- You know, they say life is full
of regrets and disappointments.
The question is, is this camera one of them?
Let's find out.
Hey everybody, this is Roberto Blake of RobertoBlake.com,
helping you create something awesome today.
Today, we have a little bit of a gear video,
we're gonna be talking about my Sony A7R III,
and, we're gonna talk about whether I regret buying
this camera, and you might be wondering, Roberto,
why would you regret buying a $3,000 Sony full-frame camera?
Because just a few short months later,
they put out a newer, better, cheaper version.
Well, I guess you could make the argument that better
is debatable, what I'm talking about is the Sony A7R III
versus the Sony A7 III.
And ultimately, in the A7 III model,
you got pretty much the same form factor and body,
the same dual SD card slots, but, more auto-focusing points,
and slightly better low-light performance,
all for $1,000 less, what was the trade off?
Well, instead of 42 gorgeous megapixels, you get 24,
which, as any photographer will tell you,
is more than enough.
Why would you need 42 megapixels in the first place?
Well, for that, the answer is Photoshop.
You see, I've been doing Photoshop
almost as long as I've been doing photography,
and ultimately I am, what I would call a Photoshop shooter,
whether that's Photoshop or Lightroom,
but I'm a big fan of photo manipulation,
and I also am a fan, unlike some photographers out there,
of cropping in, and I like being able to shoot loose,
crop in, and have all this detail, and,
it works out really well for just what my style is,
and also me just wanting to compensate.
So, I do like that, and it's something that I do prefer.
Now ultimately, in terms of video features,
I would say that the, you know, Sony A7 III,
if you just wanna shoot amazing YouTube videos,
and you don't either wanna wait for the Sony A7S III,
or if you don't wanna buy a Sony A7S II,
because you want the dual SD card slots,
the better battery life, all of those things,
then the Sony A7 III is actually
a really great YouTube camera,
creators like iJustine use it,
I really just dig the Sony A7R III,
and I like that what I get out of it,
is I get those extra megapixels,
there's really no other upside to having it,
and I also got to get it, a little bit sooner,
than if I had waited for the release of the A7 III.
Now, with that in mind, I also will be buying
the Sony A7S III when it comes out.
What I will not be buying is, I don't believe
that I will be buying the Sony RX100 mark VI,
I like my mark V, I don't like that we're gonna lose the,
F1.8 aperture on that, and there weren't any improvements
as far as I could tell, to the audio,
so I feel my RX100 mark V is gonna do the job just fine,
and if they actually reduce the price when this comes out,
I think it actually would be worthwhile for me to buy
a second one, maybe, possibly,
'cause I think at that price I could technically get
another a6500 body, so, I would waffle between those two.
Yeah, I'd probably buy the second a6500 at that point.
This is a great camera, it's my favorite camera,
its only fault is not having a fully articulating
flip-out screen, other than that,
it would be the ideal, perfect camera,
if it had a full touch screen,
and a full articulating flip-out screen,
look, if I could literally just take the screen
off of the Panasonic that I'm shooting on right now,
and put it on this, like, game over, done, sign me up.
So I compensate for that with using, you know,
a small HD that I bought for $500 when I'm stationary
and not traveling, I use a seven inch aputure tech monitor,
I bought two of those, in fact, and so that actually
helps me with multiple camera angles,
for some unboxing videos that I have coming up,
and it's just a really good overall setup to have.
Now, if I were gonna recommend you go out and buy
a camera today, I think, you know,
unless you had a preference, and aside from being
an early adopter like me, there's really not a reason to buy
the A7R III, unless for some reason,
you feel you need those extra megapixels.
I happen to feel I would like that for the way that I edit,
and, being most of my stuff is for the Internet,
you could make the argument that, if I'm not doing prints,
then, what's the point, but I might want to do prints
in the future, I've actually been deciding to print out
some of my personal photography, and get that done up,
I'm actually gonna start hanging it
around the office here, and then,
when I get my office space downtown,
I'm probably gonna wanna put some stuff over there, so,
I could see myself wanting to have the option,
of editing in my style, doing photo manipulation stuff,
and wanting to do 24 by 36 posters in high-res, so,
you know, if you're shooting in that way, or commercially,
I could see you wanting to have this camera.
Other than that, I think you save $1,000
and you get the Sony A7S mark III, if you want the newest,
latest and greatest thing, and if you don't,
and you still just wanna shoot on a Sony full-frame camera,
then the A7 II is still a fantastic camera,
at a ridiculous price.
Question of the day, is there a gear or camera purchase
that you absolutely regret,
and wish you'd never spent money on?
Let me know in the comment section,
I think that'd be fun to talk about.
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thank so very much for watching, and just geeking out
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