How Badly Does Sony Need to Release a GREAT a7 V? | The PetaPixel Podcast

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With a PetaPixel Membership, not only can you support original PetaPixel reporting and in-depth reviews, but you can also remove ads from the website and gain access to some seriously great perks, too. Members get $15 off the Moment Store, 25% off the PetaPixel Merch Store, and now can download full-resolution RAW files and JPEGs from the latest cameras and lenses. It costs just $3 per month or $30 per year. Join today: https://petapixel.com/members/ -- In a rare in-person podcast, this week the PetaPixel crew sat down in the lovely Terra Diaguita Hotel Boutique (https://www.instagram.com/hotelterradiaguita/) to talk about Sony and, specifically, what the FX2 tells us about the future of its camera development, especially pertaining to a possible a7 V camera. It’s been several years since the a7 III came to market, and a lot has changed since then. Sony’s undisputed place at the top of mirrorless cameras has been challenge,d and while its autofocus is still king, competitors have caught up just about everywhere else. With Panasonic Lumix’s recent S1 II and Nikon’s string of successes, how badly does Sony need the a7 V and, perhaps more importantly, how badly does it need it to be successful? The team debates. -- Check out PetaPixel Merch: http://store.petapixel.com/ We use Riverside to record The PetaPixel Podcast in our online recording studio: https://creators.riverside.fm/Petapixel We hope you enjoy the podcast and we look forward to hearing what you think. If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing, liking, commenting, and reviewing! Every week, the trio go over comments on YouTube and here on PetaPixel, but if you’d like to send a message for them to hear, you can do so through SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/petapixel -- 00:00 - Hey everyone, we screwed up: https://petapixel.com/2025/05/28/hey-folks-we-screwed-up/ 02:38 - Intro 14:51 - Sebastiao Salgado has died: https://petapixel.com/2025/05/23/iconic-photographer-sebastiao-salgado-has-died/ 16:49 - The Ricoh GR IV is FINALLY coming: https://petapixel.com/2025/05/21/the-highly-anticipated-ricoh-gr-iv-is-in-development-and-coming-this-fall/ 22:10 - The Reto Pano 35 can swap between panoramic and standard 35mm film: https://petapixel.com/2025/05/23/the-reto-pano-35mm-film-camera-switches-between-standard-and-pano-modes-mid-roll/ 23:36 - Light Lens Lab P. Angenieux is coming in June for $1,099: https://petapixel.com/2025/05/22/light-lens-labs-remade-p-angenieux-lens-arrives-in-june-for-1099/ 27:57 - How badly does Sony need the a7 V right now... and how badly does it have to be really good? 42:15 - Why are we in Chile? 47:37 - Tech support 1:07:45 - Feel good story of the week: https://www.tiktok.com/@anhudy/video/7457999044363832622?lang=en