Sony today announced its new flagship mirrorless camera, the a7R II, as well as the RX100 IV and RX10 II models. Sony's flagship full-frame mirrorless camera, the a7R II (model ILCE-7RM2) features the first back-illuminated full-frame Exmor R CMOS sensor, which realizes high resolution (42.4 MP approx. effective megapixels), high sensitivity (expandable up to ISO 102400)2 and high speed AF response up to 40% faster than the original a7R thanks to 399 focal plane phase detection AF points.

The camera also includes a 5-axis image stabilization system borrowed from the a7 II model and can shoot and record 4K video in multiple formats including Super 35mm (without pixel binning) and full-frame format1. Additionally, it has a newly refined XGA OLED Tru-Finder with a 0.78x viewfinder magnification.

The video credentials of Sony’s new a7R II camera include the ability to record movies in 4K quality (QFHD 3840×2160) in either Super 35mm crop mode or full-frame mode.

The camera utilizes the XAVC S7 codec during video shooting, which records at a bit rate of 100 Mbps during 4K recording and 50 Mbps during full HD shooting.

The a7R II is Wi-Fi and NFC compatible and will be available in August for about $3200.

Sony two new Cyber-shot cameras are the compact RX100 IV (model DSC-RX100M4) and high-zoom RX10 II (model DSC-RX10M2) cameras.

Each of the cameras is equipped with a new XGA OLED Tru-Finder with approximately 2.35 million dots of resolution. The RX100 IV maintains the retractable EVF with ZEISS T coating from the RX100 III model that debuted last year.

The new Sony Cyber-shot RX100 IV (model DSC-RX100M4) compact and RX10 II (model DSC-RX10M2) camera will be available this July for about $1000 and $1300, respectively.