Photons to Photos Sony a7RIII Pixel Shift Can Easily Top Even The Fujifilm GFX 50S

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 29, 2017


Well, I honestly didn’t think this would be possible, but Photons to Photos measured the Sony a7RIII’s pixel shift PDR and it easily tops every other camera on the market. Their site doesn’t currently allow for a direct comparison, so you will have to look at the chart above and below, but here are the numbers.

Camera Model ▾Maximum
PDR		Low Light
ISO		Low Light
EV
Sony ILCE-7RM3(PSMS)12.971585012.31
FujiFilm GFX 50S11.90785311.30
Sony ILCE-7RM311.65578710.85
Nikon D85011.634115110.36

The Sony a7RIII is the first full-frame camera to top the recently released medium format cameras out there, but it requires the use of pixel shift technology. Sony should be very proud of this achievement and the rest of the camera world should be concerned, because there is nothing on the horizon coming to beat the a7RIII.

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Sony a7RIII: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony 24-105mm: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Fujifilm GFX 50S B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Nikon D850: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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DXO: Sony a7RIII vs Nikon D850 vs Sony a7RII

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 28, 2017


Now Sony has officially reached DXO’s 100 overall score threshold alongside the Nikon D850. With slightly different measurements than Photon to Photo’s results. DXO’s commentary is right in line with the marketing materials even though Photon to Photo shows no advantage from the Nikon D850 ISO 32 option.

“However, comparing the A7R III sensor to the Nikon D850’s reveals the advantage that the Nikon camera’s lower minimum sensitivity (ISO) value brings. Photographers who predominantly shoot in bright light or capture motionless subjects with the camera on a tripod will record the most information, be it color, tone, or detail with the Nikon D850 set to ISO 32. However, if they require values above that, the Sony A7R III sensor produces marginally better images.”

No matter, DXO results are news worth even though their prestige has been diminished in recent years due to a variety of oddities over the years. Maybe DXO will readjust their test now that more cameras are reaching 100 or even surpassing 100. What really matters is that many of us will get to go hands-on with our own a7RIII’s in a few days and for the first time in a long time I am excited to put a Sony camera through its paces. I am particularly interested to see how my Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA performs.

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Sony a7RIII: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony 24-105mm: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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Sony Will Announce Three New CFast 2.0 Memory Cards Soon

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 27, 2017


Sony will announce three new CFast 2.0 memory cards soon with a 530 MB/s read speed and 510 MB/s write speed.

  • CAT-G32
  • CAT-G64
  • CAT-G128

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Sony a7RIII: RAW Support, Hacks, Tips n Tricks, Reviews, Adapted Glass, High ISO and Video Performance

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 27, 2017

The Sony a7RIII launch is right around the corner and RAW support is still a little spotty. Many will wait for Adobe support, but right now ON1, Capture One, and Luminar have support for the a7RIII. Of course, there is an EXIF hack, which has become increasingly common as sensors are recycled, but EXIF hacks are less than perfect. I personally do not use them, but will instead shoot RAW+JPEG until RAW support is available in my RAW editor of choice, which might become ON1 or Luminar soon, but that’s another story.

EXIF Tool – Hack Sony a7RIII Files for use in Lightroom
exiftool -sonymodelid=”ILCE-7RM2″ -ext ARW -r <dir>
exiftool.exe -sonymodelid=”ILCE-7RM2″ <rawfilename>

Image Resources – RAW Files

photographyblog – RAW Files

Michael Schmidt – SonyA7rIII – Quick Access to Crop-Mode & Clear Image Zoom

Michael Schmidt – Sony A7RIII – Quicktip 1 – SD Card Recording Media Settings

Michael Schmidt – SonyA7rIII Remote Control with Smartphone

Michael Schmidt – Hands-on: Sony A7rIII RAW File Support?! – WHAT A MESS

The Wacky Duo – Sony A7R iii & Sony FE 24-105 F4 Unboxing

HR Images – Sony a7riii unboxing & why I chose to upgrade from the Sony a7rii

SONY club – AF speed test canon 200/2.8 with SONY a7rIII

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Sony a7RIII: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony 24-105mm: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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Sony Savings Sunday and Getting Ready For Cyber Monday

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 26, 2017

This holiday shopping season has been a long one with the savings starting a full day early and running throughout the weekend, but Savings Sunday has returned with all the latest deals. It doesn’t look like there will be many new deals on Monday, but if there are I will update this post and/or create another so you don’t miss out.

B&H Photo, Amazon, and Adorama are all rotating their deals and competing so be sure to check multiple links before making a purchase because sometimes there are add-ons included or reward bonuses. I just rechecked all of my links and removed anything that changed or expired, plus added a few things.

Zeiss Batis and Loxia Savings:
Save $300 on Zeiss Batis 135mm: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Save $225 on Zeiss Batis 18mm: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Save $195 on Zeiss Batis 25mm: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Save $180 on Zeiss Batis 85mm: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Save $195 on Zeiss Loxia 35mm: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Save $210 on Zeiss Loxia 85mm: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Save $225 on Zeiss Loxia 21mm: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Save $140 on Zeiss Loxia 50mm: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

Full Frame AF Lenses:
Save $300 on the Rokinon AF 50mm f/1.4 FE: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Save $350 on the Rokinon AF 14mm f/2.8 FE: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

APS-C Lenses:
Save $150 on Rokinon 50mm f/1.2: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Save $50 on Rokinon 21mm f/1.4: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Save $150 on Rokinon 12mm f/2.0: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

SD Cards
Sony 256GB M Series UHS-II (2 x 128GB) (Save $30): B&H Photo
Sony 128GB M Series UHS-II (2 x 64GB) (Save $12): B&H Photo
Mixed SD Card Savings

ATMOS
Atomos Ninja Flame 7″ (Save $200): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Voigtlander
Save $60 on Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2: B&H Photo
Save $100 on Voigtlander Heliar-Hyper Wide 10mm f/5.6 ASPH: B&H Photo
Save $30 on Voigtlander Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical III: B&H Photo
Save $100 on Voigtlander Ultra Wide-Heliar 12mm f/5.6 Aspherical III: B&H Photo
All Voigtlander Deals

Meyer-Optik Gorlitz (SAVE $500)
Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Trioplan 50mm f/2.9 (Save $500): B&H Photo
Meyer-Optik Gorlitz P58 58mm f/1.9 (Save $500): B&H Photo
Meyer-Optik Gorlitz P75 75mm f/1.9 (Save $500): B&H Photo

Venus Optics Laowa
Save $50 on Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D E-mount: B&H Photo
Save $50 on Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D A-mount: B&H Photo
Save $50 on Venus Optics Laowa 15mm f/2 FE Zero-D E-mount: B&H Photo
Save $100 on Venus Optics Laowa 105mm f/2 Smooth Trans E-Mount: B&H Photo
Save $100 on Venus Optics Laowa 105mm f/2 Smooth Trans E-Mount: B&H Photo

Rokinon
Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS (Save $150): B&H Photo
Samyang 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS (Save $150): B&H Photo
Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye II (Save $50) B&H Photo
Rokinon 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS (Save $70): B&H Photo
Rokinon 21mm f/1.4 (Save $50): B&H Photo
Rokinon 20mm f/1.8 ED AS UMC (Save $30): B&H Photo
Rokinon 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS (Save $150): B&H Photo
Rokinon 50mm f/1.2 (Save $150): B&H Photo
Rokinon 16mm f/2.0 ED AS UMC CS (Save $100): B&H Photo
Rokinon 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC (Save $120): B&H Photo

Lights
Save $200 on Flashpoint 600 for Sony: Adorama
Save $230 on Impact Venture TTL-600 for Sony: B&H Photo

Software
Luminar 2018 & Aurora HDR 2018 (Savings code FUJIADDICT)
ON1 Photo RAW 2018

General Black Friday Links That Will Kick in at different times
B&H Photo
Amazon
Adorama


Sony a7 Bodies
Sony a7rII (Save $500): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony a7sII (Save $300): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony a7II (Save $300): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony a7 (Save $200): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

Sony Alpha a6500 Deals
With 16-70mm
With 16-50mm and 55-210mm

Sony Alpha a6500 Deals
With 16-70mm
With 16-50mm and 55-210mm

Sony Alpha a6300 Deals
Sony Alpha a6300
With 16-50mm
With 16-70mm
With 16-50mm and 55-210mm

Sony Alpha a6000 Deals
Sony Alpha a6000
With 16-50mm
With 16-50mm and 55-210mm

Sony Alpha a5100 Deals
With 16-50mm

Sony RX100V Deals
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

FE Lenses
Sony FE 28mm f/2 (Save $25):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony Zeiss Planar T* 5omm f/1.4 (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony 50mm FE f/1.8 (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE 50mm f/2.8 Macro (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE 85mm f/1.8
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS (Save $25):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE PZ 28-135mm f/4 G OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama 
Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS Lens (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

NEX Lenses
Sony 20mm f/2.8 Alpha E-mount (Save $25):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony E 50mm f/1.8 OSS (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony E 10-18mm f/4 OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony E 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS LE (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

Accessories
Sony A-Mount to E-Mount Lens Adapter (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony LA-EA4 A-Mount to E-Mount FF Lens Adapter with TMT (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FA-WRC1M Wireless Radio Commander + FA-WRR1 Radio Receiver (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon
Sony FA-WRC1M Wireless Radio Commander (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FA-WRR1 Wireless Radio Receiver (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony ECMGZ1M Gun/Zoom Microphone (Save $20):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony ECM-CG60 Shotgun Mic (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony Vertical Battery Grip for a7 II, a7R II, and a7S II (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony CLM-FHD5 Clip-On 5″ Full HD LCD On-Camera Monitor (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

Flashes
Sony HVL-F60M (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony HVLF43M High Power Flash with Quick Shift Bounce (Save $70):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony HVLF32M MI (Multi-interface shoe) Camera Flash (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony HVLF20M (Save $20):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

Early BlackFriday Savings (Check back on Thursday for more Black Friday savings and to support the site)
Amazon Black Friday Savings Starting now for prime members: Amazon and don’t forget to sign up for prime
Apple Deals: B&H Photo

Sigma Art Sale


Sigma MC-11(Save $100): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Sigma Art prime lenses:
Sigma 14mm F1.8 DG HSM Art (Save $100.00): B&H Photo / Amazon
Sigma 20mm F1.4 DG HSM Art (Save $100.00): B&H Photo / Amazon
Sigma 24mm F1.4 DG HSM Art (Save $100.00): B&H Photo / Amazon
Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC HSM Art (Save $100.00): B&H Photo / Amazon
Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM Art (Save $100.00): B&H Photo / Amazon
Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art (Save $100.00): B&H Photo / Amazon
Sigma 85mm F1.4 DG HSM Art (Save $100.00): B&H Photo / Amazon
Sigma 135mm F1.8 DG HSM Art (Save $100.00): B&H Photo / Amazon

Sigma Art zooms lenses
Sigma 12-24mm F4 DG HSM Art (Save $100.00): B&H Photo / Amazon
Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Art (Save $100.00): B&H Photo / Amazon
Sigma 24-35mm F2 DG HSM Art (Save $100.00): B&H Photo / Amazon
Sigma 24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM Art (Save $100.00): B&H Photo / Amazon
Sigma 50-100mm F1.8 DC HSM Art (Save $100.00): B&H Photo / Amazon

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Sony RX0: GoPro Killer or Something Else?

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 25, 2017

Sony is known for making some amazing nitch cameras, but Sony already has an action camera the Sony FDR X3000, so what does the Sony RX0 compare too? The above video by Photo Gear News tries to make a distinction about where the Sony RX0 fits in the market and skews towards the professional, but the bellow video by iphonedo makes it hard to pick as your first choice camera unless you’re going to do something with these cameras that only the RX0 can do. For instance, multi-camera synchronization for creating VR seems to be a stand out feature for the RX0.

The Sony RX0 doesn’t win a single comparison when compared to the Go Pro Hero6, iPhone X, and Sony RX100M5, but it is loaded with professional features to make video creation and multicamera assemble easier. Maybe Sony will make a Future RX0 Mark 2 that brings it more in line with the RX100’s superior performance, but as of now, the RX0 seems to be more of a proof of concept camera that Sony released to gauge interest.

Sony RX0: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony RX100 V: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
GoPro 6: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FDR X3000: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

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