No, the Sony a7R VI isn't a cut-price a1 II

When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. Photo: Mitchell Clark With its use of the latest AF algorithms and its ability to shoot at 30 frames per second, the new Sony a7R VI looks a lot like a higher-resolution, more affordable rival to the company's own a1 II, pro sports model. However, having dug a little deeper and taken it pitchside to shoot some sports, that's not the reality at all. On paper, both the a1 II and the a7R VI are high-resolution cameras with Stacked CMOS sensors that shoot at up to 30 frames per second. But, even though the a7R VI has a pretty deep buffer and accepts the same memory cards as the a1 II, out in the real world, the difference is pronounced. In the real world, the difference is pronounced Much of the difference comes from the fact that Stacked CMOS sensors aren't all the same. Sony's a1 and a9 series cameras' sensors have DRAM built into the back of their sensors to buffer the large amount of data that's coming