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June 2017
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179 Reviews
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341 Reviews
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The editors liked
Ridiculously fast 20fps burst with full-time AF and no display blackout
Phase-detection AF with 93 per cent frame coverage
Lovely electronic finder with 120fps refresh rate
Improved battery life at 650 shots
Great focus tracking
Burst shooting
Finally makes a case for electronic shutters
Vastly improved controls
Unbelievable performance
Blistering performance
Incredibly fast and capable AF
No viewfinder blackout
Impressive level of customization
Excellent results from 24MP sensor
High-res viewfinder
Oversampled 4K footage
Incredibly fast stills shooting
5-axis image stabilisation
Solid
Compact build
Good battery life
Cheaper than Canon and Nikon rivals
Slick 4x slo-mo video
Excellent handling and controls
Superb autofocus tracking
High-speed shooting with minimal distortion
Excellent electronic viewfinder with zero blackout
Impressive battery life
20fps silent shooting
Full-frame sensor
Flip-up screen
Great video quality
Fast and flexible
Easy to master
Brilliant image quality
Amazing battery life with 650 shots on a single charge
Interchangeable lenses with a wide variety of options
The editors didn't like
Too small to be comfortable with larger lenses attached
LCD touchscreen is no match for competitors
No picture profiles or S-Log for video
None that we could find
Prohibitively expensive
Still no fully articulating screen
Weather sealing not as robust as rivals
No XQD card slots
Balance not great with long lenses
Very limited touchscreen control
Battery life not a match for rivals
Screen won't flip to the front
That price tag
AF area not highlighted in viewfinder when moved via the joystick
Great video quality, Fast and flexible, Easy to master
Expensive, Battery life could be better
Every camera you buy will have some sort of ceiling on what you can do with it. On low-end cameras, this ceiling becomes apparent pretty early – limitations in terms of frame-rate, autofocus points and body controls all make themselves felt, and can cost...
Small body can feel unbalanced with larger lenses, Expensive, Relatively short battery life
The Sony A9 is quite probably the best camera on the market today across all types and categories. It offers a fantastic set of specifications which make it ideal for professionals and advanced enthusiasts - especially those that love to photograph moving...
Yes—but only if you're a professional who needs it.While Sony's A7-series cameras have offered a tantalizing glimpse into Sony's vision for the future, they always seemed to be missing that extra bit of polish. Creaky lens mounts, a pokey autofocus system...
Brilliant image quality, Amazing battery life with 650 shots on a single charge, Interchangeable lenses with a wide variety of options
Very heavy at nearly 700g for the just the body, Very expensive
The Sony Alpha A9 is worth every penny. It's a fantastic mirrorless camera that'll be able to tackle every photo opportunity. Its picture quality is brilliant and the battery life is one of the best we have seen on a compact system camera...
Ridiculously fast 20fps burst with full-time AF and no display blackout, Phase-detection AF with 93 per cent frame coverage, Lovely electronic finder with 120fps refresh rate, Improved battery life at 650 shots
Too small to be comfortable with larger lenses attached, LCD touchscreen is no match for competitors, No picture profiles or S-Log for video
The Sony A9 is a mightily impressive camera, especially considering it is Sony's first attempt at a camera designed for professional sports photographers and the like. It's a speed demon and using it for sports is pretty much cheating - it'll get you thos...
Excellent handling and controls, Superb autofocus tracking, High-speed shooting with minimal distortion, Excellent electronic viewfinder with zero blackout, Impressive battery life
AF area not highlighted in viewfinder when moved via the joystick, Touchscreen woefully under-used
Abstract: The Sony α9 is a groundbreaking mirrorless camera that in many ways surpasses traditional DSLR rivals. Thanks to an innovative design, the 24.2 million pixel full-frame image sensor captures up to 20 frames per second in full resolution with no EVF blacko...
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Published: 2017-08-11, Author: Sam , review by: stuff.tv
Incredibly fast stills shooting, 5-axis image stabilisation, Solid, compact build, Good battery life, Cheaper than Canon and Nikon rivals, Slick 4x slo-mo video
Screen won't flip to the front, That price tag
Sony's high-end mirrorless cameras continue to impress, and the A9 represents a genuine challenge to Nikon and Canon's top-of-the-range DSLRs. 20fps stills shooting, with continuously-updating autofocus and exposure, from a full-frame lens? That's someth...
Published: 2017-06-21, Author: Phil , review by: techradar.com
Blistering performance, Incredibly fast and capable AF, No viewfinder blackout, Impressive level of customization, Excellent results from 24MP sensor, High-res viewfinder, Oversampled 4K footage
Weather sealing not as robust as rivals, No XQD card slots, Balance not great with long lenses, Very limited touchscreen control, Battery life not a match for rivals
The Sony Alpha A9 is a phenomenal camera. It's not without its faults – we'll be interested to see how the weather-sealing holds up when it's properly exposed to the elements for starters, while the absence of XQD card slots and very limited touchscreen c...
Yes-but only if you're a professional who needs it.While Sony's A7-series cameras have offered a tantalizing glimpse into Sony's vision for the future, they always seemed to be missing that extra bit of polish. Creaky lens mounts, a pokey autofocus system...
