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Sony Alpha a7 III 24MP 4K Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only) on sale for
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Key Features:
- 24MP Full-Frame Exmor R BSI CMOS Sensor
- BIONZ X Image Processor & Front-End LSI
- 693-Point Hybrid AF System
- UHD 4K30p Video with HLG & S-Log3 Gammas
- 2.36m-Dot Tru-Finder OLED EVF
- 3.0" 922k-Dot Tilting Touchscreen LCD
- 5-Axis SteadyShot INSIDE Stabilization
- ISO 204800 and 10 fps Shooting
- Built-In Wi-Fi and NFC, Dual SD Slots
- USB Type-C Port, Weather-Sealed Design
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There's no need to jump on this at this price unless you really want an a7iii and have access to a EDU account.
Personally I shoot on this camera like a ton of other SD users and love it. It's a great full frame camera and keeps professional work cheap using something like Tamron glass. I highly recommend it for anyone looking to get more seriously into photography, but not totally break the bank on your budget getting setup.
Thumbs up from me. 👍👍👍
The difference is modern smartphones remove the need for proper knowledge and technique to produce fairly nice photos.
Too many people think buying an expensive camera will make them take better pictures. It wont. You as a person have to be able to use the camera effectively.
All else equal an unskilled individual will take substantially better pictures on a phone.
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And a Kia Elantra will overtake a Corvette.
I saw so many guys who claim those cameras are for real photographying hobbiest or pros, but end up with worse pictures than iPhone does. Just let them go away.
Computational photography has made the "automatic" mode on phone cameras fairly idiotproof. Computational photography is not well-leveraged in the photography market (yet). So your "auto" mode on a camera like the A7III is going to control things like exposure and white balance, and it will generally try to find a face and prioritize its exposure. It WON'T do some of the more heavy-handed stuff that iPhones and such do, which amounts to creative post-processing baked into the image.
That'll come to the photography market, but there's a lot less R&D in this area, because there's less demand and because these cameras don't just happen to have bleeding-edge silicon in them like phones do. For now if you want to dynamically adjust sharpness or exposure in a subject-aware manner with a camera like the A7III, you're doing it in post, and in most cases you're doing it yourself.
One thing is for sure, a "real" camera is a tool with MUCH greater creative control, and with much more ability to produce a high quality image than any phone. That's not elitism, it's just a fact. Perhaps someday we'll get cell phone cameras that can truly accomplish what you'd get from a 12-1000mm f/1.0 macro lens, but we're not there yet. So some of us haul around 10lbs worth of camera gear, cause we want those results.
While the Nikon ergonomics are better, it is learned behavior. You would probably adapt with time. However, when I go mirrorless, I'll likely stick with Nikon Z myself. Waiting for more lenses.
That'll come to the photography market, but there's a lot less R&D in this area, because there's less demand and because these cameras don't just happen to have bleeding-edge silicon in them like phones do. For now if you want to dynamically adjust sharpness or exposure in a subject-aware manner with a camera like the A7III, you're doing it in post, and in most cases you're doing it yourself.
One thing is for sure, a "real" camera is a tool with MUCH greater creative control, and with much more ability to produce a high quality image than any phone. That's not elitism, it's just a fact. Perhaps someday we'll get cell phone cameras that can truly accomplish what you'd get from a 12-1000mm f/1.0 macro lens, but we're not there yet. So some of us haul around 10lbs worth of camera gear, cause we want those results.
Also sensor size. I want at least 1", APC or better FF. Phones may get there. And likely get even bigger.
Fuji x-t4. 4k 60fps 10 bit internal. Sony has better auto focus but the fuji is a better all arounder. Fuji x-s10 4k 30fps with lens for under $1500 is another good hybrid. Both have ibis, 240fps hd, and are easy to switch between photo and video.
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Is your only requirement 4k? You could get by with a GoPro if you really wanted to.
4K 120fps - 10 bit internal - 16 bit raw through HDMI - No recording limits, Articulating screen. Please stop.
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I saw so many guys who claim those cameras are for real photographying hobbiest or pros, but end up with worse pictures than iPhone does. Just let them go away.
Sure, let us know when you use your iphone to take actual wedding pictures or photoshoot of yours or anyone you know!