Sony A7RIII pixel shift with a vintage lens and a Sony A7rII star eater workaround

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Image from the Star Eater Petition which asks Sony to fix the issue

David Kilpatrick from Photoclubalpha tested the Sony A7RIII pixel shift with a vintage Takumar lens. The conclusion:

Multi-shot pixel shift images, though only 120MB uncompressed, are so detailed that some won’t compress much at all. I have only ever seen this before from medium format, and that includes the Extra Fine single shot regular files.

And Jim Kasson found a Sony a7RII star-eater workaround:

The good news: The a7RII star-eating spatial filtering that takes place at 4 seconds and longer exposures does not occur in continuous low or continuous high shutter modes.
The bad news is that you have to put up with a little more noise and 12-bit precision. As bad news goes, that’s pretty good. The increase in noise is small, and the read noise at ISO 640 provides sufficient dither that you won’t miss those missing bits (at higher ISOs there will be even more read noise, and the increaded noise from the 12-bit conversions will be less significant). There is some question about what that horizontal periodicity means for astrophotography, and I would be interested in hearing from people who use this workaround on real stars.

Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK. Photo Porst Neuwied. Sony Netherland. Sony Australia. Sony Japan.

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Sony A9 firmware update 2.0 released. And new 500 Euro price cut too.

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Sony released the new firmware update for the Sony A9. At the same time in Europe there has been a 500 price cut on the camera like you can see here at Calumetphoto.de.

Benefits and improvements from the latest update

  • Enhance Continuous AF
    • Enhances continuous auto focus on moving subjects
    • Enhances AF-C stability while zooming
  • Adds new or enhanced functions for sports/news media photography professionals
    • New function: assign protecting images to custom key
    • New function: FTP transfer protected files at once *1
    • Displays wired LAN MAC address
    • Inputs IPTC metadata to files *2
    • Inputs camera serial number to metadata
  • Others
    • Improves all-round operational stability
    • Improves the accuracy of the overheating warning

*1: Only the images protected on Ver.2.00.
*2: Need to create IPTC information beforehand by using the “IPTC Metadata Preset” software.

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Sony Tidbits…

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Best A7RIII Camera Settings for Shooting Action, Wildlife and Sports

6 Common Mistakes of the Low-Budget Filmmaker (Explora).
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The Sony A7rIII is named “DSLM camera of the year” at the german site “dkamera.de”
Canon SL2 Review vs Sony a6000 Series Cameras (Photorec).
My Favorite Sony Camera and Lenses of 2017 (That1CameraGuy).

More informal and personal photos from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube.

Jon: “I have a gallery of images made with a combination most people wouldn’t normally see, if you’d like to share.   Sony a7R III with the Sony 24-240mm.   As of Jan 6, 2018 every photo in this gallery made with the a7R III was made with the 24-240.  It’s a much better combination than many people would believe.
Here is the link:
http://www.thephotographyhobbyist.com/CAMERAGEAR/Sony-a7R-III-Gallery/”

David: ” youtube video showing the a9 in use for a 3 model low light session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euO5pHcM4AU“

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The new Sony 18-135mm E-mount lens is now available for preorder!

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The new lens and the new Silver body can now be preordered here:
18-135mm lens at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera and BestBuy.
Silver A6300 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera and BestBuy.
Also the new control box for the RX0 is on preorder at BHphoto.
All new CES stuff listed here at BH.

The Vidpro Cage is the deal of the day at BHphoto (save $70).

And the A7rIII will now ship in 1-2 days at Amazon and BHphoto.

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Just some fun: Image of the “Panasony A7sIII” :)

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This image made by John Zulueta made my day :)
It displays the dream most SAR readers have: A Sony A7sIII with the Panasonic GH5s specs.

Jokes aside the Sony A7sIII should really match Panasonics specs without to remove the IBIS like Panasonic did. That would be a real killer!

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Sony A7rIII is camera of the year at RonMartBlog. And new test by Jim Kasson, Lok and Cinema5D.

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RonMartBlog did select the A7rIII as camera of the year:

I wish you’d buy my Canon gear so I could buy this camera – it really is that good. This is why I’m proud to give the Sony a7R III my highest recommendation by naming it my 2017 Camera of the Year!

Also Jim Kasson prefers it over the Nikon D850:

The D850 can do most of what the D5 can, and some stuff the D5 never thought about doing. But for available-light, no-modifier event shooting, I think there’s a new sheriff in town: the a7RIII with an a9 backup.

Cinema5D did shoot a mini documentary with the A7rIII:

So, if this camera is so nice to work with, is there any obstacle in getting it? Well, the answer might be its’ biggest “enemy”, Sony’s own non (yet) existing camera, namely, the a7S III.

New video test by Lok:

Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK. Photo Porst Neuwied. Sony Netherland. Sony Australia. Sony Japan.

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Sony Tidbits…

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Camera Settings for Shooting Landscapes – Sony Alpha

A Guide to Neutral Density Filters (Explora).
Sony a7R III Tested – Shooting a Mini Documentary (Cinema5D).
Pro street photographer: why I swapped my Canon 5D Mark IV for the Sony A9 (CameraJabber).
Samyang 135mm F2 AS UMC review by Marc Alhadeff.
The best of 2017 by Kai on Youtube.
Godox SL60W LED Light Review (Personal View).

Anonymous: ” Was checking Sony India site and A99, A77ii & A58 are no longer listed. They were listed till last month but have vanished now.”

 

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