Sony A7S III Video Formats EXPLAINED: Which is BEST for you?!

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Tried to best explain these recording formats in simple terms without being too technical. Which recording format do you plan on using out of these 3 options for your project? TIME CODES BELOW: 0:00 Intro 0:30 3 Recording Formats 0:53 Which recording format is BEST option 1:22 BEST Quality with SMALLEST file size 2:13 BEST Quality overall 3:18 BEST 4K 120FPS option 3:44 ALL-I vs. LONG GOP Explained 6:55 XAVC HS Explained 9:26 XAVC S Explained 11:00 XAVC S-I Explained 13:00 GREAT Quality, SMALLEST File Size, Easy Editing 13:16 BEST Quality, SMALLEST File SIZE, Harder editing 13:30 BEST Quality out of this camera

[@kingcasino9300]

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[@ridgetomas7804]

Instablaster...

[@HowToGuyChannel]

You explained this better than 95 percent of the other videos

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Thanks so much! I look at it as if you know what you’re talking about you should be able to explain it in the simplest & to the point terms. The technical terms & etc is good to know but not necessary.

[@JAROME74]

Very helpful!

[@deannosworthy8918]

Facts

[@davidschulder5241]

Wow. Great breakdown of the options. Thank You. (Wish I had watched this 6 months ago, lol. Gonna switch from the XAVC S 4K to the XAVC S-I 4K and see what it looks like.)

[@dmilleredits]

This was more helpful than anything else I've found, thank you!

[@pogo615]

The fact you said the names of the formats without getting tongue twisted was impressive enough. Thank you for explaining this in very clear detail. Looking forward to learning as much as I can as I enter the videography world. Photography was hard enough...😂

[@cjoliva]

One of the best explanations I've found on these recording formats... it would be good for other reviewers to use real world examples like you to explain technical information, especially for newbie filmmakers!

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Thanks so much for the comment! I think thats where a lot of upcoming people trying to teach things slip up is thinking they have to use the biggest words & technical information. When really the best way to show you know your info is to be able to relay it in the simplest of terms for the most novice beginner/filmmaker. I used to have this same problem until I looked at it from a viewers pov.

[@AmericanWomanReacts]

I'm a newbie and have watched several videos for this camera. You put everything into laymen's terms and used real-life scenarios that made sense. Clear explanation, to the point, detailed enough, and very informative. Thank you so much!

[@PecosHank]

Big thanks Joe.

[@remarkable-media]

This is the best I’ve ever heard this explained. Thank you much!!!

[@jonnytacooutdoors]

What about shooting in HS in 420 10bit seems like a good option for quality and ease of editing in post

[@jerjaws]

Just the video I was searching for. Thanks man

[@davidleys91]

Straight to the point and through explanation of a seemingly confusing topic. Thank you!

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Thanks so much, glad it could help

[@kalebmartinson]

The real-world examples really helped me. thanks!

[@marioplumber3564]

Excellent break down.

[@tdslaps]

Best video I’ve seen breaking the formats down 💯

[@Matt.Gillard]

Perfect explanation!

[@nicolelesaout7534]

So clear, thank you!

[@LetsPlayThru]

Thanks for the explanation. Just had my first shoot using XAVC S. Easy to edit in 24p, but using S&Q at 120fps, it was a real bear on my MacBook Pro (latest model). Any advice on how to shoot slow motion and keep file manageable? Thanks 🙏

[@johnnyweissmuller5838]

Dont use s&q mode..

[@johnnyweissmuller5838]

Use 120 fps XAVC-HS 420 10 bit in normal mode

[@bettadenu7]

If you film a gym workout and do slow mos at 4K 120FPS do you need to record the rest of the workout in 120FPS so you can render it like that ?

[@kay_sukumar]

Nice one mate !! Very helpful

[@alanwillis5509]

Your opinion matches mine. A downside with the XAVC-S i, is the recording time. a 64 GB SD memory card gives 10 minutes and the 160 GB CFexpress Type A, only 15 minutes. Your video is the best I've seen on this subject.

[@JoeMooreProductions]

That’s dope! I’ll have to test this but I think the 160gb goes longer than 15 mins in 24FPS. I filmed this video in the SI option & the total recording time before I cut this video down in post was 30-45 mins. I’m filming another tube video tomorrow discussing s-cinetone so I’ll test this out & let you know.

[@CAMTechChris]

Hey Joe, this video is awesome! Best description I've seen yet of the 3 file types. Thank you for this! SUBSCRIBED

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Thanks Cam!! I’m loving this camera so far. Which file type were you thinking of using for your projects?

[@RocketshotProductions]

Really helpful Joe. Best explanation I've found anywhere. Top man

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Great to hear! Tried to make it as easy to understand & to the point as possible. Thanks for watching

[@benoneilldp]

Fantastic video man! absolute gold!

[@Ducotevision]

Man… thank you so much for this one!

[@jonnytacooutdoors]

Great video 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@captoncm3]

Thanks for the video joe!

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Thanks for watching & supporting

[@mousse4444]

Incredibly informative video. Just discovered you and have subscribed to your channel. Cheers

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Thanks so much for the support! Glad it could help

[@Freethinker7007]

Brilliant sir! Thanks a ton.

[@kamidsoofficial8929]

Best video on this stuff fr love it 🔥

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Thanks so much!

[@MarquesAngelMusic]

Appreciate this video 🙌🏼

[@brich3368]

Great content, I have the camera myself and this helps a lot. 🤛🏾

[@JoeMooreProductions]

That's dope! How have you been liking the camera? And glad the content could help

[@Isaacimage]

Man God Bless ! Amazing information !

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Thanks! Glad it could help

[@YoungBlaze]

Which memory cards can do what?

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Links to the memory cards I use for any of these workflows in the description.

[@Raiyacorsiglia]

Thanks for the great explanation. Very helpful!

[@LucasQueiroz]

congratulations on the video!!! Man, thank you very much, I was having a lot of problems editing my events, and I believe it was because I was filming in h.265. Premiere can't run smoothly when I put the files from my 3 cameras into multicam. and when creating proxy's it takes forever. This is delaying my delivery flow to my customers. I'll try to use it in H.264 and come back here to let you know if it's improved, blz

[@superman8458]

Thank you brother. Awesome video

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheBlackBankai]

Sony for the win!

[@electronicfellows2113]

are these the same formats that will be on the sony a7iv?

[@EriveFilms]

Great video

[@ChrisLeeX]

THANK YOU for getting to the point :)

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Got to! Not here to waste people’s time

[@dgolden7]

Very informative video. Which microphone or audio did you use here?

[@JoeMooreProductions]

All equipment used in description of video

[@dgolden7]

@@JoeMooreProductions Yes I did look in the description prior but didn’t see any microphone or audio listed under the Gear list.

[@JoeMooreProductions]

My apologies. Check now I’ve updated it

[@aaronisbell17]

Dude you crushed this video ! This is by far best video out explaining all these file formats. I'm a canon user wanting to switch to the A7siii but couldn't find any videos that made sense. On that note does anyone know if there is a ef adapter that works for video on the A7siii ? Thats the only thing holding me back. Thanks and this badass video just earned another subscriber.

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Metabones adapter!

[@ricardomendozavalera884]

Thanks for the explanations , but if you use XAVC-SI , what is the best export seetings for this camera and that format?

[@JoeMooreProductions]

I have a video showing my export settings for IG & KZbin through premiere which can work in FCP. It’s a previous video .

[@kostasrestas]

Is there any way to see how many minutes left for recording video ? I mean ,if i had 128gb sd card and shoot at xavc s i 10bit 422 at 25fps for example,can i see at display how many minutes i have for recording???? (xavcs i recordable time)

[@jmackultra]

Well done

[@MrVh78]

Nice video, though to add SQ 120 and SQ 240 (HD) is also all All-Intra though you need a CFexpress-A card for it.

[@JoeMooreProductions]

SQ 120 & SQ 240 ?

[@MrVh78]

@@JoeMooreProductions S&Q mode

[@temporaryspacestudios]

can you shoot All-intra at 60p with an SD card? Or do you have to get the CFexpress-A card to use All-intra format in general?

[@goldykhandaitdre]

Thanks a lot.. Very well explained. (subscribed) :)

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Thanks for the support! Glad it could help

[@michaelguggenheim6026]

This was extremely helpful. Thanks brother.

[@PeterPengKrogh]

I noticed that XAVC HS has two 4:2:2 options. I kinda wanna shoot the 100M 4:2:2 instead of 200M 4:2:2 as the file sizes are very different. Do you know if there's a massive difference? I assume the lowest will still be better than 8bit?

[@bettadenu7]

Any tips if I’m shootings in Xavc Si and import clips to Vegas pro and my preview screen is laggy while trying to edit ??

[@mychanneltoletyouknow]

thank u

[@TheCapdase]

I've been shooting in xavc s 422 10 bit and let me tell you, the playback is choppy as hell in davinci and my computer is a beast in terms of specs I've seen the choppiness more while I edit slog3 files

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Gotta find what works best for you. Try switching over to XAVC-si . Regular XAVC is the worst quality out of all 3 options so if it’s causing lag as well go to XAVC-si which is meant for better editing experience anyways

[@TheCapdase]

@@JoeMooreProductions true, trying to find the perfect balance. One more thing I've noticed is you cannot playback XAVC S slog3 files without an editing software as compared to XAVC HS, you can easily playback in any media player which supports h.265 codec

[@JoeMooreProductions]

I would say invest in the higher spaced memory card & shoot in XAVC-si. And yea I noticed that too. Kind of a bummer when you want to quickly view files without opening up the editing software

[@flyingdroneinperu3681]

Great information! For now I am using an external Ninja Assasin to record, this way I have a good monitor and cheaper media for the best quality recording, I have a question, if I am recording simultaniously in a sd card in XAVC S and externally with my Atom, will it affect the quality of the external recorder or will the compresion be independant for the sd and the ssd, thanks for your time!

[@JoeMooreProductions]

I’m not quite sure on the recording from the camera into the external recorder. If I’m not mistaken, the ninja assassin is one of the external recorders that would allow the a7s iii to be able to record in RAW format. If it is, I would record in that format as it giving you the best lossless quality. I think whatever you’re recording on the external IS seperate from the SD card. Kind of like how you couldn’t record RAW on the SD but you can on an external.

[@flyingdroneinperu3681]

@@JoeMooreProductions thanks for your help, the Ninja Assasin unfortunately doesn´t accept raw, but I find it more flexible and easier to edit with Adobe Premiere, greetings from Peru!

[@JoeMooreProductions]

@@flyingdroneinperu3681 Ahhh ok good to know. Even if it doesn't record raw. It's an external recorder so whatever you have set up on the external recorder to outsource to that memory card is what the format will be.

[@joonajks]

Do you record all of your KZbin videos in 4K or 1080P upscale to 4K?

[@JoeMooreProductions]

95% of the time I’ll record in 4K, if I filmed something in 1080p yes I’ll still upload upscaled to 4K.

[@ekphotography]

I have a Midtier iMac 2019 with 64 GB ram and have to Make Proxies of everything I use, BlackMagic Sony or whatever, other wise editing is a nightmare... I usually just makes proxies and let it make them all night. Much easier working in Proxies no matter what. Until I get a New Mac with M1 or M1x chip, Proxies it is.

[@AngeloPoulis22]

can u playback 4k120fps in camera's screen? can u playback 4k60fps in camera's screen?

[@petrub27]

What is this review. Obviously the best is xavc hs 10 bit 420

[@JoeMooreProductions]

Don’t know if you watched my review or not but I listed how & why the codec I use is the best quality codec. XAVC HS is a h.265 compression which comes in second place of best quality. The BEST less compressed & biggest file size quality is the XAVC-SI. 😁

[@petrub27]

@@JoeMooreProductions so, the best is hs10bit 420 for smaller file size

[@jonnytacooutdoors]

@@petrub27 I’m planning on using HS 420 for smaller file size and hopefully easier editing.

[@AlecKinnear]

Lots of talk, no examples. Not very persuasive. Just reading the manual out to us.

[@johnnyweissmuller5838]

The formats suck! 420 10 bit should be available in H265 in all framerates and resolutions like the fuji cameras

[@HaroonAKR]

Mad respect brother. Loved the vid!