SONY ALPHA 9 II
www.sony.co.uk £4,699/$4,499
To understand the Sony Alpha 9 II, you need to understand that there’s pro shooting and then there’s pro shooting – and this latest Sony flagship full-frame mirrorless camera caters firmly to the latter category of photographer. The A9 II is not the highest-resolution camera you can get; but it’s designed for speed, not resolution. Its two rivals in the pro sports camera stakes aren’t mirrorless models but DSLRs: the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III and the Nikon D6.
All professional photography has its own challenges and requirements. Yet no matter how frenzied a wedding might be, it will never torture your camera’s autofocus the way that photographing Olympic swimmers in action does – and while you might need a decent burst mode to photograph a dance troupe or catwalk model, decent just doesn’t cut it when you’re shooting champion kickboxers or divers.
It’s in the fire of such elite sporting arenas that the Sony Alpha 9 II has been forged. For photographers who don’t shoot fast action professionally, the camera may seem
