An astonishing high-speed mirrorless model that pushes the boundaries for full-frame sports and action cameras.

Excellent handling and controls; Superb autofocus tracking; High-speed shooting with minimal distortion; Excellent electronic viewfinder with zero blackout; Impressive battery life

AF area not highlighted in viewfinder when moved via the joystick; Touchscreen woefully under-used

The A9 is the third Sony mirrorless camera designed to appeal to professional photographers. Whereas the A7R II targeted landscape photographers with its huge 42 megapixel resolution and the A7S II clearly appealed to videographers, the Sony A9's sheer speed makes it a serious rival to the Canon...

Though we as an organization avoid reporting on rumors and speculation of future camera products, we can't help but get just as excited as the next person speculating about upcoming new gear! One of the most hyped and most rumored cameras in recent years has been the Sony A9.

New sensor offers incredible performance; Excellent image quality at low & high ISOs; Very good dynamic range; Phenomenal 20fps burst speed & deep buffer; Very good battery life for a mirrorless; 4K video; Dual card slots

Slow buffer clearing; Only one UHS-II card slot; Touchscreen underutilized; No lossless RAW compression option; No 4K/60p option

The Sony Alpha 9 (or A9 for short) is a high-speed full-frame mirrorless camera that's designed to go head to head with Canon and Nikon's flagship professional DSLRs. It's capable of shooting 24MP images at 20 frames per second while keeping focus on moving subjects, and costs £4500.

Excellent handling and controls; Superb autofocus tracking; High-speed shooting with minimal distortion; Excellent electronic viewfinder with zero blackout; Impressive battery life

AF area not highlighted in viewfinder when moved via the joystick; Touchscreen woefully under-used

The Sony Alpha A9 is a phenomenal camera. It's not without its faults – we'll be interested to see how the weather-sealing holds up when it's properly exposed to the elements for starters, while the absence of XQD card slots and very limited touchscreen control is disappointing.

Blistering performance; Incredibly fast and capable AF; No viewfinder blackout; Impressive level of customization; Excellent results from 24MP sensor; High-res viewfinder; Oversampled 4K footage

Weather sealing not as robust as rivals; No XQD card slots; Balance not great with long lenses; Very limited touchscreen control; Battery life not a match for rivals

My first impressions with a Sony a9 after using for 6 months while in transition from another professional camera outfitter. General. 1. Two SD card slots; a fast one in slot 1 and a slow in 2; both should have been the same. 2. No USB 3 3.

Quite simply, the Sony A9 is quite probably the best camera on the market today across all types and categories.

20fps silent shooting; Full-frame sensor; Flip-up screen

Small body can feel unbalanced with larger lenses; Expensive; Relatively short battery life

Every camera you buy will have some sort of ceiling on what you can do with it. On low-end cameras, this ceiling becomes apparent pretty early – limitations in terms of frame-rate, autofocus points and body controls all make themselves felt, and can cost you shots.

Great video quality; Fast and flexible; Easy to master

Expensive; Battery life could be better

I bought this camera about a month ago I up graded from the Sony A77ii to the Sony A7iii and now to the A9 this is the a dream of a camera, I am retired hobby photographer of about 8 years experience so this A9 is way more than I need but I am not going back I am learning so much with this camera I...

It's one bad hombre! I'm still learning to use it. So far I'm very happy with it. It's very customizable. The next day air shipping from Crutchfield was a nice bonus.