Brrr – here’s what the A9III’s 120fps shutter sounds like

Nov 23, 2023

Sagiv Gilburd

Sagiv Gilburd

Sagiv Gilburd

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Sagiv Gilburd is an Israel-based commercial photographer and videographer with extensive expertise in studio work, event photography, and managing large-scale photography projects.

Brrr – here’s what the A9III’s 120fps shutter sounds like

Nov 23, 2023

Sagiv Gilburd

Sagiv Gilburd

Sagiv Gilburd

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Sagiv Gilburd is an Israel-based commercial photographer and videographer with extensive expertise in studio work, event photography, and managing large-scale photography projects.

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Andrea Pizzini of Sony Alpha Rumors just shared a video on his channel that would make you drool. He showed off the upcoming Sony A9III with its 120 fps shutter, just doing its typical digital shutter sound. 120 times a second. Music to my ears, I tell you.

I got used to hearing cameras taking pictures without a break. Hearing a brr here and a brrr there. I’m a bird photographer, so long shutter presses are pretty common for me. It is quite common if you are standing next to sports photographers.

It only got better with the years as cameras got faster and faster, of course. I mean, hey, anyone who ever heard the Canon R3’s ridiculous 1/64,000th of a second shutter, 30 times a second, knows what I’m talking about. Or, if you are really into shutter sounds, here are shutter sounds from cameras over the last 50 years.

Canon R3 shutter sound

Now, I only need the ability to get a custom sound for the Sony A9III’s shutter. Remember that time Nikon showed off a custom meow SFX when pressing the shutter of the Nikon Z9? Yeah, that, 120 times a second, please.

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2 responses to “Brrr – here’s what the A9III’s 120fps shutter sounds like”

  1. DSLR Slapper Avatar
    DSLR Slapper

    Yeah, sure. Digital shutters urgently need a sound. Especially if it’s a 120Hz hum. Probably a perfect match for owners of electrical cars with their unneccesary wooshes, whirrs and chimes. Annoyance to my ears, I tell you.

  2. Justin Tibbitts Avatar
    Justin Tibbitts

    That thing is crazy fast! Can’t wait to get my hands on one of those and shoot with it for a while. After shooting weddings with a silent shutter for the past year with R3’s, I simply never want to go back to hearing a shutter again. Silent shutter has been an absolute game changer for weddings.