{"id":1040839,"date":"2025-12-17T13:44:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/?p=1040839"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:27:01","slug":"sony-a7v-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/features\/sony-a7v-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sony A7V Backlash on YouTube Is Missing the Point. Click-bait Criticism Hurts Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After spending two weeks watching the reaction to the Sony A7V announcement,<\/a> I’ve been struck by the intensity of the negativity that surrounds a single feature \u201cmissing\u201d from the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sony \u201ca7\u201d line has been the generalist camera since the Sony a7 was introduced<\/a> in 2013. The new Sony a7 V is packed full of features<\/a>, but influencers and some reviewers have chosen to focus on the lack of \u201copen gate\u201d video recording, and some have even said that Sony no longer listens to customers, it has \u201clost the plot,\u201d and is doomed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

None of that is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 <\/span>Comments sections, forum threads, and YouTube Shorts have been filled with anger about Sony’s decision not to include high-end video features like 6K recording, open gate, and internal RAW. But the more videos I watch, the more I’m convinced that much of this outrage is manufactured. It\u2019s ragebait designed to trigger YouTube\u2019s algorithms into promoting these videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a good example of how camera reviews, particularly those on social media, use negative takes to make the algorithm gods promote them, and that\u2019s a disservice to potential customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take the Canon R6 III as an example.<\/a> That camera is heavily video-centric. It\u2019s stacked with video features, but it has added very few tools or improvements for photographers, compared to the previous version. That doesn\u2019t mean Canon has \u201clost the plot\u201d as one creator said about Sony. It means they targeted that camera for video creators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve seen this happen over and over with camera reviews. No company is immune to the clash of haters and fanboys. The years after Sony got its stride in mirrorless cameras and before Nikon and Canon got into the market were incredibly brutal to Nikon and Canon in comments sections, and that really left a bad taste in my mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But let’s talk about what’s really happening here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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