New Sony A7III tests Jason Lanier, Manny Ortiz, TheProShooters, Eric Rossi

Time for a new A7III test and reviews roundup post!

Sony A7III preorder links:
Sony A7III in USA at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon,  BestBuy, FocusCamera, BuyDig.
Sony a7III in Europe at Amazon DE, Calumet Germany, Amazon UK, ParkCameras UK, WexUK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
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Sony A7 III Autofocus Test: https://vimeo.com/258520462
Sony Alpha A7 III sample movie: handheld / 4k / full-frame / 30p / FE 85mm f1.8: https://vimeo.com/258787138
Sony Alpha A7 III sample movie: handheld from helicopter / 4k / full-frame / 24p / FE 24-105mm f4G: https://vimeo.com/258788935
Sony a7 III autofocus vs Sony a9: https://vimeo.com/257652460
A7 III Low-Light Test ISO 800 – 120.400: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9zvL8jlhag
Sony A7 III Video Test 4k, 1080P Slow-Mo, Slog & HDR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XobAPoFMevU
Sony A7III (Alpha 7 iii) Low light High ISO video test 4K: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJXM0T1otdc
A7III 4K video test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJXM0T1otdc

Photo Porst Neuwied has the A7III in Stock with 5 years warranty

Camera in Stock an shipping at http://www.ringfoto-dockhorn.de/

New A7III tests by Miguel Quiles, The Art of Photography, The Slanted Lens

The first Stock of Sony A7III cameras arrived today in Europe and will ship out tomorrow (Image courtesy: gmfoto.de).

Sony A7III preorder links:
Sony A7III in USA at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon,  BestBuy, FocusCamera, BuyDig.
Sony a7III in Europe at Amazon DE, Calumet Germany, Amazon UK, ParkCameras UK, WexUK.
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Dpreview added new A7III image samples an noted they didn’t find any pictures with “stripe issues”:

We found no further examples of PDAF-related striping as we selected additional images for this gallery. Notably, none of the new images added were shot with the FE 85mm at F1.8, leading us to believe the issue is prompted by certain combinations of cameras, lenses, and lighting conditions. We’ll be continuing to investigate this relationship as soon as a production camera arrives.

And here are new A7III tests from youtubers:

And I think that’s a polish review right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlQckk9uaxY
And a7 III – sample raw photo – very high iso test https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5n9yoklfqf8is30/AABvHeoX5aSqRQ2R3T-TIxu2a/a7m3?dl=0

Very first Voigtländer Macro Apo-Lanthar 110mm f/2.5 FE lens test

We had many lens announcements in these weeks from Tamron, Tokina, Sigma, Zeiss, Laowa and Voigtlander. But the one lens I am personally very interested to buy is the new Voigtländer Macro Apo-Lanthar 110mm f/2.5 FE. I suspected right from the start that this would be a top performer. And it seems like my hope was well placed. The Spanish blog AlbedoMedia (google translation here) posted the very first quick test with image samples and their first impression is extremly positive:

In all the macro shots, we appreciate a very harmonic bokeh , which will undoubtedly please the photographers who love small subjects. In this case – since the images are made at full aperture – we think that the quality associated with the blurred parts is due to the excellent apochromatic correction that minimizes the corresponding aberrations.

One SAR reader also had the chance to play a bit with the lens and said:

It is extremely sharp and no C/A but quite heavy.

If the price and quality will be on par with their excellent 65mm FE lens I am probably going to buy it.

New Sony A7III tests and hands-on by Kevin Raber, CameraLabs, Dpreview

Sony A7III preorder links:
Sony A7III in USA at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon,  BestBuy, FocusCamera, BuyDig.
Sony a7III in Europe at Calumet Germany, ParkCameras UK, WexUK.
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Kevin Raber writes:

They understand the market, their customers, and the competition and have strategically positioned their camera lineup, so it is attractive to a wide variety of photographic needs. They didn’t cripple or hobble the Sony  a7III and they released it at a fair price, considering its features and abilities. They addressed just about all if not all the issues that were part of the older line. It’s tough to find major flaws with this camera.

Sony A7 III shutter test – mechanical vs silent at 10fps by CameraLabs:

Hands-on with the Sony a7 III (Dpreview).
CP+2018 a73 vs a7r3 Video Performance Comparison on Youtube.

Details on the Sony A7III “stripe issue”

The web went in tumult after discovering a weird “stripe issue” in the top right corner of that Dpreview image sample. Here is the feedback from experts on that matter:

Rishi from Dpreview writes:

In a couple of the photos you may notice striping, a problem we’ve found common to all cameras with masked phase detect AF pixels when shot a certain way: with very fast lenses wide open pointed directly at bright light sources to purposefully induce flare (e.g. here and here). In continued shooting today in the same venue and lighting, we noticed no issues shooting more modest apertures and zoom lenses.

Jim Kasson writes:

I’m not particularly worried about this, but some of the a7III examples I’ve seen make me think the effect might be worse in that camera.
It’s pretty clear that this effect is related to the on-sensor PDAF pixels in the a9. Bill Claff and Horshak did some work last year and identified a weaker version of the same pattern in dark-field images. It’s not clear to me why the effect is stronger with a very bright light source in the image.

Bill Claff writes:

Compared with the A9 the A7III has “Dramatically (3 stops) higher Read Noise in the PDAF blue pixels”

Tony Northrup writes:

We shot 4,181 pics with the a7 III and I can’t find any trace of this effect in the images, including shots with the 85 f/1.4 wide open into light sources, zooming in to 5:1. I’m confident this issue exists, but I think the community is making WAY too much out of it. People really love to latch onto any flaw in a new camera, and I think this is blown out of proportion.

To sum up: This is an issue that appears under very special conditions only. But it’s definitely here and we have to see if this is something Sony can fix easily via firmware update.

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Sony A7III preorder links:
Sony A7III in USA at Adorama (free overnight shipment), BHphoto, Amazon,  BestBuy, FocusCamera, BuyDig.
Sony a7III in Europe at Calumet Germany, ParkCameras UK, WexUK.

Important note: I would appreciate if you use those preorder links to preorder your camera. It rewards me for the work on SAR. I get a small commission and you don’t pay any cent more for that. Thanks:)

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