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Sony just released a9iii, a prosumer camera with a full frame global readout sensor which eliminates rolling shutter.

Brajeshwar 3y ago
I'm not a professional, not even near an enthusiastic amateur but this is a entirely new game changer. This is like the move from DSLR to Mirrorless. The A9III is super costly but makes sense for pro and prosumers. Let me try and see if I understood what their tech is. This is like, as soon as you open the camera, it is pretty much taking a video. When you are shoot, it is just picking the shots from the frames that is already in the camera's sensor!
- buildbot 3y ago
  It's nuts. The sensor can dump 6GB/s of data!!!! I can't wait for a digital back based on this tech - Phase One has an industrial body with a global sensor but it's dynamic range limited sadly.
- robga 3y ago
  This is what iPhones have done for a long time? Edit: OK, not quite, thanks for the correction.
  - buildbot 3y ago
    Yeah most phone sensors have high enough readout speeds that this is the best way to handle shutter lag and also computational photography needs. To my the best of my knowledge though, all cellphones still use rolling shutters, just fast ones. This is a single freeze frame capture, all at once, 120 times per second.
  - itishappy 3y ago
    The iPhone sensor uses a rolling shutter and is 25x smaller than Sony's.
- camillomiller 3y ago
  To be fair, that’s what every iPhone does (with now somewhat limited rolling shutter). Nikon z9 already did the same and eliminated the mechanical shutter (now on z8 and z f as well). Sony brought this to a whole new level, but the competition is amazing. I honestly believe that with this plus all the new features that machine learning and deep learning enable on these cameras this is the most exciting time ever (gear-wise) to be a professional photographer.
- khazhoux 3y ago
  Their marketing video is pretty compelling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85XZEAQVBuw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85XZEAQVBuw
jwestbury 3y ago
Can't remotely justify the price to upgrade from my trusty A7iii, but definitely excited about this one!

I'm not a professional, not even near an enthusiastic amateur but this is a entirely new game changer. This is like the move from DSLR to Mirrorless. The A9III is super costly but makes sense for pro and prosumers. Let me try and see if I understood what their tech is. This is like, as soon as you open the camera, it is pretty much taking a video. When you are shoot, it is just picking the shots from the frames that is already in the camera's sensor!

buildbot 3y ago
It's nuts. The sensor can dump 6GB/s of data!!!! I can't wait for a digital back based on this tech - Phase One has an industrial body with a global sensor but it's dynamic range limited sadly.
robga 3y ago
This is what iPhones have done for a long time? Edit: OK, not quite, thanks for the correction.
- buildbot 3y ago
  Yeah most phone sensors have high enough readout speeds that this is the best way to handle shutter lag and also computational photography needs. To my the best of my knowledge though, all cellphones still use rolling shutters, just fast ones. This is a single freeze frame capture, all at once, 120 times per second.
- itishappy 3y ago
  The iPhone sensor uses a rolling shutter and is 25x smaller than Sony's.
camillomiller 3y ago
To be fair, that’s what every iPhone does (with now somewhat limited rolling shutter). Nikon z9 already did the same and eliminated the mechanical shutter (now on z8 and z f as well). Sony brought this to a whole new level, but the competition is amazing. I honestly believe that with this plus all the new features that machine learning and deep learning enable on these cameras this is the most exciting time ever (gear-wise) to be a professional photographer.
khazhoux 3y ago
Their marketing video is pretty compelling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85XZEAQVBuw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85XZEAQVBuw

jwestbury 3y ago

Can't remotely justify the price to upgrade from my trusty A7iii, but definitely excited about this one!