Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art vs. Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9

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In depth comparison and review of Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art and Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9. Compare design, sensors, proximity features, memory capacities and other important specifications and features to easily choose the right camera for you. Our goal is to help you uncover differences between the products and find the digital camera that will best fit your needs.

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Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art vs. Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Product Type Digital camera - mirrorless system Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system
Lens Included 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art lens Body only
Height 9.51 cm 9.56 cm
Width 14.7 cm 12.69 cm
Depth 9.08 cm 6.3 cm
Weight 625 g 673 g
Weight Details - Camera with battery and memory card: 673 g
Body Material Magnesium alloy Magnesium alloy
Enclosure Colour - Black
Protection Splashproof, dust-resistant Dust-resistant, moisture-resistant
Digital Zoom - 4x
SENSOR Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Sensor Resolution 29.5 Megapixel 24.2 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type X3 CMOS Exmor RS CMOS
Total Pixels 33,200,000 pixels 28,300,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 29,500,000 pixels 24,200,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size APS-C (23.4 x 15.5 mm) Full Frame (35.6 x 23.8 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) - 30 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction - Yes
Sensor Features - Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Anti-Dust coating, APS-C compatible mode
Image Stabiliser - Optical (5-axis image sensor shift mechanism)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser - Yes
Sensors - Digital level metre
PROCESSOR Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Image Processor - BIONZ X
LENS Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Type 30 f/1.4 DC HSM | Art -
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 45mm -
Focus Adjustment Automatic, manual -
Min Focus Distance 30 cm -
Max View Angle 50.7 degree(s) -
Lens Construction 8 groups / 9 elements -
Filter Size 62 mm -
Lens Mounting Type Sigma SA Sony E-mount
Features Full-time manual focusing, rear focusing system, Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM), aspherical lens, Sigma USB dock compatible -
FOCUSING Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Auto Focus TTL contrast and phase detection TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 9 693
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function
AE/AF Control - Touch Area AF, Eye detection AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, Zone AF
Face Detection Face-priority AF function Yes
VIEWFINDER Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Viewfinder Type Electronic - LCD Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support Colour Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.5"
Viewfinder Resolution 2,360,000 pixels 3,686,400 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 1.1x 0.78x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -4 to +2 -4 to +3
Field of View Crop Factor 1.5 1.0
Features - Viewfinder brightness control, colour temperature control
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
ISO (Max) - 204800
Native ISO 100-6400 100-51200
Extended ISO (Max) - 204800
Extended ISO (Min) - 50
Light Sensitivity - ISO 50, ISO auto, ISO 102400, ISO 204800, ISO 100-51200
Exposure Metering Evaluative, centre-weighted, spot Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot, average, highlight-weighted
Exposure Metering Zones - 1200
Exposure Modes Programme, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes - Dynamic Range Bracketing, white balance bracketing
Special Effects - Black & White, Sepia, Neutral, Vivid, sunset, landscape, portrait, clear, deep, light, autumn leaves, Retro, partial colour, Toy camera, Posterisation, High contrast monochrome, Pop Colour, Soft High-key, Night Scene, Standard, Style Box
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets - Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), Underwater, 2500K - 9900K, fluorescent light (daylight white)
Shutter Type Mechanical electronically-controlled Mechanical
Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec 1/32000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing - 3, 5, 9 steps in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1, 2 or 3 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing - Yes
X-sync Speed 1/180 sec 1/250sec
Exposure Range EV 0-17 (ISO 100) EV -3-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Type 3" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen - Yes
Display Format 1,620,000 pixels 1,440,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Folding
Display Features - Display brightness control
FLASH Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Features - AF illuminator
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Digital Video Format - AVCHD, H.264, XAVC S
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution - 3840 x 2160
Audio Signal Format - Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel), Linear PCM, AAC
Microphone Operation Mode - Stereo
MEMORY Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Memory Card Slot SD card SD card, Memory Stick PRO Duo card / SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card SD Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO Duo, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card, SDHC UHS-II Memory Card, SDXC UHS-II Memory Card
Memory Card Included No No
Image Storage 5440 x 3616
2720 x 1808
6000 x 4000
3936 x 2624
3008 x 2000
1968 x 1312
6000 x 3376
3936 x 2216
3008 x 1688
1968 x 1112
Video Capture - XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 120 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 120 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 50Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 60 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 60 fps - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 17Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 28Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 16Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 30 fps - 6Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 100 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 100 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 50Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 17Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 28Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 16Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 25 fps - 6Mbps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Battery Type Sigma BP-61 Lithium Ion Sony NP-FZ100 Lithium Ion
Details Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Sony NP-FZ100 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 2280 mAh (included)
Battery Life - Photo shooting - 650 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Photo shooting - 480 shots (LCD Monitor off)
CONNECTIONS Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Interface HDMI, USB 3.0 HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth 4.1
Print Standard - DPOF support, Exif Print support, PRINT Image Matching
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe, PC terminal
Connector Type USB 3.0 (9 pin USB Type B)
HDMI output (19 pin mini HDMI Type C)
Remote control input
USB 2.0
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Network (RJ-45)
FEATURES Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Self-Timer Delay 10 sec, 2sec 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec
Continuous Shooting Speed - 20 frames per second
Additional Features - Built-in speaker, sharpness control, digital image rotation, histogram display, saturation control, takes photos while film recording, contrast control, Dynamic Range Optimizer, built-in help guide, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), Clear Image Zoom, noise reduction over long exposures, Lens Distortion Correction, high ISO speed noise reduction, silent shooting, BRAVIA Sync function, PhotoTV HD, simultaneous multi-format recording, peripheral shading correction
OTHERS Sigma SD Quattro + 30mm F1.4 DC HSM | Art Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Included Accessories Carrying strap, battery charger, dust cap, body cap, lens cap, USB cable Eyepiece cover, body cap, shoulder strap, AC power adaptor, USB cable, shoe cap
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
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