The Alpha 1 is Sony’s new flagship camera with monstrous specs and a $6,500 price
Image: Sony Sony has today announced its most advanced mirrorless camera yet: the $6,500 Alpha 1 features a new 50.1-megapixel full-frame sensor, is capable of continuous photo shooting at 30 images per second, and can record 8K video at 30fps. It'll ship beginning in March.
The powerhouse camera is priced significantly above the highest-end mirrorless cameras from Canon and Nikon, but Sony promises that customers who buy in will be rewarded with the most technologically advanced, innovative camera" it's ever made.
It sounds like a dream for sports and action photographers: even with its large sensor, Sony says the buffer lets you shoot up to 155 full-frame compressed RAW images or 165 full-frame JPEG images at up to 30 frames per second with the...