Sony alpha 12/18/2023 New for the a1 is the insanely fast 240fps refresh rate which is twice as fast as the a7S III and the a9 II. This viewfinder resolution is the highest of any camera on the market, aside from the a7S III which also uses this same EVF. The a9 features a 9.44 million dot OLED EVF with a 0.9x viewfinder magnification. To my knowledge, this is the first camera to feature the faster Gen2 USB-C protocol, and should make the transfer speeds comparable to using a good memory card reader when importing photos. For this use, Sony have used USB 3.1 Gen2 to double the previous transfer speeds and give you up to 10Gbps through the USB-C cable. You can also use this port to directly connect the a1 to your computer for image transfers. In the right-hand column of ports we still have a USB-C connection which can be used to power the camera while shooting, or charge the camera when not in use. As someone who shoots in the snow a lot, this is a small but welcome change. This in itself is a minor improvement that means you don’t have to expose several other open ports to the elements whenever you want to control the camera with a cabled shutter release. This MULTI port, essentially Sony’s cable shutter release port, now has its own rubber flap. This has necessitated a relocation of the USB MULTI port to the left-hand column of ports below the ethernet port and PC sync port. On the left side of the camera, the ports have been re-arranged to include a full-sized HDMI port. The giveaway in this case, aside from the 8k stamp, is the inclusion of the memory card door mechanism which now includes the sliding lock switch that was first added to the a7S III. Looking at the sides of the a1 it is again tough to spot differences between this camera and the a9 II. And for those that do opt to use the a1 for some form of video, they are more than likely going to be using some sort of accessory external monitor. Are people really going to use a $6500 camera for vlogging? It seems unlikely. Given Sony’s desire to increase the robustness and weather resistance of the a1, even over and above what was accomplished with the a9 II, I’m not altogether surprised that they decided to omit the articulating screen.Īnother argument against including the fully articulating screen is that people’s primary desire to have one seems to be for vlogging in “selfie mode”. I’m sure this will ruffle the feathers of more than a few people who will wish that it had the fully-articulating screen from the a7S III.Īs someone who owns both an a9 II and an a7S III, I can say that the fully-articulating option is nice, but it definitely doesn’t feel as robust as the simpler tilt mechanism. The a1 continues to use the exact same 3-inch 1.44 million dot tilting rear LCD from the a9 II. If you were offered only a quick glance at the camera, it would be almost impossible to tell the difference between the two. The physical design of the a1 closely resembles that of the a9 II, with only a minor tweak in the shape of the video record button and a small amount of knurling applied to the AF mode selector dial. Physical Design and Controls Sony a1 top view. In this deep dive article I’m going to go through all of these features to examine what they mean for photographers. The Sony a1 looks like it could be a game-changer. Pixel Shift Multi Shooting mode (199MP).759 point full-area phase-detection AF (92% coverage).HEIF image format included alongside JPEG and RAW.Make no mistake, this is Sony’s, tour de force. Delivering 50MP images at a rate of 30 frames-per-second requires an incredible leap in internal processing from Sony’s previously-top-of-the-line a9 II camera which was “only” 20fps and 20MP. The Sony a1 is without a doubt the most powerful camera on the market today.
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