Originally posted by Winder I was waiting for his review, cause I knew he'd be tough on the product as a long time Nikon shooter.
With that said, and aside from the banding issue, I'm thinking the a9 was is a great success in this particular real world test. Granted he had some minor criticisms on comfort and other niggles, but he seemed quite impressed overall. ie, when he was able to track the ball coming at him, he sounded like a kid on candy
What's also worth mentioning, is the number of times he praised the EVF throughout his review with statements such as; it's great, best I've seen, could not have done this without it, and the repeated emphasis on being able to chimp without chimping.
Beyond that, he praised things like; the silent shutter, eye and AF tracking, focusing speed and fast frames per second. Which he claimed could make or break a sports photo-shoot. Which addresses the fact that people will not appreciate the higher frame-rates unless they are actually shooting sports photography.
As for his conclusion, I thought it was interesting that while he stated that the camera was indeed great in what it did, and that Nikon and Canon needs to be afraid. Be very afraid.