Most of the reports coming in about the new Sony A9 are pretty enthusiastic about it. Despite the high price tag of $4,500, it seems to be getting a lot of positive attention from Canon and Nikon flagship owners.
But today, we saw two different reports claiming that the camera has overheating issues. The first report is coming from videographer Danny Eusebio (AKA that1cameraguy). Danny shares that his A9 got the overheat indicator turning on after only 20 minutes of shooting. In comparison, Danny mentions that he shot in the same location, at roughly the same time, with the Nikon D500, without any issues.
Admittedly, Danny shot out in the sun, but the A9 being a sports camera, sun is kinda expected.
We saw another report today at DPReview coming from William Prip sharing a similar story. William’s A9 got the overheat indicator blinking after about 45 minutes of shooting stills.
Overheating is not new to Sony. The A6300 had overheating issues that were presumably solved with the A6500. This does call for some caution. If Sony’s other cameras were overheating, maybe the A9 is overheating as well.
On the other hand, none of the reports mention that the A9 was shutting down, they only mention that the indicator was turning on, so we can not say if this is an issue of a false-reporting threshold, or of actual overheating.
Also, on the defending side, is that we are only seeing two reports, out of probably tens of thousands (it not hundreds) of usage.
What do you think, are those overheating reports isolated or are we looking at something the proportions of the Nikon D600 Nikongate.
[via reddit]
Saw this problem with another model as well. I ended up lending them my camera to finish the shoot.
It’s not a Playstation.
Sounds like exploding batteries ?
Αχαχαχαχ! Βρε, τι ξαφνικες πλάκες… Μ’ αρέσει κιόλας που μερικοί βιάστηκαν να τελειώσουν τη Nikon.
Έχει πολύ δρόμο ακόμα το έργο, καθώς φαίνεται…
Don’t forget the banding issues, or the real shooting issues with ISO, or the buffer issue!!!!
Donald M. Falls Look
Almost every Sony cameras experience this issue.
Nope the A99-II does not and performs under stressful situation WAY better than any of the mirrorless.
Disclaimer: not a Sony hater… But overheating on a camera that’s targeted towards sports photography is no bueno.
I hope not! I’m waiting for the A7 prices to drop due to everyone upgrading…
Going to be interesting to see how the Sony Fan Boys spin this one and how long it takes Sony to react.
like all the sonys
nope… the A99-II does NOT have ANY of the problems the Sony mirrorless lines have NONE!
I can see that…
Apo Jb Xylph mainit ito hehehe
And all of that because of tiny little mirror that never hurt anyone? :(
Get the A9-II and you will fall in LOVE with that body and ecosystem of lenses
$4500 for a Sony A9? That’s a HOT camera; pun intended.
Get the A9-II and you will fall in LOVE with that body and ecosystem.
I got problem Indicator triangle warning ( out side camera not feel hot just warm like Fujifilm X-T2 I have ) after use 40 mins in normal use not video, not 20fps, in good weather about 72oF, 9:00AM Sunday morning, that time battery still have 70% Then I turn it off, take battery out about 1 hour, try again then 40 mins happen again, I have only one battery, another come next Wednesday This is big problem, Try again today on beach, maybe return it Sony A9 + SEL70-200mm,F4 G OSS and this guy, too
i had the same during a wedding
And here is when Sony has to stop … look around and come to the realization… your hero … the one that is going to save your camera business… the one that is going to really come and save the day is and has ALWAYS been the NEW AND IMPROVED A99-II. The mirrorless cameras that you are producing are so dense that they are NOT working they are NOT convincing the consumers and the pro video producer/photographer will not touch it with a 10 foot pole.
THE BEST SONY CAMERA IN THEIR LIKE IS THE NEW A99-II … forget mirrorless.