24 hours with the Sony A9III--- Addressing the haters 

Algorithm perfectly addressed 😅 There is one thing that Sony always does right ... innovating and pushing the market forward. In a few years from now we'll see how much of an impact the A9iii has had. Cheers from a Nikon Shooter 😎

Haters everywhere. Nikon seems to get the majority of it. Use what you need. Not that hard.

Ah Manny my fav youtuber on photography, no BS no fanboying just straight up facts....

Finally a CMOS sensor camera that can provide as convenient shooting experience with flash as those old CCD cameras used to. It's so freeing never have to care about the flash sync speed while shooting on a bright day. An everage Joe user will never need this, but a videographer or a sports and outdoors portrait photografer will definitely love it. It makes the work so much easier.

Pre-ordered the day I saw it came out. Excited.

I definitely want this camera, I was going to wait for the A1ii and I still might.

Great video Manny as always, informative

Great take on this Manny.

Sync for flash photography is what I'm really looking forward to as this hits more bodies. I'm a Fuji and Canon shooter but good on Sony for once again pushing the market forward.

Great video, enjoyed the ramble.

I was able to sync profits and goods up to 1/25000 sec, but of course have to play with the curve, which makes it difficult to change settings in messy environments! Awesome camera anyway, but needs a bit different way of use for strobe photographers!

Manny does a revision for all of us on - triangular relationship with HSS, nd filter and power flash and all the caveats. Thank you for the revision.

I'm starting to see how these haters are form and coming out of their caves. Sony comes out with a Global Shutter that will advance mirrorless and the camera world forward again. Yet, these haters always comes up with dumb excuses on why its not needed. Because they don't shoot 120 fps, that rolling shutter is good enough and that the a9-iii will do nothing for the camera world. If you don't fudging like it, don't buy it. But you can't ignore the innovation that Sony has accomplished. Yet these haters will say anything to make themselves feel better overall. Even when the camera is not targeting them or their work, they still come up with every excuses to show and bring hate to the a9-iii. No matter what you do and how you do it, a hater is always lurking around ready to bring their emotions to the floor and cry about it.

Just have to see dynamic range and low light performance. Looks promising.

Here in Brazil, the price of this camera will be enough to buy a house here LoL

Such a cool camera.

Hey thanks Manny, for your thoughts on this camera. I'm excited to see what the reviews are after you guys get your hands on the production models.

Great video! Useful info. No fluff.

Not only was this one of the best of your videos, this is also the best explanation of global shutter benefits for flash photography I've ever heard!

$6000 for something new isn't really a shocker, but over time when more companies bring out the new global shutter the prices will reduce. No different than TV's. 😂 Good video Manny.

This is how I understand the Traditional sensor readout speed with mechanical shutter curtains vs Global electronic shutter (I/0 switch). Traditional sensor readout is a small paint brush that paints the sensor extremely quick but one pixel/section at a time as the mechanical shutter curtains opens while the Global shutter is a paint sprayer that covers the entirety of the sensor and spray paints all the pixels at the same time onto the sensor while the traditional sensor just started painting it's first pixel/section.

Great vid analysis on h-sync

Hi Manny. Did the person at Sony who confirmed the 1/26000 sync with a Godox flash mention at what power setting and which particular Godox flash they used? Excellent video and cool to see where this tech is taking photography. Can't wait to see your tests with flashes in the coming weeks.

Btw I like the desk mic setup.

Tell me if I’m wrong but I think the slight bending of the bat or oblong shape of a ball in giving the picture a sense of showing motion and action of the scene. Personally I like the story it’s telling with the motion it shows with bending of the bat 😊

Manny, would you take this over the Hassleblad you've been using lately? For straight up portraits in studio or outdoors? I know they are completely different cameras but I see beauty in both of them for portraiture.

its some mad cash to pay down but as long as DR is good and iso is fine im all in. was thinking about A1 for sport but this could be the pinnicle to use with my 200-600g. ill be coming from a7rIII which has been troublesome for sport

sir you have a! such case you make few portraits with a9iii and a1 profoto or any flash without touching those with any software ..straight from camera need to see which is clean with color values . and thanks

Manny, question, Those 2 clips are from A9III? Wow, just look at the street lights. Solid as a rock. No flicker. I do see one pattern developing if you look close next to a door? was that light already flickering? This camera frickin looks very impressive. Game changer camera for sure.

Thanks for the VIDE!!!

Can you talk about the gopro setup in the thumbnail? Do you like it? Which gopro? Battery life?

What are your computer specs @MannyOrtiz? love how you're able to scroll through LR catalog without having to wait for image preview to load

Syncing with flash will by far be the most useful thing with the global shutter. Its so tricky syncing multiple flashes as it is, this seems so important.

Do you think the banding, flickering in Netflix movies were intentional since they were in a high production? Do you think most high end cinema cameras have global shutter now?

What about the ergonomics, thinking on big hands, tall users, this or the A1?

The same sensor is rumored to go to the new FX9 II which makes total sense. CVP also noticed dual native ISO at 2,000 and 6,400 in SLog3 and that's exactly the rumored dual base ISO of the next FX9 II. I'm disappointed though that it doesn't have 4K@240fps or 1080p@480fps, yet?

Would be interesting to see an A1 vs A9iii comparison.

For me the highlight is the synchro speed with the flash outdoors. It would be great to be able to sync at high speeds with any flash, but something tells me that this will only work at the highest speeds with native Sony flashes. Which may lead the brand to launch a series of outdoor studio flashes. From the brand's point of view that could be the most logical and profitable thing. Those who have flashes from other brands can surely synchronize at high speeds but not the highest.

Cheers much for explaining the pros n cons I'm looking forward to the video Also my 2014 Sony Z2 tablet had pre capture I think around 3 seconds 😂❤

Thanks 👍🏾

The price is easily justified for a pro doing business with this camera.

I don’t even get why there would be haters. This is great tech.

what you never tell or show is how on squarespace how to change the look (unless you purchase a new layout) i've yet to find it

Hello I have a question about sigma 105mm and the Sony 50mm 1.2 which one is better I have a Sony A7iv

Please Make a review video of samyang v-af lenses. they are newly launched.

Love the video manny, I like this style where we get your unfiltered thoughts no script

It seems really strange that all Sony flashes would be able to sync with this brand new global shutter, but 3rd party flashes couldn't - unless Sony has held back some magic control technique from the 3rd party manufacturers, I don't see how there's any magic difference between them where Sony flashes would work but others just wouldn't. ISO 100 is traditionally the bottom level ISO for the cleanest image - but what does that mean? That number really means nothing! If 250 is the new 'best', then so be it!! Who cares what the number is!! I also think it's incredible that in a camera that has a global shutter, and 120fps raw, it's the Pre-capture that just might be the best thing it has. As far as introducing new tech, Sony has hit it out of the park yet again. I'm still shooting A-mount Sony, which I still think beats so many other cameras out there, but this might be what finally makes me move up to full mirrorless.

I find it funny that they put the record button by the EVF again like it is on the A73 😂😂 Everyone I know with an A74/A7siii remapped the record button back to the same spot cause we just got used to it being there. Glad to see they switched it back!

When are people going to realize that this is a good thing for users of other brands, Nikon and Canon in particular? It won't be long before they are also doing global shutters to keep up. Heck, the Z8 and Z9 both have such high processing power and fully electronic shutter that their sensors pretty much do away with these issues anyway. I'd think the natural next step would be global shutter tech. This is a good thing, Nikon and Canon users.

About the flash function, can A9iii still make the effect of rear curtain flash with slow shutter speed?

I started shooting 15 years ago and when you said alien bees I’m like damn I definitely remember having 3 of them and those were the ish back then. People just love to blind comment with something they haven’t even used. It’s like criticizing something on paper without seeing the work it can put out.

Thanks for that mate, don't worry about scripting, just as you are is good 👍🇬🇧

can it shoot open gate

With a base ISO of 250 you are going to need those ND filters to shoot motorsports where you want panning blurs. Bicycle races are held in mid day in the summer. Somebody looked at the firmware while they had the camera and it said version 0.8, so more to come before it is released into the wild, I guess. I can't wait to see the Olympics images this summer.

Teleporting. Im sold now

Really this machine has haters? I will questions are expected, like dynamic range and high ISO performance, but that are valid questions based on other global shutter sensors. In any case, unless Stacked sensors get far better than today (like reading 4 times faster) this machine represents the future. I don't find the camera expensive. It's the price of the Canon R3 when introduced, and just 600$ more than the Nikon Z9. Clearly the Nikon has a resolution advantage and pro res but what does the Canon have?. For totally new technology a 10% more than the competitors that don't come even close is cheap.

a really important question I use sony a7r3, 4 since years It's so sharp, full of details I shoot inflets for dressing packages (the paper that comes with clothing bag with a model in that dress!) I need to know why the picture looks so unfocused, lacks details but when I zoom there are tons of details, sharpness in it While in canon 1dx m4 it's normal, doesn't need zooming to look ok N.B. Dpi in sony is 350 while in canon, nikon is 72 !! Shooting in Extra fine, jpeg 3:2 ratio Really trying to figure it out since 3 years

Great

No hate at all, would love to buy the camera. My clients won’t know the difference though 👍🏾

@whoismattjohnson creeping in the background lolol

Hopefully you purchase this camera as I feel you give an unbiased review on these things.

I must admit, when you get deep into photography, videography, and the editing, you tend to have an easier time noticing mistakes when you watch a show or movie. But this camera does seem crazy good.

I love you man ,..

I shoot fast wildlife action and 120fps RAW with full AF-C is going to mean never missing the shot. As you rightly point out even with the A1 at 30fps you still miss the key frames quite often - and with wildlife there is no replay ! Minor reduction in DR is not going to be an issue. The in-camera jpegs look more than good enough for me.

I’d imagine for flash shooting, you’d be limited to whatever the flash t.1 time is for your shutter speed if you want the full flash pop, otherwise you’re going to start cutting into the flash output curve, and that will also mess with your white balance because flashes emit most of their blue spectrum at the beginning, and shift towards the red end of the spectrum at the end, so if you’re ending your exposure before the flash has finished discharging, you’ll basically be cutting into that. So basically, with the global shutter, you can control the ambient with your shutter up to the flash t.1 time, and if you exceed that, the camera has some tools to help, but it will vary depending on the flash being used. That’s my take on it.

I’d love to see someone hook up a Rotolight Neo 3 Pro to an a9 III.. it’s fun firing at 20-30fps from my a1.. I can only imagine what a much higher fps would look like with the Rotolight at 60fps+.. give someone a darn seizure…

As a Sony A7iv user and just a Hobbyist Photographer that doesn't really shoot high-speed motion subjects that often I don't really need what this camera offers. Only thing I shoot that is in motion is my dogs. WITH THAT SAID, I can see why certain people are going to be getting this camera no matter what. Cause if you did shoot high-speed motion subjects like sports or wild life its not only worth the 6k cost but probably more than that IMO, not to mention the flash sync capabilities that I dont know anything about but again another must have upgrade. The feature I like the most is being able to switch to 120fps from 24 or 30 just by pressing a button. That is brilliant. you dont really need 120 all the time Also pre capture- isn't that an iPhone feature haha .. super useful

Its a great tech for sure, but i wonder if they can better better dynamic range with more development. Base ISO of 250 isn't great for night shoot or landscape, just buy the camera that suits your shooting style. For sports, this camera will be awesome.

As good as it is we all know by the spring the others will have it too. Your existing camera is just fine.

Problem with global shutter sync is that you depend on t0.1 times. Yes, 1/26000 is possible , but at the absolute lowest power , which is about 1Ws.

I feel like this is the first iteration of global shutter. With only 24mb file, max. I am praying that the A1 mark II will incorporate this tech, with at least 50+ MB files and a lower ISO. For the price, I can't justify it, being that I just purchased the A7R5. Plus, the shutter speed sync issues will still exist, because you need to have an extreme high power light to go above 1/16,000.

You said it Manny: "is there going to be a Dynamic Range hit?" That I believe is what people are saying is the reason why (going back to what you said earlier in this video) that Netflix movies you saw have the light banding (and slanted images from rolling shutter). Companies that have cinema cameras with and without global shutters often choose to use the ones without because it has more dynamic range. I don't know this as fact, but that is what I recently saw somewhere on the web. Any thoughts on this?

The only "Hate" I have ever had for SONY camera bodies is that I WISH they would make a body for those of us with LARGE hands...Case in point, my 1DXMK3 body BARELY meets my size requirements! One time SONY...just try it one freaking time!

In this tech right now iso 250 at least 12-13 stop of dynamic range on screen. Thats more than an enough for sports

HSS also cast more magenta

I thought he got rid of the A1 for the A7RV?

Love uu

No hating from me. The catch with the new A9III is the low megapixels, but it will be a great camera for sports and press photographers who does not need the best possible image quality, they only need to get the moment they want frozen to an image, I reckon the A9II is the best ever sports and press camera. Maybe some photographers also will use it for action bird and wildlife photography. I only very rarely use flash and I never do videos, so I do not need the Sony A9III, I need a Sony A7RVI with 93 megapixel or a Hasselblad X3D with 157 megapixel.

video specs?

So the question is how much are going to sell me your A1...or what camera are you going to sell?

awesome heads up on the camera.. 120 fps is awesome to have but will only make sense to people who have the jobs where the shot speaks alot of words who are always on the hunt for the top picture. this camera will be insane at Olympics when competing for the gold... stil interested in the canon r1 , Sony just letting the other manufactures know that if they dont step up in the future sony will own most of the market with cameras, but for now sony likes the competition as it keeps everyone buying and trying. we all know sony is not here to be the most richest it here to push the other manufactures to things that they would of never try.

Why cheaper than the A1?

Nobody says it really : the fact of the fullframe globalshutter CUPPLED WITH the the pre-capturing function. That is going to be THE "unfair", killing feature to those who dont switch to this camera. Now the mere way /attitude to photographe will be/is completely different ! : You can now methodically frame each sports player and half-press the shutter all along, You press fully for a 'décisif' shot and/but know you can now photograph the next player, do them all, you know you have a decisif looking photo from each player wile all the other press photographers struggle to have one décisif shot... In sports those images are re-used in publicity etc so they cannot afford to have competing photographers using the a9iii - that is the aspect I find nobody seem to want to say. This pre-shooting on this high level.

Precapture sounds alot like procapture which is like 10 years old technology. The camera is way too expensive for what it is.

It's a niche-camera for an entirely othe reason. (!). Had they made it identical, but with 40MP, that would have canibtalized A7RV and A1 - despite not their 60 or 50 MP. It's its 24MP that keeps it niche. Purposely.

can't wait till we see global shutter in a more affordable consumer level like a7iv. Probably still years away though unfortunately.

Glad to hear you saying that rolling shutter is already solved by stacked sensors. Curious about sync speed with and without wires. Disappointed by Sony having no fast focusing camera in the low to prosumer range where Nikon have the Z8 and Canon R6 and R5 (soon R5ii).

I'm a reality Cam op/DP and has done some Netflix reality shows. Most of those and most reality shows across all networks are on fx9/Fs7/fx3/a7s3 and here and there C300 Mk 2 or 3 but mostly Sony and one of the bigger shows I've done has been on Venice.

I love innovation but I’m frustrated that my two year old camera that I saved for for a long time already feels obsolete

Do you mean 1/80,000th of a second not 1/80th thousandths?

I am still using my A7r lll. and I think 42mp is like a perfect amount of Mp. Maybe I don't need 42 all the time. but I feel like if I get less than 42. I am going backwards in quality. and I don't feel the need to get an A7r V for the extra 61mp. even though I would like the focusing improvements. and I don't need 120 fps so the new A9lll isn't really interesting me even though the global shutter is cool. to Me the A1 ll when it comes out might be the camera that finally makes me get a new camera. but I am starting to get pissed at Sony because they dumb down 3rd party glass. limiting it to 15 fps. not allowing it to have focus breathing compensation. not allowing the new Sigma 70/200 f2.8 to use the Sony Teleconverter even though it fits on the lens. and I feel like Sony owes allot to 3rd party glass manufactures because the high quality 3rd party glass options at lower prices is what is making allot of Canon and Nikon Shooters switch to Sony. and I don't think Sony should keep doing these restrictions in there software on 3rd party glass just to keep people buying there Sony glass. and I really don't think it will effect Sony glass sales that much to lift the restrictions in there software. I think the A9lll with the 120 fps pushed me over the edge. even though I'm not looking to buy the camera. because its a $6000 dollar camera and it shoots 120 fps. but with 3rd party glass only 15 fps. I think when the A9 shot 20 fps. it didn't matter much that 3rd party glass was capped at 15 fps. but with the A9lll I think it does matter. they should at leas lift the cap for the A9lll to 60fps for 3rd party glass. even if the glass itself can't keep up. it should be up to the user. not artificially capped. as far as the global sensor. I am wondering if it is going to be put in other cameras. or if the A9lll is going to be it. or maybe they will make the A7S4 a global shutter camera for video. but I don't really see this sensor going into cheaper cameras right now. but maybe in a few years. and other than the next A1. I will be keeping my eyes open to see how good the next Canon R5 ll is going to be. if Sony is going to dumb down 3rd party glass. and push me to buy the GM glass. then maybe I will just spend the Money for the L glass. or go back to Nikon and buy that beautiful new Plena 135 lens. I'm still weighing my options. I don't feel like I need to be loyal to one camera brand. even though Sony was the company to give me a mirrorless full frame camera. which I wanted even before I bought my Canon 5Dlll many years ago. after trying the first Olympus OMD EM5 in 2012. but I have owned Nikon, Canon and Sony. so which ever company gives me what I am looking for. and also doesn't intentionally limit their products I am going to go to that company.

As a video shooter who travels and does documentary style work internationally, its huge from me not to have to worry about flicker or banding w the global shutter walking thru cities where the lighting is random neon or LED or florescent etc. plus no wobble or artifacts for rolling shutter. That’s the main thing I care about.

Only Matt Granger has a better explanation about SonyA93s Hyped HSS, yes its sounds cool and whats not but if you are using a speed light which isnt that powerful then u know the outcome.

What I have always liked about the A9 was it being a special tool for special applications. The first A9 was revolutionary in its electronic shutter burst rate with its stacked sensor as well. Had drawbacks as well, but the sports photographer did not care about it not having picture profiles or similar. The A9 III is another advancement of camera technology and I think it is awesome to see a new step forward in technology.

I do think there is room now in Sonys Stacked line up for a third camera. Something to compete with the Z8 in price let's call it an A8 with 33MP stacked sensor 30fps, in the body of the A9III, no mechanical shutter with flash in silent. There are many wedding and event photographers who can not afford two $6000 cameras along with many amateur bird and wildlife photographs who again, $6000 is just too much. As you said, this is a niche camera and I'm not sure niche cameras will be a top seller.

Don't buy this, keep hating, so I can get my order sooner

1/16,000 sync for flash is more than any of us will ever need for killing ambient light.

I don’t know why this camera gets hate. It’s an Olympics camera, just like all the famous sports cameras (A9 series, Nikon D6, Canon 1D etc). So yea of course it’s expensive. Global shutter is wild and as that ages and trickles down that’s going to bid farewell to the mechanical shutter.

Right now I want the flash capability of the A9III , the resolution of the A7RIV and the 8K of the A1.

The thing I find funny about haters is honestly who gives the f B popular photography Bobby down the block hates your camera. Bobby can go f off lol. Maybe there are some photo circles where everybody's sitting around you know gigging on each other's cameras and saying yo your brand sucks your brand sucks Maybe that exists somewhere but not in my reality. Keep it pushing Manny! 👍👍👍