Sony A1-2

[DavidT]

Man, I could kick myself in the rear end with both feet for not buying one of those A1’s from you

They sold fast and the firmware not being updated definitely helped mine sell before others. There are a bunch for sale in DFW. Many waited to long. That’s going to cost them $500 plus on what they will get for it.

 

[sh1209]

There have also been some rumors about a second generation 100–400 mm lens. I would rather put the $2500. I would have to put toward this camera toward that lens because I absolutely love the first generation lens.

 

[sh1209]

They sold fast and the firmware not being updated definitely helped mine sell before others. There are a bunch for sale in DFW. Many waited to long. That’s going to cost them $500 plus on what they will get for it.

Yeah, I think having that earlier firmware definitely expedited your sales or at least that’s my opinion

 

[sh1209]

I'm not overly impressed, I guess I was expecting some brand new features/functions unique to the A1II. Nothing at this point has me reaching for my wallet.

I think one of the biggest letdowns is you have Canon and Nikon with bodies costing $2000 less that have 8K 60 I’m really baffled as to why they did not add this feature. I think I probably would’ve entertained buying it if it would’ve had 8k60. I feel like you do this morning. My wallet is happy lol

 

[arbitrage]

USA price $6,299 USA

Where are you seeing that? Sony and BH have it at $6498

 

[DavidT]

Where are you seeing that? Sony and BH have it at $6498

It came from Jan Wegner’s video. You posted it here.

 

[DavidT]

Another feature for video is S log 3 and you know have eye tracking for birds etc in video. That’s a great addition!

 

[sh1209]

Another feature for video is S log 3 and you know have eye tracking for birds etc in video. That’s a great addition!

All of Sony‘s current cameras have slog 3 to my knowledge or at least the ones I have to my R5 has a tracking and video which is nice

 

[nmerc_photos]

unfortunately I had a work call start right at 9AM so I'm playing catch up.... seems like a lot of disappointment, but the price and features might be enough to get me to swap to Sony.

gotta go read through 100 threads and watch 20 videos now

 

[arbitrage]

Vistek lists CAD price at $8499 and Dec 17th release date

That is a relief as it has the same forex rate as the A1 and not the higher forex that was applied to the A9III.

 

[sh1209]

I haven’t read everything about it yet, but I think the two things that baffle me the most is, no 8K 60 for video and not increasing the frames per second even up to 40 frames per second. I personally do not want more than 30 frames per second, but I know a lot of folks were expecting that and wanting it. I can maybe understand with it being higher resolution not being able to do 60fps but it seems like 40 would have been attainable.

 

[DavidT]

One thing I wonder is why the move away from the gold A and 1 and going to white.

 

[DavidT]

Excited to see the a1MK2 comes with a dual battery charger!!!

Very excited to get the new a1!

 

[sh1209]

One thing I wonder is why the move away from the gold A and 1 and going to white.

I think this among many other things have me scratching my head lol

 

[Louis champan]

Did I miss it, I haven't seen anything about the Buffer size, new battery or new memory cards.

 

[DavidT]

New a1 has focus bracketing/stacking.

 

[DavidT]

Did I miss it, I haven't seen anything about the Buffer size.

No mention by anyone else but I suspect it’s the same.

 

[Wrogu]

Oh wait, USA price is lowe than a1mkI @ launch ?

 

[sh1209]

New a1 has focus bracketing/stacking.

Yeah, I use that all the time in my a 6700 and A7RV. In my opinion, Sony‘s focus bracketing works far better than what Nikon had implemented at least in the Z9 and earlier Z cameras.

 

[sh1209]

It says 30 frames per second on B&H’s site.

 

[sh1209]

It’s undoubtedly a great camera. I don’t think anyone could say that that is not. Having said that, for someone that owns the first generation, I don’t see anything in the specs that make it worth upgrading and losing that much money but that’s just my opinion. I think it would be a far easier decision if it shot 60 frames per second, had a different sensor or some cutting edge technology that’s not in any of their other cameras. It doesn’t check any of those boxes so for me I’m just not going to upgrade. The A7V is one that I will definitely be eyeing once it’s released and if the rumors are correct, I would be just about perfect for my type of shooting.

 

[Jose Raposo]

Vistek lists CAD price at $8499 and Dec 17th release date

That is a relief as it has the same forex rate as the A1 and not the higher forex that was applied to the A9III.

Same price as the original release so I guess that's good news. Interestingly I was informed that they are not accepting orders until Nov 21 when the embargo is released.

 

[DavidT]

Same price as the original release so I guess that's good news. Interestingly I was informed that they are not accepting orders until Nov 21 when the embargo is released.

In the USA it’s tomorrow at 930 eastern time.

 

[daran]

Did I miss it, I haven't seen anything about the Buffer size, new battery or new memory cards.

B&H spec says: "Up to 30 fps at Maximum Resolution for up to 240 Frames (Raw)". They have the mark one at "Up to 30 fps at Maximum Resolution for up to 155 Frames (Raw)". So that is 8s instead of 5s of buffer.

 

[RikWriter]

Since they kept the same price, I will probably wind up getting one within the next few months. The pre-capture and the eye detect auto switch that will automatically change from bird to animal to insect are the deal-makers for me.