Sony Alpha 1 II Event
Sony Alpha 1 II event has been announced. It’s happening next week on November 19th, 2024 in NYC. Following the event, is Creative Space where attendees should expect to get their hands on the Alpha I Mark II.
The Alpha 1 (buy direct from Sony for $6499 or B&H or Amazon) is my personal camera and I’ve been shooting with it ever since the launch in 2021. I have no insight onto what to expect from a Mark II, other than the likelihood of an AI chip.
When the Alpha 1 launched, Neal Manowitz, President and COO at Sony Electronics told me
…our purpose is to fill the world with emotion through the power of creativity and technology.
I’m sure the second version of their flagship they’ll do the same with even more power. It’s also worth noting that this is the first time Sony has announced what a product is before the launch. Why did they do that? I don’t know. I’ll be in NYC for Creative Space and will ask to find out.
As a refresher, here are the Alpha One specs.
Sony Alpha 1 Camera Highlights
Accordingly, they are
- 50.1-megapixel full-frame stacked Exmor RS CMOS sensor
- Upgraded BIONZ XR processing engine
- 30FPS blackout-free continuous shooting
- 120 AF/AE calculations per second
- Double the AF speed of the Alpha 9 II
- Bright, large, 240fps refresh rate. 0.64-type 9.44 million-dot OLED Quad-XGA EVF
- Silent, vibration-free electronic shutter
- Anti-flicker shooting with the mechanical and electronic shutter
- Electronic shutter flash sync up to 1/200 sec.
- World’s fastest mechanical shutter flash sync up to 1/400 sec.
- 8K 30p 10-bit 4:2:0 XAVC HS video recording with 8.6K oversampling
- 4K 120p 10-bit 4:2:2 movie shooting capabilities
- Wide dynamic range of 15 stops for stills
- 15+ stops for video
- Improved Real-time Eye AF for humans and animals, and
- Real-time Eye AF for birds
- Tenacious Real-time Tracking that automatically maintains accurate focus
- 5-axis optical in-body image stabilization for a 5.5-step[xii] shutter speed advantage
- S-Cinetone color matrix as seen in FX9 and FX6 to deliver an expressive cinematic look
- Like the a9 II, professional workflow support with the industry’s fastest built-in Wi-Fi, SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps, 1000BASE-T Ethernet and more