a9 II

You need fast f 2.8 glass for indoor sports. You can’t blow your whole budget on camera body and put a cheap narrow aperture slow focusing lens on it and expect much improvement. Third party lens support on Sony is your best bet. A used A9, A9ii, A74, or A7iii is the body, Tamron 28-75 or Tamron 70-

My only issue with the getting the lens first, is that with a crop sensor, the 100-500 may be too much reach to cover the action easily. So I would go with the 100-400 recommendation there. I suggested the a9/a9ii because of the stacked sensor, blackout free EVF, and the still awesome autofocus capa

Fuji are known for having not that great AF-C I would rather look at either 2nd hand mirorless with stacked sensor (stacked sensor allows for more frequent AF sampling which is massive advantage when target is changing speed, and faster fps) Sony a9 / a9ii (a9 would be cheapest allowing to spend mor

I'm a Sony shooter and can vouch for their ecosystem. I have an A7SIII (same tech as the FX3), an A9II and an A7III. I also use the FX3 and the FX6 from time to time. The A7SIII is insanely good in low-light and has one of the best rolling shutter specs in its class. The A7SIII is great as a hybrid

If the AF could match my A9II I'd sell it in a heartbeat and get whatever X camera had the new AF. In a heartbeat. I tried with the X-T4, I really tried. But it after doing a mountain bike session (low light, fast movers) with an A9ii, it was night and day, and I jumped into the Sony ecosystem. Grea