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I\u2019ve had the camera for about a week.\u00a0 I went out today to get some first impressions.\u00a0 The first thing I notice is the difference between the A7S and the A7 III is the autofocus.\u00a0 It\u2019s night and day.\u00a0 I used center point AF.\u00a0 Whatever I pointed at was instantaneously in perfect focus.\u00a0 No hunting, no off-focus just dead on crystal clear.\u00a0 Now granted, this is in bright day light.\u00a0 But if you\u2019ve ever shot the A7S you know that even under these conditions the photo had a more than even chance of being at least slightly out of focus.\u00a0 I took it as standard operating procedure that magnified manual focus was absolutely necessary for guaranteed perfect focus.\u00a0 Of course, think of what that means for a moving subject.\u00a0 It meant you couldn\u2019t get the shot.\u00a0 So, the A7 III is a revelation.<\/p>\n

The next thing I noticed was how convenient it was to have the viewfinder stay in magnified mode after autofocusing a view.\u00a0 Now I can make sure that if the scene is ultra-crowded with competing focus targets that the right one was selected.\u00a0 Or if something has moved I can re-focus without having to re-engage the magnify steps.\u00a0 This is especially nice for macro work or distant objects.<\/p>\n

The next thing was an item I noticed while inspecting the images on the computer.\u00a0 The 24-mp files are amazingly croppable.\u00a0 This contrasts with the 12-mp A7S files.\u00a0 I\u2019ve attached an extreme crop of a flower.\u00a0 The focus was excellent and the crop has tons of detail.<\/p>\n

And finally, looking at the images on the computer they seem to have a very nice look to them.\u00a0 Of course, the A7S produced nice files too but these look very rich.<\/p>\n

These are just my first thoughts.\u00a0 Later on I\u2019ll review the various functions on the camera and how they work or don\u2019t work for my shooting needs.\u00a0 But right now I have to say that except for extreme low light or star photography I can\u2019t imagine using the A7S instead of the A7 III.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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