(SR1) Some A7sIII specs…

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There is a new source who shared some A7sIII specs. He insisted these are correct. As this is a new source I will rank the rumor very low (10% chance he is right).

Sony executive says 4K 60p 422 no problem because it is with SLVS-EC. A7s3 will be an 8K 60P 10bit 422 low light powerhouse. The delay on the camera is because it takes time to develop the new XEVC 8K codec. IMX435 + SLVS-EC + XEVC = mirrorless revolution. The sensor is not officially a global shutter but the read out is so fast that it is damn near global shutter. Till next time!

Just to be clear, the leaked info about the nee IMX435 is 90% reliable. But what’s yet not confirmed at all if that’s the sensor that’s going to be used by the new A7sIII.

Reminder: This is the info I got about the IMX435 sensor:

“IMX435 STARVIS use Hecx Native Conversion Gain to Produce more SNR in Dark Scene:
(ISO 15 ~ 17.5EV/ISO 100 ~ 15.4EV/…/ISO 409600 ~ 6.9EV)

If readout all Conversion Gain, the Landscape can be extended to 120dB, like the high SNR sensor sony displayed on IEDM 2018. But IMX435 seems impossible to do this. It’s not a still picture style sensor.

 

The IMX435 sensor has 6 native sensitivities (from base to top as seen in the table):

ISO50 = Conversion Gain -18dB, EI +12dB, DR 17.4EV
ISO200 = Conversion Gain 0dB, EI +6dB, DR 15.4EV
ISO800 = Conversion Gain +18dB, EI 0dB, DR 13.4EV
ISO12800 = Conversion Gain +36dB, EI +6dB
ISO102400 = Conversion Gain +54dB, EI +6dB
ISO1638.4K = Conversion Gain +72dB, EI +24dB

Its full well capacity at base is particularly impressive at 605k e-, A7SII sensor IMX235 is “only” 159K e- with much bigger photosite. This again highlights the power of Exmor RS.”

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Sony REAL TIME TRACKING Example shoots by Patrick Murphy-Racey

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Patrick Murphy-Racey:

At this point, in April of 2019, Real Time Tracking (RTT) is available in four camera bodies: a6400, a7III, a7RIII, and the venerable a9. RTT works best, as does everything else, on the a9. RTT combines all the traditional AF elements like distance, contrast, and phase detection but then adds into this mix, face detection, eye AF, color, and pattern.

The end result is amazing, allowing you to simply depress the shutter part way while pointing the camera at your desired subject (person, athlete, horse, car, motorcycle, etc.), then the A RTT system will track your subject anywhere in the viewfinder while you are shooting. You simply shoot when you want to and the camera takes care of focus.

This allows shooters to experience a new freedom never before possible so that you can just concentrate on content and moments, and then nail everything.

I recommend experimenting with sensitivity (1-5), depending on your sport of choice or assignment. I use 5 almost all the time for auto racing. For American football and basketball, I drop it down to 4. for tennis singles, 5, but for doubles, 3 or 4.

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony a6400 & Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 review

Zeiss Batis 40mm f2 CF review (CameraLabs).
Latest Canon presentation confirms their focus is now on Mirrorless (MirrorlessRumors).
5 Photoshop Tips for Amazing Photo Composites! ft. Rikard Rodin
135mm GM test at Immian.
Lighting Gear for Outdoor Portraits (Explora).
Sony FE 12-24mm F/4 G at Universal Studios (Enthusiastphotoblog).

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The new Sony 135mm f/1.8 GM is in Stock at BuyDig (and shipping out from all US stores)

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The new Sony is finally shipping out in the US. The only store that has them in Stock right now is BuyDig. And we have been told preorders are shippingg out from Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.

Sigma deals:

Full Frame:
$125 off on the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
$100 off on the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
$100 off on the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.

APS-C:
16mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.
30mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.
56mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.

MC-11 autofocus adapter:
$100 off on the MC-11 Canon EF to Sony E-mount autofocus adapter at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Sony US superdeals

Sony cameras:
$1000 off on the Sony A9 at Buydig, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, BestBuy. FocusCamera.
$400 off on the SonyA7rIII at BuyDig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FocusCamera.
$400 off on the Sony A7rII at Buydig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$400 off ($600 off with kit lens) on the Sony A7II at Buydig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$150 off on the Sony 6300 at Buydig, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$200 off on the Sony 6000 at Buydig, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$150 off on the Sony 5100 at Buydig, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$200 off on the A6000 dual kit at Buydig, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.

FF E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the 12-24mm f/4.0 lens at Bhphoto, Adorama, BestBuy, Focus and Amazon.
$100 off on the 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-70mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$200 off on the Sony 24-105mm FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FocusCamera, BuyDig.
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the Sony 28mm FE lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony 28-70mm FE lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 28-135mm PZ lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$100 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 5omm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony 50mm FE f/1.8 lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, Focuscamera.
$50 off on the Sony 50mm macro at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
$100 off on the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony 85mm f/1.8 FE at Buydig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 90mm macro lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony Fisheye Conversion Lens for FE 28mm F/2 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony Ultra-Wide Conversion Lens for FE 28mm F/2 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.

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BCN reports the Sony A7III sells more than the competition combined (Canon R, Canon RP and Nikon Z6)

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BCN collected the March-April japanese sales shares of the top five entry level Full Frame cameras. It aggregates POS data of home electronics retailers and EC shops across the country (around 40% of entire country sales). The data shows something very unexpected: Yes the Canon EOS-RP had a good sales start in the week of March 11. But sales quickly dropped.

Currently the three competition cameras from Canon (RP+R) and Nikon (Z6) all together sell less than the amount of the A7III…WOW!

Of course this is representative for the Japanese market only but the trend seems to be confirmed by the (non scientific) Amazon US Best Sellers ranking where the A7III scores much better than the competition.

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Thanks Frank!

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Note: I corrected a mistake in the A7III vs competition percentage Sorry!

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