Sony A9 Announced!

[jamesbilluk]

I was slightly shocked with the size when I un boxed it!

[singlecoil]

It's about the same size as the Canon L 2.8 24-70, apart from the Sony having that sort of spigot at the camera end.

[rottie102]

I had mine for over a month now.
I have 12-24 and Zeiss 85 f/1.8. Pretty happy with all of it.

[jamesbilluk]

singlecoil said:

It's about the same size as the Canon L 2.8 24-70, apart from the Sony having that sort of spigot at the camera end.

Seems to be nicely balanced with the Sony which is good, the grip seems much better than the one on the a7rii I had.

[jamesbilluk]

rottie102 said:

I had mine for over a month now.
I have 12-24 and Zeiss 85 f/1.8. Pretty happy with all of it.

How do you find the Zeiss with the AF? I'm looking at getting a prime for it as well.

Had a quick play outside with the dog, the 20 fps with no blackout is very impressive! And the tracking.

[TheRainMaker]

This has been out for a few months now, what's the verdict?

I have a finger over the buy button, the thing i'm really after is fast auto focus, something I feel the a7 range is fairly poor at.

Any other real world feed back would be appreciated

[singlecoil]

TheRainMaker said:

This has been out for a few months now, what's the verdict?

I have a finger over the buy button, the thing i'm really after is fast auto focus, something I feel the a7 range is fairly poor at.

Any other real world feed back would be appreciated

I've got one with the FE 24-70 2.8 GM and I really like it for outdoor work. I love being able to check pictures just taken through the viewfinder in bright sunlight, and zoomed in. Problem is I don't really do any outdoor work so I will be saying goodbye to it soon. All my photography is studio and flash lit so I will stick with the 5DSR for that. I've also made a heavy investment in Canon lenses so that's another reason for staying with Canon.

[rottie102]

As mentioned earlier, I bought the A9 with 85mm zeiss and 12-24mm Sony few months ago.

Sold all my Canon gear including 5D MkIV and 1Dx plus many L lenses. Haven't regretted it once

[singlecoil]

So it would seem that it all depends on what you are going to use it for. You get that a lot with cameras

I must add I liked the face detection focus with the A9 as well, big consideration if you are taking pictures of people in a run and gun scenario.

[Lynchie999]

singlecoil said:

I must add I liked the face detection focus with the A9 as well, big consideration if you are taking pictures of people in a run and gun scenario.

also available on the A6300/500 too ... works great on my A6300 ...

[singlecoil]

Lynchie999 said:

singlecoil said:

I must add I liked the face detection focus with the A9 as well, big consideration if you are taking pictures of people in a run and gun scenario.

also available on the A6300/500 too ... works great on my A6300 ...

I think even phones do it...