A rendering of an imaginary Sony A9r posted at SonyAlphaForum.
The Sony A9 will be announced in February and be the first real Full Frame DSLR competitor. The mirrorless E-mount A9 will have all the things needed to be “PRO”:
– Worlds fastest autofocus in normal light conditions
– Close to 50MP FF sensor
– weather sealed body
The last bastion of DSLR market is now getting competition form the mirrorless world!
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Love this rendering!! Hope the actual camera has the same flat top
Me too, it is a beautiful rendering. I hope Sony doesn’t launch such a beauty, otherwise I will have to fork out serious money for it! 馃檪
I hope so…
MINE! trash all Nikanon, all my old Zeiss contax lenses again on the field!
Where are the fast and cheap lenses (and telephoto or macro) for that camera? lens lineup is still to small to go professional with a9 or a7
Fast lenses: 35/2 (Loxia), 50/2 (Loxia), 55/1.8 plus the 35/1.4 and 85/1.4 coming in 2015.
Cheap lenses: 28-70/3.5-5.6 plus the cheap 28/2 coming in 2015.
I really fail to see your point why cheap lenses are needed for a professional system.
14/18mm?
20mm?
24mm?
28mm?
100mm?
135mm?
200mm?
16-35 f2.8?
24/28-70 f2.8?
70-200m f2,8?
Macro?
40mm Pancake?
I do not think anyone disagrees that we need more FE lenses – I think Mike meant to say less expensive lenses – or Sony branded lenses – rather then nothing but so so Zeiss branded lenses –
Why only offer a Zeiss 35mm F2.8 for $1000 while Nikon and Canon offer F1.8 for less – and I do not think the Zeiss lenses are as rugged as say Canon’s L glass – Not saying Zeiss lenses are not good – but all of their lenses have been fantastic or as fantastic as their price tag –
I personally this is a game with Sony to sell the A7/r/s bodies at a reasonable price but make up for it with costly Zeiss lenses – and the key is that they are not offering both Sony branded lenses and Zeiss – ( for the most part – yes there is the kit lens and the F4.0 70-200 )
Just like Canon only had a 35mm f1.8 and a 50mm F1.8 L glass – for $1000-$1200 – I do not think Canon users would be exited about that – but now as Canon is set to have a A7 competitor coming maybe Sony might produce some Sony branded lenses especially if Canon users can use their current lenses –
Well… in my bag are old manual focus Nikkors E-mount adapted – 35mm f/2 Ai, 50mm f/1.4 pre-Ai, 55mm f/3.5 Ai, 85mm f/1.8 (pre-Ai)… etc, etc, etc. They’ll keep up with anything you can throw at a camera system, Leica and Zeiss included. These Nikkors are all fast (except the macro, of course) and cheap. Oh, and they cover FF. And isn’t that the point? 馃檪
Manual,manual,manual,manual,manual and manual.
Hard to find a lens that won’t fit the A7…sorry dude…it’s true.
I prefer the RF-style EVF of the A6000 over the SLR-style EVF of the A7. That’s why I hope the A9 looks like your mocked up image.
I’ve used NEX5 for four years now and just picked up an A6000 body. It gives me better image quality and more flexible image creation options than my 6 year old DSLR gear. Like Sssssoooooo many other people, the big, heavy, baby-seal-clubbing-capable Canon 5D Mk-whatever and a small stack of L-glass are on the chopping block.
Sony seems to be able to out-sizzle, out-design the old image making dinosaurs (Nikon, Canon, Leica, Hasselblad, etc…). I’m glad they’re shaking the marketplace up.
Totally agreed!!!!!
If a9 is rangefinder, has ibis and high mp sensor, I’ll buy!
+1000
I have been using legacy lens in my Nex7 for quite sometime. I have more than 200 lenses from all sizes and makes (from my classic camera collection) and not all that glitters is gold. It’s true that any lens will fit the Nex (or Sony E mount), but the opposite is not true. This is to say that the Nex7 (and A7) don’t like all types of lenses. For instance, the L39 Voigtlander 15 and 12 mm perform terribly, the back element is too closse to the sensor, there is a strong purple cast (uneven) due to the coating reflection. By contrast, the ordinary Sigma 14/3.5 performs quite well. I could go on and on about lenses that are great with film, but not with E mount cameras. Also, no pro is going to sacrifice AF to switch to the E mount and keep their Canikors. I would, obviously, but I am not a pro.
In my view, the Sony lens system is not coherent and has nothing special to lure the pros from Canikon. The Zeiss name is a good move, but we have yet to see a lens that speaks for the entire system. The Nikon 14-24 is already a legend and responsible for keeping the loyalists happy. The problem with Sony is much the same as it was with Minolta, the lens lineup lacks outstanding performers, it is pricey and quality floats a bit. That said, I know how tough it must be to have 3 lens systems, but eventually they will have to get rid of the A mount and focus on the FF e-mount.
Please do not say 2.5 fps….. 10 would be ok 馃檪
I’d prefer 3fps with perfect tracking af at eye level and endless raw buffer, rather than 15fps with no eye tracking, with low af success rate and with barely 1 second and half buffer!