A7iii Question: I have the new Sony A7iii and am learning more about it each day. At present, I have a card in both slots. I save to both jpeg and raw. When I take a picture, there is...

rappar Loc: Kingston Ontario

I have the new Sony A7iii and am learning more about it each day. At present, I have a card in both slots. I save to both jpeg and raw.
When I take a picture, there is a wait of a second or two before the camera permits me to take another picture. Is this due to the speed of the SD cards I am using or is there something else I should do/change. Holding down the shutter button to take multiple images quickly is just not possible now.
Thanks,
Ron

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

rappar wrote:

I have the new Sony A7iii and am learning more about it each day. At present, I have a card in both slots. I save to both jpeg and raw.
When I take a picture, there is a wait of a second or two before the camera permits me to take another picture. Is this due to the speed of the SD cards I am using or is there something else I should do/change. Holding down the shutter button to take multiple images quickly is just not possible now.
Thanks,
Ron

Indeed it is. Look in your manual for the recommended cards.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

rappar wrote:

I have the new Sony A7iii and am learning more about it each day. At present, I have a card in both slots. I save to both jpeg and raw.
When I take a picture, there is a wait of a second or two before the camera permits me to take another picture. Is this due to the speed of the SD cards I am using or is there something else I should do/change. Holding down the shutter button to take multiple images quickly is just not possible now.
Thanks,
Ron

Well, what speed cards are you using?

rappar Loc: Kingston Ontario

90MB/sec.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

rappar wrote:

90MB/sec.

That would be the read speed. What is the write speed?

It is inside a "U" shape on the card.

rappar Loc: Kingston Ontario

Mine has a '3' inside the "U".

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

rappar wrote:

Mine has a '3' inside the "U".

That means it will never be slower than 30MBs. Which is not bad. Your problem might not be the card.

Jeffcs Loc: Myrtle Beach South Carolina

Why is the buffer not allowing you to shoot in successive shoots check your settings u3 cad shouldn’t slow you down that much are both cards fast? I too are in middle of going from Nikon to Sony, learning curves for me.

SonyBug

yeah, wish I could get my hands on the a7 iii. On backorder and my China trip of three weeks starts in 2 weeks. If I get it I have 14 hours to study the manual on the flight from Toronto to Shanghai...

jackpinoh Loc: Kettering, OH 45419

rappar wrote:

I have the new Sony A7iii and am learning more about it each day. At present, I have a card in both slots. I save to both jpeg and raw.
When I take a picture, there is a wait of a second or two before the camera permits me to take another picture. Is this due to the speed of the SD cards I am using or is there something else I should do/change. Holding down the shutter button to take multiple images quickly is just not possible now.
Thanks,
Ron

That is not normal--even with a very slow SD card. The buffer can hold many images, so write speed isn't the problem. Have you set up the camera to transmit each image to your cell phone? Have you set the camera up to display the image after each shot? Try resetting the camera. If that doesn't help, contact the place where you purchased the camera, tell them the problem, and arrange to send it back.

SonyBug

On my a6500, when the camera flushes the buffer, it does not allow another picture to be taken. So, it is different to shoot on multi shot burst, and single shot. I loose a few seconds waiting for the buffer to flush, so it would seem the a7iii would be the same. I don't think it is the thing to do to send it back. Check Sony tech support, and if you want to get rid of it, I want one!

mike656769

Check out Drive Mode in the menu. Set it to continuous hi (hi) continuous lo ( lo) or mid. See if that helps.

jeffhendy Loc: El Dorado Hills, CA

I think what you're seeing is called "Auto Review", and you can set the length of time or turn it off in the MENU → (Camera Settings2) → [Auto Review] → desired setting.
Even if it's on, pressing the shutter button turns it off, so it doesn't actually slow down shooting.
There's certainly a lot of options in this camera - I'm busy learning too!
But a terrific camera!
There are a couple of good videos on menu settings You Tube - search "Sony A7iii"
Hope this helps

ORpilot Loc: Prineville, Or

I have the Sony a99ii, a7s, and a6000. I don't have any problems except when shooting star shots. As previously mentioned, turn the auto review off, it slows things down. You may also try a faster card such as the SanDisk Extreme PRO® SDHC™/SDXC™ UHS-II Memory Card_32GB. If you want to shoot "rapid fire" or "burst" then you need to go from single shot to continuous in the menue. Seems like the specifications state something like 12 shots in continuous but I could be wrong. I have shot horse races and hummingbirds in rapid fire mode without any problem. How do you set your cards to write? Are you writing Raw to one and JPEG to the other or duplicating each. Personal preference, but I would set it to RAW+JPEG on card 1 and then have it switch to card 2 when #1 is full. I have found the Sony Factory Help site very helpful. Happy shooting

chapjohn Loc: Tigard, Oregon

Sony has a menu setting for noise reduction and when it is on the camera will take several second to process the pic info to creat that image.