Category Archives: Sony a9

Sony a9: Second Body Overheats and First Reports of Shut Down From Over Heating…

So while some users like me aren’t having issues with overheating some are having issues with multiple cameras and now we have reports of shutdowns. The weather in FL has been horable so I haven’t been able to do any more overheat testing, but ill do another test when it hits 90 degrees again. The […]

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Sony a9 Firmware 1.01 For Overheating

Sony released firmware 1.01 to improve the overheating warning function today. There was some speculation that the warning came from the SD card in the second SD card slot, but I was never able to reproduce it on my camera with the 4 different card types I tried. Hopefully, this resolves the issue for everyone. […]

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Sony a9 vs Nikon D5 Real World Comparison

Max Yuryev has compiled some of the best and most balanced review videos around. He’s definitely not a fanboy of any one camera or camera system and he found the results of his comparison shocking. Sony a9 better for framing the shot Weight advantage over the D5 Lexar cards are faster than the Sonys Silent shutter […]

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Sony a9: Sony Artisan Doesn’t Consider He Has A Defective Camera and Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U3MJtxMv30 I am not sure why Manny Ortiz, put out this video shooting for around 20 minutes with an overheat indicator after only a few minutes, without considering that it might have come on because something is wrong with his camera. My test was significantly longer and under hotter conditions. I even live streamed about 30 […]

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Sony a9: AF Performance With Native Glass/A-Mount Glass/Canon Glass and More

The Sony a9 has impressive speed in many ways, but performance is very lens dependent and so far I haven’t seen anything out of the a9 that my Fujifilm X-T2 can’t achieve beyond maybe having a slightly higher hit rate. Of course, it can fire at 20 fps vs 14fps, but I’m not sure it’s […]

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Sony a9: Overheating Debacle Getting Resolved

The original source of the Sony a9 controversy that1cameraguy was contacted by Sony and they believe the issue is isolated. This is good to know and should reassure people considering a purchase. Further, the last word took some measurements and found no issue with the Sony a9, but his test was very controlled. I live streamed a portion […]

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