What’s up guys, Sagi here and welcome to another Tech Gear Talk. Today I’ll give you the top 20 reasons why I preordered the Sony A7Siii – and we’ll also see how it compares to my C200 – Let’s go! Quick note: One reason – which was so obvious to me I forgot to include it is amazing low-light performance. The a7siii is going to be absolute magic in low light. Now let’s get going!
⭐️ Pre-order the A7Siii: https://geni.us/cgkg
My Top Sony A7siii lenses:
⭐️ Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM: https://geni.us/luQgU
⭐️ Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM: https://geni.us/s1a77
⭐️ Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM: https://geni.us/DSX2
⭐️ Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 DG DN: https://geni.us/1WKotV
⭐️ Sigma 14-24 f/2.8 DG DN: https://geni.us/ShUB
As far as a full touch screen – Sony upgraded from their previous screens which were only touch screens for autofocus point selection and subject tracking. Now you can change settings, use the functions menu and the main menu which is something you’ve probably heard me complain about in some of my Sony reviews.
I love the fact that Sony is listening to feedback and is concentrating on improving ergonomics and user experience.
The a7siii has a completely redesigned cascading menu system. It’s much better laid out and should make for a steeper learning curve and again – with the full touch screen functionality – a better overall user experience.
Next, I like that the mic jack has its own small door and that it doesn’t interfere with the functionality of the fully articulating screen. So you can rotate the screen and position it any way you can without bumping into the mic jack, or having it obstruct the view of the screen.
This is an issue I have with some of my current cameras (show m50) – it’s not the end of the world because I can still pull the screen back and then rotate it, but again it’s nice to see that Sony put some thought into this new design.
This is important when you’re tracking a subject or when something may come between the camera and the subject for a split second and we don’t want the camera to quickly focus on the subject in the foreground and then go back to the main subject. We also don’t want the camera to rack focus too abruptly when it shifts focus from one subject to the next. So in my a7iii I have 2 options for tracking sensitivity – Standard and Responsive. And I have 3 options for AF Drive Speed – Fast, Normal and Slow. And there have been times where I wanted more control over this so I was happy to see that the a7siii has 7 step transition speed adjustments and 5 steps of subject shift sensitivity control.
Sony also gave us better autofocus performance in low light or when we’re intentionally overexposing our LOG footage.
The a7siii essentially solves all of those issues. First, there is no recording limit and second, it can record internally at the same quality as it can output to the Ninja V – but more on this later.
On the Sony, I really like that all I need is a USB cambe and a power bank, but one of the issues I’ve run into is that the battery still drains while using a micro usb cable to power my a6400. So for example, I was using the camera for a live stream, and I forgot to charge the battery, so I think I started with something like 20% – well, it lasted much longer than 10% would normally last, but the battery died. Of course that was my fault for not charging the battery, but with the a7siii, using USB-C with a power delivery capable charger or power bank, I shouldn’t run into this issue.
As far as video, I personally don’t overvalue in body image stabilization because when I want stable camera movement I’ll either use a slider or a gimbal. But, there are times when I don’t have a gimbal with me and I am forced to shoot handheld or I would miss the shot, and in those cases it’s a great feature to have.
The other use case – for me – would be if I used it to vlog. I don’t know if this would be the camera I would pick for vlogging, but on the other hand, it could create a situation where I only need to bring one camera with me for all my needs, unless I really needed higher resolution photos. I’ll get back to you on this one.
This means that I will be able to always have an immediate second copy of every clip and image. So when I’m done shooting and I am driving home while backing up to my Gnarbox, I’m now making a third copy of the data. When I used to shoot weddings, we would immediately split the cards at the end of the day so that two the cards weren’t all in the same place and two separate people have to take back and create a backup.
But that’s not to say that it doesn’t matter – it just doesn’t matter for most of what I do. If on the other hand, you do things like shoot out of moving vehicles, shoot fast action or sports where you’re having to quickly pan or track a subject, and a few other situations – then this is more important.
Another example is when you’re vlogging – and this sort of goes hand in hand with image stabilization. A lot of the reason why handheld footage looks bad when you’re vlogging isn’t just because it’s unstable, but also because the rolling shutter compounds the effect by essentially creating a whip effect as the camera shakes from side to side.
I’m also super excited to see if this will have any impact on footage I get with the a7siii on a gimbal.
I’m also super excited to test out the low light, or rather high ISO, performance of the a7siii for stills.
I do want to mention one that I’m super excited to have 4K 120, 10 bit 4:2:2 in camera to both SD cards from such a small form factor with autofocus – the only thing I’m not sure of yet is whether it has face detection in 4k 120 – I think it does but if you know, put it in the description.
With the a7siii, I’m not going to have that problem and since I have it, I can still use the Ninja V for monitoring on a larger and brighter screen, and for the additional exposure assistance features it offers.
If you are as excited as I am about ordering this camera, I’ll put links in the description to where you can pick up the body as well as a few lenses which I think will pair up well.
I really hope I was able to give you a good overview of why I think the a7siii is worth ordering. If I did, please let me know by giving this video thumbs up, tweet it, share it, and if you haven’t yet, join the community by hitting the subscribe and notification buttons. You can also find me on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @techgeartalk.You know what I always say, buy it nice or buy it twice!Good luck and see you soon.
⭐️ Pre-order the A7Siii: https://geni.us/cgkg
My Top Sony A7siii lenses:
⭐️ Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM: https://geni.us/luQgU
⭐️ Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM: https://geni.us/s1a77
⭐️ Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM: https://geni.us/DSX2
⭐️ Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 DG DN: https://geni.us/1WKotV
⭐️ Sigma 14-24 f/2.8 DG DN: https://geni.us/ShUB