The Sony A73/A7R3/A7S3/A9 Thread

aoaaron · 25 Mar 2018 at 00:42

Raymond Lin said:
It does feel small and it is not balanced with an adapted L glass in front. It feels like I am shooting a 70-200 on a DSLR kind of scale. That may change as I use it more, I don't know. The acid test is how it handles when I am under pressure, how quickly I can get to things, or do I just give up and pick up my 5D4 again.

I am going to shoot this with my 5D4, as my 3rd camera, not my main.

The eye AF looks AMAZING for portraits. almost being able to shoot blind.

wez130 · 25 Mar 2018 at 08:01

Have they sorted the menu system out for the a7iii? I want one so badly, but i have to keep my a6500 for my sigma lenses.

Raymond Lin · 25 Mar 2018 at 13:07

wez130 said:
Have they sorted the menu system out for the a7iii? I want one so badly, but i have to keep my a6500 for my sigma lenses.

Coming from Canon (and Fuji), the Sony menu needs a redesign. So many pages and scattered everywhere, like the "record to both cards" is about 30 pages apart from "shoot Raw or Jpeg". They could just put it under 1 page - Record to 1 or both cards, Raw or Jpeg etc.

Raymond Lin · 25 Mar 2018 at 17:18

First real use, 3 things

1 - no LR RAW support so that is a pain
2 - AF is amazing, even with adapted Sigma glass
3 - colour is on the magenta/red side.

jonneymendoza · 26 Mar 2018 at 08:10

Raymond Lin said:
First real use, 3 things

1 - no LR RAW support so that is a pain
2 - AF is amazing, even with adapted Sigma glass
3 - colour is on the magenta/red side.

nice one!

enjoyed using it?

sHo0sH · 26 Mar 2018 at 17:42

I can't see this advertised anywhere on their site, but when you add the A7iii and the Sigma MC-11 to the basket on WEX they give you the adapter for £99.50 and a 3 year warranty upgrade.

Tempting!!

Raymond Lin · 26 Mar 2018 at 17:43

sHo0sH said:
I can't see this advertised anywhere on their site, but when you add the A7iii and the Sigma MC-11 to the basket on WEX they give you the adapter for £99.50 and a 3 year warranty upgrade.

Tempting!!

I think that was the offer for pre-order? Same offer I got at the Photography show last week.

Raymond Lin · 26 Mar 2018 at 17:44

jonneymendoza said:
nice one!

enjoyed using it?

I can see myself having 2 of these before long, selling one 5D4 to fund it….the real test is when I get to edit it's RAW and shoot a proper wedding with it.

sHo0sH · 26 Mar 2018 at 20:19

Raymond Lin said:
I think that was the offer for pre-order? Same offer I got at the Photography show last week.

ahh, you're probably right. I hadn't seen it advertised anywhere but I guess I also haven't looked that hard!

Raymond Lin · 26 Mar 2018 at 20:30

sHo0sH said:
ahh, you're probably right. I hadn't seen it advertised anywhere but I guess I also haven't looked that hard!

The official release date is April 10th, I guess the offer will last until then.

Marlie · 26 Mar 2018 at 20:52

Hi guys,

I'm looking to order the A7 iii. Can anyone recommend a good 35mm/50mm lens?

Schizo · 26 Mar 2018 at 21:18

Raymond Lin said:
I can see myself having 2 of these before long, selling one 5D4 to fund it….the real test is when I get to edit it's RAW and shoot a proper wedding with it.

Didn't Jared polin say something about this and I'm sure he edited the files in light room,have a look at his video about the Sony.

The_Abyss · 26 Mar 2018 at 21:41

I thought he converted them to DNG and then ran them through LR?

Schizo · 26 Mar 2018 at 21:42

He could well have done,I had the video on but wasn't taking that much attention.

Raymond Lin · 26 Mar 2018 at 21:44

The_Abyss said:
I thought he converted them to DNG and then ran them through LR?

You can only use the Sony software at the moment but i think most people just looking at the Jpegs.

sHo0sH · 29 Mar 2018 at 12:51

I've bitten the bullet. Can't wait for this thing to arrive.

jonneymendoza · 29 Mar 2018 at 13:11

Awesome

Combat squirrel · 31 Mar 2018 at 00:24

Does this do eye af in video mode? If so I'll get it

Raymond Lin · 31 Mar 2018 at 00:30

Combat squirrel said:
Does this do eye af in video mode? If so I'll get it

I don't have any native Sony lenses to test so I can't tell you, but general consensus is that video with adaptor is pants.

Combat squirrel · 31 Mar 2018 at 01:41

Raymond Lin said:
I don't have any native Sony lenses to test so I can't tell you, but general consensus is that video with adaptor is pants.

Iv seen eye af working on photos with Canon lenses on youtube no problems but wondered if it was video also....the metabones adapter is what they used