Sony to launch the A7R III in the Philippines

Sony is about to bring to our shores their latest A7R camera, aptly named the A7R III. It was officially launched November of last year and actually had an initial December release date. Although, it looks like Sony pushed the official debut later this month.

The local consumer launch event is on February 24, 2018, and will be held at Shooting Gallery Studios, Makati City. The brand is promising exclusive freebies and giveaways, including a Php 70,000 camera. The event is public and open to all. For more information and updates regarding the, you can head on over to the official page here.

You can also find our written review of the A7R III here. The camera is priced at Php 179,999. We’ll have to wait and see come launch day for availability.

Sony a7R III specs:
35mm full-frame 42.4MP Back-Illuminated Exmor R CMOS sensor
BIONZ X Image Processor
Phase detect AF w/ 399 AF points
Contrast-detect AF w/ 425 AF points
5-axis image stabilization
15-stops dynamic range
ISO 50 – 102,400
30 sec. – 1/8000 sec. shutter speed
10fps continuous drive
Optional External Flash via Hot shoe
3.69M-dot Quad-VGA OLED Electronic Viewfinder
0.78x Magnification, 100% coverage
2.95-inch articulating 1.44M-dot TFT LCD
4K video recording at 30/25/24fps
1080p video recording at 24/60/120fps
MPEG-4, AVCHD, XAVC-S video formats
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
NFC
Bluetooth 4.1
USB 3.1 Gen 1 (Type-C)
SD / SDHC / SDXC
RAW + JPEG file format
Micro-HDMI
NP-FZ100 Lithium-Ion battery, rated for 530 shots
126.9 x 95.6 x 73.7 mm
657g