Sony A9III at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt.

ThePhoBlographer reviewed the A9III and focused particularly on the Flash photography aspect:

By far, the Sony a9 III is the single best camera that Sony has made thus far. Nearly every issue that I’ve had with the company’s cameras over the years has been resolved in some way or another. Ergonomically speaking, this is the most perfect Sony camera I’ve held. It truly feels like the evolution of a Minolta camera for mirrorless. It’s simple enough to use, and anything that you really need can be wired to a button or two. But perhaps the greatest innovation is the global shutter. While I miss the fact that I could physically feel the shutter, I’ll accept that it comes with new technology that makes strobism even better. If you’re a photographer that uses a lot of off-camera flash, then this is the single best camera you can get on the market right now.

Above you can watch Matt Granger’s review of the new Sony A9III.

And ThePhoBlographer reports about a “Sony a9 III Secret Setting You Need to Know About”:

It’s called Flash Timing Setting — and it’s something others haven’t talked about. The sweet spot is to set it to 400 and above.
With this setting activated, the camera and a strobe, like the Profoto B10 I used, can shoot pretty seamlessly

Sony A9III at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. Calumet. WexUK.
Sony 300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. Calumet. WexUK.
Sonny A9III Vertical Grip at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. Calumet. WexUK.

The 8K Sony Burano is now shipping at BHphoto and Adorama. Here are two new reviews of the final production version camera:

ZV-E1 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.

We always show too little love for Sony’s ZV series. So let’s share some positive feedback from Philip Bloom ;)

Recently Sony updated the Creator’s APP and there are some nice improvements. See video on top!

Sony will release a firmware update for many new Alpha cameras so that they will have full support for the APP!

CineD put the Sony A9III to rigorous testing and the conclusion is quite a surprise:

The Sony Alpha 9 III displays fantastic results in our lab test. Rolling shutter by the very nature of the global shutter design is non-existent (effectively 0ms) – the best we have and will ever see for full-frame sensors. It cannot get better from here.

Dynamic range using our Xyla21 chart and IMATEST analysis is average when compared to other full-frame consumer cameras. But as is so often the case, IMATEST results are only one piece of the puzzle looking at the dynamic range of a camera. It basically gives a feel for how noisy images are at the various Xyla stops (patches). And here it can be clearly seen that the global shutter sensor is definitely noisier than its CMOS full-frame counterparts seen in other consumer full-frame cameras.

But Sony applied some magic to the image pipeline including the codecs, as the fine noise of the sensor is conserved in the final image and shadows can be massively pushed in post without ugly larger blotches of noise. This results in a superb 9 stops of exposure latitude with some room towards 10, making it the best Sony Alpha camera to date in video mode in terms of dynamic range! It is also the best consumer full-frame camera in that regard.

What a surprise – all this from a global shutter sensor! Well, as mentioned at the beginning of the article, times are a’changin …

That supports the other findings from youtubers like Gerald Undone. The A9III has quite “workable” files where you can recover quite a lot of information.

Sony A9III at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. Calumet. WexUK.

Meike 85mm AF lens at Meike Global (Click here).

SonyAlphaBlog reviewed the new Meike 85mm f/1.4 STM and concluded:

The Meike 85mm F1.4 STM (470$) offers you very good performances globally for the price of a F1.8 lens. It delivers very good to excellent sharpness , its bokeh and background blur are very nice and smooth, the AF is good and ergonomics are very nice with the aperture ring (clicks) and focus hold button. The main weaknesses are its sized weight, resistance to flare, the long minimum focusing distance and some little yellow tint to the images that can be easily corrected.

Alternatives are the Samyang 85mm F1.4 AF V1 with overall similar performances with better color rendition but less good bokeh balls that can be found sometimes at 500 euros , the new Samyang 85mm F1.4 AF II being more expensive at 700 euros and less sharp.

The best overall is the Sigma 85mm F1.4 DG DN Art (1099 euros) which is a superlative lens in all domains: optical performances, artistic rendering , AF performance, ergonomics , build quality but also size and weight and price but it cost 2,5X the price of the Meike

Recommended for budget shooters that really want the F1.4