SONY A9III Menu Settings for Shooting Sports, Action, & Birds in Flight

[@billwells6810]

Thanks. Very helpful. Have a 9iii on the way.

[@PMRTV]

Glad it was helpful!

[@PhilipJohnson-eg6vo]

With the focus hold button can it be set to punch in while holding the button and go back to full frame on release of button?

[@alanross3661]

Good to see how someone else sets up the camera. I made a couple of changes based on your suggestions. And some of my settings are based on my experience with the a1. One question… you have your pre capture set to .02 seconds. Don’t you mean .2 seconds?

[@PMRTV]

yes, my bad. .02 is my setting.

[@alanross3661]

@@PMRTV .02 is two one hundreds of a second. It would net you 1 or 2 shots of pre capture.

[@cjoliva]

😊😊😊

[@gerrywatkins846]

Thank you for another clear understanding video

[@PMRTV]

thanks very much!

[@abedj1220]

NIce video. I am trying to find a way to shoot in single mode with the option of pushing one of the buttons to change that to 5 frames per second. The goal is to mostly shoot one frame per composition and shoot a slow burst when needed. I can change the F5 button but only seemed to apply when multi shot is on. cannot find a way to shoot both single shot with quick option to shoot 5 shots per second. Any ideas how this is possible.

[@PMRTV]

I was thinking if you bought an original A7, it would do this naturally...

[@abedj1220]

@@PMRTV Sorry I should have mentioned A9 III

[@alexmartins4013]

Hello. Thanks for the video. I have two questions and both are related to pre capture. First one why don’t you increase the time a bit? 0.02 is super fast. It is like you have super human speed and don’t really need it. If you say you have too many files, the good thing is that you can stack the pictures and just lock the ones you would like to keep and erase the other ones if you need space on your drive. Or at least you can note them with stars to identify the correct one to keep. Second question is regarding the way to activate precapture. Why not use both shutter and af? This way is you are focusing but didn’t press the shutter at the same time(because back button focusing) you are getting the images in advance. Cheers from France and thanks for the nice video as usual. Alex

[@PMRTV]

you are kind of assuming two things: 1. unlimited card space and 2. no deadlines

[@onkar096]

Thanks for this video!!

[@PMRTV]

My pleasure!

[@studiocreate3283]

Hey did you ever make the video of using the a9iii with flash?

[@PMRTV]

not yet but it's now basketball season!!!!

[@RichardBedford-p3q]

Great video, thank you. Can you recommend a fast CF Express Type A card for the A9iii? I'm thinking of the best one with fastest sustained write speeds not necessarily the 'paper stated' write speeds, this to clear the buffer quickest.

[@PMRTV]

I use the Sony ones but I hear that all of them are fast. I think it's more the nature of the cards so do some shopping and see what you can get a deal on :)

[@PMRTV]

I just bought one of these and it's working well for me: amzn.to/3WyLLWz

[@RichardBedford-p3q]

@@PMRTV Great, thank you.

[@Legndz]

Bought Angelbird 330gb so far so good. $250 each.

[@grassmanBoca]

If you were buying would it be A9111 or A1?

[@Legndz]

I have both and I couldn't imagine living without either one now. Both have an everyday use in my sports photography. If I didnt have either and could only afford one then A1. It's checks far more boxes in everyday photography use.

[@pompobresciani9582]

Flickering? Doesn’t global shutter eliminate that?

[@PMRTV]

yup!

[@luizcarlosdacostaribenboim828]

Hi I would like to kknow if pre-capture functions only in photos, or also in video . Thank you.

[@canmtb4676]

I'm a beginner here. I still don't understand why not shooting in raw. I thought all pros shoot in raw for post-production process.

[@PMRTV]

not if we re on deadline!!! Jpg is still king for most pro sports shooters.

[@StaffyDoo]

You are right, that’s why I shoot in both RAW + JPEG fine* with my Nikon Z8. That way, I can quickly share or upload the JPEG images if I need too, but I still have the “original” RAW image containing all the data captured by the camera.