Originally posted by Winder Its a good test, but The A7IV doesn't have Sony's best AF system, so Its not really an apples to apples test.
I know it makes you feel better to claim that this test is flawed, but actually it simply compares the most modern high res DSLMs from three makers and your beloved Sony is not the winner this time. But hey, maybe the A7R5 catches up again in two years.
Originally posted by Winder The AF on the A9 is definitely better and that is a 4 year old camera.
That doesnt help the A7RIV compete in any way, and we are not comparing low res / low image quality cameras, but high res ones. Super fast high res ones.
And there are simply no robust comparative tests out there which prove your claim, so allow me to call b/s on this. Feel free to provide proof.
The animal eye AF of the only 11 months old Sony A9II certainly doesn't look like it is on the same level as Canon's implementation.
But we should wait for robust comparisons.
Originally posted by Winder The A9/a9II sensor is 4 years old and that was really the last time Sony put a cutting edge (for its day) sensor in a camera.
For anyone needing a lot of cropping for wildlife and anyone wanting competitive dynamic range that old 24 MPx sensor in the the A9II never was cutting edge. It was a great one trick/feature pony in its time.
Sony's sensor image quality sacrifices made to allow a fast display obviously did not fit to a broad audience. Not even the A9/A9II owners in forums dared advertise the image quality as a strength.
But that is off topic anyway. Here we discuss high res/high image quality bodies.
Just be happy that Sony now really need to up their game in the next A7R cameras to catch up.