The Sony A73/A7R3/A7S3/A9 Thread

jonneymendoza · 8 Sep 2018 at 10:37

tatts said:
Well happy with battery life. I have 7 batteries for the A7Rii and they last around 200 shots each. First battery in the A7Riii and I got 820 shots

I've asked 2 people using the A7Riii and they both said the C version is spot on with the latest firmware. I'll keep my eyes peeled for one and try it out. My local store had one in and said I could try it, turned out to be Nikon

https://m.facebook.com/groups/890475171044748?view=permalink&id=1852453394846916

Greebo · 8 Sep 2018 at 10:41

Clov!s said:
Does the ISO difference matter?

I see A7Riii having a 32000 ISO and the A7iii having a 208000 (expanded) ISO?

Where is currently the best price for the A7Riii?

Cheers

Oh there are lots of things the a7iii does better than the a7r. High iso is one of them. Even ignoring the extra range, the a7iii is vastly superior in the noise department from 12,000 upwards.

tatts · 8 Sep 2018 at 20:10

jonneymendoza said:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/890475171044748?view=permalink&id=1852453394846916

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Richdog · 9 Sep 2018 at 06:02

Greebo said:
Oh there are lots of things the a7iii does better than the a7r. High iso is one of them. Even ignoring the extra range, the a7iii is vastly superior in the noise department from 12,000 upwards.

Yeah, and how often do you shoot at '12000 upwards'? lol...

Greebo · 9 Sep 2018 at 08:35

Richdog said:
Yeah, and how often do you shoot at '12000 upwards'? lol...

You would be surprised. I did a whole set at iso 52,000 the other week.

Anyway that’s beside the point. If you are a landscape photographer then it’s very unlikely you will ever use any high iso.

The two cameras are both slightly different and are both slightly suited to different purposes. All depends what you want for the camera.

Richdog · 9 Sep 2018 at 11:32

Greebo said:
You would be surprised. I did a whole set at iso 52,000 the other week.

Shooting what?

Greebo · 9 Sep 2018 at 11:42

Richdog said:
Shooting what?

Owls. At twilight with the 100-400gm and tc 1.4 at f8. In order to keep the shutter speed fast enough I was shooting between 20,000 and 50,000 over the course of an hour.

Richdog · 9 Sep 2018 at 11:45

Greebo said:
Owls. At twilight with the 100-400gm and tc 1.4 at f8. In order to keep the shutter speed fast enough I was shooting between 20,000 and 50,000 over the course of an hour.

Interesting, do you have any samples to hare? Would be very curious how well the A7III does in those conditions. Was the AF able to function ok?

Greebo · 9 Sep 2018 at 16:20

AF focussed superb even at f8. I was amazed and certainly wouldn’t have been able to do that with my previous cameras.

If you are on FB, link to them here https://www.facebook.com/howard.pearson.10/media_set?set=a.1710099392406198&type=3&fb_dtsg_ag=Adz2yt89QqYZK_ctm7eU-B0s80-qjf0mr5drhdAB4s5wBQ:AdyDiZrOvbcyRX5yqwk2OVUclZjxd-_ortP6PZEGwU36Aw
I am about to go out so if you can’t see them then I’ll post links up later.

2 quick ones, both 100% crops as well

jonneymendoza · 9 Sep 2018 at 16:23

tatts said:
Link doesn’t work

Join the Facebook group to see

Richdog · 9 Sep 2018 at 16:42

Greebo said:
AF focussed superb even at f8. I was amazed and certainly wouldn’t have been able to do that with my previous cameras.

If you are on FB, link to them here https://www.facebook.com/howard.pearson.10/media_set?set=a.1710099392406198&type=3&fb_dtsg_ag=Adz2yt89QqYZK_ctm7eU-B0s80-qjf0mr5drhdAB4s5wBQ:AdyDiZrOvbcyRX5yqwk2OVUclZjxd-_ortP6PZEGwU36Aw
I am about to go out so if you can’t see them then I’ll post links up later.

2 quick ones, both 100% crops as well

Wow, those were all ISO 50000+? :eek:

Some great shots made, be proud!

Greebo · 9 Sep 2018 at 17:18

No they vary from 20k to 50k. Yes they have noise (I have used noise reduction on them) but they are very usable.

tatts · 10 Sep 2018 at 09:16

Guess we’ll find out what the sigma 150-600 and TC is like on theMC-11 and A7Riii this week. I thought I was done :rolleyes:

Richdog · 10 Sep 2018 at 11:29

Oh man this is hilarious timing. During Tony Nothrups review of the EOS-R he had a card failure and lost part of an entire shoot...

SD card fails during the Canon EOS-R review https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/curiosity-sd-card-fails-during-the-canon-eos-r-review/ :eek:

Now looking forward to seeing all of the irrational fanboys splutter and eat some humble pie after being so adamant that the likelihood of failure is so low and 1 card slot is fine etc etc...

PS: I have the exact same SD cards as Tony... and 2 slots.

doodah · 10 Sep 2018 at 11:34

That would require them to admit their overreaction though. Can't see that happening

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Captain · 10 Sep 2018 at 12:23

I’ve had a 10% off code from JL come through the door, which means the A7iii would have £200 off

why is there so much temptation to spend money all the time

sHo0sH · 10 Sep 2018 at 12:54

Clov!s said:
I’ve had a 10% off code from JL come through the door, which means the A7iii would have £200 off why is there so much temptation to spend money all the time

I would resist any temptation to upgrade - how long have you had the 1300D?

The_Abyss · 10 Sep 2018 at 12:57

sHo0sH said:
I would resist any temptation to upgrade - how long have you had the 1300D?

Have you ever visited the motorbike forum?

sHo0sH · 10 Sep 2018 at 12:59

The_Abyss said:
Have you ever visited the motorbike forum?

I can't say that I have - upgraditus?

The_Abyss · 10 Sep 2018 at 13:01

That would be unkind. I'd describe it as maximising life's experiences