SONY ALPHA 1

Let me get it out of the way first – there’s never been a camera quite like this. From its monster 50MP sensor, 30 fps second shooting, huge and high-res electronic viewfinder, 8K (10-bit 4:2:0) video capture that uses the full sensor and remarkably a body no bigger than any of the other Alpha series cameras, Sony has laid down the gauntlet by throwing everything including the kitchen sink at the Alpha 1 (I’ll call it the A1 from here on in).

To put it simply, it’s a technical marvel, and the kind of camera that would have been the stuff of dreams just a few years ago. But then again as the saying goes, dreams are free, and when the cold light of day hits you can’t escape the fact