Ever since Sony announced the
A7RIII mirrorless camera, people have been
asking me if I think it's worth
]upgrading, if they already own the A7RII.
In today's video I'll give you my top
reasons why you may want to consider it!
Welcome back to The Breakdown,
my name is Miguel Quiles.
Without wasting any time,
let's dig right into my top 5 reasons to
consider upgrading, if you already own the A7RII.
Reason No.1: The Battery.
One of the criticisms of photographers
switching from DSLR cameras, is that the
battery life wasn't as good as what they
were used to. The reason for this is
boiled down to simple mathematics, DSLR
batteries like those found in the Canon
5D series run off of a 1,865 mAh
battery, while the A7I and 2 Series
batteries, run off of a 1020
mAh battery. Comparing this to the
new A7RIII, Z series battery, you now get a
2,2080 mAh hour battery that lasts
significantly longer. I can often shoot
several times over the course of a week,
and not have to change my batteries at all.
If you go through two or three
batteries a day when shooting with the
A7RII, you may want to consider upgrading
Reason No. 2: Two dual card slots.
Another feature that wedding and event
shooters have been asking for, is dual
card slots. The A7RIII, now offers
dual card slots, one of which gives you
faster UHS-2 card speeds. Now you could
choose to use the second card slot to
duplicate your images from the first
card, you could shoot raw on the first
card and JPEGs on the second, or you can
even use one slot for photos, and the
other for video. This flexibility is
something professionals have been
looking for, and is now offered in the A7RIII
Reason No.3: Better connectivity.
These days it seems to be a
trend where products are offering you
less connectivity options, not so with
the A7RIII, you now have USB 2.0 and 3.0
along with a sync port for you to use
with your flashes, it also keeps the
headphone and microphone jacks as well
as an HDMI output, to give you more
flexibility than ever to use your camera
with a variety of devices. Now as a
studio photographer who often choose
tethered, I'm excited for the inclusion
of USB 3.0.File transfers to my computer
are so much faster, and as we all know time is money!
Reason No. 4: Better Autofocus Performance.
The A7RIII has improved autofocusing.
The same system that Sony put into its
big brother the A9.
It's twice as fast as the a 7 or 2,
in both response, and tracking. This comes
in handy when using the eye autofocus
feature which can now find the eye in the
frame, even when the subject is in
low-light, has something slightly
covering their face, or even when they're
looking down!
Reason No.5: Joystick and touchscreen.
Two highly requested features were
added to the A7RIII, which
is the inclusion of the joystick and
touch screen functionality. The joystick
will help you quickly move your focusing
point around the screen, when using spot
focusing, and if that's not enough you
can even touch the screen to select
where you want the camera to focus. It
works tremendously well, and could be a
big reason you might want to consider
the upgrade. these are just a handful of
reasons why the A7RIII is such an
appealing camera, along with the reasons
I mentioned, Video shooters are also
getting 120 fps HD video,
compared to 60 fps in A7RII
and 5k oversampling, and super 35
mode, to give you stunningly detailed 4k
video. You also get hlg or hybrid log
gamma picture profiles, to give you the
ability to shoot HDR video. When it comes
to shooting stills, you could shoot up to
10 fps, with a mechanical
shutter, which again is double what you
get in the A7RIII. You get all of these
features at the same original price
point of the A7RII. If you want more
information, be sure to check out
Adorama.com and the Adorama Learning Center.
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