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Sony - Alpha a99 II DSLR Camera (Body Only)
Average customer rating
4.5
(37 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 37 reviews
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76%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Sony - Alpha a99 II DSLR Camera (Body Only)
Customer Rating
3
Limited Lens Options
on October 11, 2017
Posted by: Farhad M
Gender:Male
II bought a Sony A99 II about 7 months ago. It has an impressive 42 Mega pixel sensor and the camera has great features. It appears, however, Sony has a love and hate feelings toward the camera it introduced a year ago. There are a number of great lenses available by Sony for the E-mount models and not for this A-mount unit. I had also purchased a mirrorless camera model made by Sony several years ago. I prefer the DSL to the smaller mirrorless cameras. Also, the third party lens manufacturers are making interesting lenses for Canon and Nikon, but not for Sony A-mount units. Based on my experience with this camera, I doubt I will buy Sony products in future for not knowing how well that product will be supported.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
Great camera but some features seem already old
on April 25, 2017
Posted by: amitzinman
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
As advertised, Sony put a lot of current technology from the A7 family into this camera, which is great.
That said, a few things remain the same, lagging behind the competition and Sony's own e-mount offering.
1. Camera does not support USB 3 and higher rate cards, causing the cache to take time to clear even with fast SD cards.
2. Video modes are still not operating like Stills Modes, wasting a lot of time when doing jobs that require both video and stills. Wish when setting camera to M I could also capture a video with the same settings without switching to video mode. Adjusting the dial just takes too much time since you have to look a it to get it right, not a good practice while in a middle of a documentary shoot.
3. No Touch Screen :(
That said, a few things remain the same, lagging behind the competition and Sony's own e-mount offering.
1. Camera does not support USB 3 and higher rate cards, causing the cache to take time to clear even with fast SD cards.
2. Video modes are still not operating like Stills Modes, wasting a lot of time when doing jobs that require both video and stills. Wish when setting camera to M I could also capture a video with the same settings without switching to video mode. Adjusting the dial just takes too much time since you have to look a it to get it right, not a good practice while in a middle of a documentary shoot.
3. No Touch Screen :(
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Posted by: GEGJr
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
Well I've had this camera for almost 3 months now and I have taken less than 100 pictures. Prior to this I owned an A99V, A700, KM-7D, and several Minolta film cameras. This camera, the a99II is the most complicated camera yet. There are entirely too many options. There are options inside of options. In my opinion many of the options are useless just there so Sony could say they have x# of options. As a result, I am still trying to set up the camera for my kind of use. As an example of options inside of options, there is an option for center AF lock, then there is an option to lock center on AF. What that heck is that all about? A better example of nested options is that there are 7 memory registers, however, 4 of them are recorded to the SD card in the camera so if you happen to have another a99II you can carry the memorized settings to the second camera. Really!? As my wife always says, "take the picture already"! Then there's the fact that Sony decided to get rid of button for direct control of Steady Shot and it is instead a custom button (C1). Then there's a second custom button (C2) on the top front of the camera. Really?! In order to enable or disable Steady Shot you must actually go into the memory or you can assign the Steady Shot function to one of the custom buttons. So why have the second custom button at all? I can't remember what memory register is for what type of shooting. I would have liked to see a way to label each memory register e.g. landscape, sports/wildlife, portraits. Also, I can't remember what menu holds what options.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
2
Great camera Ergonomics
on March 23, 2019
Posted by: pmata85
Gender:Male
PRO: Great auto focus, great 42 megapixel photos, great viewfinder and buttons laid out in the right places.
CONS: Camera OVERHEATS in single or continues mode and when the ambient is over 87*
NO FIRMWARE UPDATE to this date!
CONS: Camera OVERHEATS in single or continues mode and when the ambient is over 87*
NO FIRMWARE UPDATE to this date!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Posted by: Sean L
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
I bought the camera more a year now. At the time of purchase I had two choices: to buy A99II, or A9. I picked A99II because all my lens are either Minolta or orignal Sony lens, A-mount. And I read some reviews talking about A9's getting hot problem. I also learned the A99II's problem of "sensitive shutter release" button.
The sensitive shutter release button problem causes me a lot of troubles! I bought more than 10 different cameras, most of them sony cameras. I never encountered such problem. I could not understand why this happened on a Sony's flag ship camera? I wonder if a firmaware update can fix the problem? Or, Sony will issue a quality recall to fix/replace the shutter release button? I really hope it be fixed very soon!
Another inperfection of camera is the eye focusing. It requires special set up and occupy one button on the camera to activate the function. In the real world situation, you have to keep one finger to stay on one button and while at the same time you have a sensitive shutter release button. it's just so hard to give the right aount of pressures on two buttons! I had a lot of miss releases. I got a lot of unfocused shots!!!
When I heard and saw new firmware for A9, A7RIII for eye focussing, I and many people who own A99II really hope Sony can give A99II the same firmaware update and to have the same functions on our cameras!
I do hope Sony can give A-mount cameras more attentions. Especially, to provide firm answer: whether Sony will keep Amount camera alive, whether Sony will give the same tech improvemets and the same features on E mount cameras.
X. Liu, 5/28, 2019
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com