The Sony α1 is a
full-frame mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera by
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professiona ...
that was announced on January 27, 2021.
The α1 was announced together with the
Xperia Pro smartphone, which can be used as an
HDR monitor and a
5G transmitter. The camera became available in March 2021 starting at US$6500 and is aimed at professional photographers and videographers, covering wildlife, sports, action and landscape.
Features
* New 50.1MP
Exmor RS
Exmor is the name of a technology Sony implemented on some of their CMOS image sensors. It performs on-chip analog/digital signal conversion and two-step noise reduction in parallel on each column of the CMOS sensor.
Exmor RS is the world's ...
stacked
BSI CMOS sensor
*30.0
fps shooting with 165
JPEG image buffer (or 155 compressed
RAW)
*120 times per second
AF and
AE calculation
* Improved electronic shutter with 1.5× less
rolling shutter
Rolling shutter is a method of image capture in which a still picture (in a still camera) or each frame of a video (in a video camera) is captured not by taking a snapshot of the entire scene at a single instant in time but rather by scanning ...
* 5-axis
in-body image stabilization
Image stabilization (IS) is a family of techniques that reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera or other imaging device during exposure.
Generally, it compensates for pan and tilt (angular movement, equivalent to yaw and pit ...
*
8K30p and
4K120p video
* 240 Hz
OLED
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED or organic LED), also known as organic electroluminescent (organic EL) diode, is a light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive electroluminescent layer is a film of organic compound that emits light i ...
electronic viewfinder
* Expanded ISO 50–102,400
*
Multi Interface Shoe
The Multi Interface Shoe ( MI Shoe or MIS) is a proprietary camera hotshoe introduced by Sony in 2012, replacing an assortment of other proprietary hotshoes used by Sony in various types of cameras in the past.
Overview
The ''Multi Interfac ...
with digital audio interface
* New heat dissipation structure for >30 minute 8K30p/4k60p recording
* Improved dust and moisture resistance
See also
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List of Sony E-mount cameras
Sony released the following E-mount cameras since 2010. The E stands for the Eighteen mm flange distances of the E-mount cameras. Depending on type and model E-mount cameras are part of the Sony α, SmartShot, Handycam, NXCAM or XDCAM systems.
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Sony α9
The Sony α9 (the α is sometimes spelled out as Alpha), Model ILCE-9, is a full-frame mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera. It was Sony's flagship camera as of 2017. The camera is not the successor to the α7 line of digital cameras but supple ...
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Full product specifications
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α1
Full-frame mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras
Cameras introduced in 2021