Spec comparison between the new Sony a1II and other flagship cameras

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Preorder links:
Sony A1II at  BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy, FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, Calumet, WexUK, Clifton, CameraPro. Sony Australia.
Sony 28-70mm f/2.0 GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy, FotoErhardt, Fotokoch, Calumet, WexUK, Clifton, CameraPro. Sony Australia.

You can use the BH comparison tool to check out the specs:

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Review of the new OWC Atlas Pro 4.0 CFexpress Type A

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Shawn C. Steiner from Explora tested the new new generation of CFexpress Type A cards from OWC:

Shawn writes:

Looking at OWC’s documentation, you will see that the Atlas Pro cards are tested to offer 400 MB/s sustained write speeds. That is more than enough for all the cameras that currently support Type A cards.
There is one note with speed. Technically, the Atlas Pro cards are only rated to VPG200. This is more than enough for even the top high frame rate options of the FX3 and FX6 even though they might not be rated at the top speeds of competing cards. The CFexpress 4.0 technology more than makes up for this with real-world performance. Per OWC, these cards are designed for sequential writes since that is how cameras operate.
Testing it myself through my go-to tool Blackmagic Disk Speed Test and using a USB4 reader on an M3 MacBook Pro, I was able to get consistent results of >1500 MB/s for both write and read speeds. Using the same test for a last-gen CFx Type A card I was only getting half that. You will potentially halve the amount of time it takes to get your media off your cards and onto your drive.

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Super deal: Sigma 28-105mm f/2.8 for $1299 at Adorama, Sirui 85mm f/1.4 for $499

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BLACK FRIDAY deals on those pages at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.

Today we got three new hot deals:

 

Sony Camera Holiday deals:

Sony Lens Holiday deals:

SD and CFexpress cards deals:

Software deals:

Storage deals:

  • 15% off on the WD 20TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive at Amazon and BHphoto.
  • 25% off on the WD 22TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive at Amazon and BHphoto.
  • 39% off on the Crucial X10 Pro 1TB Portable SSD sold by Amazon and BHphoto.
  • 47% off on the SAMSUNG T7 Shield 2TB Portable SSD sold by Amazon and BHphoto.
  • 29% off on the SanDisk 8TB Desk Drive SSD at Amazon and BHphoto.
  • 36% off on the SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD at Amazon and BHphoto.
  • 20% off on the LaCie Rugged Mini 2TB External Hard Drive at Amazon and BHphoto.

Third party accessories:

Third party E-mount lenses:

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New Black Friday deal: 20% off on all reconditioned Sony gear at Amazon US

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Amazon is now offering up to 20% off on all reconditioned gear. You can find all electronics deal on this page and all Sony related deals on this page. Some special mentions:

BLACK FRIDAY deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES, Amazon NL, Amazon AUS.

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PetaPixel: Grading Every Camera Maker: 2024 FINAL Review

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This has been a relatively slow year for Sony. With only 2 cameras announced (ZV-E10II and Sony A1II) and 5 lenses (28-70GM, 85GM, 16-50PZII, 16-25G and 25-50G). By comparison in 2023 we got:
Cameras: A9III, A7cR, A7cII, ZV-E1, ZV-1II
Lenses: 300GM, 16-35GMII, 70-200GII, 50GM, 20-70G.

It has happened in the past that Sony has had a weak year, usually followed by a year with numerous camera announcements… so we have high hopes for 2025 and I will soon write an article (and a Youtube video) about what we can expect.

But back to 2024: Petapixel-TV tried to rank the camera/lens releases of 2024 for each company. Sony still managed to score well, mainly because of their great lens releases. They also review the Sony A1II, which they say is a very solid release whose only ‘problem’ is the camera’s high price.

Let me know in the comments section if you agree with the reviews. My task now is to buckle up for the 2025 rumor era. With the Sony A7V and the new FX9 successor coming out very soon, we’re going to have a lot of exciting things to talk about!

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