Yes! I'm in love with the a9iii just like how I was in love with the a9 when first released back in 2017. The new technology is bring to the Mirrorless world is astounding. I have gone 100% E-shutter now and this GS sensor will help eliminated the 3 biggest pet peeves for me which are Distortion, Banding and Jello effects. Even though I can't afford the a9iii right now, i do hope that it comes to the future a7V, a7RVI and FX3-ii so that I can pick up those cameras. Great a9iii review Julia!
@@M4TR1X I used to own an A9 to shoot sports with but I sold it. Regretting it a bit so I'll likely pick it up again. Used A9 has gotten very affordable now ranging in $2,00 usd or less. As of right now, I am using my a7iii for sports and does the job well enough but not superb enough!
Thanks so much! I am also interested to see which cameras Sony decide to include a global sensor. Will they just keep it for their high end series like the A1/A9? Or will they start to introduce it to more prosumer cameras like the A7V series.. I wonder!
@@juliatrotti You're welcome! I think Sony's roadmap is to make all of their cameras have Global Shutter sensors now. How do you top the current models and give people reasons to upgrade? Adding a Global Shutter to the next-gen cameras! a7iv, a7Rv, FX3, a9-ii, a6700 and a1 are all the perfect Rolling Shutter cameras. Since they all have been perfected, what else more can you do to them for the next model if you keep the Rolling Shutter? You can add more button features and a tilt/flip lcd screen for the A1-ii but that won't be enough to warrant an upgrade. So it has to be Global Shutter sensors now. Sony going with Global Shutter sensors will keep them at the top of their games and keep their #1 position as well. I do think all Alpha cameras with GS sensors will have price increases. A7iv is $2,500 usd so future a7v will be $3,000 usd. A7RV is $3,900 usd so future a7RVI will be $4,500 usd. And A1 is $6,500 usd so future A1-ii will be $8,000 usd. And im sure their will be others like me who are willing to pay that price for quality images and videos now.
It feels like a total overkill but I'm happy that Sony is forcing the competition to get better. Hoping to upgrade to a camera with global shutter in 5 years 🤞
The A9 series has always been known to be a sports camera. And I do think this is Sony's roadmap now that all future Alpha cameras and FX will have global shutter sensors.
@@littleidols 120 fps is never overkill. If you can achieve this feat in your product, then do it! I'm sure the next biggest feat will be 240 fps compressed raw. Technology advancement is huge and must move forward.
@@harryvuemedia5106There’s no such thing as a sports camera, wedding camera, or nature and landscapes camera. They are just cameras. Any type of photography can be captured with any of today’s cameras. Marketing has sold us on the concept of a certain kind of camera for a certain genre of photography.
This is a very good and well-shot review. It actually shows in very convenient video shots and well-thought close-ups just how fast and precise the camera, AF and resulting frames are. Thank you very much for this pro work! I shoot ballroom sports and various dancing, and this is indeed a dream camera for such activity. Patiently waiting until the prices drop xD
Julia! Found a work around regarding the log profiles: it locks you into 1080P for log shooting if you activate this function, but if you don't activate that and go into Picture Profiles, you can choose a profile that has S Log 3 and it'll work in 4K with an external recorder :]
Hi, @JuliaTrotti! I've seen a lot of reviews of this camera. Yours is the best. You had asked about why the continuous shooting speed is lower for Low-High than for High+. This is true on the A1 as well. I think that the reason is that the cameras likely do not have the bandwidth to read a full resolution, uncompressed photo off the sensor and transfer it to memory, or possibly to process it on the camera's CPU. If I remember correctly, Hi+ may force you into shooting Compressed Raw, or something to that effect. On the A1, I've also experienced a drop in continuous focus tracking accuracy in Hi+ compared to the other modes. This rarely causes an issue, at least for me, since even on Medium, I can shoot fast enough to capture fire dancers performing or people running. If you still have access to an A9III, check the file sizes and image quality between H and H+. If you remind me, I'll try to get a more definitive answer for you, but I think that was roughly the correct explanation. Did you run into Mark Galer there? He's a Sony Imaging Ambassador who does really amazing RU-vid videos on different Sony bodies and lenses, and almost always uses examples of the sort of surfer shots that you were shooting - though not ones with golf sticks. I am not sure if being a Sony Imaging Ambassador confers any sort of diplomatic immunity when visiting the lands of Canon, Nikon, and Fuji...
Very interesting! Thanks for the explanation, next time I see Sony I will ask them about it too and see what they also say. And yes I know Mark Galer! We sat together at the dinner we had afterwards, he is great and I definitely look up to his work :)
Hi Julia 📸 ! I liked the footage of you & the cat 🐈 towards the end. Very sharp 👌 images. Excellent clarity. Hope you are enjoying cooler weather in Australia 🇦🇺 😊 !
Excelente vídeo, eu estava pensando em comprar uma a7RV mas por causa do Rolling Shutter estou pensando seriamente em comprar uma a9III por causa do Sensor Global Shutter.
Great review on this camera and I’ve only had it about a week so far, love it. The auto focus has to be experienced to be believed. This is the first camera I have absolute confidence in the auto focus. The Dynamic Active Stabilization is also quite good. I think the initial concerns of dynamic range were overblown. Comparing side-by-side with my Fujifilm XH2S canon Eos R3, I think the dynamic range from the Sony is at least on par and perhaps a little better. More importantly, the exposure latitude appears to be considerably better on the Sony.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video! Yep, dynamic range in photo is perfectly usable, I overexposed some of the golf shots a little in the morning to see what I could do with them later and was able to recover all the details in the highlights.
I absolutely love your videos, very inspiring to me and super useful. I chose several lenses according to your tests (mostly GM). Thank you very much for all the tips.
Ok, that is impressive. Especially the sticky AF! I shoot dance, mostly on a Canon R5, and I can only dream of such a reliable AF performance. And then there's the rest of it - global shutter etc. The thing just works 👍
Thank you! Sony's skintones have been great ever since the A7III, then they made even more improvements to colour from the A7IV onwards. So the A9III is at the same standard of colour IMO as the A7IV and A7RV. The hat was actually a Christmas gift from Sony Australia themselves, I love it hahah so I assume they would have gotten it custom made
So just to clarify: you had NO overheating in 4k 60 fps in 38 degree celsius (100F) weather, and in 4k 100 fps overheating only happened after 20 minutes? This is an incredible result for a camera with no inbuilt fan. And for longer shoots you can just add an external fan for extra safety.
I did the overheating tests on a different day so I could properly time it and keep notes on my tests. It was around 30 celcius on the day I did this overheating test. But yes, no overheating symbol or anything in 4K 50/60p, it would just keep recording without an issue. But the camera would give me the warning and shutdown eventually at 100/120p.
@@juliatrotti thank you for clarifying! That’s great news! I shoot 90% of the times in h.265 50 fps with 1/50 shutter speed, so I can save a lot of space and the motion blur looks just the same as in 25 fps and 1/50 shutter speed. And later I can keep the video in 50 fps or just throw away additional frames and convert it to 25 fps without any issues.
I'm in love with Canon using R6 for sports (motocross/supermoto), it's so good. The sensor readout speed is excellent considering it's not a stacked sensor compared like to my ex A7III. Although I do photography for passion, I want the best gear I can buy. This A9III is extraordinary, but no way I can get one. I would get back to Sony just for the amount of lenses you can get. As you know the good glass is good glass. A7r5 and A7IV are pretty slow for sports. A1 to expensive, A9II + FX30 combo? Maybe
I can't wait for an a7v with that screen and global shutter... I don't need the 120fps shooting. Shoot, it could stay at the current fps even. Not having to worry about flicker at weddings or events, on photo and video?! Wowww. Put Global Shutter in a FX3mk2 too Sony! Please! lol
@@juliatrotti well this blog does not open now. I have checked earlier, may be last year. this does not open now here in India (if it is location restricted).
5:38 not sure why but the noise on this photo on a 4k display at 4k looks horrible… not sure what’s going on here. All skin look noisy and low quality. Is it video compression or what?
There is no noise in that image, the man does have freckles all over his skin and there are also speckles of water flying around, maybe that's what you are seeing? But there is no camera noise.
@@juliatrottiI rewatched the video, the RU-vid compressions does not help but I still see noise on the shadow and out of focus areas, I want to say its due to being on a video rather than the actual still image. I shoot with the A7Rv, Riv and Siii and I was curious about the noise performance on the stills of the A9iii. If you ever share a raw image I would enjoy taking a peek at the actual file. cheers!
This is perfect for professionals and journalists but don't you think this can make everyone a photographer. Even a two year old kid can take great pictures now. It is almostvlike taking a screen shot from a video. Even though i can afford it iwont buy it, for me it is all about waiting for that perfect moment and click even if i dont get that perfect picture it is ok, for me it is all about that improving my performance
Oh yes, today's mirrorless cameras allows everyone to take great pictures. But everyone still needs to know what their doing to take great pictures. I've seen people skills that cannot keep up with the cameras. For me, mirrorless helps me capture those perfect moments. There are times where I only have split seconds to capture those moments thus having a sticky Eye-AF, Face recognition, and Burst speed helps me achieve that.
