Sony announce A7R6 mirrorless camera
13th May 2026
Just announced, the Sony A7R6 promises, according to Sony, to be the 'resolution' camera and the 'speed' camera all-in-one. Well, on paper it could be; 67mp resolution on a full frame sensor is getting near to medium format territory. 30 fps using a fully stacked sensor is, on paper, quick, at the same level as the Sony A1 Mark 2. However, checkout the readout speed - it is approx 19.0 ms, which is not that far off my old Sony A74 and is 5 times slower than my A1 Mark 2. The Sony A7R6 has 50% less autofocus re-calculation speed per second of the Sony A1 Mark 2, and that has to be in compressed RAW format (otherwise it goes down further to 25%), and it has a new battery, meaning all those batteries and chargers I have will be of no use to me. This is not a camera for birds in flight or insects in flight. Am I being harsh? No, not really. Imagine taking this camera out for some birds in flight action instead of my Sony A1 Mark 2; something mega happens, a once in a lifetime moment, and the image is ruined by rolling shutter distortion, if indeed it can actually keep up with the action in the first place. No, this camera is not for me because of my style of bird and insect photography. It may work for you, but you have been warned about the rolling shutter, the slow autofocus re-calculation speeds and the resulting likely issues for any fast action work.

