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Sony A9 Professional Sports Camera Unveiled

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Sony has announced its new A9 mirrorless camera. As the flagship of its Alpha lineup, the Sony A9 features a 24MP full frame stacked CMOS sensor that captures up to 20 frames per second. It uses an electronic shutter for shutter speeds up to 1/32,000s and can shoot those high frame rates with no viewfinder blackout.

Using high-speed UHS-II SD cards (in its dual card slots), the Sony A9 can shoot up to 241 continuous (compressed) RAW images or 362 JPEG images at the 20fps burst rate. Sony has improved the processing speed in the A9 to be 20x faster than previous full frame Alpha models. The camera offers 693 phase-detect AF points with 60 AF/AE tracking calculations per second. It also features 5-axis in-body image stabilization with 5-stops of camera shake correction. [Read more…]

 

Sony RX10 III Unveiled with 24-600mm Zoom Lens

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Sony RX10 III

Sony has introduced a third camera in the RX10 lineup and adds an incredible zoom lens for massive telephoto reach. The Sony Cyber RX10 III features the same 1″ format 20MP sensor as found in the RX10 II but uses a new 24-600mm equivalent f/2.4-4 lens for the added reach (as compared to the 24-200mm f/2.8 equivalent lens on the RX10 II). [Read more…]

Watch this Canon 1D X Mark II 4K Video “Freedom”

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i74xYdG4r0&w=700&showinfo=0&rel=0

The 4K-capable Canon 1D X Mark II is due out next month and Canon continues to release promo material for the camera. The latest is the above short, Freedom, which is available for 4K viewing.

The 1D X Mark II can capture 4K footage at up to 60 fps and 1080p footage a up to 120 fps. It can also grab 8.8MP still frames from the 4K footage. The 1D X Mark II is available for pre-order for $5999.