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Sony has been on a roll recently , the A9 , launched as a Nikon D5/Canon 1DX rival has so far been the darling of many reviewers and professionals alike , and on the other hand , we have the recently announced Sony A7RIII which has also been making headlines as it changed the playing field which otherwise would have been mostly a duopoly between the Nikon D850 and the Canon 5DMk4 . With Mirrorless sales slowing chipping off DSLR sales ,its quite evident that Sony will release more Full frame cameras in time to come , the rumor mill , which so far consisted of only the upcoming A7SIII suddenly went into overdrive as news of a successor to the "Basic model" A7II were leaked , the camera ,which was initially thought to be a watered down version of the A9- with one SD slot and no rear joystick are all "fake news" as they are all present in the new A7III. The camera , designed around a new 24MP - Full frame BSI image sensor with 5 Axis IBIS image stability ,f...

Sony anounced their flagship Full frame camera - the Alpha A9 today . The camera , positioned to take 20fps with no viewfinder blackout is probably the first mirrorless camera that can take on the high level players from Nikon(D5) and Canon's (1DX mk2) . The new camera , named the A9 sits on the top of the Sony hierarchy and this makes the A7 series their midrange option hence-forth . The new camera , equipped with a 24mp Stacked CMOS sensor is said to feature the ability to deploy its electronic silent shutter to take photos upto 20 fps - perfect for silent functions and stealth paparazzi . The rest of the specs include a 693 AF grid with 93% coverage and a 5 axis image stabilization system which can compensate for 5 stops . The sensor also gives the ability to shoot from ISO 50 - 51200 or 50-204800 . The shutter speed can go upto 1/32000 and it has a max flash sync speed of 1/250th . The Bionz-X image processor ,combined with DRAM makes the camera hold a buffer of 241 r...