Save $900 on Sony’s best mirrorless camera with early Black Friday deal (2025)

It’s too early As for family jokes and lame turkeys that always start Black Friday deal posts, so I’ll cut to the chase. Sony’s flagship mirrorless camera, the A7R V, is on sale for the lowest price we’ve ever seen. If you’ve been thinking about upgrading, now is a good time to buy.

The A7R V isn’t our best mirrorless camera, but that’s mainly because it’s expensive at full price compared to the rest of the market. However, this price is a steal, and while there isn’t really a best camera for everyone, the A7R V is without a doubt the highest-resolution camera you can buy. I know megapixels aren’t everything, but I’ve never taken a photo with this camera and thought, wow, that’s too many megapixels.

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The massive 61MP full-frame sensor in the A7R V is the largest you can get without moving up to a larger medium format camera. If you want to go absolutely crazy, get this, landscape photographers: The A7R V can combine 16 shots into a single 240-megapixel image. It only works with stationary subjects, but if you’re concerned if your images are high enough to cover the side of a building in Times Square, well, you can feel comfortable with the A7R V.

Yes, the megapixel race is silly and mostly over, but I will say that I’ve shot quite a bit with the A7R C – which uses the same sensor – and the images from that 60MP sensor are noticeably sharper, and the dynamic range is clearly better than what I get from the A7R II (which has a 40MP sensor). This is obviously the case on screen, when I peek at the pixels, but I also notice the difference when I print images.

The $900 discount on the A7R V makes you wonder if an A7R VI is on the horizon? Anything is possible, but I doubt it will come soon. The A7C R, which, as mentioned above, is almost identical in features, is still not on sale. Furthermore, rumors suggest that the A7 V (without R) is scheduled to be released before the end of the year, and Sony rarely announces back-to-back cameras.

What if you don’t want all those megapixels? They make huge files, after all (80-120MB per image in my experience). the Sony A7 IV (9/10, WIRED recommendswhich uses a 33-megapixel sensor, is on sale for $700 less than usual.

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Although the sensor’s resolution is only about half that of the A7R V, it’s very sharp and features some video-oriented features you won’t find in the high-resolution model. It has almost the same excellent dynamic range and one of the best autofocus systems on the market.

Without getting too deep into video techniques, the A7 IV can record 4K/30p video by oversampling the 7K sensor area. The A7R V, on the other hand, uses what’s known as line-skipping to achieve the same 4K/30p recording. This recording method reduces clarity and sometimes causes aliasing problems.