Sony has just announced the new Alpha 1 full-frame mirrorless camera that combines high-resolution and high-speed performance.
The Alpha 1 features the brand new 50.1 MP full-frame stacked Exmor RS image sensor built with integral memory and paired with an upgraded BIONZ XR image processing engine. The combination allows it to shoot 155 full-frame compressed RAW images or 165 full-frame JPEG images at up to 30fps with up to 120 AF/AE calculations per second.
The new Alpha 1 has an advanced Real-time Eye AF that improves detection performance by 30% over the previous system. In addition to improved Real-time EYE AF for humans and animals, the camera employs high-level subject recognition technology to provide Real-time Eye AF for birds. Optimized algorithms ensure that tracking is maintained even if a sitting bird suddenly takes flight or there are sudden framing changes.
The camera’s viewfinder features the first 240 fps refresh rate and is a Quad-XGA high-definition OLED display with refined optics. It also offers 0.90x viewfinder magnification, a 41-degree diagonal FOV, and a 25mm-high eye point.
As far video goes, the new Alpha camera offers up to 8K 30p 10-bit 4:2:0 XAVC HS recording with 8.6K oversampling. The 8K footage can also be used for flexible 4K editing during post-production.
The camera features S-Cinetone color matrix that produces the highly regarded FX9 and FX6 color and skin tones.
Other features include a 16-bit RAW output to an external recorder via HDMI for post-production flexibility, a digital audio interface added to the camera’s Multi Interface (MI) Shoe, and a 5.8K oversampled full pixel readout without pixel binning.
The Alpha 1 also supports built-in wireless LAN on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. The latter band includes 2×2 MIMO support offering faster wireless FTP speeds. In addition, it comes with a USB Type-C cable for high-speed PC Remote data transfer. It also has a built-in 1000BASE-T LAN connector and supports FTPS.
The Sony Alpha 1 full-frame mirrorless camera will be available in the Philippines soon. For more information on the Sony Alpha 1, click here.
Ram found his love and appreciation for writing in 2015 having started in the gaming and esports sphere for GG Network. He would then transition to focus more on the world of tech which has also began his journey into learning more about this world. That said though, he still has the mentality of "as long as it works" for his personal gadgets.
