I still remember the sony alpha 1 launched in March this year, when I was attracted by powerful parameters, 30 continuous shots per second, 51 million pixels, can shoot 8K and 4K120P video and other powerful features, viral let me can't extricate myself, say what to do with the perfect model in my heart.
When it comes to buying an Alpha 1, this is not a belief, it is really a need for such a machine, because in many cases we landscape photographers will go to some polar regions, such as Tibet, Xinjiang and other places, these areas have high altitude areas, and it takes strong physical support to shoot these scenery. And the weight of the equipment becomes a meticulous household chore for every photographer. Although many times we drive to the destination to shoot, but occasionally we will climb high-altitude mountain shooting points, which brings a great test to our weight, even if it is a terrible weight, so at this time I need not only a high-pixel machine, but also a machine that can record high specifications and high frame rates. At this moment, the Sony Alpha 1 appeared, eliminating the need for me to worry about carrying multiple machines in order to shoot polar scenes, so I bought this micro-single machine emperor at the first time on the market.
I had a Sony A7RM3 and an A7RM4 in my hand before, and it should be said that the A7RM4 is currently sony's highest pixel, 61 million pixels. After getting into Alpha 1, I got out of the A7RM3 and A7RM4 and replaced it with a combination of Alpha 1 and A7SM3, so that I usually go to the polar high altitude areas, and I will take Alpha 1 with me when I need to fight alone, and I will take two machines and multiple lenses with me when I don't need strong physical strength.
Without further ado, here are some of the works I created with Alpha 1, which also include scenes from spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
Shot in Ali Geji County, lens 24-1.4, f/1.4, 10s, iso6400. Ali should be a paradise for star lovers, reaching out to pick stars. Overnight in Geji County, go out to find a rock for the foreground, because there is no light pollution, the starry sky here is brilliant, the air shines, and the starry sky and atmospheric glow can be perfectly photographed with high iso
Photographed on benxi roadside, lens 12-24, f/13, 1s, iso100. Because the forest is relatively weak in light and shadow, so even if the aperture is at f/13 during the day, you can still get a slower shutter speed, generally shooting streams I like to control the shutter at about 1 second, so that the advantage of shooting is that the water flow has details, and the slight wind leaves will not be pasted
The above is some of the natural scenery works I took with Alpha 1 to share, in fact, occasionally also photographed some wild animals, here is not to share one by one, if you have the opportunity to share some wild animal works with you in the next issue, in fact, 30 seconds of continuous shooting, to be honest, needless to say that everyone can appreciate, in the shooting of high-speed dynamic themes, this is already the ceiling, strong eye focus has a decisive role in shooting dynamic tracking objects, of course, must cooperate with Sony's own Type A Card in order to play the greatest advantage, otherwise the general memory card can not achieve high-speed continuous shooting storage. Insert the Type A card, you can get VIP-like service, you can safely press the shutter, if you are willing to hold the shutter, then the 160G card will be shot in less than 1 minute. I give you an account, a raw 100mb, 1 second 30 x 100mb = 3GB material, 10 seconds is 30 G, 60 seconds perfect 180G burst card, haha. That's speed. Of course, Alpha 1 is also the same as some cars, coarse grains can be eaten, the card slot also supports ordinary SD cards, so that we can put a high-speed card in a card slot, a card slot to put a large-capacity 512GB ordinary card, shooting scenery and delay when set as a card 2 ordinary card, and shooting 8K or 4K120P, or high-speed continuous shooting of wild animals and other subjects when using card 1 to store. It's still very heartwarming.
Compared with the previous R4 and R3, the Alpha 1's grip is also superior, the handle is relatively thick, and the focus and shutter release keyboard that are as exclusive as the a9ii in the upper part of the fuselage are really super easy to use, and you can quickly switch shutter mode and focus mode without entering the menu. Then I would like to praise the function of turning off the shutter curtain drop, which greatly protects the CMOS from falling into the dust when changing the lens outdoors.
More functions need to be experienced by everyone themselves, I will not introduce more, and finally give you a word, not a good camera to produce good works, but a good camera can help you maximize the work you want.
Photography and text / Guan Xiaodong