Re: Sony A 1 announced
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 5:16 pm
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
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