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Sony A9 III

Sony A9 III

Mirrorless · Sony FE · released 2023-11-07
Lowest now
$4,349
Good price -28% vs MSRP
Pricing by source ↓
MSRP at launch
$5,999
Nov 2023
Inventory
18
across 1 source

Lowest price we've ever observed

How we compute this

Lowest price we've ever observed. This at $4,349 matches the lowest we've ever recorded for this body. That's 72% of the $5,999 MSRP. Prices are down 2.2% over the last 30 days.

Lowest now
$4,349
MSRP
$5,999
vs MSRP
-28%
90-day low
$4,349
All-time low
$4,349 (Jul 23, 2026)
30-day trend
-2.2%
Observed across 1 source · 82 days of history in last 90 · Methodology

Sample photos

Real-world photos taken with this camera, grouped by EXIF data on Flickr.

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Specs

Brand
Sony
Family
Sony Alpha
Category
body
Body type
Mirrorless
Mount
Sony FE
Sensor
Full Frame
Megapixels
24.6 MP
Lens type
Sensor family
Sony FF 24MP global shutter (A9 III)
Autofocus
Hybrid
AF system
Sony Fast Hybrid AF
IBIS
5-axis 8-stop
Weather sealed
Yes
Max video
4K120
Max native ISO
ISO 25,600
Weight
703 g
Dimensions
136 × 97 × 82 mm
Body material
magnesium alloy
Released
2023-11-07
Status
current

Notes

manual MSRP: Global shutter

Computational features

Focus Bracket
2-299 frames
Pro Capture
1s pre
HDR

Global-shutter speed flagship with Pre-Capture; no Pixel Shift.

Autofocus & action

AF system
Hybrid (phase + contrast)
Focus points
759 phase-detect
Subject detection
Human eye/face, Animal, Bird, Insect, Vehicle, Airplane, Train
Burst (electronic)
120 fps
Pre-burst capture
Pre-Capture (up to 1 s)
Card slots
2 (Dual CFexpress A / SD UHS-II)
Sensor readout
Stacked BSI

World's first full-frame global shutter sensor; no mechanical shutter; 120 fps AF/AE calculations per second; 759 points cover 95.6% of frame.

Latest pricing by source

Each row is a direct observation from the seller. How this works.
Source Condition Price Listings Observed Link
mpb
good
→ good
$4,349 1 Observed 12h ago view listing
mpb
excellent
→ excellent
$4,819 10 Observed 12h ago view listing
mpb
like new
→ mint
$5,139 7 Observed 12h ago view listing

Price history

One point per day per (source, grade) pair, connected with lines. Hue marks the source; lightness within a hue marks the condition (darker = better grade). The dashed line is launch MSRP.

See Methods notes #1.1, #1.2, #1.3.

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Methods

How we compute each section

References on each chart link down here. More notes will land as new sections grow.

1. Price history

#1.1 · Grade buckets
Each seller publishes their own raw condition labels (e.g. "Excellent+", "Like new minus", "Bargain"). Those are normalized to a small bucket set: mint, excellent, good, fair, poor, and unknown. The "Latest pricing by source" table above shows both the raw label and the normalized bucket so you can audit any individual mapping.
#1.2 · Missing days
A point is only drawn on a day when a snapshot existed for that (source, grade) pair. Lines connect across gaps so a series with sparse sampling still reads as a single trend, but absence of a point does not mean a stockout: it means we didn't see a listing at that grade that day.
#1.3 · Color encoding
Hue carries the source: terracotta = mpb, sage = keh, cobalt = B&H, honey = ebay. Lightness within a hue carries the condition: darker means a better grade (mint and excellent are darkest; poor is lightest). The dashed ink line is launch MSRP, included as a reference even though it isn't a price observation.