Sony Alpha A7

The Sony Alpha A7 is a mirrorless camera launched on 22/01/2014.

Technically speaking, the Sony Alpha A7 ranks in the average of its category, scoring 62 overall. The Sony Alpha A7 weights 474 gr and spans 127 x 94 x 48 mm. This means that it is particularly light and small, indeed one of the most handy options within its category.

Going into details, the Sony Alpha A7 behaves better than average in its category for:

• Image Quality - Score 66, ranks in the category best 17%.
• Speed Performance - Score 48, ranks in the category best 41%.

On the contrary, the performance of Sony Alpha A7 is below the category average in:

• Comfort - Score 66, ranks among the worst 34% of its category.
• Versatility - Score 64, ranks among the worst 41% of its category.

However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:

• Portrait - Great, score 63, ranks in the best 22% of its category. Sony Alpha A7 is perfect for Portrait photography, one of the best in its class.
• Landscape - Great, score 63, ranks in the best 22% of its category. Sony Alpha A7 is perfect for Landscape photography, one of the best in its class.
• Sport - Good, score 57, ranks in the best 35% of its category. Sony Alpha A7 works well for Sport photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Street - Good, score 63, ranks in the best 41% of its category. Sony Alpha A7 works well for Street photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Everyday - Good, score 64, ranks in the best 49% of its category. Sony Alpha A7 works well for daily photography, however other options are available too, which you may want to take into account.

Last but not least, the price. You can find the Sony Alpha A7 sold on Amazon for a price comprised between 2017.96 GBP and 2017.96 GBP, well above the average for this camera type.

Overall, Sony Alpha A7 is not the best value for money. Unless you have specific reasons to go for it, we suggest you to consider available alternatives. Click here to see alternative options.