Sankeibiz is reporting that Sony will challenge Canon and Nikon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and it calling them the Zebra of the typical Canon/Nikon Black and White battle for sports supremacy. “the competition for the share of the news camera, which attracts attention each time the Olympics, is gradually rising. From the color of the […]
Nikon Rumors is reporting that Nikon has expressed interest in challenging the Sony a9 with a new mirrorless camera that is equivalent to the D5. This is likely why Sony will refresh the Sony a9 sooner rather than later with an even more impressive Sony a9II. I highly doubt that Nikon will manage to match […]
Sony has been very focused on long telephoto glass since the launch of the Sony a9 and with the announcement of the Sony 600mm f/4 GM and 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 it’s interesting to see how they stack up to Nikon, Canon, Sigma, and Tamron telephoto lenses. Interestingly the Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports and […]
This isn’t an exhaustive list, but this is what we know is coming so far from reliable sources. September should be a big month for Sony. Fuji GFX100: or will be announced on May 23 Hasselblad X1D-100: It will be available in the second half of this year and will be equipped with a new […]
Sony a9 Gains Powerful New Autofocus Capabilities and More Through Software Version 5.0 Update Sony’s industry-leading a9 camera has received a significant software update that brings AI-driven autofocus capabilities to its award-winning autofocus (AF) system, improves image quality, and introduces a range of customer-requested workflow improvements.
According to a reader, their Sony rep says that firmware 5.0 will be released on 3/25. Below are the details of firmware 5 and 6. Firmware Ver. 5.0 and Ver. 6.0 for α9 The upcoming firmware version 5.0 for α9 adds Sony’s newly developed Real-time Tracking mode for object tracking. This mode utilizes Sony’s latest […]
