Following the release of the new Alpha 1, professional photographers share their experience with the new camera. Cristiano Ostinelli (Destination Wedding Photographer), Cristine Mittermeier (Sony Artisan of Imagery), Jose Silva, Phil Yoon (Alpha Imaging collective ), Kesha Lambert (Sony Artisan of Imagery), Maki Galimberti (Portraitist ), Thomas Lovelock (Spots Photographer)

Hunters of Light: Shot on the NEW α1 | Sony Alpha Films

Next-generation 8K 30p recording

The new image sensor and BIONZ XR engine in the α1 deliver 8K 30p movie recording capability for extraordinary realism. Four times the resolution of 4K  with full Real-time Tracking and Real-time Eye AF functionality. 8K footage is also ideally suited to flexible 4K editing.

The cinematic S-Cinetone look

The α1 includes the same S-Cinetone colour matrix that produces beautiful colour and skin tones in the VENICE, FX6, and other Cinema Line cameras. S-Cinetone delivers natural mid-tones that are essential to healthy-looking skin colour, plus soft colours and gorgeous highlights, responding to a growing need for more expressive depth.

Specifications & Features

With all-new key devices and technology, the α1 offers high resolution and unprecedented speed combined with sensitivity and dynamic range that can bring the creator’s vision to life. All of this is backed up by professional features and workflow that make it possible to deliver stills and movies for a new era of visual communication.

• 50.1MP 35 mm full-frame stacked CMOS sensor with integral memory.
• Advanced BIONZ XR engine boosts speed by up to 8x
• 30fps continuous shooting with AF/AE tracking
• Movie making with 8K 30p and 4K 120p
• Wide AF coverage with 759-point phase-detection and 425-point contrast detection AF points
• Sensor Type: 35mm full frame (35.9 x 24.0mm), Exmor RS CMOS sensor
• Number Of Pixels (Effective): Approx. 50.1 megapixels
• ISO Sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index): Still images: ISO 100-32000 (ISO numbers up from ISO 50 to ISO 102400 can be set as expanded ISO range.), AUTO (ISO 100-12800, selectable lower limit and upper limit), Movies: ISO 100-32000 equivalent, AUTO (ISO 100-12800, selectable lower limit and upper limit)
• Battery Life (Still Images): Approx. 430 shots (Viewfinder) / approx. 530 shots (LCD monitor) (CIPA standard)
• Viewfinder Type: 1.6 cm (0.64 type) electronic viewfinder (color)
• Monitor Type: 7.5cm (3.0-type) type TFT

Product Announcement Alpha 1

MAVO Edge is a brand-new large-format 8K cine camera. With a whole-new carbon fiber camera body, MAVO Edge is equipped with a stunning 8K 75P CMOS imaging sensor and cutting-edge image processing engine, which elevate the Kinefinity camera system to a whole new level. Featuring internal motorized full-spectrum e-ND, more industry-standard ports and dual SSD media slots, the highly integrated MAVO Edge still remains very compact and lightweight. At the same time, Kinefinity brings Apple ProRes RAW to the MAVO Edge as an in-camera codec to make the RAW workflow easier.

Stunning 8K 75P Imaging Sensor

The new 8K imaging sensor on the MAVO Edge is an amazing canvas with 45 million pixels on a 36x24mm full-frame CMOS sensor featuring 800/3200 dual native ISO, 8K Wide up to 75fps and latitude up to 14+ stops. Even at open gate 3:2 , surprisingly this beast can still deliver a gorgeous image of 45 million pixels at up to 48 frames per second. All of these features allow cinematographers to create without boundaries, no matter for feature movies, production with VFX, high-end TV commercial and series, even wild-life documentaries. Not just getting highest resolution for motion pictures, MAVO Edge ensures natural color, pleasing skin tones, low noise, high dynamic range and stunning details in organic and delicate way, cinematically.

In-camera 8K ProRes RAW

MAVO Edge can directly record Apple’s newest ProRes RAW codec which has been highly expected by the video industry from 2018 NAB. From the capture of its 8K CMOS image over the delicate color processing to the 8K ProRes RAW encoding and storage, these complex processes and the ultra-high bandwidth bitrate processing all happen within the compact MAVO Edge body. Aside from this, MAVO Edge also supports in-camera ProRes4444/XQ, ProRes422HQ, and H264 proxy.

Based on the efficient ProRes codec system recognized by Hollywood’s filmmaking industry, Apple Inc. introduced a universal RAW codec which supports the recording of RAW footage, delivers the flexibility of RAW video with the incredible performance of ProRes in a format ideal for high-dynamic-range (HDR) content creation. For now, ProRes RAW can be edited and graded in Apple Final Cut Pro X, Assimilate SCRATCH, Filmlight Baselight and so on. Adobe software is also expected to support ProRes RAW natively this year.

Integration, Convenient to Use

The whole-new integrated carbon fiber body has incorporated the full-spectrum e-ND system, dual SSD slots with blazing-fast NVMe M.2-based KineMAG Nano, comprehensive networking and creative power solution.

MAVO Edge integrated the functions of KineBACK-W into the camera body with numerous professional ports: dual XLR ports for Phantom-powered 48V MIC, dual 1.5G/3G-SDI monitoring outputs with metadata and audio embedded, time code input and output, SYNC, DC Power output, innovative hybrid battery plate with D-Tap ports, and 12V RS port and Lens port (12V) to power the third-party accessories like wireless video transmitter and wireless lens motor directly.

The Kinefinity MAVO Edge will retail for $11,999 USD with a shipping date penned in for Sept 2020, and it can be preordered right now.

• Full-frame 8K sensor (36x24mm CMOS)
• Dual native ISO at 800/3200
• 8K ‘wide’ resolution at up to 75 fps
• Open gate 3:2 8K at up to 48fps
• 6K Wide at up to 100fps
• 4K Wide at up to 160fps
• 14+ stops of dynamic range
• ProRes RAW internal recording