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by Biff on Thu Feb 04, 2021 5:16 pm
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At first glance, it's an amazing camera. The sensor ... the EVF ... the AF system. A high price is also charged for this.
At second glance I am disappointed:
- still the old screen with only 1,4 m dots. I like to take pictures close to the ground, vertically. The screens from Sony A7SIII, EOS R, R5 etc. are much better
- a Bird AF worse than a cheaper EOS R5? Hopefully it was a mistake during the first tests
- I don't need 8K, I would have been happy about small improvements like an exposure time in the camera of more than 30 seconds for long exposures. Control via an app is annoying and draws power from the battery.
- automatic focus bracketing at the speed would be great, but it probably can't. Olympus has some helpful features in the MFT area for nature photographers that would also be great in a Sony ... but you have to do without them there
- Wouldn't GPS be a nice feature too?
- As the owner of a Sony A9II, I was hoping that Sony would spoil its customers with a firmware update. No. Bird AF would certainly also be possible with the camera, but it is better to sell new cameras than to make existing customers happy.
- I'm excited if I can test the camera myself. For example, it would be great if you could use a button with the magnifying glass function in AF-C mode. The A9II does not allow that, only AF-S. This is not customer-friendly ... as long as the autofocus is not active, you could of course use a magnifying glass for image control and manual correction (e.g. bird is sitting in the branches on a tree... or like working in DMF Mode). If it flies away, you need AF-C again for tracking. Switching takes too long, the bird will be away.
- Nikon also has good ideas, e.g. with the buttons for the middle finger on the handle. You can use it much better than a C3 button on the A-1.

For a new flagship, I expected more than incremental changes to a body that looks like it was over 40 years ago and has a very similar name: Canon A-1!
I am looking forward to your answers and I am also happy about any contradictions :-)
 

by Scott Fairbairn on Fri Feb 05, 2021 8:56 am
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Biff wrote:At first glance, it's an amazing camera. The sensor ... the EVF ... the AF system. A high price is also charged for this.
At second glance I am disappointed:
- still the old screen with only 1,4 m dots. I like to take pictures close to the ground, vertically. The screens from Sony A7SIII, EOS R, R5 etc. are much better
- a Bird AF worse than a cheaper EOS R5? Hopefully it was a mistake during the first tests
- I don't need 8K, I would have been happy about small improvements like an exposure time in the camera of more than 30 seconds for long exposures. Control via an app is annoying and draws power from the battery.
- automatic focus bracketing at the speed would be great, but it probably can't. Olympus has some helpful features in the MFT area for nature photographers that would also be great in a Sony ... but you have to do without them there
- Wouldn't GPS be a nice feature too?
- As the owner of a Sony A9II, I was hoping that Sony would spoil its customers with a firmware update. No. Bird AF would certainly also be possible with the camera, but it is better to sell new cameras than to make existing customers happy.
- I'm excited if I can test the camera myself. For example, it would be great if you could use a button with the magnifying glass function in AF-C mode. The A9II does not allow that, only AF-S. This is not customer-friendly ... as long as the autofocus is not active, you could of course use a magnifying glass for image control and manual correction (e.g. bird is sitting in the branches on a tree... or like working in DMF Mode). If it flies away, you need AF-C again for tracking. Switching takes too long, the bird will be away.
- Nikon also has good ideas, e.g. with the buttons for the middle finger on the handle. You can use it much better than a C3 button on the A-1.

For a new flagship, I expected more than incremental changes to a body that looks like it was over 40 years ago and has a very similar name: Canon A-1!
I am looking forward to your answers and I am also happy about any contradictions :-)
I agree with many of your points. Having a fully-articulated screen is helpful with verticals close to the ground. Another thing I noticed is the Human/animal/birds eye af has to be set via a menu. It would be nice if it functioned without having to select each type of subject separately. I believe the Canon R5 does that? The cheap out on the rear LCD does seem a bit odd for such a high-end camera. I'm not sure why they wouldn't give that a little nudge upwards too.
 

by Scott Fairbairn on Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:25 am
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https://youtu.be/HmwYd8He_N0

Northrup has an update and correction on his A1 review. He’s been in contact with Sony about some of the issues he found.
 

by E.J. Peiker on Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:41 pm
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Scott Fairbairn wrote:https://youtu.be/HmwYd8He_N0

Northrup has an update and correction on his A1 review. He’s been in contact with Sony about some of the issues he found.
They will probably say that he was using the camera below 0C/32F and therefore his results are invalid - LOL :)
 

by Biff on Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:35 pm
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A German youtuber has tested the camera with regard to birds and dogs. The results for Bird AF are very good. When taking pictures with the black dog in the snow, there were problems with the 600mm, which were due to the heavy snowfall. The cold was not a problem, even though Sony, like many other manufacturers, only specifies the area of application as 32 - 104 degrees F / 0 - 40 degrees C.
If you don't understand German, start the film at 4:48 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NQmwFabQZg
 

by kgivens on Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:41 pm
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Scott Fairbairn wrote:https://www.dpreview.com/news/204962732 ... fps-and-8k


Lossless compressed raw finally. pixel shift
Of course the a7rIV had pixel shift also. How sad that, even at this staggering high price point, Sony engineers could not find a way to include focus stacking, the feature which sits at the top of my wish list. Conceivably this could have been the first camera which offered COMBINED focus stacking and pixel shift. I realize most people here probably would not have much use for that, and the unwieldy large files it generates, but for certain commercial projects that might have been very valuable.
 

by E.J. Peiker on Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:27 am
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DPReview just posted their initial review:
https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sony-a1-initial-review
 

by Scott Fairbairn on Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:29 pm
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Tony Northrup updated review.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwNRND2 ... JckJhEdjn_

A little tongue in cheek at times, and comparing a 600f11 Canon against the sony 600f4 seems unfair, but the Canon R5 actually performed better.
 

by Lensmaster on Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:32 am
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A good one from Mark Galer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vguyofpy16Y
 

by E.J. Peiker on Wed Feb 17, 2021 5:09 pm
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Lensmaster wrote:A good one from Mark Galer
Rob.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vguyofpy16Y
Yes and he exposes how many reviewers review the AF system and how it impacts frame rate without having any clue of how the camera works.  Mark is the #1 go to guy on accurate Sony info.
 

by signgrap on Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:39 am
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E.J. Peiker wrote:
Lensmaster wrote:A good one from Mark Galer
Rob.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vguyofpy16Y
Yes and he exposes how many reviewers review the AF system and how it impacts frame rate without having any clue of how the camera works.  Mark is the #1 go to guy on accurate Sony info.
That's good to know. Thanks E.J.
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by Scott Fairbairn on Thu Feb 18, 2021 12:21 pm
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E.J. Peiker wrote:
Lensmaster wrote:A good one from Mark Galer
Rob.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vguyofpy16Y
Yes and he exposes how many reviewers review the AF system and how it impacts frame rate without having any clue of how the camera works.  Mark is the #1 go to guy on accurate Sony info.


It just shows, some people read and understand the manual before they go out and use it, and others do not.
 

by E.J. Peiker on Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:34 am
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Scott Fairbairn wrote:
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Lensmaster wrote:A good one from Mark Galer
Rob.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vguyofpy16Y
Yes and he exposes how many reviewers review the AF system and how it impacts frame rate without having any clue of how the camera works.  Mark is the #1 go to guy on accurate Sony info.


It just shows, some people read and understand the manual before they go out and use it, and others do not.
There is such a rush to be the first to put out a YouTube video that they often miss important information and don't take the time to read the manual before putting out a "review"
 

by Lensmaster on Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:57 am
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A little update from Mark Galer 200/600
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https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/link. ... 063211036/
 

by E.J. Peiker on Sat Feb 20, 2021 7:17 am
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Lensmaster wrote:A little update from Mark Galer  200/600
Rob.

 https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/link. ... 063211036/
That link leads nowhere unfortunately since it is a link within a link.  Here's a link that works:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sonyalp ... 063211036/
 

by E.J. Peiker on Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:06 am
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Alpha 1 manual:
https://www.sony.com/electronics/suppor ... 54801M.pdf
 

by Lensmaster on Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:05 am
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Thanks EJ .

Rob.
 

by SantaFeJoe on Tue Mar 09, 2021 1:55 pm
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More info:

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/37587 ... amic-range

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Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.  -Pablo Picasso
 

by E.J. Peiker on Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:33 am
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Adobe and Phase One have now added support for the a1 in LR, ACR, and Capture One.
 

by merlinator on Thu Mar 11, 2021 3:07 pm
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I thought it was only available for Adobe in ACR, LR doesn't have it yet but will soon with V10.2
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