new AI processing
use of Sony's new much improved menu system with new interactive settings tab
Improved AF with subject recognition
gains a system designed to better recognize human subjects but also trained to recognize a wide range of non-human subject types
will now recognize Animals, Birds, combined Animal/Bird option, Insects, Cars & Trains and Aircraft
choice of whether the camera focuses on Eye/Head/Body, just Eye/Head or just Eyes, for humans, animals or birds
“60% better Eye-AF” and better at focusing on the surface of the eye, rather than occasional eye-lash-focus
Sensor-shift dust removal and close shutter with power off option
IBIS now 8EV up from 5.5EV
flash burst rate 10fps (lossy RAW) 7fps full RAW
3.2“ / 2.1M-dot fully-articulated rear screen on tilt-out cradle instead of just tilting
9.44M-dot 0.9x EVF up from 5.76M-dot 0.78x
Reduced-size down-sampled tonally lossless Raw files (26MP/15MP) and can re-convert the Raw files in-camera
first Sony to have a focus bracketing function built-in (with stacking via computer)
video:
8K/24p or 4K/60p video (both with 1.24x crop) but with significant rolling shutter in 8K mode
Full-width 4K up to 30p
10-bit 4:2:2 video options, including S-Log3, S-Cinetone and HLG
faster 2×2 MIMO Wi-Fi
2x faster USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps up from Gen 1's 5Gbps
UVC/UAC USB-standard video for use as webcam
same NP-FZ100 battery but less battery life
controls are more like the a7S III than a7R IV and now includes full-sized HDMI port
heavier at 723g up from 665g