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Archive 2019 · Real Time Tracking firmware ver 5.0 for A9 coming in March!

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That press release for the FW updates is a little confusing. What I understand:
1) A9 is getting a 5.0 and a 6.0...first in March, second in Summer

2) The 6.0 seems to be the one with the Animal Eye-AF but the sentence really doesn't make sense to me as it seems to be mixing up Animal Eye AF and Interval Time lapse??.... "Version 6.0 firmware for the α9 camera will add Eye AF for animal eyes (i), an exciting new feature for wildlife photographers that will enable interval shooting functionality for creating time-lapse movies"

3) A73/R3 get a 3.0FW in April that supposedly includes Animal Eye-AF.

So why do A9 owners have to wait till Summer if A7 get it in April??

I guess what this really tells us is no new A7 or A9 till 2020 before Olympics (other than the A7sIII).

Also I'm not sure I want Eye-AF on all the time. I turned off Face detect as it seemed to interfere with focus performance because I don't shoot faces. So I use Eye-AF on its own occasionally when I do photograph people. I don't want processing power always looking for eyes when I'm photographing BIF. Hopefully there is the option to leave the system as it is now and just have a dedicated button to do Eye-AF.

Jan 15, 2019 at 04:10 PM

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As a hybrid shooter, my heart would melt if they added some video features over HDMI like Nikon since they refuse to add picture profiles to the A9. They would forever have me as a customer

. But this is good stuff though

Jan 15, 2019 at 04:15 PM

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p.3 #3 · p.3 #3 · Real Time Tracking firmware ver 5.0 for A9 coming in March!

The used A9 prices just went up

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Jan 15, 2019 at 04:17 PM

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p.3 #4 · p.3 #4 · Real Time Tracking firmware ver 5.0 for A9 coming in March!

Instant automatic transfer of images to the phone is coming as well. I hope that includes RAW if selected. Instant backup to mobile devices, FTP, etc.

Jan 15, 2019 at 04:25 PM

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p.3 #5 · p.3 #5 · Real Time Tracking firmware ver 5.0 for A9 coming in March!

arbitrage wrote:
That press release for the FW updates is a little confusing. What I understand:
1) A9 is getting a 5.0 and a 6.0...first in March, second in Summer

2) The 6.0 seems to be the one with the Animal Eye-AF but the sentence really doesn't make sense to me as it seems to be mixing up Animal Eye AF and Interval Time lapse??.... "Version 6.0 firmware for the α9 camera will add Eye AF for animal eyes (i), an exciting new feature for wildlife photographers that will enable interval shooting functionality for creating time-lapse movies"

3) A73/R3 get a 3.0FW in April that...Show more →

My guess is the A3 shooters will serve as a trial / beta platform for the A9 Animal AF. It will give Sony a few more months to iron out the kinks and implement it 100% on the A9.

The A9 speed also brings complexity and A9 users expect slot from that speed demon.

If true, later we could see further tweaks on the A3 with the learning done of the first month's.

We shall see.

Jan 15, 2019 at 04:27 PM

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This is awesome.

However, while I'm overwhelmingly excited to be able to get an alpaca's eye detected, what I'd love more is for my AF box to not be dark grey anymore. Literally ANY other color will do.

Jan 15, 2019 at 04:29 PM

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JohnDizzo15 wrote:
This is awesome.

However, while I'm overwhelmingly excited to be able to get an alpaca's eye detected, what I'd love more is for my AF box to not be dark grey anymore. Literally ANY other color will do.

And the ability to transfer RAW through the mobile app would be very good too!

Jan 15, 2019 at 04:39 PM

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LBJ2 wrote:
And the ability to transfer RAW through the mobile app would be very good too!

Absolutely agree that the ability to transfer RAW through the app would be awesome. I'd also love if at some point, Sony added Fuji-like in-cam RAW processing.

Jan 15, 2019 at 04:43 PM

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This is huge news for photographers that mostly take cat pictures!

Jan 15, 2019 at 05:00 PM

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cdub77 wrote:
This is huge news for photographers that mostly take cat pictures!

... and for dogs. 🐶

(We have dogs.)

Lots of other guys too 🦊🦁🐥🐼🐻🐰

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Jan 15, 2019 at 05:05 PM

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cppguy wrote:
Instant automatic transfer of images to the phone is coming as well. I hope that includes RAW if selected. Instant backup to mobile devices, FTP, etc.

That's also confusing...I think the automatic transferring in background is via FTP only....Not sure.

Jan 15, 2019 at 05:07 PM

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Is Sony finally sorting out remote app camera control?

Jan 15, 2019 at 05:12 PM

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JohnDizzo15 wrote:
Absolutely agree that the ability to transfer RAW through the app would be awesome. I'd also love if at some point, Sony added Fuji-like in-cam RAW processing.

What's in-camera Raw processing?

Jan 15, 2019 at 05:14 PM

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chez wrote:
What's in-camera Raw processing?

Something every digital camera known to man does when it creates the jpeg preview. But I think they are asking for sliders and stuff to control how it processes the RAW in camera...sort of like picture controls but more powerful??

Jan 15, 2019 at 05:21 PM

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chez wrote:
What's in-camera Raw processing?

The ability to shoot in RAW only and then process the files with a handful of tweaks that are available in cam. This is the workflow that I have used for a good long while with the Fuji X system. I've posted these in another thread previously but below are the types of edits that can be made to RAW files in camera for those who are unfamiliar. In the newer bodies, there are actually some additions/changes but in general are still pretty much like these.

Fuji X-Pro2 In Cam Raw Processing Menu by John Dizzo, on Flickr

Fuji X-Pro2 In Cam Raw Processing Menu by John Dizzo, on Flickr

If Sony were to add some form of this, I'd probably be completely rid of Fuji shortly after. lol.

Jan 15, 2019 at 05:24 PM

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p.3 #16 · p.3 #16 · Real Time Tracking firmware ver 5.0 for A9 coming in March!

It seems A7's are getting AF improvements and improved tracking even if not real-time tracking. Don't forget they have 3x slower AF than A9, so the real-time option might not be possible, but even if the tracking is improved and it gets the improved eye-AF and animal AF that's still a big deal.

Also, A9 will be able to focus @ f/16, ridiculous! I'll bet this means for sure A9II won't appear until 2020, but now with this update, I don't care.

Now please Sony just announce the god damn A7000! 🤣👍👍

Jan 15, 2019 at 06:00 PM

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I bet the A7000 or whatever the top end APS-C will be called, is right around the corner and I hope that thing comes with a flip screen too. I think the flippy 6400 will sell very well.

Jan 15, 2019 at 06:09 PM

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JohnDizzo15 wrote:
The ability to shoot in RAW only and then process the files with a handful of tweaks that are available in cam. This is the workflow that I have used for a good long while with the Fuji X system. I've posted these in another thread previously but below are the types of edits that can be made to RAW files in camera for those who are unfamiliar. In the newer bodies, there are actually some additions/changes but in general are still pretty much like these.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1911/44671141724_c44382f0d3_b.jpg Fuji X-Pro2 In Cam Raw Processing Menu by John Dizzo, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1974/44671142024_e3ddf412cc_b.jpg Fuji X-Pro2 In by John Dizzo, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1902/44671141744_50a6996b0c_b.jpg Fuji X-Pro2 In Cam Raw Processing Menu by John Dizzo, on Flickr

If Sony were to add some form of this, I'd probably be completely rid of Fuji shortly after. lol....Show more →

Can't you do the same thing in post processing on your workstation? I'd much prefer a colour calibrated large screen monitor if I'm going to do any "real" processing of the image. The only time I process on something else is when I'm traveling and want to send some images to family and friends, then I process the images on my phone before sending out.

I don't get what processing the raws in camera buys you?

Jan 15, 2019 at 06:12 PM

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p.3 #19 · p.3 #19 · Real Time Tracking firmware ver 5.0 for A9 coming in March!

Am also looking forward to the new app. If I understand correctly, real-time FTP through the app through the mobile is very interesting and could potentially be much more user friendly.

Jan 15, 2019 at 06:13 PM

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LBJ2 wrote:
I bet the A7000 or whatever the top end APS-C will be called, is right around the corner and I hope that thing comes with a flip screen too. I think the flippy 6400 will sell very well.

Yes, it's at a very good price point.

Jan 15, 2019 at 06:15 PM

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