A7S III Honest Review - ALL the GOOD & BAD in 11 min!

why cant i find 4k at 100 mbs in a7s3 i just found, the lower limit is 200

Short and very informative, thank you very much 🙂

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"all the good things such as no recording limits" - Sony releases a new firmware update that adds a recording limit.

HI Max Does this camera has an OLPfilter built in?

which is best camera for low light?? , better than sonyA7S-3 video quality with low price ??

Amazing review Max. You helped me make my decision with Sony

Max have you got another link to the powerbank - the ones that display dont match the search link you provided.

Great review!

Canon R5 has better in body image stabilization

This video is really detailed well. Thanks a lot ☺️

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It isn't perfect? Well, for $3500 it is perfect. You remember digibeta cameras? About $40,000 and that's standard definition! So for $3500 it IS perfect. The canon R5 is over a thousand dollars more and for video its crap. I understand you said it was better than expectations, for me it was exactly what I expected.

Hey Max, do you think that the Sony E-Mount is limited in size and hence the quality produced by the lenses when compared with the Canon RF-Mount & Nikon Z-Mount?

Great stats and times for each frame rate but you did not mention or specify on any of your times what codec and bitrate you used for these tests. Please clarify this so we can better compare with our results, specially with all the different options available. Without knowing that these stats mean little. Thanks

you look like a man who came back from everest.

Hey Max!

Love your videos man, but please try to implement time chapter things into your videos :D

Great video like always ! So if im mostly using it on 4k 60fps what card do you recommend for the highest quality and cheaper option card? Sandisk, Sony M, or G card? Do the difference in those matter? Thanks man!!

Is native iso for slog3 is ISO 160???

should I go for the Sony a7 iii? it will take while till Sony a7 4 will come out and the Sony a7 s3 is so expensive

Yep, as I've been saying for a lot of time now, but except you, no one has mentioned: people SHOULD NOT be recording 10bit 4:2:2, they should be recording in 10bit 4:2:0. The 4:2:2 requires 20% more bitrate, and in 24p, Sony does NOT give you that extra 20% of bitrate (it's 100mbps no matter what you choose). Because of that, shooting in 4:2:2, you LOSE quality, for something (better chromasampling) that is NOT visible with the human eyes. On top of that, of course, there is no GPU support for 4:2:2. So yeah, it makes zero sense to shoot in 4:2:2 under these circumstances (if we had GPU support, and we had more bitrate, sure, go for it). At least Sony lets you choose between the two, Canon does not.

No lcd screen on top. A no brainer for sony to extract more money from you. You have to use a flip screen all the time to monitor readings. No sensor cover like Canon has. Menus too un-user-friendly...Not worth the money for the hastle.

Is it weather sealed?? - WW

All hype.

Man it's pretty nice
But can you recommend a great camera with lenses under 2k? Thanks

Sony really went all out on this camera

Max, are you losing weight?!

Nice review ! but Gopro 9 picked

Wonder review. What a nice person. Such good information. Thank you.

Does Resolve´s High Light Recovery work with A7siii RAW?

basically an a73 but with better heat resistance and 4k 120+

Bad: Overheat? That's really pushing it.

My brain says Sony a7siii, my heart says Panasonic G9, my wallet says Panasonic Gx85

max, will you make a comparison video about 1080p quality versus a7iii? i heard that a7s3 does not have line skipping and pixel binning just downsampled from 4k. As I still use 1080p mainly, i would like yo see the quality. I always thank you for 1080p compasion your video but I can't find any for this time. Love you always :)

They could add modern rounded corners to those menu icons like all phones does.

In theory, could you compare Sony's a7S iii 4K 16-bit RAW vs Canon's R5 8K downsampled (4K HQ)? How would affect in color shades? In theory, of course, since I believe there is no recording monitor to manage 16-bit RAW, yet.

Max. Great review, as always---clear and concise. I just have one question for you: how is the peaking feature now? It's been horrible in the past. Have they improved its look and accuracy. As a manual shooter that's REALLY important to me.

3500$ for this? :)) hahahahaha

What's the clock speed of a7S III processor?

What I always say about SONY. They are always giving the best for the lowest price. For instance, compare a CANON 1DX mk3 $ 6500 DSLR to this little monster of $3500 IT IS INSANE. I know comparisons of this two are not fair in terms of gear, but just compare VIDEO specs and CANON stills your money like hell. I know I would have to compare CANON R5 which is still more expensive but equal in terms of technologies, BUT this is the last product from SONY giving everything a videographer needs in a small package. Well done by SONY and the market will receive this hit making all prices down.

Sony a7s III is a video camera. It's good for capturing motions (cinematography) with no limit of recording time and having some limitations for taking still pictures.
Some mirrorless cameras are photo cameras. They're good for taking still pictures (photography) and having some limitations for capturing motions.

why does everyone say that it takes 240fps in 1080p. if on Sony website it is written only 1408 to 804 ?

I am waiting for their next A7IV with better EVF, better screen, and the new menu system.

Good ol sony, like to have readers in their cameras, so you can't use older batteries or third party ones. Nearly 4$£ for a camera body, without a lens..

Move this tech to a stills version -- A7R5?

Hello Max!
Thank you for the review.
Sony exceed some of my expectations. In fact only one of the expectations wasn't: 4K DCI internal recording. However, the full sized HDMI port, will allow to output the RAW signal from the camera with a 4264 x 2408 resolution. How can one record this resolution externaly? Is there anything on the market, yet, or will there be?
Thank you again.