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Your tips are great and thanks for those, but you lose credibility with the “intro” and “outro” pointing at the camera. You are not a young pup or “cool” anymore and those slides just say PMR….big whoopty do. They say nothing. Act more like a respected Sony Artisan. Just some food for thought.

Awesome photos!!

Thank you PMR! Got camera yesterday shooting my regular clay pigeon shooting tomorrow. I want to get shot coming from the gun barrels. I am more interested in how to select and save specific images in camera while deleting the rest. Lets say after each burst. Thanks for your great tips.

With this 2x teleconverter work with tamaron 18-300mm

Good to see how someone else sets up the camera. I made a couple of changes based on your suggestions. And some of my settings are based on my experience with the a1. One question… you have your pre capture set to .02 seconds. Don’t you mean .2 seconds?

Anxiously waiting for A1 FW2.02 :)

You suggested (verbally) using 0.2 seconds for pre-capture but the video was showing a setting of 0.02 seconds. What is the correct recommendation?

Great work Patrick just set my A9III to .5 sec pre capture, but may go back to .3 . 6 thousand photos in 3 hours last time out . I must get photo mechanic installed what do you use to cull your images ?

Thank you very much to very good and helpfull videos. Can you make a video about the feature of the camera's new firmware, where the camera switches settings automatically between flash photography and ambien light light photography. You must only put flash on or off. Wex yotube video talk this features. ua-cam.com/video/DGibh-Ix60w/v-deo.html. 13.14min

Best sports photography channel! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Ahhh…good info…I did not know you can’t use both pre capture and anti Flickr at same time..thx

Absolutely beautiful capture. Did you always use Auto ISO in Manual Model for fast capture without Shutter blur? Any tips.

Thank you for showing this work. I only occasionally do a wedding but admit I always used a 24-70/2.8 GMII for midrange but just picked up the small 24-50/2.8 G instead of the 20-70/4 G. Also waiting for my 70-200/4 G II to arrive this week but have used a 70-200/2.8 GM II for events. Really bought this lens as a lighter travel/landscape. At the wider end still unsure of what I want to settle on even though I have plenty lenses to go to. Also while I have 35/1.4 GM as well I have both theyFE 35/1.8 and Sigma l-Series 35/2 and still not sure what to use. All my lenses have lost weight to use ion my A7CII and A7CR even though I also have A1’s. Take care.

as a nightclub and private event dj for 13 years before i starting doing photography ....i can tell you when you do a wedding as a dj Never use lazer lights or lazer dots for wedding ...1 it looks tacky in 2024 ....2 think of the of the photographer who has to shoot the wedding cuz you never want to to see color dots on ppl faces or body in a nice event like a wedding ....use those lights only for night clubs or lil kids parties ....for weddings stick to wash light and uplights around the event space ...the photographer will love you for saving them time to edit all those dots off ppl

I would only shot cameras with dual card slots. It's not with the headache if you had a card fail on you to shoot a camera with one SD card slot.

Curious… when you are taking the reception and having different people patterns (for portraits), do you leverage TTL or Manual for the FJ400? Thanks for the comments on your process and thoughts on ‘why’ you do what you do. Thanks so much!

With how advanced phones have gotten I truly believe anytime you can pull off something different than what people are used to seeing they love it. Not always a matter of better or worse, fake or genuine but simply different. Adding those lights to make them pop and add some modeling to their faces really works. When I shoot musicians I always want to give viewers something they simply don't see from their seats, often that means getting close with 400mm and capturing extreme details, also performers interacting with one another and things you see side stage that doesn't exist from the audience perspective. As always a great look into what it's like to be a real hired photographer. You have me thinking about some slower albeit lighter lenses, I'm always lugging around fast GM primes to everything.

I own both cameras. I am a full-time professional photographer, but sports is not my main money maker since I got the A9III, the A1 sits at home a lot. I have owned the.A1 sense mid 2021 and it was absolutely my favorite camera for the last three years. But it started showing its age when the A7RV shipped at the end of 2022. I could see the future and that included things like the AI auto focusing chip, the extended presets, and the clever, four-way moving screen. I have had the A9III for a couple of months, and I am so impressed with the global shutter, the unlimited flash sync that it allows. If I were shooting a sporting event, I would certainly use the A9III amd the A1. But if I’m shooting an event that is not a dedicated action or sporting event I would probably use the A9III and the A7RV as my second body.

Can I ask the minimum focusing distance with the 1.4 x converter (in macro mode)?

I agree that Sony is killing the Dinasaurs. But they seem to have left behind one of their best cameras The RX10 serices, I purchased the RX10 IV in addition to my full frame cameras. It is to me the most innovative camera that Sony ever made for non professional photographers. When traveling on vacation with friends and Family I give it to others on the trip to use and they are amazed at the photos they can get with the camera. All other them feel that they cot better photos with it than they could ever get with their iPhones. I am surprised that SONY has failed to continue the innovation with more advancements in one of the best travel cameras ever made.

Thanks for that, very helpful.

Thanks alot for these videos about the Sony A9III. I have one and love it!

I bought this camera body really for that little extra megapixels but I was not fully understanding how powerful the sponsor is and how quick/accurate the auto focus is. I don’t mind putting my 70-200gm ii, 300mm, or even my 400mm on this camera body. Highly recommend this camera body for sure

Thanks PM-R, good advice. Cheers

I really enjoy this short and concise format

Thanks…just a note….with that setting of release you get a blackout on first shot so no one is surprised 😊 also it’s menu setting 15/67 on version 2.x firmware. I am wondering how much the release change means with pre-capture on?

Thanks! Changed from auto after watching this! Keep em coming!!

Thanks. I had this set to Auto. Good advice.

Yes I can set minimum ISO to 125 but when the camera is set to ISO Auto then the minimum it can be set to use is 250.

Both awesome. The a93 is a revolutionary camera that is built for any kind of movement. The flash sync abilities also makes it an amazing portrait camera

You said to turn it off if you’re doing skyscapes on a tripod - but, if I’m shooting crew races, where I pan on a tripod to follow the boat I’m targeting, then I assume I can leave the settings on, on both the a9iii and my lens. Am I correct in that assumption?

I use [1] when shooting volleyball and plan to in Paris, hopefully overcoming the net being caught by the camera instead of staying locked on to the OH approaching, going up and hitting, at me

do you think IBIS is better with 300mm in compared to 400 mm. I own 400 and I think it’s pretty bad.

Just got my 200-600 last and had 2 outings… same issue. Will try to bump up the shutter speed in the next outing

I kept up with all firmware releases of A1 and had no problem

Just last weekend, i go from 1.34 to 2.0 and then 2.02. No problem during the process (Mac). Wildlife shots and video with 200-600 (0.3) next day on the snow. Early to say, but good overall performance till now 🤞, no problems. PD: Dont't change my opinion about Sony FW for the " flagship camera": 💩💩💩

what do you find your most used OSS setting to be set at? 1, 2, or 3?

Firmware 2.02 seems to solve all of these issues. Finally. That said, SONY listen... This is your flagship, where are the firmware enhancements like pre-capture? We know the A1 hardware can handle it... Your just choosing not to add the feature to try and force an upgrade when the A1mkii is finally released. This approach won't work, your just alienating your user base. Clearly you didn't learn your lesson from the A mount days. Swim or Sink Sony... Swim or Sink

I own a Sony A1, and personally im usually not that bothered about firmware updates unless it upgrades video specs or improves autofocus etc. Despite this, it is very disappointing that Sony add some nice features to much cheaper cameras that appear to be purely software based and then don't add them to the flagship Sony camera. (I would really like focus bracketing, why dont we have that!?) ....they need to do better

2.01, no issues at all. didnt know there was an update to 2.02

how to connect a monitor to the camera?

Pointless video. Old news.

I’m confused. Can someone (Patrick?) explain why sticking with older firmware would be better? What are the issues people are seeing? I know some people had some sort of WiFi or Bluetooth disabling issue when 2.0 was first launched. But surely, this must have been fairly limited or Sony would have pulled the update. And PMR, if that is what you are worried about, surely if it happened you could just send your cameras in and get it fixed in a matter of days. I updated my a1 to v2, using a Mac, on day 1, no issues. When I see Sony sponsored photographers saying they are glad to have stuck with 1.32, and others saying “thank god” they didn’t update, I feel like I must have missed some part of the story. Someone care to fill me in?

I think you are conflating minimum ISO with base ISO and the base ISO for the A9iii is 250.

A few days ago, I updated my A1's from 1.32-1.35- 2.01, then using the card to 2.02. All working fine, and as read on Sony website I had to re-setup the camera from scratch. I still wish drive mode and self timer were available in the Fn, rather than only the top left dial. Sometimes working in the dark is tricky using the dial.

I hate to be “that guy,” but what’s up with the “intro” and “outro” queues on your latest videos?

I was on 1.32 and tend to wait to see if any issues before upgrading, as I have thoroughly enjoyed using my a1 for work (sports) and fun (wildlife). So once 2.02 came out and not read about as many issues with it (other than battery drain, though I have seen comments/replies on FB group about a solution for battery drain) and I upgraded to 2.02 (first to 1.35, then 2.01 using the Sony usb cable using iMac (with intel chip) and then memory card for 2.02 with no issues. And I understand that just because I had no issues, that others have not had serious problems, but just relating what I experienced.

I started photography with the Sony stl a100 A-mount then the a77ii (I’m a wildlife photographer) the game changer for me was the a7iii. Now I shoot the a7R series with the T R E M EN D O U S fe300mmf2.8 gm this thing is a game changer so I got rid of my 400mmf2.8 gm (to heavy on the field)

Nah I think it was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe it now makes 50 mpg and has multiple lenses and is more fun than holding a camera.

Thanks for the info as it's nice to know Sony is working on this issue, however 1.30 works flawless in my 3 A1's. Plus don't even understand what you get by updating. They should have just fixed or completed the autofocus animal eye .