Sony A1

"I know sony is gonna shock us with some amazing specs with the Sony A1 Mark ii" Sony indeed did shock everyone, with how mediocre the specs were after 4 years. [...] The A1 mark i did indeed become sony's best value-ed camera.

To me, the complaints of not giving enough firmware updates for the Sony A1 camera is senseless because it was an already finished product ahead of Canon and Nikon. Canon and Nikon brought out cameras that were unfinished because they needed to give their diehard customers something to compete against Sony. The Sony A1 was cram packed and most likely didn't have enough internal high-speed memory for a pre-capture upgrade. Sony customers have forgotten, Sony forced Canon and Nikon into the mirrorless camera market and Sony has forced Canon and Nikon into making much better products. Yes, the Sony A1 is expensive but it is without a doubt one of the greatest cameras available even 4 years later. I bought a Sony A7R4 and when I had some pictures ruined from the rolling shutter effect, I decided to purchase a Sony A1 Camera. The Sony A1 had much better focus and unperceivable rolling shutter. The Sony A1 was a huge improvement over the A7R4 and well worth the extra money, period.

[...] I've saved my money for almost 9 months (cutting lots of fun out during that time) and today I get my first mirrorless camera (Sony A1), I'm so excited about it that I took the day off from work in anticipation of it's arrival!

I got my Sony a1 back in June of last year. [...] the biggest attraction for me was it's ability to lock Eyes on Birds which previous Sony Cameras did not have. Being a Bird Photographer first, it was a major need to make it easier to get the photo I hope to get at the moment. All of this alongside it's 50mp which is great to crop or show a lot of detail as well as it's 30fps in Compressed RAW in which is the Format I have used in A9II and it really helped have a higher chance to get that moment. [...] the a1 may be an Expensive Camera, but I find it's worth every penny.

I own the A1 and the Z9 and I love both, but the A1 wins out. Lighter, better AF no matter how many FW updates Nikon spits out, and sharper right out of the camera. I might have to do a little more post processing with the Sony colors but I rather that than have to worry about tack sharp eye focus with the Nikon.

[...] Sony A1-ii with all the new features and better bodies but price tag is at $6,500.00 USD. Sony A1 can still compete while lacking some specs and features, but the $5,500.00 USD price tag is a game changer. Actually, if you wait for holiday sales, A1 will drop down to $5,000.00 USD price tag. Hopefully one day I'll be able to pick up 3x Sony A1 in the future now that their price tag is far more affordable. [...]

[...] i wasted so much money on that camera and it simply does not work. [...] For video, i can barely use it as a b cam because it overheats too much, last year in the summer it overheated in 8k and 4k so fast i could barely do my interview job. I wanted the A1 to work because the specs are exactly what i want and need, a nice high resolution b cam, and a great photo cam ... [...]

[...] The zoom and constant aperture helped for v-ball. [...] I think to really shoot indoor v-ball well requires a specialized high-end sports camera like the Sony A9-II matched with a 300-600mm f2.8 premium lens. I was shooting with a Sony A1 which is a great all-around top pro camera with fantastic auto-focus ($6k when new) but the A1 was the generation before the flagship cameras came with buffer pre-record which is the killer feature for v-ball. That feature loop records a second or so of full res frames at 20fps so that when you press the shutter button it saves frames up to a second back in time. [...]

Thank you. I have been using OM-1 Mk II and the OM 150-400 f4.5 for a couple years but the recent peregrine falcon shots were with the Sony a1 and Sony 300 f2.8

Voigtlander cameras remain a day dream for me, though I have used a Bessa L for many years a while back. Right now, I shoot most everything with Voigtlander glass on my Sony A1

I would really appreciate your advice on which one I should go for: a used Sony A1, the Sony A9 III, or the Canon R5C. I’m mainly interested in shooting video, but I might also explore making money as a photographer.