Sony just announced their new latest and greatest camera, and also I think it's their new line up, the Sony Alpha 1. They are calling it "1" for a reason, that they combined the resolution with the speed into one single body.
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IMAGE SENSOR : There is a newly developed back illuminated CMOS stack image sensor called Exmor RS, this is a huge 50 mega pixel full frame sensor and also newly developed dual image processor BIONZ XR, with the help of this you will get 50mp full frame image quality at 30 frame per second.
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This sensor has a ISO range of 100 - 32000 and expandable upto 50 - 102400. It can support upto 15 stops of dynamic range for smooth transition from Shadow to Highlight.
The Exposure Calculation and Auto focus
Calculation is great in this body. It can adjust Auto Focus and Auto Exposure at 120 times per second. No matter what are the settings of continuous shooting.
This body has no Black Out in Continuous mood, so you can adjust your composition more accurately.
VIEW FINDER: This body has a electronic view finder, which has a 9.44 million dot pixel for high resolution. The view finder magnification is 0.90x. it has a 41° diagonal FOV, and 25mm eye point. To track high speed subject it has a 240fps refresh rate for smooth tracking. It also has a new feature, No Lag for pan shot or slow shutter speed.
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SHUTTER : This body has both Mechanical and Electronic Shutter, for silent shooting. This is a newly developed first shutter so you will get less distortion. They are also bring anti flickering photography with the silent shutter, so you can use silent shutter in a place of artificial lights.
They aslo bring Flash Photography with Electronic Shutter, which was only possible with mechanical Shutter. They also change the Flash Synchronisation after a long time.
With Dual Driven Shutter you can now go upto 1/400 using Flash in Full Frame mood and 1/500 in APSC (crop mode) Mode.
Autofocus: They improved the AI autofocus. Now you will get a 759 AF point, 92% coverage of the screen. They also improved AI eye tracking for Human and Animals, now you will get better Real Time Eye AF for Humans and Animals. This camera can aslo do AF tracking at F22 for slow shutter or Pan shot.
VIDEO FEATURE : This body is not only for Photography but it also made for Video or cinematography.
With this 50mp sensor you can shoot maximum 8k resolution at 30fps. You can aslo shoot 4k 120fps for slow motion at 10 bit 4.2.2 for maximum details. When you shoot 4k in SUPER 35 mode it will over sample from 5.8k for great details, no pixel binning. The Real Time AF can work even when you are shooting in 8k. It has S-Cinetone which is popular in Cinema line up cameras.
With S-log 3 you will get 10 bit 15+ dynamic range and HLG (hybrid log Gamma) supporting B.T 2020, and the results will be good for videography. Creative look can be use for quick share. And aslo if you use a HDMI type A cable you will get 16bit of raw.
This body has 5 axis in build image stabilization, 5.5 step advantage. And with the stabilize lens this can be go upto 5.5 axis stabilization. And Active mode image stabilization along with the 5 axis stabilization you will get a smooth result for handheld shooting.
OTHER FEATURES :
With newly design heat dissipating structure you can extend your shooting time maximum of 30 minutes in 8k or 4k 60p, in normal temperature (25°C).
This body has the same hot shoe as the Sony A7s mark iii. It means digital audio transmission, with power supply without the cable.
They introduced new file formats lossless raw compression and 10bit HEIF for better flexibility they also added new "Light jpeg" and in camera crop function for faster and quicker share.
BODY : you can use a Z battery with vertical grip for longer use. They improved the Dust and Moisture resistance in this body, with Durable Magnesium Alloy Chassy and high reliability Mechanical Shutter. And it also has the same E-Mount.
This camera can support CF express type A and UHS-ii SDXC card, for faster read out. With their new touch operative UI. The body has a 164 function assignable to 17 keys and dials. And independent settings for movies and stills.
It also has a 11ac dial MIMO antenna for stable communication. It has a USB 3.2 with maximum speed of 10Gbps, and a wired LAN port ( 1000BASE T-LAN) for faster transfer.