I finally took my new to me / used a9 II on an outing to the drag races this past weekend.
One thing that I found with my a7R III and a7R IV, when they go to sleep, they take a second or two to wake up. The initial turn on is similar, takes a second or two. It's interesting how, that was never a bother in the past ! The occasional slow(ish) wake up was occasionally an annoyance, but I didn't miss too many photos.
You see, at most any racing outing, things happen so quickly, even in the "pit" areas where the crews work on the cars, a "second" could mean, a photo captured, or...a picture lost.
Fast...forward to Saturday (10.04.23). One of the things that I noticed was how quickly the a9 II camera focused, as compared to my R III and R IV bodies. Note that the internal settings are much the same for all three bodies. Then later in the day, I realized that the fact that even though the camera was asleep, as "soon" as I touched the shutter button, the camera was ready to go, NO (perceptible) waiting, NO missed shots. Not at all... like the other two bodies. This is really...great. I can imagine, if this...old...camera is this fast, how quick the new a9 III will be.
So just a heads up, if you have young kids, pets, go to various sports outings, the a9 xxx will be a great camera to take with you.
Oh yeah, I was a little concerned about the a9 II body having a Anti-Aliasing filter, vs, my other two bodies not, having the filter. Yes there is a difference in the fine details. But it's not nearly as bad as I was thinking that it might be. The a9 xx still manages to show most of the fine details well. Seems to depend on the color of the given object you are "nit-picking" ! The brighter, or lightly colored objects, the better the "fine" detail seems to project. The darker subjects, can / may show less detail, than with no AA filter.
Mike
P.S. - The above info also had the same Tamron 28-200 - 2.8 lens on the three bodies for some time now.
One thing that I found with my a7R III and a7R IV, when they go to sleep, they take a second or two to wake up. The initial turn on is similar, takes a second or two. It's interesting how, that was never a bother in the past ! The occasional slow(ish) wake up was occasionally an annoyance, but I didn't miss too many photos.
You see, at most any racing outing, things happen so quickly, even in the "pit" areas where the crews work on the cars, a "second" could mean, a photo captured, or...a picture lost.
Fast...forward to Saturday (10.04.23). One of the things that I noticed was how quickly the a9 II camera focused, as compared to my R III and R IV bodies. Note that the internal settings are much the same for all three bodies. Then later in the day, I realized that the fact that even though the camera was asleep, as "soon" as I touched the shutter button, the camera was ready to go, NO (perceptible) waiting, NO missed shots. Not at all... like the other two bodies. This is really...great. I can imagine, if this...old...camera is this fast, how quick the new a9 III will be.
So just a heads up, if you have young kids, pets, go to various sports outings, the a9 xxx will be a great camera to take with you.
Oh yeah, I was a little concerned about the a9 II body having a Anti-Aliasing filter, vs, my other two bodies not, having the filter. Yes there is a difference in the fine details. But it's not nearly as bad as I was thinking that it might be. The a9 xx still manages to show most of the fine details well. Seems to depend on the color of the given object you are "nit-picking" ! The brighter, or lightly colored objects, the better the "fine" detail seems to project. The darker subjects, can / may show less detail, than with no AA filter.
Mike
P.S. - The above info also had the same Tamron 28-200 - 2.8 lens on the three bodies for some time now.
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