Sony's A7C II and A7CR cameras

Phil Rudin · Issue 146, Sep/Oct 2025 · pp. 41–47

Products mentioned: Sony A7C II, Sony A7CR, Sony A6700, OM Systems OM1-II, Sony A7R V, Sony FE 28-60mm F4-5.6, Sony A7R IV, UW Technics external flash trigger, Marelux MX-A7CII/CR housing, Marelux flat port 32, Nauticam N100 flat port 45, AOI port system for Sony 28-60, Nauticam CMC, Nauticam SMC 1, 2 & 3, Marelux MV +5, +10, +15, AOI +6 to +23.6, Sony GP-X2 Grip Extension, AOI AX port system, Ikelite DLM port system, FlashFuel FF2100

During December 2024, Sony launched the A7C II and A7CR cameras that combine the advantages of an advanced full frame sensor camera with the size advantages of a mirrorless APS-C or M4/3 camera body. The Sony A7C II/R are almost identical in size and weight to the Sony A6700 APS-C camera with many of the same features, noticeably smaller and lighter than the OM Systems OM1-II. The big difference is the much larger A7C II sensor size of 35.9mm X 23.9mm v. 23.6mm X 15.6mm for A6700 and 17.4mm X 13mm for OM1 II. The A7C II has an updated 33 megapixel sensor and the A7CR has the same 35.7 X 23.8mm 61 megapixel sensor found in the Sony A7R V. Sony has also managed to incorporate its sensor based in-body image- stabilization with a CIPA rating of 7.0 stops of stabilization into this very small package. The latest 33 MP Full Frame Exmor R BSI CMOS sensor has 10-bit 4K/30p full-frame video recor…