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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Hillary K. Grigonis

The Sony A7R VI has a hidden feature that I think every astrophotography camera needs – and it's almost more exciting than the 67MP sensor

The Sony A7R VI photographed outdoors.

The brand-new Sony A7R VI has the brand’s highest-resolution full-frame sensor yet, and the fastest burst speeds ever for the R series. But one of the features that I’m actually most excited about is admittedly much smaller: light-up buttons.

The Sony A7R VI has a tiny button tucked at the top that turns on backlighting for a majority of the buttons on the back of the camera. The A7R VI isn't the first mirrorless with buttons that light up in the dark, but as far as I'm aware, it's the first Sony body with this feature.

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