This is a guest post by Ross Weinberg about the Sony Alpha 1 camera. Ross is a content creator working mostly for expeditions conducted by different organisations. During his assignments he needs to create short films and take quality photos. In this hands-on review we asked Ross to concentrate on the photo capabilities of the the camera. Read on to get his take on this impressive piece of gear! The Sony Alpha 1 is a lot of camera for a lot of price. In trying to make a well rounded camera that can do about everything exceptionally well, Sony might have unintentionally created a specialty camera; in that perhaps the only photographers willing to buy this camera are those, who need a well rounded camera that can do anything and everything… for a $6500 price point. I was excited to try this camera out. As a content creator, I often need my camera to not only be a still camera but also a video camera – this camera is all that and more. The 50M full frame BSI-CMOS sensor, 30FPS, perhaps the world’s best autofocus and tracking, and 8k! Who’s not drooling over this? But are you hungry enough? For me personally, I’m struggling to justify spending this amount of time and money on what may, or may not be ‘the best camera ever’. Image credit: Ross Weinberg For what I do, I can do it using the Sony a7R line and most other cameras currently on the market, which cost only...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 20 May, 2021