Sony promised multiple times that they will exceed expectations with the Sony A7sIII. Now all we have is rumors only but if they are somehow close to the real deal than this is what’s top (and flop) on the Sony A7sIII:
TOP
Best in class 4K quality thanks to the new 12MP BSI sensor with very fast readout
World’s best EVF in any mirrorless FF camera with 9.44 milion dot resolution
First FF mirrorless camera using the CFexpress Type A cards
Sony promises no overheating issues and no recording time limit thanks to a new passive cooling system
Top class dynamic range of 15stops (claimed by Sony)
GOOD (and this was really about time)
At last a Sony A7 camera with fully articulating screen
Full size HDMI
FLOP
12MP sensor may be limiting for some kind of photography
Same clumsy Sony menu system and likely limited touchscreen functionalities
by daftscience
Texas
Sony 24-70gm
33-10s exposures stacked. Iso 1600 and 70mm.
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I got some more tidbits (Thanks source!). This is what he had to say about the A7sIII:
Gyroscope data will be available for post stabilization like the FX9.
Digital IS like the zv1 will be available for the first time on a full frame Sony Camera. This does not use further crop. Only the slight crop previously mentioned for UHD. The 4k is still 1:1 pixel readout.
There may be features left out at launch that will be available via software update. Similar to the FX9 version 2.0 update coming later this year. They will be mentioned on the presentation next week.
Compared to an FX9, this does not down sample 6K to 4K, which would require a 24mp sensor.
There is at least 1 notable hardware and 1 software feature that still isn’t revealed.
Anyone who wants quality full frame 4K that “just works” without any limitations will be very pleased with this camera. Let’s just say this is not a toy, it’s a workhorse!
The marketing phrase they could use is: “4K that works!” unlike some other recent 4k/8K camera from the competition :)
Before to move on with the post let me make an anti-troll statement:
The Canon EOS-R5 and R6 are great cameras with tremendous IBIS performance and nice 8K add-on (on the EOS-R5). Chapeau to Canon!
Now to the story:
What you see on the image above is the new Canon EOS-R6 covered with a bag of Ice cubes in a (failed!) attempt to cool down the camera. Cinemad5D made the first independent attempt to shoot a professional movie with the R6 and writes:
Recording time imitations is one thing but overheating shutdown in unexpected points of the filming day is truly an obstacle. Furthermore, the recovery time is long (or at least seems to be long when you are under pressure to resume filming as your talents are all waiting). As my frustration grew, I tried it all. Ice bag on the camera, strong fan pointing directly to the sensor glass (yes, at some point I did not care anymore about exposing the sensor to the strong wind as long as I can resume filming)… I also tried looking up at the sky and mumble a few words (if it doesn’t help, it won’t hurt for sure I thought). I even made promises to be a nicer person and a good friend. All for the sake of seeing the camera working again, BUT, no evil. The weather-sealed camera body did a “great job” by doing what it supposed to do, and not let anything enter it. Not even the fresh fan air…
Frustrated as hell, I had to apologize to Mari Fujii-san and Neal. Some of the best images I was supposed to capture that day were missed. Other actions had to be repeated and if it was not enough, at some point I had the “genius idea” of lowering the resolution to Full HD and continue shooting, just not to waste their time. This method worked to some extent, but not all the time. Some of the kitchen images you see in this video were upscaled from full HD to 4K in order to match the rest of the footage.
Bottom line, the Canon EOS R6 controlled my filming day instead of me controlling it in order to tell a visual story.
This is just to say that the EOS-R5/6 and the Sony A7sIII are two different kind of tools. The Canon’s are probably better suited for stills photography than video and they compete against the A7RIV and A7III. For professional video work the Sony A7sIII is definitely the way to go.
