Sony's A7S II is the ultimate low-light shooter for night owls.

Excellent 12.2MP full-frame stills; Top-notch 4K; 120-fps Full HD videos; Whopping 409,600 ISO; 14-bit compressed/uncompressed RAW

Very noisy at high ISOs; Not ideal for action; Expensive

The Sony Alpha A7S II is a full-frame camera with a difference. Where its brother the A7R II uses a 42-megapixel sensor for massive amounts of detail, this camera pares the resolution all the way down to 12 megapixels to radically improve low-light performance.

Great low-light performance; Excellent for video; Much-improved ergonomics

Limited detail capture among full-frame cameras; Unimpressive burst performance

We didn't get to review the original Sony ILCE-7S (α7S) camera, which was released in April 2014 so it's nice to receive its successor, the α7S Mark II, which was announced on 11 September 2015. The updated camera improves on its predecessor in several important ways.

At the "core" of the Sony Alpha A7S Mark II is the same full-frame 12 megapixel CMOS sensor from the A7S, which offers an extended ISO range of ISO50 up to ISO409,600 (Native ISO100 to ISO102,400).

Improved handling and design; Excellent image quality; Excellent ISO range; 4K video can be recorded internally; MicroUSB charging / power; 5-axis image stabilisation; Wi-Fi and NFC; Sony PlayMemories Apps; Dual-axis electronic level

12 megapixels may not be enough for stills photographers; Camera video fussy about memory cards; Shorter battery life than previous model; Focus struggled in low-light at times

Great OIS; Excellent dynamic range and image quality; Improved handling;

Quite noisy; Fairly poor battery stamina;

Overall, despite its very high price, we love the Sony A7S II and for users who want a superb compact mirrorless camera for low light video and photo shooting, we pretty much can't recommend a better device.

Absolutely superb nigh and low light shooting ability; Excellent EXMOR full-frame sensor; Robust build; 169 AF points; Massive ISO; Remarkably crisp 4K and Full HD video quality

Expensive; very expensive; Could use better organized touchscreen menu controls

I don't know that a more capable videography/photography device exists in this size. The a7S is back with everything the first generation was missing (I had one). This is the ultimate low-light shooter for video and photography.

Now with Internal 4K; LUTs and IBIS! Low light monster Gorgeous video and photo Small and light package Adapt lenses from almost any system ever

Internal recording codec could be better Menus still mostly suck Limited system lenses 12MP limits post-processing options

I have owned a A7s for 18 months and love it. While I do take a lot of photographs my main interest is video. I live and travel on a sailboat and spend time in remote locations. I needed a new second camera and decided to stay with Sony. I have only used it a few days, but so far it's great.

This is an expensive product but if you want a full-frame mirrorless that handles low light situations well, this is it. If focuses extraordinarily well in almost no light, better than anything else I have used for sure.

Easy To Use; Excellent In Low Light; Good Sized Screen; Nice Features and Settings

Bad Battery Life; Expensive; Resolution

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