DPR: Sony Alpha 1 Review – One Camera to Rule Them All
DPR posted its review of the Sony a1 and you can read the full review here or see a summary of their findings below:
So, have they done it? Have the engineers at Sony, in making the Alpha 1, created a single camera model that could fulfill the needs of just about any professional photographer?
We’d say so.
| What we like |
What we don’t |
- Excellent image quality with high resolution and good dynamic range
- Good range of 8K and 4K video modes with great quality and feature set
- Fast electronic shutter provides silent shooting with no IQ compromises
- Truly excellent autofocus performance
- Big, high-res electronic viewfinder
- Solid ergonomics; good balance of external controls and compact size
- Excellent menus and responsive touchscreen interface
- Highly customizable separation of stills and video settings
- Dual UHS-II SD, CFexpress Type A slots
- Lossless compressed Raw capture at up to 20fps shooting
- 1/400 flash sync with mechanical shutter; 1/200 with e-shutter
- Extensive wired and wireless connectivity options for pros and non-pros alike
- HEIF (and HLG) shooting for realistic HDR imagery on compatible displays
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- Rear screen a bit small, low-res against similarly priced competitors
- 30fps bursts only available in JPEG/HEIF/lossy compressed Raw
- 30fps bursts are lens-dependent
- High-res shot modes require desktop software to combine images; no motion correction yet available
- EVF drops in resolution during C-AF, or if you choose high FPS modes
- Users must manually select between human, animal or birds for Eye AF
- Battery life is just okay compared to other flagships
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