Why I’d Choose a USED A7IV over the Sony A6700!

I think everyone missed the point of the video. It wasn’t a direct comparison as it would be unfair to compare a APS-C camera with a full frame. The A6700 is still a great camera. The point I'm making is that for anyone buying the A6700, maybe consider the A7IV. For a bit more money, you can get a full frame all around better camera! So what are your thoughts on the A6700?

You should change the title of your video. Really guys, stop complaining about everything. The a6700 for its price is fantastic. I'm an experienced photographer, and I produce better photos with an APS-C camera than many self-called professional photographers with high-end equipment and a lack of composition and color grading knowledge. People are more concerned about getting a full-frame camera to be considered good photographers than improving as a photographer.

The A7IV is obviously a better camera than the A6700 but I think it depends on the user. I agree, if you’re a professional who wants better specs go with a used A7IV. If you don’t care about full frame, two card slots and everything else, go with the A6700!

Not only is the a6700 cheaper, there's tons of good glass that is also cheaper. The money saved can go into other things like learning lights, movement, equipment, a million other things. The price difference is enormous and also to get the great shooting specs that you speak of require expensive CF Express type a cards. And large expensive lenses. When you compare full kit to full kit, the a6700 wins

The a6700 is a prosumer camera for enthusiasts whereas the A7iv is a professional camera hence no need for dual card slots, the a6700 has the ability of 4k 120fps if you need it (nice to have), in 4k 60p there is no crop, APS-C lenses and camera weight are a blessing no heavy riggs to drag your ass around. It has AI framing and is great for wildlife and sports and has S-Cinetone and user imported LUT's, to me the a6700 is much more desirable for what i need not to mention the cost and weight savings. Unless you plan to do professional work the a6700 is a better camera in my humble opinion.

I preordered an A6700. I don’t really feel your comparison is a fair one. For me, who this will be their first “real” camera (only had go pros and insta 360s), I feel it’s a good starting point. Of course the A7iv is a better camera but you’re talking about a used one at 53% higher price than a new camera (mpb has it for 2,150). It’s almost like comparing a 2023 Hyundai to a 2022 Porsche.

A7IV owner looking at the A6700 for the weight and size savings. In that regards I think a6700 edges out even the a7c as the 50mm f/2.5 gets me closer to my prefered 85mm without the weight of it. Ultimately, ricoh needs to get off its butt and makes 60mm+ plus compact. Yeah, I know it would be super niche and never happen.

Hey, great video, but i wanna let you know that a6700 ibis is definitely better than a7iv's. I have both cameras.

Good to know about the Sony FX cameras. But for me, the DX format is a reasonable alternative to the FX cameras. DX lenses are smaller and lighter than the equivalent FX version, and to boot it is also less expensive. Also, if you use a FX lens on a DX body, you will be using the center portion of the FX lense's image circle, which is the sharpest part. Choices, choices, choices.... you have to decide which features you want for your purpose.

The a7iv is $1500CAD MORE than the a6700 lol, that's not just a "bit" more expensive. If you're buying used, you're not getting a warranty. You're also getting a much slower sensor read out, the rolling shutter on the a7iv is attrocious. The a7iv will also not have as good of IBIS stabilization in video because the FF Sony E mount IBIS is worse than the ASPC due to physical limitations of the mount.

I agree!! The A6700 is a crop sensor and does lack some features that the A7IV has like the ones you mentioned. I would much rather prefer the Sony A7IV over the A6700

I just bought the Sony a6700 today after browsing for a Sony a7iv for 2 weeks.. used a7iv - $2k + another solid lens $1k-$2k so it would’ve been a $3k-$4k build But I went with the a6700 because I already have a sigma 30m and Sony 11mm so I’m set for a bit with those. Eventually I’ll go FF

I am considering getting this camera as my first sony. I have had big canon SLRs before, but the camera I use is the one I have on me. For the last several years that has been an iPhone, which in most situations (not off camera flash) performs better than my old canon. My dream camera system will cost me $20k and weigh 35 pounds if I get it from Canon. Canon does not have a robust library of aps-c specific lenses. Sony does. I can get the 6700 and very nice set of decent lenses for around the same cost as the canon R5 plus a single good lens. And the 6700 with lenses will be small enough that I can stick a couple spare lenses in the pockets of my cargo shorts, and not be burdened by all of the gear I would need with a full frame body. There are a few reasons I am upgrading from the iPhone. 1 resolution, ie every pixel matters, none are mush. 2 lens selection. I want a fisheye, a 9mm rectilinear manual lens, the 10-20mm, 18-135mm, 70-350mm, and some standard F1.2-F1.8 primes. Off camera lighting only works with the iPhone in continuous mode. I have a 1600ws strobe and a pair of 800ws strobes plus all of the stands, tripods, umbrellas etc, and I want to use them again. Some of the stuff is canon specific, but I can get godox gear now that is superior to my canon strobes. Some of the things that you think are minor are the reason I am planning on getting this camera. Canon has excellent glass, but they are so far behind on the software and computational capabilities. Sony has that, also sony provides useful updates to cameras which are not the currently shipping model, and this camera has the hardware to take advantage of multiple functional software updates for years to come.

Can't really agree here, they make wide apsc lenses so the crop isn't a huge deals. The a6700 is a great camera for more entry level shooters. I think the person starting out doesn't really have the extra $500 and if they do they should spend it on cheaper apsc lenses rather then expensive full frame lenses.

I think the a6700 is for everyday users and content creators who like to be compact but still have a powerful device; a7IV is for more professional tasks; So basically 2 groups of users will have 2 different options

You got a great point but for me, if you pick A7IV, you are not just going to adjust your budget for the Camera body because you have to consider that the lineup for full frame lenses are expensive as well.

You have to take into account buying full frame lenses, which are much more expensive. If you have APS-C E Mount lenses the A6700 is just the logical option, unless you really want to move to full frame.

Great video. Thanks for your work on this. I own the A7 IV and need a 2nd camera for event video shoots and am considering the A6700. I disagree a bit with your premise of the A7 IV only being about a $500 difference though. If a new A6700 is $1300, I would need to find an A7 IV for about $1800. I haven't found anything used (good condition or better) on BH, Amazon, or eBay for less than $2000. At $700 difference, I think the A6700 is good enough for me.

Sir, which one is good for low light street photography and street portrait at night time?

Hi, Thanks for this video! I appreciate the care you took in making it :). So, I completely agree that full frame for PROs is going to be a much better camera---pros want great prints, and if an image or video is 2% better out of full frame than an APSC that could mean the difference between keeping clients and losing them. BUT, for 95% of camera buyers, we are NOT pros. And in head to head comparisons you CANNOT tell the difference in image quality between APSC shots and Full frame shots UNTIL you start going massive pixel peeking. So, what do I look for in a camera: simple---SMALL AND LIGHT, considering the combo of camera body and usable zoom lenses. In this case, the A6000 series (now A6700) with the Sony 18-135mm and sony 70-350mm. These are amazingly light, compact lenses along with one of the smallest camera bodies out there (A6700). I travel internationally and NO WAY will I consider large camera bodies/lenses :)! So, again, the bigger/heavier the better for quality PRO work (consider MEDIUM FRAME cameras that are even bigger and heavier, and way more expensive, for the very best in image quality. But for enthusiast, given the parity between image quality until you go beyond maybe 8 x 10 prints, just not worth the extra size, weight.