New Sony Flagship A1 Announced

[Biro]

Sony has finally announced its new flagship camera. It looks like a great piece. But, at $6,500 U.S., it is clearly targeting professionals - and those who require high-quality video at that...

https://www.dpreview.com/news/20496...0mp-full-frame-camera-capable-of-30fps-and-8k

 

[Tipton]

I looked at the announcement video - amazing camera, basically unifying the A7 and A9 lines. Would love to have one. But too expensive for enthusiast photography. You have to be actually making money to justify that. (this is not a knock against the camera, or Sony, it is what it is.)

 

[WoodWorks]

Heck, I still haven't been able to justify springing for an A7RIV (or RIII for that matter), but once I hit the lottery!

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Still cheaper than the last sewing machine I bought for my wife. Maybe I could use that as an excuse to get one.

 

[davect01]

An exciting camera I will never own. ;-)

 

[TedG954]

Still cheaper than the last sewing machine I bought for my wife. Maybe I could use that as an excuse to get one.

Next time you bend over and split your pants......... what's a camera going to do for you?

 

[WNG]

Still cheaper than the last sewing machine I bought for my wife. Maybe I could use that as an excuse to get one.

Yeah but you better be able to produce results comparable to her incredible quilts!!

 

[Petrochemist]

Next time you bend over and split your pants......... what's a camera going to do for you?

Perhaps record the results for the rest of us to laugh at?
Well maybe only if someone else is holding the camera at the time...

 

[somnambulist_squirrel]

I love that this thread, on our beloved Sony enthusiast forum, takes split pants more seriously than the $6500, unobtanium-frame, lightspeed AF, realer-than-life predictive video, catches the shot you didn’t know you wanted, flagship marquis holy grail new camera!

 

[Ad Dieleman]

Making exactly € 0 with my photography I'll never be able to justify any serious camera, let alone the A1. But will I get one? Fairly likely so, to me it seems to be the ultimate do-it-all camera. Bonus points for the compressed lossless raw files. No real difficulties expected with the board of management here as this camera is obviously the camera for any grandchildren in our future. And if I'm quick I'll still get a decent trade-in price for my A7R4. Heck, this thing is cheaper than a Leica M10!

 

[Petrochemist]

I love that this thread, on our beloved Sony enthusiast forum, takes split pants more seriously than the $6500, unobtanium-frame, lightspeed AF, realer-than-life predictive video, catches the shot you didn’t know you wanted, flagship marquis holy grail new camera!

It's not that we wouldn't like an A1, it's just split pants are much more within our field of familiarity.
Baring a very big lottery win I'm likely to have several more pairs of pants split before I stand a chance of getting the A1.

 

[Tipton]

But does the $6500 US wonder camera have GPS? That is the question..

 

[Ad Dieleman]

But does the $6500 US wonder camera have GPS? That is the question..

I think I remember that GPS is not built-in but can be included into the EXIF by means of a Bluetooth connection with a phone. That would be the same as for the A7R4, which I habitually connect with my iPhone.

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Yeah but you better be able to produce results comparable to her incredible quilts!!

And therein lies the problem.
I can't come close to the results she gets out of her machines, and freely admit that.


Oh, and I've never split my pants either.

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

After reading the specs more closely, this might be the perfect camera for taking videos of the grand kids. We have twin boys coming in April/May time frame so lots of time to work on Grandma for permission to get one.

 

[serhan]

 

[Richard Crowe]

Would I like to own this camera - CERTAINLY!
Will I purchase it, not at all likely because of the monumental price tag.
The blue sky behind the dark cloud of a $6.5K USD price tag is that the innovations of higher price Sony cameras often work heir way down to the lower priced models.

 

[WoodWorks]

The blue sky behind the dark cloud of a $6.5K USD price tag is that the innovations of higher price Sony cameras often work their way down to the lower priced models.

If that EVF works its way down to, say, the A7RV, it may just cause me to open my wallet.

 

[Biro]

Something else, I've noted: Purchasing an A1 may mean one has to upgrade lenses. Apparently, some older Sony lenses and most third-party lenses cannot make full use of the camera's 30 fps burst ability.

 

[bdbits]

Resolution can factor into it as well. I found even going from 24mp to 42mp some of my legacy glass was perceptibly softer.

I guess if you can afford/justify the camera, you can probably afford/justify the lenses to go with it. Especially professional photographers.