Watch the Sony A9 auto-focusing on a pole vaulter at 20 FPS

One of the main selling points for the newly announced  Sony A9 is its superior autofocus. The autofocus has 693 point wide-area phase-detection points and according to Sony, it can do up to 20fps with AF/AE tracking. Sounds impressive right? If you were wondering what’s a 20 FPS auto-focusing beast is good for, watch this movie from Gary […]

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Sony portrait lenses: GM 70-200mm 2.8 vs. 85mm 1.4

Choosing your portrait lens is not a trivial thing. most good portrait lenses are not cheap, and they will probably serve you for a long time. Preferences may depend on budget, size, focal length, aperture and any other number of factors. Photographer Manny Ortiz has a quick video up comparing two fo the more Sony popular […]

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