expirediconian | Staff posted Aug 02, 2021 04:03 AM
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expirediconian | Staff posted Aug 02, 2021 04:03 AM
Sony EDU: Sony Alpha 7C Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only, Black or Silver)
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The camera is primarily designed for video, even though it has the full suite of Sony's still photography features.
Video has a far higher data processing requirements than stills. The higher the resolution, the more data that needs to be processed. The higher the data processing requirements, the more heat is created and the greater battery requirements.
The A7S III is a native 4K camera. For most video imagery, the camera is 4K in and 4K out. Most full frame cameras with more than 10 or 12MP resolution have to greatly degrade the image quality in order to record 4K video. They either crop in using only the center portion of the sensor, or throw away light that hits the sensor with pixel or line binning.
The A7S III uses the full readout of the sensor, and as native 4K, has low image processing overhead, creating low amounts of heat, resulting in long battery life, while not needing an internal fan. It has fast imaging pipeline, so provides low rolling shutter. And with it's comparatively massive sensels / photosites (image sensor pixels), provides exception low light capability. None of that would be possible in a similarly sized camera with a higher resolution sensor.
Pro stills photographers have compared the stills photos from the A7S III to Sony's higher resolution cameras. It's generally impossible to tell the difference unless pixel peeping or looking at poster sized enlargements. A number of photographers who largely deliver Facebook, Twitter, and other digital deliverables use the camera for both video and stills.
TLDR - 12MP is perfect for 4K video, making for higher quality video imagery in a small lightweight package. And if the photos are used for digital delivery, provides outstanding stills quality as well.
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Get whatever you want, but if you weren't making a living off the images nobody should particularly care about your kit. It isn't impacting the success of anyone's business, advertising, or events, so it isn't much to brag about it concern yourself with. Most people into cameras are more about specs than about shooting. Which is fine, but it isn't the same thing and doesn't need the same selection criteria.
Get whatever you want, but if you weren't making a living off the images nobody should particularly care about your kit. It isn't impacting the success of anyone's business, advertising, or events, so it isn't much to brag about it concern yourself with. Most people into cameras are more about specs than about shooting. Which is fine, but it isn't the same thing and doesn't need the same selection criteria.
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I would be surprised if the A7C had noticibly better autofocus than the A7 III because the A7 III's autofocus is amazing, it basically has never failed me (in somewhat limited use), so it would be hard to improve on that.
When you factor in the size of the full frame lens, the size of the body isn't that different between the two and the A7 III is going to feel like a beefier camera with better control. Not that I'm knocking the A7C, it's very cool.
I would be surprised if the A7C had noticibly better autofocus than the A7 III because the A7 III's autofocus is amazing, it basically has never failed me (in somewhat limited use), so it would be hard to improve on that.
When you factor in the size of the full frame lens, the size of the body isn't that different between the two and the A7 III is going to feel like a beefier camera with better control. Not that I'm knocking the A7C, it's very cool.
And while the warranty benefits on some CCs are good, would rather save the tax on nearly all items, especially lenses.
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