01-27-2021, 10:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-27-2021, 10:16 AM by Brightcolours.)
(01-27-2021, 09:08 AM)davidmanze Wrote: Sadly the body size stays the same ........... the key points are the frame rate in ES and the refresh rate (240 fps) with a 1.5X increase in sensor readout speed ...... ie. tracking fast objects will be closer to real time ......
......... giving an experience more akin to an OVF ........ yay!
......... Sony unfortunately are limited with that their mount which is small for a FF MLC ..... limiting the Ibis's ability for movement ...... hence they implement slight crop for their super stable movie modes (cropping out the dark corners) ...... maybe one day that mount will come back to haunt them?
All in all it's a massive upgrade in every department ..... ....
Some are complaining at the price ....... I think it's reasonable for a do it all camera that's not not likely to go out of date!
You are probably right about the IBIS being limited by the very narrow mount. But especially in the video IBIS implementation Sony probably could improve things with better algorithms? The difference with the R6 and R5's IBIS is night and day, at least in video. Also Nikon appears to do a better IBIS than Sony with IBIS + OSS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKKaw7B3LVU
I don't know if I can see a difference between 120Hz and 240Zz refresh rate with OVFs, I would have to try that. I do know that I have little issue with the (lower) refresh rate of my MacBook Air or even EOS M (back LCD), but with EVFs I find earlier Sony EVFs unusable, and even find the few 60fps EVFs I have looked through "restless". I have not tried to look through an EOS R5 120 FPS EVF yet (due to corona).
I do see that the high EVF refresh rate setting (240Hz)of the A1 lowers the EVF resolution to the R5 and A7R IV EVF resolution, similar to what that A7R IV does when set to its high (100Hz) setting.
I do find the price a bit high, compared to a Canon 1D X mk III, Nikon D6 (those have expensive bodies, expensive OVFs/prisms, expensive PD AF sensors/optics/electronics/mirror assemblies) and Canon EOS R5 and Sony A7R IV. I find the price of this Sony A1 a steal though, compared to a Leica SL2-S
