Sony A1

[inkiboo]

Anyone here got one? Thoughts?

 

[T_J_G]

@dancook has one I think

 

[nandbytes]

And @GyRob

Dpreview recently posted thier review of the body

Sony a1 review

The Sony Alpha 1 is Sony's flagship mirrorless camera for, well, just about anything. With a 50MP sensor, it gives you tons of resolution, but it also lets you fire off burst images at 30 fps for fast action sports. Add in 8K video capture and you have a really impressive package.

m.dpreview.com

I have had a love hate relationship with their reviews but on the whole I like them.

 

[GyRob]

I really like the A1 but Sony do need to fix the EVF blackout problem when that catches you out you will miss the shot as you can't see anything through the VF I have a work around tape with a hole in it and black gauze on a larger eye cup along with turning the camera on when needed and off when shot taken .
it works for me
Rob.

 

[dancook]

Got a couple, upgraded from two Sony A9.

Better grip than the Sony A9, my Dad liked it too over his A73.

EVF is super, nice big clear.

One of the biggest things over the A9 for me, is lack of interface lag - worst for this is group photos, you take a photo realising you're shooting wide open - roll the wheel to stop down take another photo, the aperture never changed. I noticed just today at how you can change the aperture immediately after taking a photo - it's so welcome when you work at a thousand miles an hour

I found out the A9II has antiflicker, but the A9 didn't and the A1 does - so I'm looking forward to shooting theatre with this.

Lightroom Adobe Color presents the A1 files nicer than the A9, colour is better - no more magenta cast.

Easy to burn through memory cards with 50MP @ 20 fps, I'm not sure I'll ever bother to use 30 fps - particularly since you have to use lossy compress raw, instead of lossless.

What else is there to say? the AF is obviously super, but I didn't expect anything less.

 

[wookie6262]

Got a couple, upgraded from two Sony A9.

Better grip than the Sony A9, my Dad liked it too over his A73.

EVF is super, nice big clear.

One of the biggest things over the A9 for me, is lack of interface lag - worst for this is group photos, you take a photo realising you're shooting wide open - roll the wheel to stop down take another photo, the aperture never changed. I noticed just today at how you can change the aperture immediately after taking a photo - it's so welcome when you work at a thousand miles an hour

I found out the A9II has antiflicker, but the A9 didn't and the A1 does - so I'm looking forward to shooting theatre with this.

Lightroom Adobe Color presents the A1 files nicer than the A9, colour is better - no more magenta cast.

Easy to burn through memory cards with 50MP @ 20 fps, I'm not sure I'll ever bother to use 30 fps - particularly since you have to use lossy compress raw, instead of lossless.

What else is there to say? the AF is obviously super, but I didn't expect anything less.

I was shooting dogs today and messed up a couple of times when shooting a quick burst before realising I need some more dof. Needless to say by the time the files had been written to the card the moment was gone. Being able to change setting while in the middle of the frenzied action will make a big difference. Having the focussing capability of A9 and the big files and lossless is making me think seriously of upgrading.