Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Sony a9: Technical Testing Roundup

The Sony a9 is being picked apart by some of the best technical reviews out there now and there aren’t a lot of huge complaints about the camera compared to the cameras it’s designed to compete with. The Last Word did a lot of great testing of the Fujifilm GFX so I am looking forward […]

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Sigma Working on MC-11 Firmware Fix For Sony a9

Translated Release: For customers using Sony “α9 (ILCE-9)” Thank you very much for your continued support of Sigma products. This time, in the combination of our MOUNT CONVERTER MC – 11 (SA – E, EF – E) and some zoom lenses to “α 9 (ILCE – 9)” which was released from Sony Corporation on May […]

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Upcoming Sony Camera Teaser

Yesterday Sony China released a teaser for a new camera, and Photorumors thinks it might be a Sony RX1R Mark 3 or new RX model. It’s rare that we don’t have a pretty good idea about what is coming, but I doubt it will be an RX camera since that was recently refreshed and since […]

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Photonstophotos: Sony a9 vs Nikon D5, Canon 1D X Mark II, Sony a7 Mark 2, Sony a7R Mark 2

Photonstophotos updated their Sony a9 results with final data and it performs very well against its competitors up till 3200 ISO, where the Nikon D5 just edges it out. It’s good to see that the electronic shutter of the Sony a9 doesn’t affect the dynamic range of the a9 much according to Photonstophotos’ results. The Sony a9, beats the […]

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Sony a9: Over Heating? Will The Sony a9 Be a Game Changer or a Lemon?

After 20 minutes of shooting That 1 Cameraguy experienced an overheating indicator in 80-degree weather after 20 minutes of shooting. I wonder how the Sony a9 is going to perform under Florida’s sun this Summer when it’s regularly in the high 90’s outdoors. Maybe Sony should have made the Sony a9 a little bigger for a […]

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Sony a9: Potential Shortcomings and Roundup

Some of the early post-launch reviews have been very positive, but there are a few articles of concern surfacing worth taking looking at more closely. diglloyd reported pattern/banding noise at 100 ISO, which might be from a faulty camera, but no one else has reproduced his results, and the site is a paid site. Hopefully, Reidreviews […]

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