Gabyto

Gabyto

julian.gang

Anything that uses Zeiss lens is worth the price, I had bought a camera with a Zeiss lens from a photographer from my local newspaper and he told me Zeiss was the best!...Julian

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

The comments above, as well as CHG_Canon comments: "He mentioned already owning Canon's final and finest 5D-series DSLR, so EF lenses are assumed also.
No one trying to be helpful would see this situation and then suggest giving up on this pro-grade equipment to chase better results with another brand.
Being helpful is to be helpful, not foolishly encouraging a failed strategy."

Both comments are very practical, well thought out, and not based on blind and emotional "Fan-Boy" logic.
Years ago I committed to Canon equipment and I have not wavered. Because they presented equipment that met my needs and exceeded my abilities every step of my photographic journey.
I am not able to change hor$e$ in the middle of my photographic journey, so I will stick with Canon, which is sometimes a step ahead and sometimes a step behind.
Now, if you are a working Pro I could see changing hor$ie$ for some new Super Wammydyne Equipment that could catapult your images head and shoulders above your peers.
Remember a Pro will make use of a least 80% of their equipment's (tool's) capability while I doubt that a hobbyist will use more than 30% of their High Dollar equipment's capability while stuck in full "A" or "P".
Remember, Good and Pragmatic Discussion usually results in Good Advice, the rest is . . . . just Bench Racing.
Best Wishes,
JimmyT Sends

jaredjacobson

I love my A9. There are more recent cameras with faster autofocus and higher frame rates. I have not used those cameras and don’t know your use case, but I can share my experience with the A9.

I debated between the A9 and the A7III for my first (and still only) 35mm-format digital camera when I bought mine because a used A9 was around the same price. Ultimately I decided on the A9 not because of the higher frame rate, although that’s occasionally useful, but because of the form factor. While the two cameras are about the same size, the A9 has an additional dial pair that allows changing the drive mode and focus settings entirely by feel without digging into menus. Since that was the primary annoyance with my A6500, it seemed like a good choice, and it has been.

The focus speed is great, image quality is great. In truth, it’s hard to go wrong with a camera these days.

I bought mine used from eBay, and while the cosmetic condition is a bit ugly, the camera has worked fine. In October of last year the mechanical shutter failed and I had to have it replaced, which was surprisingly early for me, especially since I mostly use it with the silent electronic shutter. But I don’t know how the previous owner used it.

So yes, in my opinion the A9 is still a great camera in 2024. If you’re caught in the trap of latest and greatest there may be cameras that are a little better for some use cases, but they’re almost certainly more expensive, usually much so. But I have run into very few situations where the A9 has been the limiting factor in my photography.

If you’re into video a more recent camera might be a step up. Otherwise a used A9 is a bargain.

lmTrying Loc: WV Northern Panhandle

He shoots with a Sony A7II, or can you not read?

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That "Cheers" closing sums it all up ;-)

joemcl1

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Remember [that] ?!?

As a career photographer, what I remember is the toadally opposite ratio.

My peers and myself find little need of all the excess bells and whistles built into cameras to produce volume sales. The thoughtful among us easily tolerates all that clutter cuz without volume sales prices would be outrageous. The not so thoughtful mainly gripe about "useless clutter". IOW, we are your 30 percenters.

OTOH, we occasionally encounter amatuers wanting advice cuz they want to fully engage with and explore their fancy toys. Those are your 80 percenters. We could help them only slightly due to our mutual ignorance, we being ignorant about details of "useless clutter", and they being ignorant of essential photograhic functions such that advanced features make little sense to them.

Each of us 30 percenters usually do use one or two advance features which are the reason we chose *that* camera. But cameras are heavily loaded up with more stuff than one user will really *need*. OTOH, when *need* is not the reason to own such a device then its a part of the hobby to explore the whole ball of wax on a "becuz its there" basis ... also on a "becuz I paid for all that" basis.

joemcl1

Nice shooting.

Gabyto

joemcl1

JD750 Loc: SoCal

was it ever worth buying that is the question.

Watch the nasty replies, I get from that! 😂😂

Gabyto

joemcl1