kilofox
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Was really hoping for small raw. I am wondering if its not going to happen.
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Is Sony done with firmware updates for the A7RIV?
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Even with compressed lossless that would be pretty awesome. Those 120 MB files are killerWas really hoping for small raw. I am wondering if its not going to happen.
AlephNull
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What frame rate would you be willing to accept to get lossless compressed RAW? I have a suspicion that the CPU in the A7R IV might take a while to generate them.Even with compressed lossless that would be pretty awesome. Those 120 MB files are killerWas really hoping for small raw. I am wondering if its not going to happen.
I admit I usually shoot single-shot on the A7R IV, so maybe I wouldn't be heartbroken if it took a second to compress the file, but I can imagine the whinging we'd hear. I might even grizzle a bit myself if I missed a shot a half second later because the camera was still compressing the first one.
I won't be surprised if lossless compressed is confined to the next generation using the new CPU.
AlephNull
Veteran Member
I doubt it. I suspect you already have the closest you'll get in APS-C mode.Was really hoping for small raw. I am wondering if its not going to happen.
The A7R IVa still uses the same CPU, and I don't believe it has the grunt to handle small raw.
Entropy512
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Yeah. It's pretty obvious that lossless compressed RAW is tied to the biggest BIONZ performance bump in 5-6 years.What frame rate would you be willing to accept to get lossless compressed RAW? I have a suspicion that the CPU in the A7R IV might take a while to generate them.Even with compressed lossless that would be pretty awesome. Those 120 MB files are killerWas really hoping for small raw. I am wondering if its not going to happen.
I admit I usually shoot single-shot on the A7R IV, so maybe I wouldn't be heartbroken if it took a second to compress the file, but I can imagine the whinging we'd hear. I might even grizzle a bit myself if I missed a shot a half second later because the camera was still compressing the first one.
I won't be surprised if lossless compressed is confined to the next generation using the new CPU.
A7R4 was actually the previous biggest bump, but still only a 20% bump, not the insane bump we saw with the A1 and S3.
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