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Beneficial features of the Sony Alpha a7

Beneficial features of the Sony Alpha a7

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Beneficial features of the Sony Alpha a7

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- So, we have the a7 and the a7R before we get into how, the things that they share, because they're almost identical, why don't we just get out of the way what makes these different. - [Robbie] Well right, so the a7 and the a7R, the good way to think about the differences between them are really kind of on two maybe three different levels. First, they're both full frame cameras. But the megapixel count on the cameras differs. - The a7R is higher. - That is correct, you're at about 24.3 or 24.4 on the a7 and you're a 36 megapixel and some change on the a7R - And magically I ended up with the a7R. (both laugh) So, I'm happy. - Well, actually the other difference between just the megapixel count is sort of some underlying technology on the actual sensor. The a7R doesn't employ an optical low-pass filter and what that essentially means is that when you're shooting stills and you're using this camera, you're not going to have any sort of filtering going on. So, you're going to get sharper…

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