@FilmingArt

It was the first time i touched footage from the A7S and i had short time to deliver it, in between the references that i was following weren't working and i had to nail other look, so this ended to be a combination of footage graded in DaVinci Resolve and finished in After Effects mixing Luts (Osiris and Impulz) and several adjustments in Color Finesse.

Yes, i used Neat Video noise reduction on it, a more agressive profile in the low light scenes and a lighter on the others.

p.s: I've been working in the last months mainly with footage from a Sony F5 (Slog2 and 3) and with a GH4, both very different and the A7s although in Slog2 is also a completely different thing compared with the F5.

@RRRoger

I don't think the A7s is good at AutoFocus - especially tracking a moving person and in low-light. You might want to check out the Samsung NX1.

The Sony a7S is a very capable full-frame stills camera. The problem is - it doesn't exist in a vacuum. Specifically, its siblings, the a7, a7 II, and a7R offer compelling alternatives, with higher resolution sensors, and more Raw dynamic range (surprising, after Sony's claims of the a7S' 15.3 EV dynamic range). The a7 and a7 II even offer more sophisticated AF systems, with on-sensor phase detection to aid in faster AF and tracking. They're cheaper, too.

As a tool for shooting video, the a7S is a very different story, and it's not surprising that the camera has started to develop a bit of a cult following among videographers. The a7S simply records beautiful video. Whether you shoot internally at 1080p or externally at 4K, the video files out of the a7S are among the very best we've seen from an interchangeable lens camera at this price point.

Its 1080p footage is the cleanest, most detailed we've yet seen, with virtually no moiré and often jaw-dropping low-light performance. Some of the low light advantage is undercut if you need to stop-down to achieve sufficient depth-of-field but, unlike smaller sensor systems, you have the choice over whether to do this or whether to embrace the shallow-depth-of-field and low light capabilities.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sony-alpha-7-s

A7s Underwater

I used my A7s for the second time today while Bowling and the results were much better. Perhaps it was all the settings changes. Perhaps it was because I used a Ninja II to do the recording at a much higher bit rate. Perhaps because I was not recording internally the little battery lasted one hour and 27 minutes this time. Perhaps it will last longer with the LCD off like it was the first time I used an external monitor.

Hi everyone, I was wondering if you could help me out a bit regarding the workflow of footage from the a7s. I'm using premiere pro cs6 for my editing. Am I correct in understanding that the xavcs codec is not supported by my version of premiere, and I have to get another piece of software to convert the xavcs footage to a premiere friendly format?

I apologize if its a simple question, we got a demo fs7 unit at work and we ran into the problem of not being able to edit any of the test shots we took.

Thanks!

Sony Alpha A7S (ILCE-7s) firmware version 1.20

https://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model-home.pl?mdl=ILCE7S&template_id=1&region_id=1&tab=download#/downloadTab

SLOG is a minimum of ISO 3200 whether you're in "crop" mode or not. As far as the noise, it will be a little more apparent in crop mode than full frame. As far as whether the amount of noise or quality are up to your standards, I'd suggest renting one for a few days (only $110 for 4 days at lensrentals.com) to do some tests.