I recently started getting into photography, and it turns out it's really cool. I want to buy myself a professional camera once I earn some money. I want a camera with zero lag. Sony A9 III – what do you think, is it worth getting this camera for a beginner? It has a big plus that all the sensors read light simultaneously, but one minus – I won't be able to easily pull details out of the photos.
Wurjex wrote:
I recently started getting into photography, and it turns out it's really cool. I want to buy myself a professional camera once I earn some money. I want a camera with zero lag. Sony A9 III – what do you think, is it worth getting this camera for a beginner? It has a big plus that all the sensors read light simultaneously, but one minus – I won't be able to easily pull details out of the photos.
Well, if the majority of your subjects require above base ISO, zooms, or primes with the aperture wide open, there may not be much extra detail to excavate out of the lens.
However, if you shoot subjects where you can use base ISO, primes stopped down, tripods, and especially if you use pixel shift then yes you will see more detail from the high res sensors.
aCuria wrote: Wurjex wroteI recently started getting into photography, and it turns out it's really cool. I want to buy myself a professional camera once I earn some money. I want a camera with zero lag. Sony A9 III – what do you think, is it worth getting this camera for a beginner? It has a big plus that all the sensors read light simultaneously, but one minus – I won't be able to easily pull details out of the photos.Well, if the majority of your subjects require above base ISO, zooms, or primes with the aperture wide open, there may not be much extra detail to excavate out of the lens.
However, if you shoot subjects where you can use base ISO, primes stopped down, tripods, and especially if you use pixel shift then yes you will see more detail from the high res sensors.
Its a pity the A9iii does not support pixel shift
Given the speed of the sensor - is there any technical reason that it doesn't? Or did Sony just not get around to that?
seaSharp wrote: aCuria wroteWurjex wroteI recently started getting into photography, and it turns out it's really cool. I want to buy myself a professional camera once I earn some money. I want a camera with zero lag. Sony A9 III – what do you think, is it worth getting this camera for a beginner? It has a big plus that all the sensors read light simultaneously, but one minus – I won't be able to easily pull details out of the photos.Well, if the majority of your subjects require above base ISO, zooms, or primes with the aperture wide open, there may not be much extra detail to excavate out of the lens.
However, if you shoot subjects where you can use base ISO, primes stopped down, tripods, and especially if you use pixel shift then yes you will see more detail from the high res sensors.
Its a pity the A9iii does not support pixel shiftGiven the speed of the sensor - is there any technical reason that it doesn't? Or did Sony just not get around to that?
I have no idea. Probably artificial product segmentation.
The A9 III has no competitor. It was released almost 3 years ago, and the other brands still don't have an answer to it. It was and still is revolutionary.
These days, I like shooting birds, and yes, the A9 III lacks some cropability power (but not as much as most people think), but many times I wish, especially for small birds, that I could do 120fps. I have the 30 fps A1, and even that is not fast enough in this scenario.
I'm still waiting for the price to drop, but at 3500 USD I may have chosen it instead of a used A1.
Manu-K1 wrote:
The A9 III has no competitor. It was released almost 3 years ago, and the other brands still don't have an answer to it. It was and still is revolutionary.
These days, I like shooting birds, and yes, the A9 III lacks some cropability power (but not as much as most people think), but many times I wish, especially for small birds, that I could do 120fps. I have the 30 fps A1, and even that is not fast enough in this scenario.
I'm still waiting for the price to drop, but at 3500 USD I may have chosen it instead of a used A1.
While I agree that having >30fps would be nice for some bird families, one needs such high speeds in BIF situations and in BIF situations it is exceptionally rare to be able to fill the frame with the bird due to the panning involved. There are exceptions like hovering birds like hummingbirds or takeoff situations where one has some control over framing but in general one needs some latitude to crop.
So for the type of photography that needs the highest speed, one could say one also needs high megapixels in a way, even though these two requirements have typically been served in different product lines.
That's why A9-class cameras are not on my radar. If there will be an A9 IV I think it could be 8k compatible which would be ~36 MP, which would be a better fit for BIF. It is also a good assumption that the next generation A1 will have higher than 30 fps and the sweet spot for challenging BIF action could be lower than the 120 fps that A9 III offers.