Sony a1 – 8k mirrorless camera

Jan 28 2021

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Sony was first company in 1980′ s to bring alternate recording medium   other than film, it stated it as Electronic Cinematography using high end video tapes.

Then Sony become brand leader with its flagship mirrorless cameras termed as Alpha series., with its full frame sensor, higher iso recording facility, better auto focus and stabilization features made it big both consumers and professionals.

Sony had expanded its hand in Digital professional cinema cameras with F series.

Recently 8 k resolution is becoming another standard resolution after 4k especially with emerging 8k television and trial broadcast.

Sony has announced a 8 k mirrorless camera model named as Alpha one.

new 50-megapixel Exmor RS stacked CMOS sensor and the cutting-edge Bionz XR processor.

The Sony a1 offers an impressive 8k/30p in 10-bit along with the ability to shoot 4k/120p in 10-bit color depth with 15+ stops of dynamic range (15 stops for stills). It also features the same S-Cinetone color matrix as seen on the FX9 and FX6 to give you that amazing cinematic look everyone always wants. You can also record using the built-in image stabilization that will give you 5 axis stabilization with a 5.5 step shutter speed advantage. The Sony a1 also features a unique heat dissipating structure that allows the camera to shoot 8K/30p for up to 30-minutes while maintaining the small body form found with the other Sony full-frame mirrorless cameras in their lineup.

Raw video recording is possible with connecting hdmi frin camera to third party external monitor/recorder.

Other interesting features include the camera offers the world’s first anti-flicker shooting with both the mechanical shutter and Electronic shutter.

Sony A1 Key Features and Specs

  • New 50.1-megapixel full-frame stacked Exmor RS CMOS image sensor
  • Native ISO range of 100-32,000, expandable to 50-102,400
  • Sony promises improved colors, tones and gradation with new sensor and processing engine
  • Stated 15-stop dynamic range
  • Upgraded Bionz XR image processor
  • Blackout-free continuous shooting at up to 30 frames per second
  • Up to 120 AF/AE calculations per second
  • Hybrid AF system with 759 PDAF points and 425 CDAF points
  • AF system delivers 92% image area coverage
  • Bright, large 0.64-type OLED EVF with 9.44M dots and 240fps refresh rate
  • Improved silent, vibration-free electronic shutter
  • New carbon fiber mechanical shutter
  • Anti-flicker shooting with both shutters
  • Electronic flash sync of 1/200s, mechanical flash sync of 1/400s (up to 1/500s in APS-C)
  • 8K/30p video
  • 4K/120p video
  • Industry’s fastest built-in Wi-Fi
  • Includes built-in 1000BASE-T Ethernet

Apart from these it has IR white balance sensor. This promises improved white balance accuracy, particularly under fluorescent, LED, or other artificial light sources.

Price should be around 5 lakhs.

CJ Rajkumar

Author/ Cinematographer.

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