Sony a1: specifications and reviews
Camera
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Specifications
General characteristics
Sony
a1
One time
Sony a1 | |
Mirrorless | |
2021-01-26 | |
Yes | |
ILCE-1 | |
€ 7300 | |
$ 6498+VAT | |
737 gr. | |
129 mm. | |
97 mm. | |
81 mm. | |
50 | |
Full frame | |
36.0 mm. | |
24.0 mm. | |
1.00 | |
3:2 | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
199 MP with pixel shift | |
100 | |
32000 | |
25.9 bits | |
14.5 EV | |
3163 ISO | |
JPEG, RAW, HEIF | |
759 | |
-4.0 EV | |
f/22 | |
No | |
-3.0 EV | |
Yes | |
Mechanical and Electronic | |
10.0 frame/sec. | |
30.0 frame/sec. | |
10.0 frame/sec. | |
30.0 frame/sec. | |
155 | |
165 | |
1/32000 sec. | |
1/8000 sec. | |
1/400 sec. | |
530 shots | |
anti-flickering also with electronic shutter, 1/400 X-sync only via multi-shoe hotshoe (no via X-sync socket) | |
Electronic (EVF) | |
100% | |
0.90x (35mm. equiv) | |
9.44 million | |
3.0 in. | |
1.44 megapixel | |
Tiltable less than 180° | |
Settings, Tap to focus | |
Yes | |
Full HD @ 24/25/30p, Full HD @ 50/60p, Full HD @ 100/120p, Full HD @ 200/240p, 4k @ 24/25/30p, 4K @ 50/60p, 4K @ 100/120p, 8K @ 24/25/30p | |
1.00 | |
H.264, H.265 | |
RAW at 16 bit | |
no record limits | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
No | |
No | |
Yes | |
Microphone, Phones, HDMI, USB3, Power, USB-C, Ethernet, External flash | |
Dual slot, SD, SD UHS-II | |
WiFi, Bluetooth |
Useful Links
- DPReview
9.3/10
It is the most refined Alpha-series interchangeable lens camera yet. Its combination of speed and resolution for both stills and video set it apart in a crowded field of excellent options, though that combination is also responsible for the price it commands. [...] Most any professional photographer will be able to use the a1 for most anything they'd think to shoot. - DPReview
Flagship mirrorless comparison - Canon EOS R3, Sony a1 and Nikon Z9 - Tony & Chelsea Northrup on YouTube
- Dustin Abbott
This may be the most sophisticated mass market camera ever made, combining the tracking capabilities and burst rate of a Canon 1DxIII or a Nikon D5 with the vast resolution of the a7R series and then, to top it all off, the video capabilities of a cine camera. I suspect the most often cited negative you’ll hear is the price, which, at $6498 USD. - CineD
[Review on movie capabilities] Sony A1 shows state-of-the-art consumer camera results in the lab test in all disciplines: rolling shutter, dynamic range, and latitude, using the internal codecs [... ] As long as these cameras use the current 12bit sensor read out architecture for video we cannot expect much more than these results.