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link in the video description Sony has really put their stamp on the camera
Market over the last few years recently overtaking Nikon in overall full-frame
camera market sales in the US to continue this momentum Sony has
announced the A9 their newest steals camera that looks to please
photographers looking for a properly Pro body in a mirrorless form factor the A9
Sports a 24 mapix fullframe sensor that uses their new stacked seaw sensor
technology the new stacked sensor gives the A9 data processing speeds that are
20 times faster than any previous Sony full-frame camera in the real world this
amounts to the A9 being able to shoot an impressive 20 frames per second with a
buffer of up to 241 raw images or 362
jpegs Sony is clearly targeting Action Sports and Wildlife photographers with
specs like that going up against Canon's 1dx Mark II and Nikon Z5 the high-end
Staples of that market rounding out the specs the A9 has 693 phase detection
autofocus points that cover 93% of the sensor's frame a 3.68 million dot OLED
evf that can run at a Brisk 120 frames
per second son's 5axis inbody stabilization 4K video recording
oversampled from a 6K readout dual SD card slots and improved battery life
with their new 2280 Mah rechargeable batteries I was impressed with Sony's
blackout 3 displays on the camera while also claiming distortion-free silent
shooting with the electronic shutter which allows a shutter speed of up to
132,000 of a second for the first time in Sony's lineup it looks like using the
electronic shutter for its silent operation is a viable way to shoot with
this camera most of the time allowing shooting anywhere where the sound of a
mechanical shutter could ruin the moments you are trying to photograph
golf weddings or Wildlife for example while Sony has included 4K video support
like in the a7r I it's a bit disappointing to see that they have yet
to include a log profile in the A9 which would have rounded up the camera's video
features very nicely since the new stack sensor should perform much better in
terms of rolling shutter and the 24 megapixel sensor also makes this a very
compelling hybrid Stills and video camera on paper Sony is likely saving
the more video focused approach for their next entry in the A7 series of
cameras overall the A9 looks to be very well placed in the market to take on
Canon and Nikon's offerings and at $4,500 It Is by no means a cheap camera
but for its Target Market it does come in $1,500 cheaper than its competition
so thank you guys for watching let me know what you think of Sony's A9 in the
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