Sony A9 III announced

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"Thanks to this new global shutter, the A9 III is capable of 4K 120fps video with no crop, 120fps 14-bit RAW shooting for 192 frames with real-time AF, flash sync at any shutter speed, and a max shutter speed of 1/80,000 (1/16,000 during continuous shooting)"

Global shutter looks amazing, anyone getting this camera?
 
Only really useful for sports tog. They also haven't stated it's DR, base ISO at 250 suggest to me it is not the best IQ sensor on the market. Just the fastest reading, speed demon of a camera.

Or essentially it is a camera that is continuously recording a 6k video in RAW, dumping 120 frames every second into the buffer and keeps doing it until you press the shutter for it to "write". I suspect the battery is not as long as other cameras.

Not needed for almost anything else that an A9II or even the A73 can do.

I'll pass. (but I will have one if given to me!)

edit - What is more interesting to me is the ability to sync with any flash speed, not limited to like 1/250 anymore. That creates interesting creative opportunities. I see that to be more fun to do and in a few years wouldn't mind it when the price is better on the used market.
 
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Yeah its interesting, I do hope the next A1 has global shutter (very likely), it doesn't interest me 120fps, but the global shutter on a more rounded camera would be amazing.

I want that camera, 20 fps is fine, but 50mp, global shutter finally would remove flickering/banding for me at indoor events, wedding ceremonies etc.
 
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Combat squirrel said:
Yeah its interesting, I do hope the next A1 has global shutter (very likely), it doesn't interest me 120fps, but the global shutter on a more rounded camera would be amazing.

I want that camera, 20 fps is fine, but 50mp, global shutter finally would remove flickering/banding for me at indoor events, wedding ceremonies etc.
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Yeah, 120fps is WAY too many frames to cull, you basically play it back fast forward and press pause when you see a frame you like. That would be the only way to cull, there is no way to do it the way I do it now which is looking at each one.

If it has 120fps with like 5second buffer...which is still like 600 shots of RAW....I rather it do 12fps and have 50 second buffer. Which to me, would be so much more useful. 50 second buffer is basically infinite.

The true silent, no banding, infinite flash sync speed, those are the features I would find useful.
 
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All interesting points here - I use A9 & A73 for weddings & they do great, perhaps get an A7r5 at some point as a 'main' camera in place of the A73 assuming I can shoot it at half res RAW files (30mp or something), I do love the A9 focusing system though, even all these years later !
 
More details coming to light now. Seems according to some YouTube channels, while it's unlimited flash sync, if you use off camera flash like me, it's really more limited to the speed the off cam flash can do, and how long it can deliver it's power so reality is more 1/1000th (in the same way that apparently hassleblad leaf shutter eventually hits flash limits rather than the camera itself).....also iso 250 lowest setting effects flash use.

So some potential real world barriers coming up to 'unlimited flash sync'.

Still want the global shutter though! But lower iso options....maybe the A1 mk2?
 
Combat squirrel said:
Yeah its interesting, I do hope the next A1 has global shutter (very likely), it doesn't interest me 120fps, but the global shutter on a more rounded camera would be amazing.

I want that camera, 20 fps is fine, but 50mp, global shutter finally would remove flickering/banding for me at indoor events, wedding ceremonies etc.
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This is what I'm hoping for as well, A1 II with a global shutter, lower base ISO, high megapixel and improved autofocus.
 
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Only really useful for sports tog. They also haven't stated it's DR, base ISO at 250 suggest to me it is not the best IQ sensor on the market.
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With 1/80,000 shutter, if Sony were smart they would offer a High DR mode.
i.e. you take a 3 picture burst, one at 1/80000, next at 1/40000 and finally 1/20000. Then combine them in camera and spit out a raw file with huge dynamic range and still be able to capture fast action.

Phase One XC already does a similar thing by combining multiple raws into a single raw.
 
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With 1/80,000 shutter, if Sony were smart they would offer a High DR mode.
i.e. you take a 3 picture burst, one at 1/80000, next at 1/40000 and finally 1/20000. Then combine them in camera and spit out a raw file with huge dynamic range and still be able to capture fast action.

Phase One XC already does a similar thing by combining multiple raws into a single raw.
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Nice
 
Useless in the wrong hands, photography is hard enough and photographing fast moving action complicates things no end and 120fps will not help matters either.
 
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