Sony Alpha 9 III Body

Mit der Alpha 9 III gelingt Sony ein Meilenstein: Als erste Vollformatkamera mit Global Shutter vermeidet die A9 III Rolling- Shutter-Effekte und ermöglicht Blitzaufnahmen mit sehr kurzen Verschlusszeiten. Wir haben die Sony Alpha 9 III im Test sowohl in der Praxis als auch im CHIP Testlabor ausprobiert.

The A9 III becomes Sony’s fastest full-frame camera for sports and action photography, shooting 24 Megapixel photos up to 120fps with an optional pre-capture buffer, blackout-free viewfinder, uncropped 4k 120 video, and their best autofocus system to date. Behind the scenes is Sony’s first full-frame CMOS sensor with a global shutter, which eliminates the rolling shutter of conventional electronic capture as well as banding under artificial light. The global shutter also lets you sync flashes all the way up to 1/80,000, transforming bright sunlight into the appearance of dusk or even night. Beyond unknown dynamic range at the time of testing, it really does perform as advertised, but be in no doubt this is a highly specialist camera which excels at very specific tasks. You should only consider the A9 III if you absolutely need the benefits of its global shutter. For example if you need 120fps, or need to avoid skewing on video or electronic photos, or need to avoid banding under artificial light, or need to sync flashes at fast shutter speeds. And crucially if you’re happy to pay six grand for any of those privileges. It’s also important to remember while the A9 III’s global shutter hugely improves electronic capture, you can achieve or approach some of its benefits with older or alternative technologies. In the highly niche World of pros who photograph The Olympics and other elite sporting events though, the A9 III is a truly impressive camera which throws down the gauntlet to Canon and Nikon. Let’s see how they respond.