p.11 #1 · Pre-Order Sony Alpha A1 (50MP, 30fps, 8K)
TheEmrys wrote:
Depends if Canon has accelerated their development cycle. I don't see them cannibalizing their R5's. If its still a 3+ year cycle for the top end, Sony has a very rosy outlook for the next 2.5 years.
Don’t think a R1 would cannibalize the R5. It’s like the 5DIV and the 1DX III.
Hmm, they had to have very limited time with the camera as the selection is quite poor...
Still, what puzzles me a bit (and was already noted previously in one of the threads) is that the portrait pictures are not focused pinpoint on the eye (lashes, not iris) ...
p.11 #4 · Pre-Order Sony Alpha A1 (50MP, 30fps, 8K)
j4nu wrote:
Hmm, they had to have very limited time with the camera as the selection is quite poor...
Still, what puzzles me a bit (and was already noted previously in one of the threads) is that the portrait pictures are not focused pinpoint on the eye (lashes, not iris) ...
Yeah, I've noticed that a couple photos missed focus (the bike panning shot also) but since portraiture (beauty and headshots) and fashion are 90+% of my work I'm a little concerned. Hopefully this is just a result of rushed work, but I'm gonna definitely wait to see what more people's experience is especially with Eye-AF locking on to iris' vs eyelashes.
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p.11 #5 · Pre-Order Sony Alpha A1 (50MP, 30fps, 8K)
Stoffer wrote:
True, but if we get lucky Sony might have mastered the stacked sensor to the degree that the very fast readout does not introduce to much base noise and will deliver very good DR at base ISO. Impossible for us to know at this point, but why mention the 15 stops of DR if they didn’t manage to improve on the A9 II? Anyway, this will be VERY interesting as this was the only drawback of the stacked sensor which is superior in a lot of other metrics.
As to why mention the 15 stops of DR? Marketing hype, which I think the number basically is anyway. Your right we can't know until people get the camera in hand and can do some testing.
p.11 #6 · Pre-Order Sony Alpha A1 (50MP, 30fps, 8K)
j4nu wrote:
Hmm, they had to have very limited time with the camera as the selection is quite poor...
Still, what puzzles me a bit (and was already noted previously in one of the threads) is that the portrait pictures are not focused pinpoint on the eye (lashes, not iris) ...
Those are Sony-provided RAW files, not DPR samples.
p.11 #8 · Pre-Order Sony Alpha A1 (50MP, 30fps, 8K)
Tony5787 wrote:
Ugh they’re really twisting my arm with this, the R5 is great but I liked shooting with the a9 more. Trying to decide if that experience is worth the premium...
It’s the other way around for me. This is an amazing camera but too expensive for what it offers for MY use over the R5, which I like better than the A9 or A7R IV I used to have. Some of the specs are impressive, but overkill, like 30fps. I dialed my A9 down to 10fps and use the R5 at 12fps. So, nothing for me to switch. At the same time, I doubt I’ll get Canon’s R1 until that model comes down to around $4,000. I’ve never paid more than that for any camera.
p.11 #9 · Pre-Order Sony Alpha A1 (50MP, 30fps, 8K)
j4nu wrote:
Hmm, they had to have very limited time with the camera as the selection is quite poor...
Still, what puzzles me a bit (and was already noted previously in one of the threads) is that the portrait pictures are not focused pinpoint on the eye (lashes, not iris) ...
p.11 #10 · Pre-Order Sony Alpha A1 (50MP, 30fps, 8K)
Sure. But 8k downsampled to 4k is much, much nicer than native 4k. Just like 4k downsampled to 1080p is much better than native 1080p. If the 30 minute limit is true, this is a killer feature. It makes the 8k in the R5 a bit of a pretender. It's still awesome for 4k or 1080p, though.
p.11 #12 · Pre-Order Sony Alpha A1 (50MP, 30fps, 8K)
Great spec and Im sure that AF is incredible. Im a little bemused that they didn't add a flip screen though?! For a truly hybrid camera it will be a nightmare on a lot of gimbals
p.11 #13 · Pre-Order Sony Alpha A1 (50MP, 30fps, 8K)
chez wrote:
That's the next version. You select what type of bird you want to shoot, the camera automatically scans the environment using a motorized tripod for that bird, finds it, focuses on the eye and tracks it while shooting at 30 fps...all the while you can be sitting in your living room getting the images transferred to your computer.
I've often thought of how I could engineer such a workflow as this...
p.11 #19 · Pre-Order Sony Alpha A1 (50MP, 30fps, 8K)
jon.pictures wrote:
In the Q&A they said 14bit Raw up to 20fps (I guess 12bit RAW at 30fps) so perhaps it meant that?
If you're using CFExpress A cards the buffer clearance is practically instantaneous apparently.
^^^This. Tests will confirm this but I suspect that the IO to the card will essentially outpace the IO to the buffer in most every case and this won't be the bottleneck it currently is. But we'll need to see...
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