How do you follow a product that reigned as the king of morrorite rooms for the past four years? For Sony, the answer with a1 It was simple: just improve everything. The result is the $ 6.500 A1 IIa potent mirroreless mirrorless whisher.
The A1 II is equipped with a 50 Megapixel sensor, not a global sensor as the A9 III, so it’s not enough as fast. However, his mixture of speed and resolution makes the camera more versatile in Sony line. It is also impressing on video video with 8k 30 FPS 10-bit captures, together with 4k slo-mo to 120 fps.
I hope a beautiful sony flagship chamber, however, and while the ie fighted with small improvements, there’s nothing terribly innovative. It is also against impressive competition (and smaller) as the $ 4.300 Canon R5 II and $ 4,000 Nikon Z8. Further, there is the first price of the R1 and Nikon Z9. So in spite of their strengths, I found the new Sony Flagship to be slightly disappointing.
Body and handling
The A1 II is the most beautiful sony handling room. In terms of design and the placement of control, that is almost identical to the ends of the company A9 III. I am At 743 grams (1,64 pounds) is heavier than 617-gram (1,36 pounds) A1, but also a feather-compared to other professional patterns as the three pound z9. I am The new grip has slightly lower materials and the most rotond contours, so is more comfortable and safe to keep that hard a1. That’s a great help to work pro with heavy lenses.
If you like the manual controls, the A1 II is a dream. Has three primary dials, compared to only two on the rival flagships. There is a modality ring, video selector and so called slow and rapid ways, together with a dual check wheel for both shot and autofocus. Around return, there is another dial, more a joystick and numerous personalized buttons.
A1 menu system was refreshed in matching the A9 III. Now offers a “home” parament for your most useful features, and everything is quite organized in sub-menu. Sony adjusted an easy section to adopt for buttons to customize, intaglio, the fastest and more.
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Despite the price difference, it is natural to compare the A1 II office of the A1 II and configuration with the canon R5 II as they are representative ways. The R5 II feel a little more beautiful thanks to the most rounded form and more soft material. But the A1’s rise has a greater sharpness of checks, so it’s easier and faster to shoot with once you’re used for them. Sony also has a system of less intuitive that makes it easier to find key settings.
Then there is the shooting of the electronic of A1 (EVF). Mah has the same resolution as a1 to 9.44 million points, no longer drops to resolution to their fault 120 fps frame. With that, that’s so loud and bright breathing every argument for a view of view of sight. Sony also provides two eye cups, including what a “squishy” option that the plenty around the eye to blocking the light, giving you a completely immersive experience. With all that, that is easily the best evf I’ve ever used.
Vloggers complain about the lack of a display completely articulation on A1. Sony addressed that for example a1 II with a bright, 3-inch-dot screen that just don’t fit in but also newly dear – ideal for content Creators.
As before, the A1 II has a support of support with the support for SD and (sigh) cfextress of Sony that is no one else USA. These are faster of sd, but not so fast as the cfextress type found in the r5 II, z8 and others.
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The z-type battery provides a decent 520 shots on a charge, which is only less than the 530 on the A1. Comes with a beautiful sort of doors, including HDMi and High-C vevice USB-C 3.2 that allows Rapid 10GBPS File Transfers. You also get mical and cooked portes, an Ethernet 2.5 Gbps and a Lamp Synchronization Port. Even the Wi-Fi has been updated with 2×2 support of support that allows 2.5GBPS of transfer instead of 1Gbps as early as first.
Performance
The A1 II is the high-resolution-resolution camera, leaving the fps speed to 30 fps when sharing the raw car, or 10 mechanical block. Those speeds will match or beat their main rivals but are not a four-year improvement. This is a little bit of a surprise, given the A1 II has a Process of Image Bionz Faster Loan from the A9 III.
Autofocus is a big improvement, however. Bumps on the fastest subjects than before, then i saw the a1 hits the A1 susy’s last night and the ai you give the A9 III that make you more times for acknowledging and more friendly of users. Can now recognize human bodies, you make the machines and eyes, together with animals, birds, insects and many types of vehicles. On top, the A1 II is the first Sony’s first chamber to identify those subjects for not to tediously select. In other words, if photographed the birds and occur to see a bear, I don’t waste rest time at a time
Sony is a bit late to the game with this selection auto-post, like canon and other marks have had for a while. However, the A1 II has the best implementation I saw the date, how to choose and close on topics faster. Like other cameras, can be thrown in situations with many subjects, occasionally select the wrong. With human subjects, the canon has a thread of the face memorizing the face in the R1 and R5 you always try to block on a specific person.
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While the A1 II has both a mechanical and electronic and electronic speed of the sensor’s bed has meant that you can use the latter almost exclusively. Even in sports as golf with high speed movements and distorting a problem, using electronic shutter, and you can shoot the pictures in silence.
Pre-capture is a new feature, leaving hold up to 70 squares when half the shutter button, before pressing. That reduces the odds of missing a decisive moment in a scene.
When it comes to stabilizing, A1 II also represents a first for the company. Offer 8.5 stops, beat the A9 III from one half to cease and match the EOS R5 II and R1. Thankful to the one, I was able to fill in the sharp pic even at a speed of the ridiculously ridiculously, as a second full. This is ideal when you need to shoot in light ori top subjects deliberately without using a tripod.
While the A1 II is quick, did not bring the generative leap, I have been waiting with a four-year camera. My professional photographer’s friends (that are already a1s) feel the same way and will not be updated.
Image quality
The III is not right, but deliver to high resolution, and that combination is why you pay the bonds. The image is more British than any full square camera, with the excellent excellent and colors precise when the canon shooting skills.
The new model has the same sensor as the A1, but Sony managed to cover a dynamic range very lightly to the higher iso. As a result, get a minimum sound until it iso 6,400 and images are very usable to ISO 12.800. This is outstanding for a camera 50mp, and better than canon r5 II. Beyond this, and up to the maximum of the camera iso 32,000, the rumor begins to be distracting.
RAW files give Ample photographs to mark the backups or claims of the closets in the areas of the shadow. If you need the maximum amount of range you would like to shoot with the encountered formatting by loss, since loss raw files are not compressing races for many denhets. The latter is that the shooting burst speed limits to 20 FPS and fill your much faster memory card.
While the image quality is exceptional, it is not a lot of a improvement above the A1. For studio and photographers that qualifies the quality of the image above all and already has one’s own a1, ui probable is not worth investment.
Video
On the paper, the A1 II is a powhouse for 8K 30 fps (up to 400 fps without a sounds), with a new feature that allows you to load personalized lustons When logging fire (s-log3), so you can judge your exposure. It also has a parameter that allows you to match the film with Sony’s professional cinema rooms. It’s on top of the other improvements are already mentioned, as the completely articial stabilization and the updated stabilization, which are also beneficial when the registration video.
8k video frame from Sony A1 II
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AutoFocus is very improved with a more reliable tracking of moving subjects, as I found when pulling a football football event. Sends the same subject of the subject tracking when capturing photos (eyes, bodies, bodies, birds, animals and vehicles).
Looking closer, however, videos capacity are slightly disappointing. Control the Nikon much cheap and canon eos R5 II cameras, the II offer Experts first, possibly from the cfextress slots. That can make a big difference with the quality of video and the ability to adjust colors and levels when edition.
Always, when you record 8k or 4k 10-bit video to higher data rates, quality image and dynamic range are solid. The s-logs and 10-bit features give content creaters is a lot of space for tweak footage shot inside the inside or bright day.
In-body stabilization can be the best I’ve seen in every camera to date. The optical mode makes a great job that removes any mano jitters if you don’t move too much. And for walking or running, electronic stabilizing (not available in 8K) by placing near Gopro-like smooth, with none of the burns of other patterns. If you need to move the camera quickly, Rullter Shutter is usually a non-problem. I saw a distortion when shooting 8k videos, as well as it was minimal.
Wrap up
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A1 II is a fantastic camera and near the top of the food chain in terms of speed and power. Almost every aspect has been improved over the A1, including the stabilization, the design and body autoFocus.
However, the innovation that Sony is known for it’s missing here, and on top of that, the A1 II is Much darling. With that taken into account, I think I’m doing well. A1 II is just a modern update over the A1 and when it comes to the video, it is delay behind the Nikon Z8 and Z9 and Sony R5 II.
If you already have the A1, I don’t think A1 II is quite extra to justify a new investment. And someone who is more serious about the video r5 II or nikon z8, as the two offer the first quality of up to the 8k 60ps for less money. Yet, for serious amateur a1 line for the first time, which focus on photos and do not have the price of $ 6.500, Sony A1 II is a big choice.
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2025-02-12 18:00:00
