Sony announces Alpha 7S III hybrid camera

Sony unveiled its Alpha 7S III camera, with 4K video and a new hybrid autofocus system. Its new BIONZ XR image processing engine has eight times the processing power, according to Sony, and is part of its full-frame mirrorless Alpha 7S series. the Sony Alpha 7S III Camera will launch in September for $ 3,500 or CDN $ 4,800.

The camera features 10 fps high speed continuous still image shooting that can produce over 1000 uncompressed RAW images consecutively with full autofocus and auto tracking. exposure.

“For the first time in an Alpha 7S series camera, the Alpha 7S III offers fast hybrid autofocus by combining phase detection and contrast detection,” Sony said. This gives the camera the ability to track subjects over a wide area with speed, precision, and smoothness.

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It features a 12.1MP back-illuminated full-frame Exmor R CMOS image sensor, built-in 5-axis optical image stabilization, and AF sensors cover 92% of the image sensor.

It also sports a redesigned menu system with touchscreen controls, a 9.44 million dot OLED viewfinder, and a side-flip LCD display.

Sony also announced a new memory card called CFexpress Type A which enables high speed data processing. Sony said it has a write speed of 700MB / s and a read speed of 800MB / s.

the Memory cards are available in 80GB and 160GB versions, priced at $ 200 and $ 400 respectively, and the the card reader is priced at $ 120. They will be available in September.