Sony A7SII 4K in s35 mode!

I tested this feature out when the A7s first came out and although the clear image zoom is good, it's not perfect. I found that there is resolution loss. I would love to hear if anyone else had other findings though?
 
It's tough to really analyze that content (wax and fire). The zoom is pretty short too.

I can definitely see people using it though when they need to.
 
Thanks for the test Erik, but it's shot at such a shallow dof that it's hard to tell. I think if you shoot a building at f11 and then zoom in then you will see a difference?
 
mojo43 said:
Thanks for the test Erik, but it's shot at such a shallow dof that it's hard to tell. I think if you shoot a building at f11 and then zoom in then you will see a difference?
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F11? Building? Okay....

Also nothing is perfect.
 
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NorBro said:
It's tough to really analyze that content (wax and fire). The zoom is pretty short too.

I can definitely see people using it though when they need to.
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Well that's the full zoom range. I think it shows the image isn't falling apart. The edges are sharp and the detail is very good. Please show me something that proves the image falls apart because I hear talk but haven't seen proof.
Just sayen.
 
This is just a discussion Erik, not trying to jab at you. I will try to shoot something in the next while.
 
That colored aliasing artifact on the side of the candle also gets magnified so it seems it's not really using more pixels as such.
 
I'm squarely in agreement with Erik.
You can pixel peep this all you want.
However, Clear Image Zoom is far better than any other digital zoom I have ever seen.
Would I shoot an entire project with it in order to replicate s35? Of course not.
And no one is saying it has to be used at its maximum zoom setting -- where more issues become visible.
But it is an extremely useful tool -- and refusing to use it on principle seems a bit ridiculous to me.
 
I found out about this feature when Philip Bloom mentioned it in one of his blogs. He called it the A7S's 'best kept secret'. I thought it sounded rather gimmicky and redundant...until I tested it out. If there is resolution loss, it's very minimal imo. I'm not a pixel peeper, sure, but I can tell when theres a decrease in quality and the loss simply isn't noticeable. It's a very handy feature and while I too wouldn't use it all the time, I use it enough that I don't feel like I need to get a 70-200mm zoom for weddings anymore. Definitely worth experimenting with.
 
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