Sony A9 Fails to Impress With Canon 300mm & 400mm Big White Lenses

[Canon Rumors]

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[BeenThere]

Looks like lens functionality is limited by adapter speed. Come on Sony, use an EF mount.

 

[justmy2cents]

Looks like lens functionality is limited by adapter speed. Come on Sony, use an EF mount.

Come on, Canon, you are not going to develop a proper FF mirrorless camera anyway, so team up with Sony and develop a proper EF Adapter for the Sony cameras.

 

[Neutral]

Issue is that these tests were done with adapters having old FW which was not supporting a9.
There was another thread Canon lenses on A9 : http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=32774.0
I shared there my experience and mentioned number of issues that I thought was due to old firmware not yet supporting a9. Also mentioned this video there as well.
And finally (just today) Metabones published new FW v.0.57 for a9 support.
http://metabones.com/article/of/EF-E_Firmware_Win
New FW supports up 10 fps in AF-C mode and wider focusing points coverage area which was limited with old FW.
"Added autofocus support during high speed and medium speed continuous drive (up to 10fps) on Sony A9 ("Green" mode only). Experiment with the "Priority Set in AF-C" setting for the best compromise between hit rate and frame rate for your shooting style. Overall performance depends on lens used. The camera does not use hunting while tracking is in operation"
Will test soon Matabones adapter with new FW on A9 with my Canon lenses and will share results .
Hope this will perform better than with previous FW version.

 

[Loswr]

Come on, Canon, you are not going to develop a proper FF mirrorless camera anyway

Oh, I'm sure they will. When they believe doing so is in their best interests.

 

[Besisika]

Come on, Canon, you are not going to develop a proper FF mirrorless camera anyway

Oh, I'm sure they will. When they believe doing so is in their best interests.

Since we are guessing, I am sure they are not going to do that. That would open a door to many camp changers.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

I'm still waiting for the posts which complain that Canon cripples their lenses so they won't work with new Sony models.

 

[Jopa]

Recently saw a 600/4 test, it's actually much much worse. I'm not sure if the new firmware helps or not, but compared to a 1dx2 + Canon lenses, the A9 + Canon lenses is a major downgrade. It should be used with native Sony lenses imho.

 

[Mikehit]

Looks like lens functionality is limited by adapter speed. Come on Sony, use an EF mount.

Come on, Canon, you are not going to develop a proper FF mirrorless camera anyway, so team up with Sony and develop a proper EF Adapter for the Sony cameras.

I am not sure it is the mount. Apparently Sony A mount lenses used with an adapter are also compromised.

 

[tron]

This is it! I believe Sony is doomed ;D ;D ;D

 

[Fatalv]

So let me get this straight... A camera body is used with a metabones adapter that's not yet designed to work with it and it fails to impress?

In other news... the sky is still blue, water is still wet, and the sun is warm.

I'd be much more interested to see how it performs once metabones has a proper firmware for it.

 

[Larsskv]

Banding issue with the A9: https://youtu.be/zv1JCHfXDdY

 

[Mikehit]

So let me get this straight... A camera body is used with a metabones adapter that's not yet designed to work with it and it fails to impress?

In other news... the sky is still blue, water is still wet, and the sun is warm.

I'd be much more interested to see how it performs once metabones has a proper firmware for it.

Your cynicism is well founded. But the way the Sony afficionados have been raving about this camera being a 1Dx2 killer, you would think it had all bases covered. The fact is that the market at which this camera is aimed needs a lot of long telephotos and especially those at f2.8 and f4, and given that Sony makes no such lenses in E mount, it was about time someone brought the discussion back down to earth.

 

[tron]

Banding issue with the A9: https://youtu.be/zv1JCHfXDdY

Really doomed (OK at least doomed to be firmware updated...) ;D ;D ;D

 

[Mikehit]

Banding issue with the A9: https://youtu.be/zv1JCHfXDdY

As soon as I saw that I was reminded of this thread:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=30990.0

It does not seem exactly the same but maybe this is arising because there have not been any real advances in sensor technology for some time and they are pushing it to the limits and IME in other areas of technology this means you unearth situations where weird things happen.

 

[Fatalv]

So let me get this straight... A camera body is used with a metabones adapter that's not yet designed to work with it and it fails to impress?

In other news... the sky is still blue, water is still wet, and the sun is warm.

I'd be much more interested to see how it performs once metabones has a proper firmware for it.

Your cynicism is well founded. But the way the Sony afficionados have been raving about this camera being a 1Dx2 killer, you would think it had all bases covered. The fact is that the market at which this camera is aimed needs a lot of long telephotos and especially those at f2.8 and f4, and given that Sony makes no such lenses in E mount, it was about time someone brought the discussion back down to earth.

It's been a long day, apologies if the sarcasm came off too cynical I agree though, the hype is a little ridiculous. The A9 seems to be a great camera that's missing a lens lineup to complement it.

 

[tron]

So let me get this straight... A camera body is used with a metabones adapter that's not yet designed to work with it and it fails to impress?

In other news... the sky is still blue, water is still wet, and the sun is warm.

I'd be much more interested to see how it performs once metabones has a proper firmware for it.

Your cynicism is well founded. But the way the Sony afficionados have been raving about this camera being a 1Dx2 killer, you would think it had all bases covered. The fact is that the market at which this camera is aimed needs a lot of long telephotos and especially those at f2.8 and f4, and given that Sony makes no such lenses in E mount, it was about time someone brought the discussion back down to earth.

+10000000000000000

 

[Jopa]

So let me get this straight... A camera body is used with a metabones adapter that's not yet designed to work with it and it fails to impress?

In other news... the sky is still blue, water is still wet, and the sun is warm.

I'd be much more interested to see how it performs once metabones has a proper firmware for it.

Your cynicism is well founded. But the way the Sony afficionados have been raving about this camera being a 1Dx2 killer, you would think it had all bases covered. The fact is that the market at which this camera is aimed needs a lot of long telephotos and especially those at f2.8 and f4, and given that Sony makes no such lenses in E mount, it was about time someone brought the discussion back down to earth.

It's been a long day, apologies if the sarcasm came off too cynical I agree though, the hype is a little ridiculous. The A9 seems to be a great camera that's missing a lens lineup to complement it.

Yep, that's a minor thing, since nobody needs lenses anyway

 

[tron]

So let me get this straight... A camera body is used with a metabones adapter that's not yet designed to work with it and it fails to impress?

In other news... the sky is still blue, water is still wet, and the sun is warm.

I'd be much more interested to see how it performs once metabones has a proper firmware for it.

Your cynicism is well founded. But the way the Sony afficionados have been raving about this camera being a 1Dx2 killer, you would think it had all bases covered. The fact is that the market at which this camera is aimed needs a lot of long telephotos and especially those at f2.8 and f4, and given that Sony makes no such lenses in E mount, it was about time someone brought the discussion back down to earth.

It's been a long day, apologies if the sarcasm came off too cynical I agree though, the hype is a little ridiculous. The A9 seems to be a great camera that's missing a lens lineup to complement it.

Yep, that's a minor thing, since nobody needs lenses anyway

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[Fatalv]

So let me get this straight... A camera body is used with a metabones adapter that's not yet designed to work with it and it fails to impress?

In other news... the sky is still blue, water is still wet, and the sun is warm.

I'd be much more interested to see how it performs once metabones has a proper firmware for it.

Your cynicism is well founded. But the way the Sony afficionados have been raving about this camera being a 1Dx2 killer, you would think it had all bases covered. The fact is that the market at which this camera is aimed needs a lot of long telephotos and especially those at f2.8 and f4, and given that Sony makes no such lenses in E mount, it was about time someone brought the discussion back down to earth.

It's been a long day, apologies if the sarcasm came off too cynical I agree though, the hype is a little ridiculous. The A9 seems to be a great camera that's missing a lens lineup to complement it.

Yep, that's a minor thing, since nobody needs lenses anyway

Indeed. It's a strange move by Sony, IMHO. I expect they must have lenses on the way, but who knows