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Customer Review
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2020
The Good: This camera closes the gap between hybrids and cinema cameras by offering excellent picture quality and low light performance.
The Bad: I have bought 3 of these so far from: 1 from Amazon and 2 from other stores. All of these have one consistent build quality issue. Flip your screen out and then look at the bottom seam between the plastic panels, you will see a gap that will close when you press on it and open back up when you release it. Not something you wanna see on $5.5K camera as this may compromise the weather sealing. I contacted Sony’s “National Customer Support” who can only offer to repair the camera even if it was bought yesterday after recognizing it as a “factory defect”. They could have done a better job at: (1). Quality checks and workmanship. (2) Customer Support.
Pro-tip 1: Consider buying Prograde V90 Memory Cards instead of Sony’s.
Pro-tip 2: Use Joel Famularo’s Phantom LUT’s specific to the A7Siii for the “Arri” look.
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The Bad: I have bought 3 of these so far from: 1 from Amazon and 2 from other stores. All of these have one consistent build quality issue. Flip your screen out and then look at the bottom seam between the plastic panels, you will see a gap that will close when you press on it and open back up when you release it. Not something you wanna see on $5.5K camera as this may compromise the weather sealing. I contacted Sony’s “National Customer Support” who can only offer to repair the camera even if it was bought yesterday after recognizing it as a “factory defect”. They could have done a better job at: (1). Quality checks and workmanship. (2) Customer Support.
Pro-tip 1: Consider buying Prograde V90 Memory Cards instead of Sony’s.
Pro-tip 2: Use Joel Famularo’s Phantom LUT’s specific to the A7Siii for the “Arri” look.
The Good: This camera closes the gap between hybrids and cinema cameras by offering excellent picture quality and low light performance.
The Bad: I have bought 3 of these so far from: 1 from Amazon and 2 from other stores. All of these have one consistent build quality issue. Flip your screen out and then look at the bottom seam between the plastic panels, you will see a gap that will close when you press on it and open back up when you release it. Not something you wanna see on $5.5K camera as this may compromise the weather sealing. I contacted Sony’s “National Customer Support” who can only offer to repair the camera even if it was bought yesterday after recognizing it as a “factory defect”. They could have done a better job at: (1). Quality checks and workmanship. (2) Customer Support.
Pro-tip 1: Consider buying Prograde V90 Memory Cards instead of Sony’s.
Pro-tip 2: Use Joel Famularo’s Phantom LUT’s specific to the A7Siii for the “Arri” look.
The Bad: I have bought 3 of these so far from: 1 from Amazon and 2 from other stores. All of these have one consistent build quality issue. Flip your screen out and then look at the bottom seam between the plastic panels, you will see a gap that will close when you press on it and open back up when you release it. Not something you wanna see on $5.5K camera as this may compromise the weather sealing. I contacted Sony’s “National Customer Support” who can only offer to repair the camera even if it was bought yesterday after recognizing it as a “factory defect”. They could have done a better job at: (1). Quality checks and workmanship. (2) Customer Support.
Pro-tip 1: Consider buying Prograde V90 Memory Cards instead of Sony’s.
Pro-tip 2: Use Joel Famularo’s Phantom LUT’s specific to the A7Siii for the “Arri” look.
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