The best Sony A7R III deals in March 2023

By Sebastian Oakley
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The Best Sony A7R III deals on this full-frame monster delivers a high-resolution sensor and fast burst shooting.

The Best Sony A7R III deals

Looking for the best Sony A7R III deals? Our team has done the leg work for you, and rounded up all the biggest savings on the third generation of Sony’s relatively compact mirrorless camera, right here.

And with lots of camera deals (opens in new tab) at the moment, this is a great time to invest (and particularly now the newer Sony A7R IV (opens in new tab) is here). Scroll down for the cheapest Sony A7R III prices available anywhere...

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The best Sony A7R III deals

With big features inside a relatively compact body, the A7R III is a smasher

Type: Mirrorless | Sensor: Full-frame | Megapixels: 42.4MP | Lens mount: Sony E-mount | Screen: 3in LCD, 1,440,000 dots | Viewfinder: EVF, 3,686,400 dots | Max burst speed: 10fps | Max video resolution: 4K | User level: Enthusiast/Professional

Superb image quality
Excellent AF system
Far from cheap
Battery life not as high as DSLRs'

  

'Completely redesigned for professionals' was the idea behind the third generation of Sony’s relatively compact bodied mirrorless camera. Like its mark II forebear, it features a gargantuan 42.4MP back-illuminated 35mm full frame CMOS image sensor. To this, it adds 10fps continuous shooting and, ensuring both swiftness and accuracy, 399 phase-detection AF points covering 68% of the image area, plus 425 contrast-detect AF points. Phew!

Other key features include 5-axis optical in-body image stabilisation, providing, it claims, a 5.5step shutter speed advantage, plus 4K video capture, dual SD card slots, and a battery life that's jumped from 270 shots on its predecessor to 650 shots here, when using the rear display.

Read more: Sony A7R III review (opens in new tab)

It has the same electronic viewfinder as the Sony A9 (opens in new tab), with a 3,686K-dot resolution that ensures it's clear as well as large. The tilting LCD on the rear has also been upgraded, not only with a 1.44million-dot panel but also touch-screen functionality.

The camera boasts a magnesium alloy construction and is sealed against both dust and moisture. The look and feel of the Sony Alpha A7R III broadly follows the design of the A7R II, but there are a host of tweaks and refinements when you start looking a little closer. 

For example, its menu system has been overhauled and is now colour coded to make it that bit easier to navigate – a modest change, perhaps, but certainly a user-friendly one. The A7R III’s Eye AF has also been enhanced and can now continuously track and focus on a subject’s eye, even if they look down, or away from the camera.

As one would expect, the A7R III is able to resolve an impressive level of detail, certainly suitable for A2-sized prints. Noise control is another area in which the camera is very strong, although it’s best to avoid the higher expansion settings, unless getting the shot is more important than actual image quality. Dynamic range performance is also very impressive. 

In conclusion, Sony has taken one of its favourite mirrorless cameras and bolstered its performance to make it even more capably attractive. The heady mix of a 42.4MP full-frame sensor and a high performance that includes 10fps burst shooting and a very sophisticated AF system is bound to help this camera appeal to an even broader range of photographers than the previous incarnations.

Similar cameras: Sony A9 (opens in new tab), Fujifilm X-T2 (opens in new tab), Canon EOS 5D Mark III (opens in new tab)

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Sebastian Oakley
Sebastian Oakley
Ecommerce Editor

For nearly two decades Sebastian's work has been published internationally. Originally specialising in Equestrianism, his visuals have been used by the leading names in the equestrian industry such as The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), The Jockey Club, Horse & Hound and many more for various advertising campaigns, books and pre/post-event highlights.


He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, holds a Foundation Degree in Equitation Science and is a Master of Arts in Publishing.  He is member of Nikon NPS and has been a Nikon user since the film days using a Nikon F5 and saw the digital transition with Nikon's D series cameras and is still to this day the youngest member to be elected in to BEWA, The British Equestrian Writers' Association. 


He is familiar with and shows great interest in medium and large format photography with products by Phase One, Hasselblad, Alpa and Sinar and has used many cinema cameras from the likes of Sony, RED, ARRI and everything in between. His work covers the genres of Equestrian, Landscape, Abstract or Nature and combines nearly two decades of experience to offer exclusive limited-edition prints to the international stage from his film & digital photography.

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