Nikkeibp wrote an article about the DRAM that Sony embedded in their sensor to make cameras like the Sony a9 possible and advancements necessary to make it happen are interesting. I was going to take the time to make bullet points of it, but Image-sensors-world beat me to it with a very concise list of the […]
David Burnett started his career in photography using Nikon cameras, before selling all of his gear for Canon. Now 40 years later he is dumping Canon for Sony. It sounds like the Sony a9 was a major influence on his decision to dump Canon and even he thinks that he will have plenty of extra frames […]
The Sony a9 was a game changer when it was announced and still is a game changer today. Neither Canon or Nikon have released a camera capable of taking on this irresponsibly fast camera that sells at a pretty significant discount compared to its competitors. Even better today if you actually need the speed of […]
Announcement of free repair of some products of digital single-lens camera α9 “ILCE-9” Thank you very much for your continued patronage of Sony products. In some products of our digital single lens camera α 9 “ILCE – 9”, when a large load is applied when using a large flash (optional) etc attached to a multi […]
Firmware 2.00 for the Sony a9 brings: Enhancements for Continuous AF performance: Enhanced performance of continuous auto focus on moving subjects Enhanced stability of the AF-C when zooming Added functions for professionals engaged in sports/news media: Adds the function to assign Protecting images to custom Key Adds the function to transfer (FTP) protected files at […]
Photo gear news gets an interesting look inside Sony’s a9 and Zeiss factory. The modular nature of Sony’s assembly lines that allows for the scaling up or down of production is kind of interesting and it makes me wonder how quickly they can run these lines since they run 24/7. Some issues in this line system […]