Sony launches its compact RX100 IV, travel-zoom RX10 II and full-frame mirrorless Alpha 7R II in India

Sony launched three new cameras for the Indian market at an event in Mumbai on 13 August. The three cameras, namely the advanced compact RX100 IV, travel-zoom RX10 II and the full-frame mirrorless interchangeable lens camera the Alpha 7R II will be priced at Rs 69,990, Rs 94,990 and Rs 2,39,990 respectively and have already started selling in retail outlets. Sony Alpha 7R II This is the mirrorless interchangeable lens camera sporting a whopping 42.4MP backside illuminated full-frame Exmor R CMOS sensor paired with a BIONZ X image processor. The Alpha 7R II will replace the Alpha 7R and supports a native ISO range from 100 to 26,500 which can be expanded to ISO 50 to 102,400 for shooting still images. As is the case with most high-end cameras, the Alpha 7R II drops the optical low pass filter for added sharpess. The Alpha 7R II boasts of a fast hybrid AF mechanism with as many as 399 phase-detect AF points which covers around 45% of the sensor area. This is in addition to the 25-point contrast-detect AF points. Apart from this, it comes with 5-axis image stabilisation which compensates for movement along the horizontal, vertical planes as well a yaw, pitch and roll movements. On the video front, you can shoot professional grade 4K videos in the Super 35mm as well as full-frame format format. It will come with professional video workflow features such as Picture Profile, S-Log2 Gamma and S-Gamut along with 120fps high frame rate (HFR) movie shooting mode at 720p. The Alpha 7R II will support all of Sony’s 63 Alpha mount lenses, including 12FE full-frame lenses. All this will come at a hefty Rs 2,39,990 price point. Sony RX100 IV  The Sony RX100 series has been a hit with those looking to buy a compact camera with great image quality. The Sony RX100 IV will be an upgrade to the RX100 III and is priced at Rs 69,990. The RX100 IV looks quite similar to the RX100 III at first glance. But on the inside, there are a lot of improvements. For starters, the camera sensor is a stacked 1.0-inch ExmorRS CMOS sensor which has a DRAM chip for caching the light data coming in from the pixel capture area before it goes to the BIONZ X image processor. The RX100 IV lets you capture super slow motion video at 960fps as well as shoot at a maximum speed of 1/32,000th of a second. Just like its predecessor, the RX100 IV has a pop-up flash unit in the centre and a pop-up Electronic viewfinder on the left hand side. The RX100 IV lets you shoot at a burst rate of 16fps. It has a 24-70mm (35mm equivalent) lens with the maximum aperture range going from f/1.8 to f/2.8 which is the same as its predecessor. It has a 2.35 million dot XGA OLED Tru-finder (EVF). Sony RX10 II [caption id=“attachment_277772” align=“aligncenter” width=“640”]  Sony RX10 II will be priced at Rs 94,990[/caption] This also belongs to the CyberShot series as the RX100 IV, but it is targetted at those looking at a large zoom range. The RX10 II comes with the same 1.0-inch stacked ExmorRS CMOS sensor as the RX100 IV and this is paired with the BIONZ X image processor. It has a Zeiss 24-200mm (35mm equivalent) lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.8 throughout the range. Just like the RX100 IV, the RX10 II also has a 2.35 million dot EVF. The RX10 II will be selling at Rs 94,990.