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My thoughts are, I have an A1,A7RV and A6700. I do lots of different types of photography but small birds and macro are the ones I do most. Having said that, I have owned my current A1 well over two years and I’ve never shot in excess of 20 frames per second. I have never seen anything even remotely require a frame rate that high. Plus, I don’t like to cull through lots of photos. I Don’t suspect, even if I had pre-capture that I would even use it to be honest. I just don’t like spraying images at something. I tend to be more methodical in the way I shoot. Having said all that, I can’t imagine the new A1 will have something that will entice me to spend that much money when I already have an extremely capable camera. Plus having the other two bodies really covers just about anything I could ever photograph.
I agree. I’m selling both of my a1’s, one is already sold and hope the other one is gone by this weekend. I also have an a9III which I’m planning on keeping for the moments it’s the better tool in the tool box. Now if the a1 has a decent buffer and more fps than 30 I’d consider going back to all a1MK2. But the 60 and even 120fps for bird photography is amazing! I don’t want to give that up.
So how many images are taken with each burst of pre-capture out of curiosity? I’m just a type of person that doesn’t like to come home with hundreds or even thousands of images with a millimeter difference in movement and sort through them. As you said we all have our likes and dislikes. I like being more methodical in the way I shoot. If it’s only 10 or 15 images each time that would not be bad, but if it’s a few hundred every time you hit the shutter button that would not be for me. I also cull heavily and never keep any images that aren’t edited. I am definitely a minimalist and probably have OCD on top of that lol
I've read that you pretty much use it the most these days. I'm afraid that in my case, the A9III may be some sort of a niche product even for the way I'm doing bird photography... but it's definitely an enticing one !
Interesting point there. I'm not that much organized so ... I've got plenty of Gigabytes pilling up on my desktop. ...So how many images are taken with each burst of pre-capture out of curiosity? I’m just a type of person that doesn’t like to come home with hundreds or even thousands of images with a millimeter difference in movement and sort through them. As you said we all have our likes and dislikes. I like being more methodical in the way I shoot. If it’s only 10 or 15 images each time that would not be bad, but if it’s a few hundred every time you hit the shutter button that would not be for me. I also cull heavily and never keep any images that aren’t edited. I am definitely a minimalist and probably have OCD on top of that lol
I agree. The higher frame rate opens up opportunities.
It depends on how long you have pre capture on for .1-1 second and your frame rate. Precapture works on all frame rates.So how many images are taken with each burst of pre-capture out of curiosity? I’m just a type of person that doesn’t like to come home with hundreds or even thousands of images with a millimeter difference in movement and sort through them. As you said we all have our likes and dislikes. I like being more methodical in the way I shoot. If it’s only 10 or 15 images each time that would not be bad, but if it’s a few hundred every time you hit the shutter button that would not be for me. I also cull heavily and never keep any images that aren’t edited. I am definitely a minimalist and probably have OCD on top of that lol
It is a niche camera and I tell folks all the time debating between it or a1 who can only have one buy the a1. The a1 is more versatile but my blessed to be able to have both.
expect lots of comments about the price, which I suspect will be high!
So if I were shooting 12-15fps which is what I use 90% of the time then each time pre capture would take 12-15 images correct?
I am thinking $7500 if I were a betting man
It depends on how long a time you set for pre-capture. If you set e.g. 1/3s it would add 4 or five frames to the front of each of your bursts. While I believe 1s is the longest time you can set this to on the A9III but most folks seem to use less than 1/2s. You want it just long enough that you can reliably react that fast.
That’s good to know. I have never really heard anyone say. That does seem like it would be useful and if I used it then it would most likely be a half second or so. it only records those files if you actuate the shutter though correct?
I don't understand the fuss about the exact price. Current one is pricey, next one will definitely also be pricey. Anyway, some German poster got a quote from his shop for about a 3% price increase over the mark one.
Yes. It will only start filling the buffer after you start half pressing the shutter (aka start to focus) and drop the entire buffer if you release it. That bit me when I re-focussed (cycled the AF) on a small critter just when it took of. Arbitrage here said in a different thread that he came home with less shots of swallows in flight to sift through, as he no longer needed to start shooting before something actually happened (which often would not happen at all).
Well only if you had a full one second of pre capture. I don’t know anyone who is using it over half second and it seems most have settled on .3 seconds. Easy math is if you are at 10fps and .3 pre capture you’d basically have 3 frames.
Very interesting, I was under the assumption it was a massive amount of files. I could see this really being beneficial for nesting woodpeckers which are very hard to time as well as kingfishers.
how fast are your reflexes. If I miss 0.3 second but can respond within 1 second, that determines what I need
And there lays my existential doubt ! Keep A1 and add A9III or just replace A1 with A1II and be happy with the more versatile 50Mpx plus the precapture (most likely caped at 30fps). ... time... and Sony will tell !
