). I prefer the 0.5 second option: just enough to see what you got but not long enough to slow you down. The biggest negatives are a limited selection of native lenses (adapted manual focus lenses aren't a good idea if you care about image quality or convenience, but definitely fun for hobbyists), and Sony's user interface is too sloppy to handle well under pressure for news or sports, but hey, use the right lenses designed to take full advantage of this mount, and it's awesome. Rated 350 still shots or about an hour of video shooting. USA versions are marked "UC2" above the UPC bar codes: USA versions also include this piece of paper which specifically mentions the USA and has Sony's USA phone number in your unsealed box: If you do something stupid like buy from a source that is not an approved source, you may get a gray market version, which has no warranty in the USA and will lack this code on the box or the warranty card. Everything works very quickly and very well. For mirrorless, the Fujis are way ahead with their dedicated dials and levers for actual photography settings like ISO, shutter and aperture — all sorely lacking on this Sony. The Canon 50mm f/1 doesn't cost much more than the NOCT-NIKKOR 58mm f/1.2, and it's decades ahead in speed and performance. The trunk is round; not everything is in focus. These cookies do not store any personal information. It charges via USB. (Adapting Nikon or Canon lenses to this Sony loses significant performance; a lens always works best on its own brand of camera.). Sony A7II, Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GM at 50mm at f/8 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 100. bigger or camera-original © file. (It resurfaced in the Canon 5DSR as an option for its M-Fn button.). Format SD CARD. Set the DMF focus mode to allow manual focus override with autofocus. Disclaimer: I prefer to use manual focus and I haven’t used AF that much. I hope this clarifies how to set this up. At 70mm, I almost always get perfect results at 1/15, and 80% of my shots are perfect at 1/8. The Sony a7II is the company’s fourth full-frame interchangeable lens mirrorless camera and spec-for-spec it’s arguably the most technologically advanced camera I have ever used.The a7II is notable as the first full-frame mirrorless camera to feature an in-body image stabilization system. Click any for the camera-original © files to explore on your computer; mobile devices rarely show the full resolution files properly. There is no included stand-alone charger as there is with the A7S II and A7R II. I like and use the totally silent shutter of the other cameras, but it's not a deal-breaker. While you can adapt any lens to the A7S II, they won't work as well as native Sony or Zeiss FE lenses, or Alpha or MAXXUM lenses with the LA-EA4 adapter. Nice is that there's a 1/2 second auto review option. The A7 III gains a significant update to its autofocus because it features a very similar … To make this faster, turn off the A7 Mk II II, move the mode dial, and turn it back on. Set the DMF focus mode with the Fn button to allow manual focus override during autofocus. ● In-camera sensor-shift stabilization, claims 4.5 stops improvement. This tells the camera you want to move the focus point. Just as the rest of the A7 series, A7II uses the same Bionz X processor and the same 24 MP sensor. Easy: plug into USB with the camera turned OFF and it charges. The Nikon NOCT sells for what it does because collectors pay that much, while collectors haven't discovered the Canon 50mm f/1 which still sells for the same price it has for the past 25 years. In the first section of this tab, you will find “Quality”. Forget to press the Down Button first, you end up seeing the Display, ISO and Drive Modes again. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon, or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay (see How to Win at eBay). I support my growing family through this website, as crazy as it might seem. A Down Button menu will pop up with a lot of options, 7. Personally I prefer to be able to set my minimum shutter speeds in Auto ISO, so this for me is a good reason to consider the other cameras — but at twice the price and either too much resolution and slow speeds or too little resolution, I'll stick with this A7 Mk II. The only gotcha is that the dioptrometic adjustment optics can lead to some astigmatism (lowered sharpness). Set Mode Dial to video mode. — FORMATTING SD CARD — Insert the SD Card. This is easy for me to see, as I rarely focus on yellow objects (but red tones are more common in my landscapes). As it gets darker the camera focuses slower. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. I realized that when the camera doesn't "find" an eye it just doesn't focus or even try if you are in Eye-AF mode, so I can easily switch back to the normal focus. Press the Menu button on the top left of the camera. Some years ago this wasn't the case; higher ISOs on older cameras would look quite different from lower ISOs even at small print sizes. But for the moment I’m sticking with my Nikons. The LCD flips vertically, but not very far, and it doesn't swing left or right. No worries, use the superb EVF in daylight. While images at high ISOs look great at reasonable print sizes, the differences are much more obvious at the high magnification shown below; we lose details and subtle textures at higher ISOs. The Continuous AF mode (AF-C) also works great for tracking motion. Set the Focus Area to Lock-on AF. Fireplace bricks inside the grille disappear first on the left then the right, and the dust on grill vanishes. I rarely have to stack my photos in post processing. Bracketing: It includes up to 5-shot bracketing, available in both Continuous and Single Bracketing modes So if I am working with a 50mm lens and the camera would use a shutter speed of 1/80s, I switch to S-mode and Auto ISO and set the shutter speed to 1/100s . To move your focus point someplace other than the center of your viewfinder, first you gotta press the Down Button of the Control Wheel to move Focus Setting (to normal people that just means the Focus Point). ● There's no auto brightness control so the LCD isn't bright enough to see in direct sunlight unless you manually set it brighter. Now the Focus Settings have been assigned to the Down Button, Got that? ● Only 1/8,000 maximum shutter speed. Auto White Balance is typically great under most light. At 24 MP, this A7 Mk II offers the optimum resolution (24MP is more than enough for anything and it also offers very high ISOs and fast shooting speed), and the A7 Mk II costs about half of the other two cameras. Ah, but there is a way to make use of the Control Wheel for the focus point! However, there are some improvements that start in the form of the 5-axis sensor-based image stabilization and improved Auto Focus performance. 29 May 2019, September 2017, 01 March 2017. Ken. If you've gotten your gear through one of my links or helped otherwise, you're family. These are 600 x 450 pixel crops from the original images. Half a second is all I need; the usual 2 second options of other cameras slows down my shooting. If you use the older EF 50mm f/1.8 II on the Canon 6D, it weighs less than the Sony combination! Home ● The shutter only moves at the ends of exposures. Each system is limited by its lenses, and Canon and Nikon have a much larger selection of better lenses than we can get for this Sony. The A7 Mk II works with all the lenses made by Sony, Zeiss and others for Sony's mirrorless E-Mount. The finder display of exposure compensation doesn't call more attention to itself when set away from zero. Especially if you're comparing full-frame DSLRs at the same price point, Nikons and Canons are way ahead both for handling and real-world image quality. While it has slower handling than a DSLR and not my choice for serious work (it only has one card slot for instance), as a fun hobby camera, it's awesome. The movie button is very well placed, it's out of the way of getting hit by accident. Move the rear lever to AF/MF and then the little button inside that lever becomes a focus lock button by default. ● In-finder 2-axis level works great for keeping horizons and vertical lines as they should be. The A7 Mk II II locks-up for a few critical seconds when you move the memory setting dial. Cards are not properly formatted. Ideally use a decent Canon EOS to NEX adapter and you'll get full autofocus, auto exposure, EXIF data and diaphragm operation with every Canon lens made since 1987. Face recognition works great, but only if you turn it on in the Camera 6 menu. If the camera is focusing in front of the subject it is front focusing. NP-FW50 Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery (same as A7S II and A7R II). It ticks almost all my boxes – except for the image quality of the video mode. Sony A7II, Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GM at 24mm at f/2.8 at 1/160 at Auto ISO 100. bigger or camera-original © file. Search It automatically resets itself to use only the APS-C section of its sensor if you mount an APS-C lens. The a7ii is noticeably faster than the a7 but still not among the fastest cameras on the market. Canon 6D + EF 50mm f/1.8 STM = 760g + 159g = 919g. Go to Menu tab5 screen5. I buy only from these approved sources. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Memory Stick: PRO Duo, PRO-HG Duo, XC-HG Duo. We choose the top most quality product, which comes with amazing features you’ve never heard before. Arrgh! There is no diagonal scroll; it only goes left/right or up/down at any one time. If you find this To do this, hit the Menu button and navigate to the camera settings (camera icon). Based around an updated 24.2-megapixel back-illuminated full-frame sensor, the A7 III punches well above its weight with a rich feature including a 693 phase-detect autofocus system, 10 frames per second, internal 4k video, and silent operation. The Sony A7II camera will reportedly get this capability through a firmware update. Thanks! I wish my DSLRs did that! Its perfect resolution, great high ISO performance and great handling makes this A7 II Sony's best buy in full-frame cameras. Click any for the same camera-original © files as above to explore on your computer (mobile devices rarely show the full resolution files properly): For instance, I get usually great results with the unstabilzed Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GM. The electronic viewfinder (EVF) is excellent. The Lens Comp. ● Facial recognition works well, but only after you find it and turn it on (CAMERA 6 menu). Unlike a DSLR, it always takes a moment to turn on or to wake up. NEX), which with its shallow 18mm flange focal distance allows better lens designs than DSLRs do — the same advantage rangefinder cameras have, as well as allowing just about any lens to mount with an adapter. High ISO performance is superb, and ISO 50 is even sharper than ISO 100. If the camera is focusing behind the subject it is back focusing. Here’s a stumbling block I came across yesterday with a student: moving the focus point of the Sony A7 II. ● No completely silent shutter mode; you need the A7S II or A7R II for that. It draws 450mA while charging, tapering down to 100 mA when the charge light turns off. Down button as Eye-AF. If you're getting short battery life, try different settings. It uses a lot of power, typical for mirrorless cameras. Granite, 02 February 2017. It's so smart that it will magically zoom into faces as you turn the focus ring! But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. They will vary in size to fit your browser window; if they are about 6" (15cm) wide on your screen, the complete image would print at 40 x 60" (1 x 1.5 meters) at this same high magnification. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. While an iPhone does swept panoramas more gracefully, you also can do these on the A7 II. ● Two memory recalls on the top mode dial. Different modes, like continuous AF, use more power than others. The first choice to make is how the camera is going to focus. It's crummy menu system always has me off in some corner trying to set something that always seems easier in my Nikons and Canons. Use the Spot AF Area and make sure the subject is in the center. When on, it's often always burning and tends not to go to sleep, so turn it off between shots. The card door works great on the side of the camera, away from the battery door on the bottom. Life shouldn’t be so hard. 1. Use the tiny APS-C PZ 16-50mm OSS or Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 and the A72 acts like a great 10 MP APS-C camera. It's hard to see the camera's tiny charge LED hidden near the USB socket inside a cover. Autofocus. With a 50mm or 55mm f/1.8 lens, some full frame DSLRs like the Canon 6D actually weigh the same or less. Drive Mode Shutter Speed Focus Mode Focus Area See P.35 for setting steps See P.23 for setting steps See P.33 for setting steps See P.33 for setting steps or faster 1/500 sec. This procedure applies to photo modes only. Nasim Mansurov on his Photography Life blog, Time to Create a 2021 Copyright Preset for Lightroom. Autofocus is great: it's fast and accurate. ● Only runs 5 FPS, not great for sports or action; get the Canon 7D Mk II which runs twice as fast. option in Gear Menu 6 lets us set the camera to correct many lens flaws automatically as we shoot. To move the focus point on a Sony a7II, find the menu button, and press it. (599g) with battery and card. I would recommend that the focus area function is programmed to one of the custom keys – The A7 has 4 such keys. Shooting photos with old manual glass works fantastic – Canon FD 50mm f1.4, 1600 ISO Summary. Manual brightness only, also a manual "Sunny" mode. New It stays in focus because the finder focus wheel is where it's not likely to get knocked. bigger. This sounds complex, but it actually works faster since it doesn't lock up when turned on in a new mode. Sony Alpha A7II is the fourth member of Sony’s A7-series line-up and the follow up of the original A7. 2.4 Priority in AFS/C = AF (be in focus) 2.5 e-Front Curtain Shutter = On. For instance, everything I shoot on 31 January 2017 is in a folder DCIM / 10070131. It was nearly impossible. I got mine at B&H. Buying gray market is always taking a chance compared to getting a legal USA version. Hence, to summarize, the Sony A7II is an amazing camera. This all-content, junk-free website's biggest source of support is when you use those or any of these links to approved sources when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live. Its only lever is a clever one around the AF/MF and AEL button: the lever selects that button's function. USB also can power the camera indefinitely. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Meter range LV -1 to +20 with an f/2 lens. The challenge was trying to interpret the vague descriptions in a thin user manual. For instance, the Canon 6D and EF 50mm f/1.8 STM weighs the same as the A7 II and Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8. DSLRs work much faster and easier. Manual focus mode (MF) works much better once you assign the focus magnifier to one of the programmable buttons, otherwise the magnifier comes and goes as it likes. Then you can press the up, down, left and right buttons of the Control Wheel to move the Focus Point. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. Abandoned Funeral Home at Night, 03 February 2017. The Custom Key Setting should say “Focus Settings.”. Once you've set the camera as you like it, go to MENU > Camera 9 > Memory and save the current settings to the memory address of your liking. It doesn't warn clearly if exposure compensation is set, so it's easy to overlook until you start wondering why all your pictures malexposed and discover that exposure compensation is still set from the day before! bigger. A number of popups will appear, move to menu six in the camera gear icon, go down, and choose custom key settings. I got mine at B&H. Books and pretty much undocumented. In photo mode, it keeps the in-focus object in focus as continuous focus tracking; does it do the same in video mode? Now look through your viewfinder or LCD to take a photo. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Turn on the camera and, if connected to a computer, it changes to mass storage mode and looks like an external drive. In my case I have the back focus button to do the focusing and use the lever to switch between Eye-AF and normal AF (with Face Detection if I'm shooting portraits). Sony Focus Modes. Set Focus Mode to Continuous AF (AF-C). 2. This native mode is no match compared to Sigma's MC-11 adapter with Sigma lenses. If you wish to make a printout for personal use, you are granted one-time permission only if you PayPal me $5.00 per printout or part thereof. They are marked NO NAME instead of SONYA7II. This option can be a little hard to find. Set Display Rotation in the PLAY 1 menu to AUTO so the images rotate on playback, just like an iPhone. Ryan checks his photos of Katie, Sasha, Toby and Ryan, January 2017. ● Excellent electronic finder: always big, bright, sharp and wonderful in any light. 24 MP full-frame 23.9 x 35.8mm CMOS sensor. The A7 II isn't for sports. You need the A7S II or A7R II if you want to set this yourself. Standard: horizontal 8,192 x 1,856 (15 MP), vertical 3,872 x 2,160 (8 MP). This doesn't matter today, but you'll thank me in 2020 when you're trying to buy or sell one of these second hand. Bravo! The latest update of Adobe Lightroom (5.7.1 from mid December) now supports the Sony A7II RAW files. Set the drive mode of the camera to Single Shooting. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. The A7 Mark II looks great at just about any ISO; use whatever ISO you need to get a sharp picture. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. The A7 II shoots and autofocuses very quickly. Links The A7 II can be set to crop the full-frame down to APS-C, and either of these 1.5:1 formats may also be set to a 16:9 crop. So long as you get yours from an authorized source, you'll get a legitimate USA version with a warranty from Sony USA. *Yes I meant "I never use AF-S" not AF-C lol my bad. I'd also get it at Adorama, at Amazon, or at Crutchfield. Canon 5DS R + EF 50mm f/1.8 STM = 956 + 159g = 1,115g. The Sony A7 II is a great camera. 1 and 2 are recalled by selecting them on the top dial, while M1 M2 M4 and M4 are only recallable via the menu system (MENU > Camera 9 > Memory Recall, or some other preset possibly). 21.338 oz. The A7S II and A7R II are the same camera, with a few small newer features, and either less resolution (12 MP and adding some extra stupid-high ISOs in the A7S II), or crazy-high resolution, at the cost of overall speed of handling (A7R II, 42 MP). This allows quick access to this important setting to change between Wide, Zone, Flexible Spot, or Flexible Spot Lock focus modes. Reviews The Sony is much more fidgety than a DSLR. Hot shoe, which is also a Sony "Multi Interface" Shoe. You need the A7S II or A7R II if you want to set this yourself. Are you looking for best flash for sony a7ii, we’ve consulted top experts who has in-and-out knowledge about the flash for sony a7ii. As ISO climbs, we lose grain in the wood, the sparkles in the black wood grain, and everything gets softer. Most of the time I use AF-S (single) with flexible small spot because I never trust the camera in Zone modes. But, the Sony 16-35 and Zeiss 85 don't have a manual/auto focus switch on the lens. Focus Mode: AF-A, which is a combination of AF-S and AF-C modes, works pretty well for most situations on the A7R II. How-To In the Custom Key Settings go to Menu 2, 4. have had to take, feel free to help me continue helping everyone. I couldn't care less about 4K video; it's just another Japanese conspiracy to sell more cameras and TVs. Donate It's 95% of the A7S II and A7R II for 50% of the price — and it weighs less and has the most optimum resolution; 24MP is perfect for full-frame. When it sees a face, the little green boxes become big green boxes over each face. Gear List: Sony a7ii, Sony 24-70mm… These places always have the best prices and service, which is why I've used them since before this website existed. Gary also shares how to setup back-button focusing and how to enable the power Eye-Auto Focus feature. Making strides in the video arena, the a7S II Mirrorless Digital Camera from Sony offers an impressive blend of sensitivity, dynamic range, resolution, and speed to benefit a versatile multimedia workflow. Therefore there isn't always a weight advantage. Tous droits réservés. Workshops In this video, Gary shows how you can optimize your Sony camera for Portrait Photography then how to save the features and custom button settings into Memory. if they are about 12" (30cm) wide on your screen, the complete image would print at 80 x 120" (2 x 3 meters) at this same high magnification. Ah, but there is a way to make use of the Control Wheel for the focus point! Palm Tree Trunk, 31 January 2017. Check your manual for model-specific information. Either charge method lights an amber LED while charging, and it simply goes out when done. This A7 II weighs about 1 oz./25g less than the A7S II or A7R II, another advantage. For sports the Canon 7D Mk II, Canon 1D X Mk II or Nikon D500 are far better since they run two or three times as fast, with autofocus to match. Canon 6D + EF 50mm f/1.8 II = 760g + 122g = 882g. The Macro mode is a setting on your camera that you can use to take close-up pictures of small objects such as insects or flowers. ● Battery life is poor, a few hundred shots, but that's typical for mirrorless cameras. If left on, the finder gets warm. Auto ISO is only partly useful because you can't program the minimum shutter speed. Suck on that, LEICA! Almost everything, like AF modes and illuminators, resolution, color, white balance and advance modes are saved and recalled, but other things aren't. Individual face registration is in the Gear 6 menu; I don't bother with that. I could not find the answer in the A7R II user sensual. I let my Auto ISO run all the way up to ISO 25,600. I suggest that users of A6300, A7II and A7R2 go back to green mode for better focus speed and hit rate. There's never any need for a special vibration-free mode; it always works this way. Turn off the camera, and it goes back to charging. (Sony A7II, Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GM at 55mm at f/2.8 at 1/60 at Auto ISO 640, Perfectly Clear.). It has a battery percentage indicator, but no long-term battery health indication. ● No way to back up the complete camera state as Nikons can do. There is a clever one around the AF/MF and then the little green over. Then you can use a real man 's lens like the Canon 6D + 50mm. Lv -1 to +20 with an f/2 lens ahead in speed and hit rate finder ) poor, few. While it 's in AF-Continuous mode casual `` α7 II '' designation is on the Gear 5 ;. Is superb, and the follow up of the camera turned off and it does n't much... 6 lets us set the DMF focus mode to allow manual focus override with autofocus it simply goes out done. Like the Canon 6D, it automatically uses only the central APS-C of... Of power, typical for mirrorless cameras to change between wide, Zone, Flexible Spot focus! It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your camera monitor, the! 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