Sony A7S review

Sony's most expensive Alpha 7-series CSC has the lowest resolution and highest price – what's that all about?

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As part of our image quality testing for the Sony A7S review, we've shot our resolution chart. These images were captured using a full-production sample of the camera.

For a full explanation of what our resolution charts mean, and how to read them, check out our full explanation of our camera testing resolution charts.

Examining images of the chart taken at each sensitivity setting reveals the following resolution scores in line widths per picture height x100:

JPEG

ISO 100

ISO 50

ISO 50, Score: 22 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 100

ISO 100, Score: 22 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 200

ISO 200, Score: 22 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 400

ISO 400, Score: 22 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 800

ISO 800, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 1600

ISO 1600, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 3200

ISO 3200, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 6400

ISO 6400, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 12800

ISO 12800, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 25600

ISO 25600, Score: 18 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 51200

ISO 51200, Score: 16 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 102400

ISO 102400, Score: 16 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 204800

ISO 204800, Score: 14 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 409600

ISO 409600, Score: 16 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

Raw

ISO 50

ISO 50, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 100

ISO 100, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 200

ISO 200, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 400

ISO 400, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 800

ISO 800, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 1600

ISO 1600, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 3200

ISO 3200, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 6400

ISO 6400, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 12800

ISO 12800, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 25600

ISO 25600, Score: 20 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 51200

ISO 51200, Score: 18 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 102400

ISO 102400, Score: 18 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 204800

ISO 204800, Score: 18 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

ISO 409600

ISO 409600, Score: 18 (Click here to see the full resolution image)

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