Sony Alpha 9
£4,500/$4,500 (body only)
The A9’s 24MP fullframe sensor swaps outright resolution for stunning continuous shooting speeds.
The ‘quad-VGA’ OLED electronic viewfinder boasts a 120fps refresh rate.
The touchscreen display is not fully articulating but does tilt up and down.
The controls are well-spaced, despite the A9’s compact size. The stacked drive mode and AF mode dials (left) work especially well.
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Specifications
Sensor 24.2MP full-frame Exmor RS CMOS (35.6 x 23.8mm)
Focal length conversion on lens 1x Memory 2 x SD card slot (1 x UHS-II, 1 x UHS-I)
Viewfinder OLED EVF, 3,686k dots Max video resolution 4K UHD 3,840 x 2,160
ISO range 100-51,200, expandable to 50-204,800
Autofocus Hybrid AF, 693 phasedetection AF points, 25 contrast AF
Max burst rate 20fps (electronic shutter), 5fps (mechanical shutter) Screen Tilting 3-inch touchscreen, 1,440k dots
Shutter speeds 30-1/8,000 sec, Bulb, 30-1/32,000 sec (electronic)
Weight 673g (body only, with battery and memory card)
Dimensions 127 x 96 x 63mm Power supply NP-FZ100 lithium-ion battery (supplied)
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