The autofocus is not reliable at all. That among a few other features (e.g. battery life, internal intervalometer missing, poorer color balance, etc.) is why I would recommend investing in a newer a7r model if money is no issue. I usually use AF to get in a general range of sharpness and then go manual from there to dial it in a bit more. Nevertheless, you can easily get around the pitfalls of the a7rii.

My primary focus is landscape photography. No videography, ever. Sometimes I do portraits and I also use this camera for casual, unserious shooting as well. If that sounds like what you’d use it for then go for it, especially because you can find it for around $1,000 or less (last time I checked). Adding good glass into the mix like the G Master line adds a ton of quality to the pics from this camera body. Hopefully this perspective helps!

Sony A7rii camera body, 24mm F/1.4 G Master Lens, uncompressed RAW files. This image is bracketed 2.0EV 3 images to increase the scene’s dynamic range.

Stunning shot

Go drive along the north coast, you’ll see places like Illheaus de Janela, spot rainbows off the cliffs, sun rays beaming through the clouds and hitting the sea, good restaurants, etc.

Rent a car so that you can get out of Funchal, roam all of Madeira, and discover beautiful places that you won’t find on a guided tour

This is on PR1 Pico do Arieiro. Not sure exactly where this view was located, but it was on this trail: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/portugal/madeira--2/pr1-pico-do-arieiro-pico-ruivo

Wholeheartedly agree, surreal experiences here.

Wow thank you so much!