- What's up guys? Welcome to a new video,
we're in Utah right now and today's video,
is all about the Sony a7S III
It's finally here!
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So it's been a few days
that we have been shooting
with the Sony a7S III
which we're actually shooting
this video with right now,
and I just wanted to
kind of take a minute,
and talk about some of
the really cool features,
and some of the things that have me even
the most excited about this camera.
Now something that has
been highly requested
is the flip out screen.
Now not only does it flip out,
but it also can flip in,
and has a bunch of different angles
and it is actually very very useful
not just for vlogging
we have been using it
we're trying to get pictures,
and trying to get videos,
and just having the option
to move this screen,
so that we can see what shot we're getting
from different angles has been incredible.
Something else that's
new about this camera
is the new electronic viewfinder.
We have been out shooting in the sun,
it has been so bright
and having this new viewfinder
has been incredibly helpful
not just for focusing night shots,
but also making sure that things
aren't overexposed or underexposed,
it's just so nice.
Something else that is new
is that we now have four media slots.
Two of those slots are going to be
for the traditional normal SD cards,
But now we actually have
CFexpress compatibility
which is going to allow for
higher recording speeds.
We have just been shooting
with the normal SD cards,
So unfortunately we haven't
been able to test out
those high recording speeds
but we will soon.
There's also no limit recording
so I'm sitting here I'm
shooting in 24 frames at 4K
and it will record until
either my battery dies,
or the SD card fills up.
I don't know how this isn't the
first thing that I mentioned
but we now can record at 120 4K.
We have been getting some
of the crispiest shots here
and honestly when I was
watching it back I was amazed.
And what also is really cool
is that it now also has audio.
So with previous cameras
we had to shoot in S&Q,
which means we didn't have audio,
but now we're able to have
audio with the 120 the 4k,
It's so good.
Now the a7S cameras are known
for their low-light capabilities.
What I was really excited about
was to come up to Moab
and do a lot of astro
because I'm obsessed with astro
and we have the extended ISO
which can actually go up to 409,600.
Okay, the sun is set, it's dark,
Let's do a live action test.
So with a7 III a7S III,
comparison we have the exact same settings
500
- [Man] I'm gonna start going up
- Okay
- [Man] 640
- 640
- [Man] 800
- 800
- [Man] 2000
- 2000
- [Man] 2500
- 2500
- [Man] 3200
- 3200
- [Man] 4000
- 4000
- [Man] 5000
- 5000
- [Man] 6400
- 6400
What was the last one?
- [Man] 8000
- 8000
This is gonna be crazy to see,
'cause I can see it
This isn't like very official test
But moral of the story
is the a7S III in low light,
larger pixels, more light to those pixels,
it's great, just take our word for it.
Let's go get the shot of the astro.
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- [Man] Where are you going?
- It's this way (chuckles)
- [Man] What are we doing here
- Well wait for Jenna
'cause she's the astro pro
- So it's gonna be very
dangerous over here
- Please don't fall
- [Man] Oh yeah
we gotta be careful up here
- It's really...
high up on a tripod.
( thudding and woman squealing)
- Are you okay?
- Yes
- [Man] Is the camera okay
- Can you use your hand okay
- It's fine.
- I hit my head instead
of dropping the camera.
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- Now we also have some new file formats.
We have the traditional XAVC S,
but now we actually have the XAVC HS.
This file is going to be a little bit
more friendly for context creators,
it's going to hopefully keep
the file sizes reasonable,
but we also have something
which is very exciting
for that super crispy content.
We now have the XAVC S-I,
This is basically going
to record every frame,
whereas previous ones will
record every other frames,
this is going to give you that full range
so that you really aren't missing a frame.
Now the Sony a7S III has
active mode stabilization.
This is something that I
really liked in the ZV-1
which is like the compact
little vlogging camera,
which we now have in this camera as well.
So there's going to be three modes,
there's going to be active Steady on,
active Steady standard,
and active Steady off.
Also built into the camera
we now have 10 creative shooting modes.
These will be available for
pictures as well as video.
Now we went ahead and did
a little test with those on
so let's take a look.
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Not only do we have the
creative shooting modes,
but we also have the picture profiles.
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Some other features that I'm excited about
is that we now have a full HDMI.
The headphone jack is conveniently located
next to the audio input
and we also have USB-C for charging.
With this camera you will be able
to record 120 4K for 30 minutes.
I went ahead and did a test
with the battery at 100%.
I recorded it at 120 and
I did get 30 minutes.
Now obviously this will
vary depending on the heat,
depending on batteries, SD cards.
We've been shooting at 120
out in 105 degree temperature
and my body was overheating
before the camera did.
So there's definitely a lot of things
to take into consideration
but being able to shoot
120 4K for 30 minutes
it's pretty impressive.
You're also able to shoot for an hour
at 60 frames per second 4K
and I actually was
getting more than an hour
I had the battery starting
at 100% I'm impressed
For time lapses we still
have interval shooting
as well as S&Q
when I use S&Q I usually
do one frame per second,
but with interval shooting this does allow
for a nice 4K time lapse
when you're shooting RAW images.
This camera also has 759
autofocus face detection points
which is a 92% coverage.
We also have a new processor
which is eight times faster
than the previous processor.
This also means that we're
gonna have more dynamic range
as well as lower noise.
This is gonna allow for faster autofocus,
auto-exposure as well as face detection
and it's just going to be faster.
This is also going to allow
for the high writing speeds
in the CFexpress cards.
I cannot wait to get my
hands on one of those.
Also with the next-gen processing engine
there's a faster autofocus
as well as the face eye detection.
I did an autofocus comparison
between the Sony a7S II and a7S III
and was absolutely blown away
by the lightning-fast autofocus
on the new Sony a7S III
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There's also a massive improvement
with the rolling shutter
as you can see here,
there's a very noticeable difference
from the Sony a7S II compared
to the new Sony a7S III.
So we have been shooting a lot with this
and just editing this footage,
the things that you can do.
We also now are able to
shoot 10-bit 4:2:2 internally
and being able to pull off
these highlights and the colors
we were amazed because
we are still shooting
with some of the other cameras
to get some behind the scenes
and just comparing the
footage between this camera
and some of the older cameras,
we were blown away.
Now a lot of the times while filming
we actually film externally
to the Atomos Ninja V
with this camera you will be
able to record 16-bit RAW.
It's not available yet but we
are so excited to test that
because it is gonna be so crispy.
I keep saying crispy
but I don't know how
to explain the content
other than crispy
because it's so crispy.
Now the size comparison
is similar to the S II
but it has adopted some of my
favorite features of the R IV
I love that the recording button
is more conveniently
located towards the front.
Overall I think that they
really nailed this design.
And of course this camera can take
some pretty nice pictures as well.
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Now when I'm shooting this
I'm not really sure of the exact price,
but I do know that it is expected
to be here September 2020.
Soon, not soon enough.
So we've been having so much
fun testing out this camera.
We just wanted to say
thank you so much to Sony
for giving us a review
unit early to check out
and also for supporting our dreams,
okay, well more so my dream,
I wanted to come to Moab
and I wanted to shoot incredible content,
I wanted to shoot astro,
and they were like you know what,
do whatever you want, we support you,
here's the camera, go
make some cool content.
So shout out to Sony for
always being so supportive.
Thank you guys so much for watching.
Make sure you check
out my sister's channel
and her video as well.
We have been shooting non-stop
and working really hard.
So we hope you enjoyed this video.
I'll see you guys again soon
for some more crispy content.
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