Last weekend we went to sony's counter and sold the a7r vi offer -- single machine 31799, set fe 24-70 gm ii heading for 40,000. My buddy almost got the water in his hand。
He turned his head and asked me, "do you think it's worth 30 grand?"
I've got a little twitch in my heart. More than 30,000, brothers, left our ordinary family, a six-month interest class, a one-year insurance for a walker, and a wife-in-law staring at the bag she couldn't spend for three months. It's not a camera selection. It's a family finance review。
I've been thinking about it for a few days, and i've been talking to people today。
Let's get this straight: 30,000 more at sony's
Let's not just listen to the sale of the "golden flagship" "8k double images."
- a7r v + fe 24-70mm f2. 8 gm ii suite: approximately $31629, 61 million pixels, 8k video, ai-focal chip, a two-year mainstream disc of the fashion and commerce
- a7r vi single machine: $31,799; newly issued may 13, 2026, 66. 8 million pixels, 30-secs, 8k 120p - 14,000 more than the previous a7r v and 16,600 less than the flagship a1 ii
- a7m4 + 24-105 f4 + 85 1. 8 + simma 28-70: the whole machine is 27 000 tops and down, the "back to" programme for professional photographers。
You see, 30,000 cans, in the middle of sony's camp, are stuck in the middle of the "middle top" and the "puter flags" -- they can go up and down to 20,000. So it's not "buy or not sony," it's "do you want to touch 30,000"。
I'll tell you about the sales
I've come all the way from a7m3 to tell the truth about what could happen to sonny:
First, 30,000 is just tickets, not the end. Especially if you're looking at a7r vi, 31799 looks like a flight price, but the new machine changes battery systems, eats cfexpress type a cards, and even has to go up on hard drive computers. "thirty thousand, forty thousand." it's not a story. It's my book。
Second, sonny's old problem is still there. The menu is anti-human, but it's not as bright as the color, and you can't be happy. You'll lose your client's face on the spot; the evf is running out of electricity, you're shooting two spare batteries a day; the a7r v's safety button on the mode wheel, you have a headache on your finger. It's the only thing that hurts when you buy it。
Thirdly, and most enthusiastic -- how many percent of your $61 million (or 66. 8 million) pixels? I've seen so many brothers, they're heading for "a7r v high pixels" and it's not bad for friends' circles to compress their phones, and they're just cutting the video with 4k without 8k and 30 seconds of their own cat walking. Three years on the parameter list and three minutes in practice。
Zhang's point of view: it's worth looking at the machine, see what line you're standing on
I'm not going around the corner with you
Category i: camera money
The wedding and photo shoots, the veneer, the media shop, the commercial stills - the a7m4 package of 27,000, are calculated at 5 units per month, per 2,000, for three months. This tranche of $30,000 is valued because it is not a consumer but a production tool. The more you use it, the more you keep it。
Category ii: pure hobby, tourist + baby + home dog
Listen to me. Don't touch the 30,000 line. The a7m4 + 24-105 f4 set is less than 25,000, or save a little a7m3 + 28-70, and 16k will take it, and you'll get enough for three years. A7r v, the 61 million pixels are 99% idle for you, you're not buying a camera, you're buying the vanity of the word "i have a painting flagship" -- that's a bad thing, but you're thinking about it at night。
Category iii: birding, winding, commercial magnification output
This is a real demand. A7r v/vii + 200-600mm is now the most mainstream programme of eco-photography, with the potential for high pixels and 8k windlights in the back. But then again, it's not like i'm worth anything. They're counting the rate and the cost, not the budget。
My own judgment: how do you use 30,000 counters/micros per se? The thing that can be turned up (on receipt/doing/selling), 30,000 is an investment; the one that can't go up (out of the house three times a year, twice forgotten) and 30,000 is a mid-aged man's deep breath — he has to go home to his wife-in-law and spend money。
The last thing i'm saying is
My buddy didn't buy the a7r vi, bit on the a7m4 plus 20-70g set, 25 grand, left five thousand to report to her daughter for a swimming class. He said the way he looked when the sale sent him out, it was like a man who couldn't help him。
But i said to him, "the camera, the flagship, is out every year, a7r v has been stabbed 14k by vi for two years and a7m5, a7r vii for the next year." you've been chasing the parameters forever. It's not the 30,000 machine you have, it's the number of times you go out behind it and the head behind the camera。
The king next door shot his cat with a7m3, and this year he won the third prize for the provincial exhibition; my other brother, a7r v, ate 18 months of ash, and the batteries were running out。
It's not worth it。
I'm zhang. I'm the one who's trying to be careful about the headline nagging device, the filming, the middle-aged man. There's a specific problem. Throw it over the comment section and we'll talk about it。
