Sony A9 III What is the real use, specifically for printing at least at A3+

[warrior-kid]

Hi,

Just added Sony as a near field complement for the Nikon long lens bird photography. While hoarding and sharing privately, plus shipping off the photos to Flickr qualifies as valid final destination for photos--apart from them serving as personal mementos, I am confident that I can print at least the best photos on my Canon Pro-300 (A3+) or even a larger A2 printer at a studio.

I am very interested in adding an A9 III to my A1 II (plus 300GM with teleconverters), particularly for action. Can any one share their experience with printing the resulting photos? I am worried that I am going to end up with Instagram attention grabbing artifacts--the type of fame that has next to no interest to me. I have studied quite a few A9 III photos on Flickr, fredmiranda, dpreview, and here and, frankly, I can see a lot of sharpening, and no real deep detail. I'll share a few examples of detail I am after.

Thanks!

• NIKON Z 8
• NIKKOR Z 600mm f/4 TC VR S
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 10000

• NIKON Z 8
• NIKKOR Z 600mm f/4 TC VR S
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 1800

• NIKON Z 8
• NIKKOR Z 600mm f/4 TC VR S Z TC-1.4x
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 1800

 

[iamdlewis]

I have two images that were taken with a phone at about 11mp with 300dpi that are printed to 72x41cm and nobody questions if they were shot with a phone. The photo lab Whitewall.com has a tool that can give you a sense of how an image will look when printed at various sizes which might be helpful to you.