I love that this review isn't a guy talking to the camera but instead actually showing us footage from the camera

@ClassicPolly

3 жыл бұрын

absolutely agree, I am not really interested in what is possible in theory as much as I really want to know the on set/on the go experience :)

@philipbloom

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes there is so much info to get across you’ve got to talk to camera. I had to script it and teleprompter it and I never do that as there was SOOOOO much to cover. Brandon really has made one hell of a beautiful review though! :)

@majestysutedja286

3 жыл бұрын

So trueee 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@JOAOAUGUSTODIASABREU

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly my sentiments!

@mirrorlessny

3 жыл бұрын

yes love that, this way we see how it performs while getting to know it 💪

Outstanding video, Brandon! Loved it. Great job! 🤓👍💜

@rogermaioli

3 жыл бұрын

Best moment: "I'm not Gerald Undone."

@JacksonsOrigami

3 жыл бұрын

Gerald Undone, he's crazy!

@BrandonLiUnscripted

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gerald! Loved your ultra-comprehensive review!

@derrickvinci

3 жыл бұрын

Gerald is actually crazy 😅, I’m glad all other gear reviewers respect your hustle

This man shot like 3-4 usable, beautul ads easily for this test god damn. Your shots are always so good, very nice test really admire your work 🙏🏻

Amazing review! love this, very practical! thank you~!

I'm just laughing about the little "He's crazy" when you say you aren't Gerald Undone.

@aliendroneservices6621

3 жыл бұрын

1:53

@ShiroiRyuu24

3 жыл бұрын

Even his intro says he is crazy

@srt10acrx

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShiroiRyuu24 that's why I love it so much. I immediately heard his intro song.

@AliUmairOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha true...

@defiverr4697

3 жыл бұрын

these video guys have reached the limit of their barrel borders. Now, they are all starting to cross-mention each other. Rats in the same barrel, looking for a new audience, avoiding eating each other.

This is a brilliant review, Brandon. You covered all the bases in a way that a working professional can appreciate. Between you, Gerald and Philip, we have been treated to some amazing content surrounding this camera. I should also mention that I love your filmmaking style. It feels fresh and unique which is no small achievement in this day and age. I recently moved back to smaller cameras after running with big setups for years - RED, FS7, Ursa Mini etc. None of them ever made me feel as happy as the A7SIII does. It just gets out of the way. Total creative freedom. And I think that is what a tool should do - empower the creator.

To be honest, it would be such a relief and load off just to shoot standard profile and have to do minimal coloring. I really liked the HLG profiles on the A7III, so i might go with that unless i REALLY need Slog3. Great review, amazing footage. Thanks.

@CarlAustinGregory

3 жыл бұрын

after shooting with bm cameras, i'm a sucker for flat footage. it is what we use for work, and so i'm like sold on the idea of log footage now. the standard did look nice in the footage. agreed, super review here!

Probably the most decent review i’ve seen in a while. Love the honest ending at the closure. You got me interested in your channel!

I barely comment on videos but this was lit, this is how a camera review should go down.. Well done!!

@xoxo7225

3 жыл бұрын

@@guerrerosdigitales younger than your girlfriend!

Amazing review Brandon. Anyone who makes YT videos knows A LOT of work went into that.. Super easy to understand review! Great job!

THIS is the type of review I LOVE. I cannot stand the reviews where people sit in front of cameras and just talk about the tech features, and show me the body of the camera. They literally show me little other than unrealistic autofocus tests. THIS review on the other hand shows me real life practical day to day uses for the camera from a filmmaking point of view. Thank you for also talking about the profile, grading and the lenses you used for each shot. This was video was both informational AND inspirational. Great work Brandon!

Loved this video, super informative! What kind of mic set-up did you use while filming the talking parts and did you notice any autofocus noise (without a mic)? Thanks!!

@BrandonLiUnscripted

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Comica Boom X-U microphone, AF did not make any noise

Stunning review...I knew Brandon would be the one to really show what we can expect from this camera. Bravo, sir.

Love this Brandon! Great work!

Been watching this channel for a month now... Fantastic straightforward reviews and tutorials, not a moment wasted.

I'm blown away by quality of your video. I've seen hundreds of tech reviews, but Your way shocked me. No talking heads, stopmotion to show in/out of focus, PiP with zoomed head, elegant graphical design of whole video. Man, really new quality in tech review. Chapeau bas.

Wow what a superb ending. A really important message you added at the end there, and one that is all to often forgotten! Thanks for all your videos Brandon.

Really great Brandon! Gorgeous footage! I would avoid XAVC HS for now, especially in 422 as current graphics cards can’t decode it. 420 they can. XAVCS 120p is a better codec for now :)

@BrandonLiUnscripted

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Philip, I wish I had known this. Loved your review as well

@kiranjotsinghmalhotra

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Philip. May i know where can I find info about such hidden things?

@philipbloom

3 жыл бұрын

kiranjotsingh malhotra you find it out after using it for many weeks!

@kiranjotsinghmalhotra

3 жыл бұрын

Oh` I thought there's blog/forum or something. Btw your channel is amazing too, subscribed 🙂

@richardnayfilms2812

3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't you just then make proxies?

Fantastic video, review, and pacing, thank you for not rushing anything, doing edit skips on your reviews and angles, and relaxing music as well that just makes you appreciate the content and camera even more.

You are killing me with that color. It’s gorgeous

You are so honest. For KZread, that incredibly refreshing. Thank you !

Loved it Brandon!! You have an excellent approach to reviewing gear from a creative perspective. Also thanks for the fun collab on grading and the shoutout! That 10-bit footage can be stretched a long ways!! Cheers!

@renevongunten

3 жыл бұрын

You’re the man @photogabi

I really appreciate including the examples shots where the auto focus was challenged. That was very helpful. Loved the entire review. And I'm not really a Sony guy. Yet. What a fantastic effort on your part to put this together. Much appreciated. If Gerald is the tech nerd, you are the run and gun nerd. Plenty of love here for Mr. Bloom and Kasey as well. You guys are awesome.

By far my favorite review of the Sony A7sIII yet! Thank you for the mountain of sample footage, especially showing us the real world dynamic range performance.

You're insane. Such quality for a review, loving your content.

Sony doesn’t need a marketing team. They only need Brandon Li

@Deep-Travel

3 жыл бұрын

lol One reason I switched to Sony was that they seem to cater to the content creators like no other company was doing for a while (except Blackmagic).

@terrygriffin5201

3 жыл бұрын

@@Deep-Travel Huh..... hmmmm So Canon and Panasonic does cater to content creators? Your comment is very biased.

@sahaamrahat945

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly Brandon Li's review feels like a review and nothing like the same thing ive gotten used to seeing through other channels. I'll get the R5 besides this as well but this was worth watching.

@phillippugh2161

3 жыл бұрын

@@terrygriffin5201 what he meant was Sony is knocking it out the park with the a7siii in layman's terms 😛

@brandvideo7999

3 жыл бұрын

so true

My man this is hands down one of the best if not the best review I've even seen, beautifully done. Cheers my guy

I must say this was one of the best reviews on the new Sony A7SIII I've seen and I've seen them all!! Very informative and lots of great examples. I really liked how you explained some of the BTS shots too!

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Love this video and review Brandon! Great work! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This is the kind of review that I need. "Show me, don't just tell me". Thanks, Brandon!

I'll never be able to watch a review the same way again. You just took it to another level. Well done!

The best tech creative review I’ve ever seen. Got my A7Siii arriving next week and proper excited by this.

Its actually scary how he is doing all by himself. No hired help. Just him moving a bunch of things and shooting different stuff. Very underrated

and THAT is how you do a camera review. Lots of sample footage. So much effort went into this.

Always some of the best filmmaking videos on KZread Brandon 👍 Didn’t disappoint on this one. Excellent.

This is the best review i have seen so far. Amazing work, and thank you for taking the time to show us not just tell us. Brilliant!

Still waiting for mine... After watching this one the waiting gets harder every day😅 Great review!

Your grade has improved a lot! Also the ProMist filters are making your footage much better

@BrandonLiUnscripted

3 жыл бұрын

Very little color grading on most of this footage. Yeah I like the promist

hands down the best review of the a7siii!!! amazing work on this Brandon Li :) this is what camera reviews should be!! :) actual real life shooting scenarios all explained and awesome crazy footages as well!! big fan of your work!

Amazing review Brandon! Always appreciate your honesty and how most people don't necessarily need this to become a better filmmaker.

I noticed something very strange, at 12800 ISO there's quite a bit of noise but suddenly when it jumps up to 25600 the image is clean again. How?

@azizadmary5118

3 жыл бұрын

its the dual ISO, at 12800 the second native ISO kicks in which makes it cleaner

@jimiernola8540

3 жыл бұрын

@@azizadmary5118 there is no dual iso. the camera just boosts its noise reduction at that iso

@draedan5161

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimiernola8540 I'm pretty sure it actually has dual ISO...

@johnnyweissmuller5838

2 жыл бұрын

@@draedan5161 it does not have dual native ISO

@sunlit777

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimiernola8540 why would they do boost abruptly at a random ISO? If it were so they'd just bump it up gradually in proportion as ISO goes up. This is a dual ISO sensor.

The end is the most important part of this review!

This is so detailed and very helpful. Nowadays it's so confusing with which camera system to go, and these kinds of reviews are priceless. Keep up the great work 👍

Dude, your review was captivating. I love this style of review a whole lot more. Thank you!

The two reviews I needed yours and Gerald's.

@KolotovGleb

3 жыл бұрын

yep

@denny_nguyen

3 жыл бұрын

Add Philip Bloom's review and you have a nice trilogy.

@2010SLP

3 жыл бұрын

Speaking of Gerald...why does everyone else skip over ISO 16000 when testing the ISO on this camera? After Gerald showed the big improvement in noise when you move from 12800 to 16000, this is the ISO I'm most interested in seeing during any ISO test.

@ashmaterial

3 жыл бұрын

who is gerald?

@Visethelegend

3 жыл бұрын

Ashmaterial search for a KZreadr channel called Gerald Undone. He’s really good, very technical most of the time, but really useful

Appreciate that ethics statement more than you could ever know. This rule (should be a law to be honest) should be upheld to a MUCH tighter regard on KZread's end. It is disgusting that huge youtubers are able to deceive their millions of subscribers by uploading content that was entirely paid for or sponsored and then playing it off as if its an honest review or a product they picked up with their own money. So thank you for the integrity and here's to hoping that this is the new standard for all youtube content creators.

@drgjengdahl2709

3 жыл бұрын

Which KZreadrs?

@hubbablahloo1843

3 жыл бұрын

@@drgjengdahl2709 The Northrups play that game with their viewers

@drgjengdahl2709

3 жыл бұрын

@@hubbablahloo1843 do you have evidence? Or just suspicious🤔

@hubbablahloo1843

3 жыл бұрын

@@drgjengdahl2709 can't "prove it" per say but they follow the same set of behaviours youtubers in other parts of the site that got caught doing promotions without being up front about it. If you go over to "Flash Film Academy" he did a video about this very thing.

@hubbablahloo1843

3 жыл бұрын

@@drgjengdahl2709 kzread.info/dash/bejne/a2mDtZmEZ9S2obA.html

For me personally one of the best reviews of the camera I’ve seen, enjoyed and been educated. I also love your reality comment at the end. If you need it and can justify it, buy it. If not continue using what you have. 2020 has been incredible for camera releases of all types and I’m sure there are more to come. I’m happy to wait it out a bit but yes I’m so tempted. Bravo.

Wonderful real world review Brandon, love your style of delivery...look forward to seeing more from you channel 😃

Seriously when you did the comparison with Dynamic range. Standard and then Slog3. I Litterly went shook at how clean and good the image looked.

@squeezzeee

3 жыл бұрын

i was "holy shit. sold" lol

@guerrerosdigitales

3 жыл бұрын

You liked the slog3 better?

@yazidyusop

3 жыл бұрын

@@guerrerosdigitales he is admiring the standard mode

@trillium-childrensperformi3925

3 жыл бұрын

Why is there a weird artifact pattern on the back wall? Grading makes it less obvious, but it is still visible, especially in Slog3.

best review, amazing footage. thanks bro.

@philipseo1225

3 жыл бұрын

여기서 볼줄이야...오늘의 카메라부터 보시죠

This is what I call a review. Very good job, excellent creativity in explaining your point, users like me who look for visual result rather than taking reviewers word. Well done. Subscribed

do u get the monitor and finder is warmer than the actual video when u compare it on an NLE? or perhaps my monitor and finder on the a7siii needs recalibration by Sony?

@BrandonLiUnscripted

3 жыл бұрын

LCD, finder, and laptop screen all show totally different colors. It’s usually like that with cameras

19:30 Kobi calling to say she is tired of doing the modeling for new camera reviews 🤣Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the A7SIII.

10:46 made me have tears in my eyes. I'm buying this asap.

This is by FAR the best review on the 7siii that's been made.

thats why i love your review coz your sample footage are shot with different lighting conditions direct sunlight,overcast etc. and thank you for not putting heavily graded luts to the sample footage. you are the best

King of Camera is Back

@frosty9914

3 жыл бұрын

据说最近被举报了 一都好吧？

Great Review Brandon, thanks for all the effort going into it!! In regards to the editing performance 7:44 There are 3 Codec Options (XAVC-HS , XAVC-S & XAVC-I) it is a bit of a misconception of a lot of people that these offer different image quality (they might differ slightly in some very fine motion detail like rain or forest leaves). Really these codecs offer different workflow-choices (filesize/editing performance) XAVC-HS is meant to give you small filesize with its efficient compression but the editing performance of it is terrible. XAVC-I will give you great editing performance (similar to ProRes which is an All-Intra Codec aswell) without need for proxies but you'll have really big files (and in scenes with a lot of movement and fine detail the compression could be better). XAVC-S is sort of in the middle: the filesize should be within the other two and the editing performance is not great but allright. So i think you should never choose your framerate depending on the editing performance. It's a creative choice after all and there are plenty of codec options to support your desired workflow.

@sunlit777

2 жыл бұрын

in fact HAVC-HS (H.265) edits very smoothly on current Macbook Pro line (both last Intel core i9 and the new M1Pro and Max) while the 10 bit h.264 has more issues there

Great video showcasing different color palates and camera actions. I just watched it over and over couple times lol. Thinking of getting one, now convinced a must buy for my project. Thanks Brandon

Me imaging the days of filming and editing that went into this.. wow man! Thanks for making this for us! I can't wait to use this thing for my channel

I hope Kobe's getting paid for all these acting shoots she's been on. Great review my dude 🙌 I'm stoked to see the video on the catalyst stabilization

6:53 beautiful shot. I love a review that shows extensive footage rather than talk about it. That standard profiles looks even better now. The shadow recovery looked great! For documentary work, that could be a great option. The Catalyst software stabilisation deep dive review is pretty exciting. Software stab is where its at, its far superior now..with the GoPro and iPhone as huge examples. Please Sony just integrate it onto FCPX!

@GabrielCastillo-vi3lg

3 жыл бұрын

Fcpx integration would be a dream!

LOVE this video! The a7siii is my DREAM camera and this did nothing but made me fall even more in love with it. Thank you.

Really great... Well said, well tested and informative. Your video is not pretentious or overly technical. It covers the points most used by everybody and does it in a relaxed casual manner. Great Job Pal.

What no one here seems to understand is that Brandon could make cell phone footage look stunning. Thank you.

love gerald undone reference... you tube today it's like infinity war cross over... I Love It

I love your reviews Brandon! I always learn something along the way. So much more interesting than a standard gear review.👍

Seriously this is the best review of a7slll so far Great job👌

Love this video

Left Brain + Sony A7S III Review = Gerald Undone Right Brain + Sony A7S III Review = Brandon Li Incredible work, man. And the kind of landscapes you have access to... holy shit!

@chromaticvisuelle

3 жыл бұрын

And Philip Bloom, a mix of both ? lol

@rsmith02

3 жыл бұрын

Phillip is maybe more story and feeling (and then technical AF tests featuring cats)

Brandon! Thanks this is exactly what the internet needs! I only had a few hours with the camera before my shoot so I assumed S-log3 would be the best but now I'm sold on the Standard Creative Style!

you went above and beyond with this review and I appreciate it so much!

6:35 wow, wth is that? I really like this shot.

Standard profile definitely looks better to my eye than SLog, no matter how you edit it. I find the same thing happens with many cameras. Sometimes those flatter profiles don't necessarily give you more "latitude" as promised, but they're just flatter and softer profile curves. I notice this with the GH5 as well, no matter what approach I take to grading if I shoot their extremely flat Vlog profile I can never quite pull that data back to where the cine-D would have been. Perhaps shooting 12 bit could fix that, but it does beg the question how "flat" of a profile is truly necessary in order to get a good shot. If the standard doesn't look good then there is a good chance it's just not a great shot to begin with.

@rsmith02

3 жыл бұрын

You need greater skill to deal with log formats. Brandon's not a technical grader or colorist. I'd personally only use it in combination with a technical LUT like Leeming to bring it back to REC 709 and not have to do everything by hand.

@JoshChristiane

3 жыл бұрын

@@rsmith02 Yeah absolutely, it takes a lot more effort, time, and skill. Skill of which even if you do possess it still takes a lot of time and value matching to get right, so for a lot of people it's just not worth the effort when a standard natural or flatter profile out of the camera looks so excellent to begin with. Like CineD on the GH5 for example, or natural flat on the Nikons.

I think this was my favorite review of this camera so far. Cheers Brandon, thanks for sharing.

Aloha Brandon, I have a question. When you transfer your footage to you Macbook pro does "QuickTime" recognize the files? In other words, it's a bummer when I can't see a thumbnail generated by QT, or be able to just press the spacebar to quickly view my clips whiles on my laptop. There have been times where I had to import then into FCPX just to see what each clip was. Many thanks.

@BrandonLiUnscripted

3 жыл бұрын

QuickTime will play the xavc s-I files but it won’t show a thumbnail

1:10 I can't listen to this song without thinking of the team deakins podcast

@generalben

3 жыл бұрын

Ah that's what it's from!

i've watched all his review, not just to know about whatever gadget it is but also observing his style and get a lot of tips from him

dude it just like watching a fantastic movie when watching ur KZread review, thanks a lot for making this video!

Great work Brandon! Your videos are always a pleasure to watch.

Wow! This is epic. This is the review that is not boring. Congrats man! Love it. More samples less talk.

Great actual footage review with the types of lens and commentary about each lens. Perfect to help me choose my next lens for this camera (when I can actually get my hands on it)

Did you use AWB for these shots or did you set it manually each time?

@BrandonLiUnscripted

3 жыл бұрын

Manual wb, usually just daylight or tungsten

Great review Brandon...love seeing all the sample footage and especially how clean they were when you were doing the ISO test; Wow incredible!

Thanks for such a great and thoughtful well documented and explored review. Footage was super pretty!! well done. Got me hooked onto your channel

your videos have always been worth watching..love how simplified your videos are..

Best review I've seen in a long time. So creative!

Brilliant review/tutorial Brandon - your early KZread videos inspired me to start filming. Thanks again.

Dude, you are high quality 8k reviewer! Your work is amazing, you just pitched a sale! Anyway, just wanted to say that this is the most amazing review ever for the A7III I ever watched :) Amazing, cinematic, beautiful. In one work? Epic :) Kind bow, you are amazing! :) Respect for the quality and fine details and passion :) Through this video I felt like I forgot about the pandemic, the hard times, the rough things, it`s wishful thinking :) Good job, you rock! Signed, a guy from Romania :)

maaan, there are tons of effort in here. respect. thanks for this sincere review.

Your videos are always stunning 💗💗💗. Watching this from a large screen just makes me wow

Beautiful footage and an excellent review. Best one I've seen. Thank you Brandon!

Probably the best review of the camera I've seen (and I think I've watched them all 😂). Thanks for the thorough review, and the sample footage with the anamorphic lenses. I was wondering how they would look and they look very good given they're not designed for full-frame. Great video.

Amazing work! I was questioning if I really need to keep my preorder as an upgrade from a GH5s and the autofocus/dynamic range you got out of it made me stay put. Very cinematic visuals. Looking forward to a big brother to my A7r iii

One of the best camera review I have ever seen. I liked this so much because you talked about the camera while showing us the video samples not by just talking about the camera in A- roll while holding the camera in hand lol

Your reviews are so in-depth! Thank you for this.

God bless you man! … you got straight to the heart and point. Gave us real world footage right from the beginning. Very easy to follow, meaningful info! I love youuuuuuu! ❤

I never watch these kind of videos till the end.. but you got my full atention, I'm amazed by your shots and the capabilities from the a7s3 🤩

Okay, okay, okay. Almost literally drooling over this footage and grading. But that catalyst stabilization got me hooked. You win, Mr. Li.

I've just realized I am watching your own ads while watching your video. Instant subscribed lol can't wait for the image stabilization video.