It looks like some Sony Photographers are receiving Sony a9 cameras from Sony already along with the new Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS. They even have retail packaging in the video above, but it is not in English and translation isn’t available at the moment. The brief tracking experiment they do is pretty impressive and […]
Photons to Photos has quickly become the go-to place for technical camera information first since first being featured on FujiAddict. Their estimated dynamic range of the Sony a9 puts it in a neck and neck battle with the Nikon D5 and Canon 1DX Mark II. I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if their estimates are […]
Lots of Canon/Nikon photographers are taking a second look at Sony cameras after the announcement of the Sony a9 and now there might be one more additional detail to take into consideration. A user on the DPReview forums has reported that the Sony Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8 ZA is being discontinued. Currently, this lens is in […]
Most of the really big Sony a9 details dropped yesterday, but The Last Word pointing out how the a9 drops to 12-bit in continuous mode and Gordon Laing’s hour long video review were probably the biggest. I’m curious if the drop to 12-bit is only at the most extreme settings, but I guess we will […]
Sony lifted their embargo on images today and we are seeing some of the first images form the Sony a9 and while it seems to live up to much of the hype there are a few limitation. Extreme lighting situations can cause some banding, but it will be very rare, flash sync speed is limited […]
Every camera launch is different, but the first review in progress emerging from camera labs made me wonder how long photographers were given access to the Sony a9 in advance of the announcement, to make the bold statements that they have. Generally speaking a few photographers are given cameras early to prepare reviews a few weeks before […]