The New Sony Alpha 1 with 50 MP and 8K Recording

Sony continues to bet on the mirrorless DSLR model with the new Sony Alpha 1 combining speed, resolution, and intuitive operation. It’s a model with a full-frame sensor featuring 50.1 megapixels of resolution.

With the aim of pushing the limits of content creation, Sony wants to offer the most powerful tools, and the Sony Alpha 1 is the most capable to date, prepared to offer new workflows with unprecedented quality and performance.

They have equipped the new camera with a full-frame stacked Exmor RS™ CMOS sensor. This backside-illuminated sensor features a stacked structure that helps achieve high resolution and speed. Combined with the power of the new BIONZ XR image processor, it increases processing power up to 8 times, resulting in high-quality images. So much so that one of the most notable features of the Sony Alpha 1 is its ability to record video at 30 frames per second in 8K.

Video 8K at 30 fps with a color depth of 10 bits and 4:2:0 sampling or 4K video recording at 120 fps with the same color depth of 10 bits but 4:2:2 sampling in XAVC HS format. Hence, the Japanese brand wants to push the limits of creation. To these new video capabilities, we must add the compatibility with interchangeable lenses as it features an E-mount. In addition to having Sony’s logarithmic curves S-Log2 and S-Log3, for HDR HLG video it now also supports the BT.2020 color space. It has a wide dynamic range with variable ISO from 100-32,000 and expandable to 50-102400 ISO.

Sony has used recognition technology to provide unparalleled autofocus. It features various autofocus functions such as Eye AF, capable of detecting and tracking birds’ eyes, but where it has improved is in the design of the AF tracking with phase detection and sensitive focal plane, fast and accurate. It has 759 phase-detection points covering 92% of the image that can be manually selected.

We also highlight the new electronic viewfinder with a 0.64-inch OLED screen, a resolution of 9.44 million dots, and an impressive 240 fps refresh rate thanks to the pioneering UXGA FOV system. Speaking of the LCD, it is removable to adapt to the recording angle and has a resolution of 1,440,000 dots concentrated in a 3-inch screen.

The new Sony Alpha 1 will be available from March, and yes, the body price will be higher than usual at 7,300 euros.