Sony debuts the new Alpha 9 mirrorless camera with 20fps continuous shooting

Re:Sony debuts the new Alpha 9 mirrorless camera with 20fps ... by visarga on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @01:20PM (#14149592)

It's a large format sensor (35mm) which captures a lot of light which means that it works better in low light, without flash. Being mirrorless makes the lenses cheaper because of optics reasons (pro lenses tend to be very expensive).

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Re:Sony debuts the new Alpha 9 mirrorless camera with 20fps ... by foldr on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @01:25PM (#14149655)

>Being mirrorless makes the lenses cheaper because of optics reasons

Hmm, it should theoretically make wide angle lenses a bit cheaper because they won't have to use retrofocus designs. But I think the actual price of the lens is going to be determined by what pro photographers are used to paying for fancy wide angle lenses.

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Re:Sony debuts the new Alpha 9 mirrorless camera with 20fps ... by vr46 on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @01:29PM (#14149706)

They'll be smaller and probably better, but not cheaper :)

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Re:Sony debuts the new Alpha 9 mirrorless camera with 20fps ... by wl on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @06:44PM (#14152458)

35mm is full frame, not large format. Large format starts at 4"x5". Very few large format sensors have ever been built.

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