Sony Alpha 7R Mk II £3,199/$2,998

An all-rounder for stills and video

Sony’s full-frame mirrorless cameras have carved out something of a reputation amongst videographers. The A7S II is arguably the most video-centric of the A7 series, but it’s also the oldest (and strongly tipped for an update), so we’ve selected the A7R III here: it offers the best of both worlds for both stills and video shooters.

With 42.4 million pixels, it offers the second-highest stills resolution of all the cameras on test, and can capture either full-frame 4K video or 5K ‘oversampled’ video in its cropped Super 35mm mode, which Sony says offers the best picture quality. HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma) mode is included, plus S-Log2 and S-Log3 modes for higher dynamic range capture.

Performance

The A7R III was the only camera to properly capture the green wool ball at the top right of our studio test scene. The full-frame 4K is useful for avoiding lens crop factors, but we’d go for the sharper Super 35mm crop format.