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A week ago, I said<\/a> it would be a week or two to evaluate the performance of the Sony A9 camera.\u00a0 Well, it\u2019s been a week and I\u2019ve waded through a boat load of reviews, hands-on reviews and technical discussions.\u00a0 It\u2019s enough.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got the information I\u2019m looking for.\u00a0 But, you may say, it\u2019s too soon.\u00a0 We haven\u2019t seen the raw files opened up in a legit version of Lightroom (or fill in your raw browser of choice).\u00a0 True, it may be that once you look at the 20 frames per second exposures made with the electronic shutter in fluorescent light they\u2019ll have banding and rolling shutter jello and polka dot noise and blah, blah, blah.\u00a0 And someone else will discover that at 20 frames per second when the raw files are only 12 bit there is a 2% chance of producing artifacts if you exceed the dynamic range of the camera.\u00a0 And I\u2019ll say sure.\u00a0 What else is new?\u00a0 All this is the same as saying no camera is perfect.\u00a0 Tell me something I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 But what I do know now is that Sony has figured out autofocus.\u00a0 The A9 has very good autofocus.\u00a0 Is it better than the Nikon D5 or the Canon 1DX?\u00a0 Will it work perfectly in low light?\u00a0 Don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

What I do know is that Sony mirrorless cameras will have competent AF from now on.\u00a0 I have been waiting for that for about seven years.\u00a0 I absolutely do not<\/u><\/strong> need 20 frames per second.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t mind good tracking AF and a silent shutter is a big advantage when shooting an occasion.\u00a0 I doubt that I\u2019ll buy the A9 (although my gear lust is sorely tempting me right now).\u00a0 I\u2019ll definitely rent it this summer to calibrate the advantages it provides over my ancient A7S.\u00a0 I want to see what it does in a normally lit house or a dimly lit restaurant.\u00a0 I\u2019d like to compare the 24 megapixel files of the A9 with the A7S 12 megapixel files in very low light.\u00a0 ISO 12,800 is a good setting for astrophotography.\u00a0 Can the A9 make a good Milky Way shot?\u00a0 I\u2019ll try to find out.<\/p>\n

So, there it is.\u00a0 Sony has finally crossed the Rubicon.\u00a0 They have proven to me that mirrorless cameras can fully replace the DSLR.\u00a0 I\u2019d expect Canon and Nikon will now produce their own mirrorless lines to compete head to head with the A9.\u00a0 May the best man win.\u00a0 The web sites and magazines (both print and electronic) will expend millions of words \u201cproving\u201d that x, y or z is the top company and all other options will fall by the wayside and end up on the ash heap of history.\u00a0 And who knows?\u00a0 Maybe Sony will stumble and one of its competitors will emerge as king.\u00a0 Completely possible.\u00a0 But that\u2019s a problem for another day.\u00a0 As I said back a few weeks ago, the A9 will determine whether Sony mirrorless cameras can provide a full-frame camera with highly competent autofocus.\u00a0 Based on what I\u2019ve read it does.\u00a0 Congratulations Sony.\u00a0 You\u2019ve succeeded in keeping me aboard.\u00a0 Next stop, my next camera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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