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-

I have recently shot with top level Nikon (Z9, Z8, Z6III) and Sony (A1, A9II, A7SIII). I was a professional motorsports photographer and my primary weekend kit was 2 Z9's and 2 Z6III's (depending on how much video the client wanted vs photos, more video was Z6III's, more photos or bad weather, Z9's)

Had Nikon D7000, 7100, 7200, D500, D750. Got Sony A9ii for sports when mirrorless was not a thing with Nikon. Had worn out a shutter on the D500 but still have that and some of the older ones. Came back to Nikon with the Z8, when Nikon figured out mirrorless autofocus and gave it to us at a price mu

The A9 and A9ii are pro level sony camera with balaned for action stills. They have much higher frames per second that the A73 through A7r5 which are all 10 frames a second. The A9 bodies have lower Megapixel counts than A74 or A1. An A9ii is a little heavier and a little more rugged and whether sea

a9 and a9ii have the same sensor, if you are on a budget look for a clean used a9... it's $1100-$1600 here in the states... the best sports bargain in any mount, by a long shot. set it up for back-button af. the downside is that it's limited to 15fps with 3rd-party glass, like all sony bodies.

It did acceptable. I haven't had a Sony lens since I got my A9ii, so I can't compare, but I didn't notice much difference from my standard Tamron 35-150. All the photos I shot that night were at f1.6 so plenty of light to help with focus. I chose the Viltrox because I plan to use it for portraits, w