Sony Alpha A7 IV camera specs leaked by, er, Sony itself

(Pocket-lint) - Sony has seemingly leaked galore of the specs for its forthcoming, much-rumoured caller Alpha camera - the Sony Alpha A7 IV.

It volition motorboat the mirrorless, afloat framework camera during an online watercourse connected Thursday 21 October 2021 - astatine least, that's the expectation. However, arsenic portion of its invitation to the "new camera is coming" lawsuit it has unwitting revealed plentifulness of the cardinal details.

That's due to the fact that the YouTube video page was littered with keywords, with galore listing existent specifications.

According to Sony Alpha Rumors, aggregate YouTube tags contained the following:

• 4K
• Eye AF, Animal Eye AF, AF, Eye AF movies
• Field camera, pro camera
• Silent shutter
• FTP
• 4K60p
• Eye AF birds
• 10fps
• 33MP
• BIONZ XR
• 10-bit 4:2:2 HLG
• All-I XAVC S-I
• S-Cinetone
• S-log3
• S&Q dial
• Vari-angle LCD
• Gimbal
• 5GHz Wi-Fi
• USB 10Gbps unrecorded streaming
• Creative Look
• 15+ stops dynamic range

That fundamentally means we should look retired for a camera that has 4K 60fps recording, a 33-megapixel sensor, 10 frames-per-second burst mode, 5GHz Wi-Fi connectivity and a varied-angle LCD display. Oops.

We'll people bring you much connected the successor to the Sony Alpha A7 III erstwhile it launches connected Thursday. The lawsuit starts 3pm BST / 10am EDT.

Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 19 October 2021.