DJI announced the new Osmo Action 4 Camera (and Sony still doesn’t want to play a role in this segment)
DJI just announced the new Osmo Action 4. You can get at BHphoto, Amazon US&EU and DJI worldwide store.
As a professional photographer and amateur photographer I would actually love to get an APS-C (or even FF) action camera. Something super rugged and small I can always carry with me but with still high quality enough video. Pity Sony doesn’t listen to me :)
SUPER WILD RUMOR: First Sony A9III specs, 29MP ultra fast sensor and body with integrated grip
This is a totally unverified rumor and comes from an anonymous source. This means there is a high chance this rumor might be wrong. All I know from trusted sources is that the A9III is definitely coming in the November-January timeframe and that it’s going to be the fastest camera on market. But they shared no detailed specs so far.
So just for the sake of fun, clickbait (LOL) and discussion, read this spec list and tell me what you think about it:
I was briefed on features of the new A9III:
The name isn’t final, but it will be marketed specifically to professional sports shooters and will NOT replace the A1 as Sony’s flagship. Video specs will be similar to the A7IV (no 8K, no external raw) but will feature several ultra-high fps modes.
Lots of new pro features.Completely new body with built in vertical grip, will use 2x FZ100 batteries that can be independently swapped without turning the camera off (unlike the sled from current battery grip).
Additional custom buttons and switches (source suggested that both top dials would have lower control rings, and one would be customizable).
3.4″ tilting ultra-bright “dual-touch” screen that will allow use with gloves and when wet.
Dual CF-A/SD slots and compatible with saving directly to SSD via USB.
Source said a “cutting edge” sensor cleaning and dust/water prevention system will be featured, but details are still very secret even within Sony.New BIONZ processor to support enhanced AF.
29MP sensor with global electronic shutter with no mechanical shutter.
Ultra fast start-up speed.
120fps full-res HEIF for 2s burst (limited by sensor memory). Source hinted that a 240fps reduced MP mode has been proposed to counter Z9.
60fps full-res HEIF/compressed raw with large buffer.
30fps uncompressed/compressed-lossless raw.
5.76MM dot HDR EVF with 240hz dynamic refresh, which will vary the refresh rate for battery saving.
Car/motorcycle AF tracking mode.
240 AF calculations per second (4x A9II).
2200 AF points with 100% coverage.
960fps cropped 1080p, 480fps oversampled 1080p, and 240fps (cropped) 4k S&Q.Enhanced voice-to-text metadata writing with built in GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/QZSS.
5G cellular and improved wifi speeds with port for external long-range wifi antenna.
5GBASE-T Ethernet port.
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Digitalcameraworld: New cameras are not getting any better!
Digitalcameraworld compared the Image Quality of the last generation Sony A7rV cameras and concludes:
Evidently improvements in sensor tech – at least in terms of core stills image quality – have been slowing in recent years. Instead, we now see the likes of Sony marketing other features, like the speed of a sensor’s readout, and its corresponding impact on burst shooting speed and video capture performance.
I see no surprise in this: Focus has been on offering better video quality, autofocus and frame speed, more “vlogger” features and so forth. Still, I believe Image Quality major improvements are still possible! I see a lot of Sony patents around “foveon” alike sensor that could give quite a big bump in terms of resolution and dynamic range. And there might be some other tech on the horizon that we haven’t spoken about it yet!
