jonpais

Agree completely - if AF isn’t on par with Sony, it’s a no- go for me as well.

A great many Netflix shows are also in HDR. Is it because of sports programming?

I believe @BenEricson just noted that, thank you very much.

? and I just bought a new pair of glasses!

@Trek of Joy Yep, I bought the 55mm f/1.8 specifically for shooting on a gimbal.

Thanks to YouTube, I learned that Q-Tips can be dangerous.

Yeah, my bad - he says he’s not talking about live view.

Hơwever, his very first point is that DSLR AF is limited when compared to mirrorless - yet, it is almost universally acknowldeged that Canon’s DPAF is superior to Sony’s AF. ?

Ken’s video is complete and utter nonsense.

I’d like to see you shoot a series as extraordinarily beautiful as Sense8 with an iPhone. John Toll chose the FS5 for that show.

Because your screengrabs are such low resolution, it is difficult if not impossible to see the nefarious effects you mention.At what ISO are you seeing the dreaded plastic skin? Also, it will be at least another year before we see a single FF mirrorless from Nikon and it will take them years to catch up with Sony’s lens lineup; and it is doubtful a FF Nikon will run a mere $2,000. I don’t own Nikon glass, and I’m not interested at all in adapters. Finally, I’ve got no reason to expect them to be able to compete with Sony on the video side. ATM, it’s all pure conjecture anyhow. As far as Canon is concerned, I’ll eat my hat if theirs isn’t crippled to high hell. They’ve already made their position abundantly clear: if you want uncropped 4K video, get one of their cinema cameras. Sony has been making real strides with their mirrorless cameras, and soon all of their a7* bodies will have the Venice color science too.

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More good news - the fairly gargantuan Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 also balances on the original Zhiyun Crane, but the eyecup will hit the rear motor if raised too high. The 50mm f/1.4 barrel hits the baseplate, so I'll need another plate before testing it out. That's why I'm all for Sony releasing lenses like Fuji's ultra compact ultra high quality 23mm, 35mm and 50mm f/2 primes, but do not want them to reduce the size of the body. Anyhow, this is all great because I'm not ready to spend another $700 on a Ronin S and carry all that extra weight around (2.1 lbs vs. 4.1 lbs.).

@kye Thanks for the link. That is one in-depth article!

@Django is correct - face detect AF can and will switch faces if there is more than one person in the frame. I haven't shot at high ISOs yet, maybe I'll do some low light shooting this weekend. On another note, one of Sony's disadvantages (too small for my hands) also turns out to be one of its strong suits. I never had much luck balancing my GH5 with many of my favorite lenses on the original Zhiyun Crane, but for some reason, it's a breeze with the a7 III - the 85mm f/1.8 is a piece of cake, and even the fairly massive 35mm f/1.4 is doable without great effort. Which is important, because none of my lenses are stabilized and I shake quite a bit. And although the camera is small, even the 35mm lens doesn't protrude beyond the camera body. Lastly, I haven't used the a7 III on the gimbal long enough to be 100% certain of this, but it seems I can tighten the baseplate screw in the bottom of the a7 III enough to prevent the camera from twisting with heavier lenses, whereas with the GH5, whenever I used a slightly bulky lens, the camera always managed to work itself loose.

great job!

Close up: face detect autofocus

What about the skin tones? https://jonpais.wordpress.com/2018/07/27/sony-a7-iii-what-about-the-skin-tones/

It’s a beast, that’s for sure!

Death to m43! ?

Thanks. ?? May I ask - why?

Thank you - they’re pretty much SOOC. Yes, sharpening was set to -7, PP1, Cine2, Cinema.

No color correction in post. Shadows pulled down a bit.

The 85mm f/1.8 is crazy good and easily balances on the original Zhiyun Crane. The a7 III is fast becoming the best camera I've ever used. Incredibly detailed images without being hideously oversharpened, gorgeous rendering with the right lenses, tons of detail in the shadows. https://jonpais.wordpress.com/2018/07/26/do-i-regret-purchasing-the-a7-iii/