Sony Photography News and Rumors

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 to a similar level of coverage of the Sony a9. Hopefully, some of the problems that photographers have experience can be fixed by firmware update, but the one major one which most likely will not be correct is overheating.

I just received my Sony a9 today and I honestly thought it would be a little bigger. I plan to do some extreme testing of its thermal limitations as soon as possible, so stay tuned. This kind of camera shouldn’t overheat while shooting photos, but I wouldn’t be shocked to see it overheat shooting 4k since Sony has a history.

The Last Word – Sony a9 precision “Turning the continuous shutter drive on costs us two bits.” down from 14-bit, “Turning the electronic shutter on costs us nothing. This is good news.”

The Last Word – Sony a9 EDR vs ISO setting

The Last Word – Sony a9 eats stars

The Last Word – How fast is the Sony a9 electronic shutter?

The Last Word – Sony a9 PRNU

The Last Word – Sony a9 FPN

The Last Word – Sony a9 FWC, RN vs ISO

DPReview – Sony a9 First Impressions Review

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Sony a9 Action Shooting Kit: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a9 Accessories Kit: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a9: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony FE 100-400mm: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
a9 Battery Grip: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
a9 Battery NP-FZ100: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
GP-EX1 Grip: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
MQZ1 Battery Charger: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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 beefy heat sink inside. It looks like I am going to be testing for a lot of bugs before I actually get to enjoy shooting the Sony a9 some.

Amar Talwar cited my last post about the Sony a9 and even preempted my post today a little, but I think he confused the source of the overheating report with the video above since it was published less than an hour ago. I comb through a ton of information for readers and try to distil it down so that you don’t have to waste your time being marked to, which is a huge problem in the world of Sony because Sony spends a massive amount of money trying to make reviewers happy. While cameras like the Sony a7RII are absolutely spectacular technologically they have issues and I have remained hopeful that Sony will address them this generation.

Sony completely botching the Sony a9 would be shocking, but having a large defect rate would not be surprising to me at all considering how complex their cameras are and the rate they try to produce them at compared to other camera companies. Only time will tell if the Sony a9 is a game changer or a Lemon that should be recalled. If every camera experiences overheating and banding across the board, then Sony is going to be in big trouble since these issues can’t be fully resolved via firmware. Camera lockups and bugs are less of a concern because Sony should rush to fix them, but things aren’t looking very good.

I should receive my camera this Tuesday and I will push it hard from day one to reproduce any reported issues. Please let me know if you come across additional issues. I was hopeful this would be a smooth camera launch, but we are off to a rocky start.

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Sony a9 Action Shooting Kit: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a9 Accessories Kit: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a9: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony FE 100-400mm: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
a9 Battery Grip: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
a9 Battery NP-FZ100: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
GP-EX1 Grip: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
MQZ1 Battery Charger: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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 will cover the a9 and put the issue to rest, because I have found some of diglloyds results a bit sensational.

In other news, Jason Lanier came under fire for his Sony a9 testing. He’s been promoting the camera pretty hard, and his recent ISO test is being called invalid by many on YouTube. Digital camera ISO is a touchy subject among modern photographers because every camera handles ISO a little differently, but I shoot a lot of truly low light photography with my cameras, so ill check it out when I receive the camera. We already know the a9 does not have an ISO invariant sensor, which means that it’s not likely to have great high ISO performance, but the actual high ISO performance of the camera is yet to be seen since most “testers” are just stopping down the aperture while increasing the ISO. The most brutal way to test ISO is when you can’t drop your shutter speed anymore or open your aperture any wider.

Slanted Lens – Image Samples From Video Above

alphauniverse – THE Α9 IS FAST, BUT IS IT A FASHION CAMERA?

roseandcharles – SONY A9 FIRST IMPRESSIONS

diglloyd – Sony A9: Pattern/Banding Noise at ISO 100

Sar Andrea – Canon 500mm lens using the MC-11 adapter

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Sony a9 Action Shooting Kit: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a9 Accessories Kit: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a9: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony FE 100-400mm: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
a9 Battery Grip: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
a9 Battery NP-FZ100: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
GP-EX1 Grip: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
MQZ1 Battery Charger: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama