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-

For wildlife, the best (almost) no caveat systems would be OM System or Sony. Some of the most important features for me would be a stacked sensor with decent buffer, pre-capture, and blackout free shooting (which is essential for birds in flight). Canon freezes up when the buffer is full, Nikon lac

I made a similar post recently and was told used Sony A9 or A9ii would be the best options, but that was photography only. Both A9’s have a stacked sensor which is unique to the flagship models so it’s really good for action shots and high fps. I don’t believe they are the greatest for video though.

Others have explained why this happened. I just wanted to add: If you ever get to a point, where you need silent shooting / electronic shutter in sports photography, look for cameras with “stacked” sensors. Like the Sony A9, A9II, A9III and the A1 cameras. They have much faster readout, in the singl

I have used the A9/A9II some as rentals. Personally I don't think the Z5II will be a much of an upgrade to your A9. The Z5II's electronic shutter will be to slow for hummingbirds and any wing movement. You would need to shoot with the mechanical shutter at 11fps to not have the "rolling shutter" eff

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

Do not buy the older A9. There are so many camera bodies that are better now. You could get an A6700, or even an A9II with a lens and still have money left to spare. Keep in mind the A9s are lower resolution that other bodies you're looking at, so you will have to be able to get closer to your subje

I bought my Z9’s before the Z8 was released and was a big fan of the full size bodies. It’s body type I’ve shot for 15 years. I’ve been attempting to cut bulk and weight first in lens selection, then in bodies. The tech is mostly the same inside. Dual cards, more than quick enough fps, reliable and

It's a beautiful camera but for tracking birds etc it's not at the level of the Sonys and Nikons of this world. My 5 year old A9ii beats it hands down, it's a real shame as the xt5 is a superb camera otherwise.

Sony a9ii + Sigma 300-600mm F/4 OR Sony 200-600.