Sony A1 Review by Ken Rockwell

Sony A1 Review by Ken Rockwell

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[sosomelodies]

No shutter speed dial and no ISO dial? Sir all those dials can be remapped to do anything you want. Do you need them to be engraved? Your beloved Canon R5 doesn't have dedicated shutter speed and ISO dials either.

[mertmehmed]

Ken: It's a digital camera, so you will throw it away in a few years
Me, who uses a 10-year-old Nikon D600 I bought last year for 400$ and am still happy with it: Throw it here, I will catch it

[XperiaVideosCR]

It's always funny to see what other photographers think about a camera. I love the Sony ergonomics (not their menus at all) also, I don't agree that this is not a pro camera.

[dylanfgarrison]

This is the ultimate hybrid and I feel like you’re missing that when you talk about the weight and plastic. If you need high resolution but you also need 4K 120p 10 bit in a light body on a gimble then this camera is perfect… and the only one in existence.

[Ittiz]

The increase in image quality at hi ISOs amazes me. I got a Nikon D90 back in the day. The max ISO I could shoot at was 640. Above that the image was horrible. I recently got a Nikon D7500, I can bring the ISO up to 6400 before I start to see the same amount of image degradation. Feels very liberating in low light conditions.

[greyhoundrick]

Watch this review and then watch Mark Galer’s review. Two guys who know a tremendous amount about photography with drastically different opinions on the Sony a1

[johnSchmitt]

Ken - for you to say this is NOT a PRO level camera is a JOKE! you are the only legitimate camera reviewer on YouTube that would be crazy enough to say this!

[patbollin]

I totally get the ergonomics concern. I’ve been shooting Canon for about 10 years, and they feel fantastic in the hand. Sony’s feel okay in the hand, but the hard edges were definitely a sticking point when I was deciding to try them. That said, if ergonomics and handling include button and dial placement then the a7siii and a1 felt super easy and natural to me from the jump.

[johngaspar]

Question for you KR. Since you're all about color. What color do you get when mix all the color spectrum? 0:32

[DerpiestDerp-Derpo]

Hi Ken
Between Sony a1 and canon r3 which is better in your opinion? If you want to pick only one.

[patbollin]

Separate topic, Sony menus were always an issue for me that kept me away from their cameras, but the new menus in the a7siii and a1 took me all of an hour and a half to learn with the help of the manual and a few YouTube videos. I honestly can’t understand why these menus would be so hard to parse.

[orshanti]

so i understand you still preffer the R5? right?

[billx]

Ken, what do you think, this vs canon for colors? Me, i still like canon colors more, what about you? Thx.

[MaximDupliy]

Hello Ken. Tell me please, what do you think of the AF accuracy/pickup acwuisition speed of 1Dx iii and R6 ? I ask because you didn't have a review of 1Dx iii reviewing it's AF and other capabilities. I whish you had some video of R6 and 1Dx iii reviewed.

[micThurrr]

Ken I'd argue that a professional has the storage, bandwidth, and compute to not even notice the difference between using JPEG and RAW.

[taestell]

Love the no-nonsense style of Ken's videos. Every word spoken is there for a reason.

[kerder]

I just spent 4 last months in Mexico more than a month in Mexico City.. Did u see San Ángel, Coyoacán Polanco.. How many pics u took I have 9k & 27 cities..

[oldtechnology]

I agree with you that is important to get good guess out of camera what the final image should look like. But still i like to have that RAW so i can change my mind later.

[_CharlieHarper]

Super video ! I would like to know your opinion : concerning the "vivid colors", how would you compare the Fujifilm GFX 100s and the A1?

[panagiotispantazidis]

very good review one of the best mayby the best take on sony a1 hope the sony creators are watching