{"id":9989,"date":"2024-01-08T17:12:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T17:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/?p=9989"},"modified":"2024-01-08T17:12:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T17:12:47","slug":"a-global-shutter-camera-i-was-a-visionary-back-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alinpopescu.eu\/blog\/a-global-shutter-camera-i-was-a-visionary-back-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"A global shutter camera – I was a visionary back in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m waiting (un)patiently for my new A9 III, and the shop I buy here in Sweden gave me a preliminary date. As of 20 January 2024 I might be the happy owner of the new beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve watched everything posted online about the camera, and today, a movie posted by my favourite youtuber, mr. Gerald Undone<\/a> brought back a memory from long ago. He said that A9 III (final version) has great options for the shutter speed like 1\/48 and 1\/96 to better match the frame rates, but unfortunately there is no option to set the shutter angle<\/strong>. And then it popped! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took me a while to find the proof, but here it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sony A9 firm 3 had a bug<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Back in 2018 I’ve discovered a bug in the new firmware update of the original A9. It was firmware 3.0. Somehow it messed my settings on the FN button menu and showed the option Angle Setting<\/strong>. I’ve posted about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A7s III was not yet released back then, and I assumed it will be a camera with global shutter. What did I know that we have to wait 5 more years to see it coming in the form of the A9 III.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funny fact 1<\/strong>: maybe the programmer that released the firmware for the original A9 with this bug chose in the export instead of A9 firmware 3, he chose A9 version III \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funny fact 2<\/strong>: back then, I was a Sony European Imaging Ambassador in Romania and after I’ve published the article on the blog, a contact directly from Sony Japan asked me kindly to take down the article (no explanations given, he said it’s just a bug quickly to be fixed). I did that, but didn’t delete it, just unpublished from WordPress. Today I found it again, after a long search since I didn’t remember exactly when it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew it all the time it is coming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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