Sony a1 Unboxing : Comparison with Sony a9 II, Canon EOS R5, EOS-1D X Mark III

Sony a1 unboxing video is out. You can watch the Sony a1 unboxing and sniff test from Jared Polin.

A few lucky photographers got their hands on the Sony a1 and the videos are finally starting to roll out. In this video review Jared wanted to give you a first look at the Sony a1 body and do some quick size comparisons between the Sony a9 II, Canon 1DX Mark III and Canon EOS R5. Check it out !

Sony a1 body: $6,498 at Amazon, B&H, Adorama.

Sony a1 Unboxing: vs Sony a9 II, Canon EOS R5, EOS-1D X Mark III

The Sony a1 is scheduled to start shipping on March 4, 2021, and it is expected to be one of the best selling mirrorless cameras in 2021. The price of the high-end full frame mirrorless camera is $6,499 and available at Amazon, B&H, Adorama.

Sony a1 Hands-on Review: 30 FPS Failure, 8K Overheating, Banding, EVF, Eye AF and more

Tony Northrup did spend a couple of days taking pictures with the new Sony Alpha 1, A1 (ILCE-1). He also compared the Sony a1 with the Canon R5, Sony a9 II, Sony a7R IV and the Nikon Z7 II.

If you don’t plan to watch the whole video, you can find a recap of first impressions below.

Gorgeous EVF with no lag that you can track moving birds while continuously shooting without issue
EVF that’s finally equal to an OVF
Larger and higher resolution than the Canon R5
Good handling and the grip might be a little deeper than an a9
Tilt screen that won’t turn to the side
There are weird quirks like dumb stuff in the menus
3 useless FN buttons
Must disable C3 because you press it accidentally a lot
Still has dumb menus even though they are improved
EC still annoying
The shutter can be programmed to protect the sensor from dust
Tracking is awesome with great human eye AF, good Animal eye AF, not great bird eye AF
Best real-time AF yet that is much stickier
Canon has better bird eye AF at this time
Had a lot of out of focus shots with the Sony 600mm f/4
In high mode with a still subject, he got 29-30fps, but in motion, it dropped to 19fps and with third party glass he got 15fps this is due to if the lens motor can keep up
No detectable rolling shutter for stills
Banding is very under control, but it is not entirely fixed especially under artificial lights with a fast shutter speed
Buffer clears immediately and was able to take 260frames in 11 seconds shooting to two cards without an issue and when the buffer is full the camera only drops to about 10fps
Battery life is excellent shot 5500 shots shooting birds and the battery was at 69% than did 23 min of 8k which burned through 17% of the battery
Sony Flash E-shutter 1/200th and M-Shutter 1/400th work fine and the camera will auto switch to HSS when you go above
Generic flash would only sync with a mechanical shutter to 1/250th
Godox designed for Sony worked like a Sony flash
Standard overheating will shut the camera down after 16 min of filming with a warning at 15 min
If you turn off overheating protection the camera doesn’t shut down and he recorded for an hr and twenty minutes
Testing will continue
Canon R5 keeps up with the A1 better than you would think

Bonus Pack : Shutter sound comparison of α7, α7II, α7III, α9, α9II

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The Sony a1 is a high-end full-frame mirrorless camera that was officially announced on January 26th, 2021. Here is a free in-stock tracvker tool for Sony a1 Pre-order, Availability.