First A99II unboxing video and SAR readers tests

The A99Ii is now shipping in Europe and above you can watch on of the first A99II unboxing videos. And an reader who prefers to remain anonymous sent me this:

“I just received my A99II this week. A wonderful piece of hardware so far !
The only disappointment is that I intend to use it mostly for wildlife photography with my Tamron 150-600G1 (A011 Version) and apparently this lens only supports the hybrid detection AF system and not both it and the focal plane phase detection AF module, meaning that I can only use the 79 Hybrid Phase Detection AF Points…
In the menu => Camera Settings1 => AF System => Auto / or Ddc Phase AF Only, when choosing „Auto“ on the Tamron 150-600, only the 79 AF Points of the dedicated phase detection AF sensor are usable.
I guess (hopefully) the G2 version will be able to use both sensors…”

Lars also got his A99II and writes:

“Well, I got my A99II today and I tried some of the AF modes:

1. Hybrid phase detect AF works only with Sony lenses (the compatibility list was postet a few days ago). The Sony Zeiss 135mm/f1.8 works like a beauty and so does the Sony 500mm f4 with some real fast AF. For these lenses you can do the AF micro adjust for the center and for each corner. Comes in Handy, when you set your focuspoint into a corner.
2. Minolta and all 3’rd party lenses I tested work only with the 79 phase detection AF of the dedicate phase detection sensor. Autofocus is quite fast even with an old Minolta 200mm/f2.8 or 600mm/f4. AF micro adjust works here only for the center. It is disappointing, that 3’rd party glass (even new ones) are not supported by the hybrid phase detect AF.
3. Eye AF, center lock-on AF and Lock-on AF works so far with all AF-lenses I tested. Minolta and 3’rd party only within the above restriction (see 2.).”

Sony A99II preorders at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. PhotoPorst, Calumet Germany and WexUK.