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7 Essential Accessories For The Sony A7sIII

  • April 18, 2022
  • AGriffin

A quick guide to help you find some of the best and most essential accessories for the Sony A7sIII.

Table Of Contents

  • 1. Screen Protectors Sony A7sIII
  • 2. Batteries For Sony A7SIII
    • Official Sony A7sIII Batteries
    • Third-Party Battery Sony A7sIII
  • 3. Memory Cards Sony A7sIII
  • 4. Body Accessories & Cages
  • 5. Best Mics For Sony A7sIII
    • Wireless Mics
    • Rode Lavalier Go Omnidirectional Microphone For Wireless Go
    • On-Camera Mics
  • 6. Camera Straps
  • 7. Sony A7sIII Cleaning Accessories
  • Extras

Sony A7sIII – Amazon / Adorama / B&H

Also, check out the complete list of Sony A7sIII lenses.

 

1. Screen Protectors Sony A7sIII

Best Screen Protector Sony A7sIIIAvailable At: Amazon

PCTC has been selling screen protectors for a while and they offer a pretty nice 3-pack for the Sony A7sIII. These are the hard glass type of screen protectors and are very durable. The kit includes three screen protectors which you can use as extras in case you mess up your first attempt at installing, or if you need to replace your screen protector later on. Glass screen protectors do eventually chip and crack so having a few extra is nice.

 

2. Batteries For Sony A7SIII

Official Sony A7sIII Batteries

Official Sony NP-FZ100 Batteries

Official Sony A7sIII BatteryAvailable At: Amazon / B&H

The Official Sony NP-FZ100 batteries are the most reliable hassle-free batteries. They just work and you don’t have to worry about Sony introducing some future firmware that will disable them like they did in 2018.

It’s always a good idea to have at least one or two official Sony batteries.

Rated at:  7.2V with 2280mAh

 

Third-Party Battery Sony A7sIII

Wasabi Third-Party Sony Batteries

Best Third-Party Battery Sony A7sIIIAvailable At: Amazon

Wasabi sells the best third-party batteries for Sony cameras. These batteries use a de-coded chip so the cameras will see them as authentic.

Rated at 7.2V with 2000mAh, which is slightly less than the official batteries.

 

3. Memory Cards Sony A7sIII

Buying memory cards for the Sony A7sIII is pretty tricky this time. We have H.265 or H.264 that work at different bitrates, it can significantly change how much you need to spend on memory cards.

If you shoot H.265, you can use V60 UHS-II memory cards. If you want to keep shooting H.264 which runs at 600Mbps, you will need to use V90 UHS-II cards.

The only time you need the CFexpress Type-A cards is if you are shooting S&Q slow motion with XAVC S-I. The regular slow-motion options and XAVC HS S&Q modes work with V90 SD cards.

See the complete guide with in-camera benchmarks memory cards for the Sony A7sIII

 

4. Body Accessories & Cages

 

Small Rig Body Cage

Available At: B&H

SmallRig has a beautiful cage specifically designed for the Sony A7sIII. What’s really nice with the SmallRig cages is that they are modular and you can expand on them with extra grips or attachments to make the system more functional for videography.

 

5. Best Mics For Sony A7sIII

Sony cameras are configured to work best on only some mic. Other mics not listed here could cause a minor hiss. Some people are thinking it has to do with mics that are high Impedance. Stick with the lower Impedance mics and you should be fine or pick up the XLR adapter if you don’t want to buy new mics. Sony A7sIII can also now use a digital input with their supported ECM-B1M Shotgun Microphone.

 

Wireless Mics

Rode Wireless Go Compact System

Available At: Amazon / B&H

The Rode Wireless Mic is now available in white. These are incredibly easy to use with good audio quality. Just make sure you keep them charged since they do not use interchangeable batteries.

Rode Lavalier Go Omnidirectional Microphone For Wireless Go

Available At: Amazon / B&H

The above Rode Wireless System does not come with a mic. This is the mic Rode offers for the Go Compact system. It’s now available in white.

You can also order the whole system as a kit that comes with mics.

 

On-Camera Mics

Rode NTG Hybrid Mic

Available At: Amazon / B&H

The Rode NTG Hybrid mic has an impedance of 10 Ohms and works very well with Sony cameras. Avoid Rode mics with a high impedance of 200 Ohms.

This is probably the best bang for the buck mic that actually works well for the Sony system. 

Sony ECM-B1M Shotgun Microphone

Available At: Amazon / B&H

This is the new mic from Sony that was announced with the Sony A7rIV. It also works with the Sony A7sIII. Where it shines above other mics is the option for digital input. You also have multiple shape patterns for tuning the directionality of the signal.

Sony XLR-K3M XLR Audio Adapter Kit with Shotgun Microphone

Available At: Amazon / B&H

The Sony XLR adapter is a great way to expand the audio capabilities of the camera. It was also released alongside the Sony A7rIV for the new digital audio input.

Instead of using the camera input for external mics, this input will give you much more control and the ability to use XLR cables. If you’re getting some bad audio from the Sony A7sIII preamps with your mic, adding this audio adapter should help.

 

6. Camera Straps

I’m a bit of a Peak Design fanboy for my hybrid camera systems these days. Here is the current setup that I have on two of my different systems now.

Peak Design Clutch

Peak Design ClutchI use this hand strap to keep the camera always secure to my hand when not using a strap. You can also connect the main camera strap directly to the handgrip with one of the Peak Design clips, what else is cool is the bottom is arca-swiss compatible and it also has several loops to take peak design dongly clips. So you never have to attach any of those red peak design clips to your camera. And the best part is, all you have to do is unclip the hand strap from the strap lugs and take off the bottom plate, and in just a few seconds your camera is free to throw in a cage or mount to another system. It’s really handy. I also just really don’t like seeing Peak Design donglies hanging off my beautiful camera when I’m not using a strap, and this is the only solution.

Available At: Amazon

Peak Design Straps

Best Camera Strap For Sony A7IVPeak Design leash straps are beautiful and very durable. I’ve very convenient the way they’ve worked in the slide method to increase or decrease the strap length as well. I’ve been using these straps for years and they’ve also held up really well.

For the A7sIII, you’ll probably want the medium 32mm wide strap. But I’ve moved over to the 19mm for lighter run and gun shooting with smaller prime lenses.

SL – 45mm wide

SSL – 32mm wide

L – 19mm wide

Available At: Amazon

 

7. Sony A7sIII Cleaning Accessories

 

I have a whole article on cleaning accessories and there are a few that you absolutely should have no matter what that I will list here. If you want to see more accessories for wet cleaning, check out this guide to cleaning accessories here.

Micro-Fiber Cleaning Cloths 6-Pack

Available At: Amazon

Micro-Fiber cloths are one of the most essential cleaning accessories. Sometimes the only way to clean stubborn oil and dust off an EVF or lens is to use a new cleaning cloth. I buy these in 6-packs and I tend to go through them pretty quickly.

It’s always nice to keep a couple in your bag for emergencies.

 

Rocket Air Blaster

Available At: Amazon

There are many different air blasters out there. I like the Rocket air blasters because you can stand them upright on your desk without them rolling away. 

The Rocket Air Blaster comes in three sizes, I’ve had them all, and I like the medium size the most. It does everything you need it to do without being too big.

Air blasters should also be your first step to cleaning anything off your sensor. Most of the time this is all you need.

 

Sensor Brush

Available At: Amazon

Surprisingly nobody talks about sensor brushes as good sensor cleaning methods. This is primarily what I use unless there is oil or some type of greese on my sensor.

The trick to the sensor brush is to keep them clean and in the bag. I blast the bristles a few times with the rocket air blaster to make sure they are clean. And most of the time, this will pick up most of the dust on your sensor and it’s much easier and safer than using sensor swabs.

 

Extras

There are a lot of official accessories for Sony cameras that could be very useful for the Sony A7sIII. While you probably know about most of these, I’ll list them just in case they’ve been overlooked.

Sony VG-C4EM Vertical Sony A7sIII Battery Grip

Sony A7sIII Battery GripAvailable At: Amazon / B&H

The official VG-C4EM vertical battery grip works for the Sony A7rIV, the A9II and now the Sony A7sIII. The grip takes who batteries and you have to remove the battery from your camera to use it. There is a storage area for the battery door on the grip once you disconnect it from the camera body.

The grip with the two batteries will add a lot of weight to the camera, because of this I don’t use it on long shoot days.

 

Multi Battery Adapter Kit

Available At: Amazon / B&H

The Multi-Battery Adapter kit is a great way to charge several batteries at once, it also can act as portable tethered power to your camera. Of course with the Sony A7sIII, you can use a third-party USB-C battery bank as well and power the camera while shooting.

If you’re just looking to add external power while recording on a tripod, an external battery bank by RavPower or Anker might be a cheaper option, but this all depends on how much power you need. The Sony A7sIII will let you record indefinitely. 

 

Sony GP-VPT2BT Shooting Grip With Wireless Remote Commander

Available At: Amazon / B&H

The VPT2BT Shooting grip is kind of a selfy grip. It wirelessly communicates with the camera so you don’t have to always use it as a grip. If you plan on using this as a selfy grip you’ll probably need a fairly wide lens, maybe around 24mm. 

 

Sony RMT-P1BT Wireless Remote Commander

Available At: Amazon / B&H

This is the latest shutter remote for the Sony cameras. It also works on some older cameras if they’ve been given firmware updates for compatibility.

Foto&Tech IR Wireless Remote Control – ( Cheaper Option )

Available At: Amazon

If you just need a simple shutter remote to trigger shots, this is what I use. It will trigger a 2-second timer or just a simple shutter release. Great for landscape photography or triggering the camera when it’s on a tripod.

I use these because I’ve had the more expensive Sony shutter releases and have lost them. So I ordered this in a 2pack where I can always keep a spare in my bag.

 

Best Accessories Sony A7sIII Conclusions

This list covers all the basic accessories for the Sony A7sIII. There are so many more accessories out there, but I think these are the essentials for getting the Sony A7sIII set up as a really cool and complete system.

**This website contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you click them to make a purchase.
AGriffin

Professional editor, blogger and photographer from Los Angeles California.

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