The Sony A7 V is a full-frame mirrorless camera with a 33 Megapixel partially-stacked sensor, 4k video up to 120p, IBIS and 30fps burst shooting. 

Announced in December 2025, it comes four years after the Mark IV version, which continues in the range at a lower price. The latest Mark V body costs $2900 or £2800, while the Mark IV should settle at around $2000 or £1700. This is a similar approach and pricing to Canon’s latest EOS R6 III and older R6 II, with both being the biggest rivals to the A7 V and A7 IV.

The A7 V’s sensor may share the same 33 Megapixel resolution as the Mark IV, but the partially-stacked design should make it faster, reducing the skewing on electronic photos and video. 

So not only does the Mark V now shoot three times faster than the Mark IV while also supporting useful pre-capture capabilities, but it’s less susceptible to skewing, making it more practical overall.

This is the major selling point over Canon’s R6 III which may essentially match the photo resolution and boast faster 40fps bursts, but with a non-stacked sensor that could suffer from greater skewing.

Videographers are also getting an upgrade in video, with the A7 V now offering uncropped 4k up to 60p, oversampled from 7k, along with 4k 120 in a cropped APSC mode. 

There isn’t however anything higher resolution than 4k, there’s no Open Gate or even wide DCi shapes, nor internal or even external RAW video. These are features all present on Canon’s R6 Mark III.

As always the devil is in the detail, and it’s critical to treat specs only as a starting point for real life comparisons made in person. So unlike some reviews or AI overviews, I’ll actually test the A7 V head-to-head against the A7 Mark IV as well as Canon’s EOS R6 III to find out which of the claimed upgrades actually make a difference in practice, and where each camera excels.

It’s a long process, so rather than rushing out with a preview, I’m going to devote as much time as possible to these tests and publish my results when they’re ready. These are expensive cameras which will sell by the bucketload so it’s important to be informed. Check back soon for my full reports!

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