Sony A1 “major” firmware update coming soon

[iamdlewis]

From: Andrea Pizzini Photography - The Alpha Rumors admin

Sony A1 “major” firmware update coming soon!

I have no details about WHAT new features we will get. But I have been told this is a “major” release which includes new features and not only pure bug fixes!

www.youtube.com

TLDW - Update to be announced before the end of the year, no details yet but way more than a bug fix release. This also means that an A1ii is less likely in the near to mid future

 

[spudhead]

Maybe they have to do it before the a9iii so the a1 stays in front?

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Link to article and same video at SAR:

sonyalpharumors – Sony Digital Camera News

www.sonyalpharumors.com

Hopefully they'll add Car/Train recognition!

GAME CHANGER!!!

 

[spudhead]

GAME CHANGER!!!

I think the a9iii must be looking good if they are forced to give a big firmware update to the A1

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

I think the a9iii must be looking good if they are forced to give a big firmware update to the A1

We'll see if they include the RV screen in this firmware upgrade...

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

The 'AI' chip...

Glad it ain't written on the camera body otherwise I'd black it out..!

 

[spudhead]

oh bird eye focus, I can not live without it

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

SSSSOOOONNNNYYYY! Getting bird's eyes in focus since 2020...

Or 2019 maybe...
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[spudhead]

SSSSOOOONNNNYYYY! Getting bird's eyes in focus since 2020... ️

I was getting it before I knew it was an issue

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

I was getting it before I knew it was an issue

Much like a lot of things in this wonderful world. 'Solutions' are given to problems that don't actually even exist...

 

[spudhead]

Much like a lot of things in this wonderful world. 'Solutions' are given to problems that don't actually even exist...

I might need a solution now I know it is a problem

 

[iain clyne]

We look at all these things in camera, Birds Eye af etc but we used to take perfectly good pictures before any of this existed. Are we just getting lazy in wanting the camera to do it all to save us thinking and doing ourselves.

 

[spudhead]

We look at all these things in camera, Birds Eye af etc but we used to take perfectly good pictures before any of this existed. Are we just getting lazy in wanting the camera to do it all to save us thinking and doing ourselves.

Sort of the last thing I want Iain other wise its not much of a hobby for me

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Are we just getting lazy in wanting the camera to do it all to save us thinking and doing ourselves.

Definitely not for me, but yes, most people think it's pretty great if they can just waft through life without having to think any more. Quite startling for those who have a belief that their brain was meant to make decisions for them...

 

[spudhead]

Definitely not for me, but yes, most people think it's pretty great if they can just waft through life without having to think any more. Quite startling for those who have a belief that their brain was meant to make decisions for them...

Well you get great af , great sensor, stacked if you are lucky and a bunch of dials and stuff how hard can it be I know what a bird looks like and a car plane etc so how hard can it be?

 

[AlphaWorld]

So, from the things we know have appeared in firmware since the A1, what do you think might appear?


Unlikely to be possible as a firmware update:

• new AF using the "AI" chip
• the A7RV rear screen (included her for Clint!)

Possibilites:

• focus stacking
• bulb timer
• planes, trains, and automobiles
• insects

What else?

 

[AlphaWorld]

If you stop and think about it, usable AF has been around for almost 40 years with continuous refinements. There are many people who know no other way.

It sure did seem like a marvel first time I used it!

I know at least some people complained when the cameras with AF lost the the split prism ring.

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

So, from the things we know have appeared in firmware since the A1, what do you think might appear?


Unlikely to be possible as a firmware update:

• new AF using the "AI" chip
• the A7RV rear screen (included her for Clint!)

Possibilites:

• focus stacking
• bulb timer
• planes, trains, and automobiles
• insects

What else?

For A1 owner's sake, I really hope they don't add their 'AI chip' to this firmware, or in real world terms their AI programmed AF algorithms because it will **** up a sensational AF.

Better BIF keeper rates on an A7RIV compared to the RV says it all really...

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

It is a physical chip.

So they say...

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

LOL. Wear a tinfoil hat when out shooting, you'll be fine.

Seeming that the RIV has better BIF keepers than the RV, that independent chip sure is lacking. The integrated chip makes faster more accurate decisions quite clearly.

Should I turn the charts upside down so I understand them better? Seems that's what you must be doing...

I mean, no company in history has ever marketed BS in order to get a leg up right?

 

[Landshark99]

I know at least some people complained when the cameras with AF lost the the split prism ring.

I hated focus prisms, split was much better, and even straight ground glass is where I started
I think I turned on the AI focus chip for the first time a few weeks ago, old timer still likes to put the focus where I want with a joy stick my compromise to new tech, in that the A7RV and A1 have been spot on.

 

[spudhead]

I hated focus prisms, split was much better, and even straight ground glass is where I started

Blast from the past Bob

 

[Landshark99]

Remember how if you weren't looking directly into the prism half of it would be black?

yes one of the reason I did not like them In my early days with great eyes I loved ground glass screens in my Nikon slrs so I did not have to recompose after focusing, just compose focus and you were good. It was not really until center only af came out that I started the other way around focus and then recompose. Not that long ago that was the only way to shoot medium format digital they all had central af only. How I love my joystick, the freedom of it. That protrait of my granddaughter is the one and only time I have used any kind of eye detect type of autofocus.

 

[iain clyne]

When I first started doing sport it was split screen focusing on an all manual film camera. I was about 15 taking pics of the school teams in B&W and developing and printing them in the school labs. Some would go on display on the notice board.
How things have changed.

 

[AlphaWorld]

Ah, nostalgia - it's not what it used to be!

 

[spudhead]

Ah, nostalgia - it's not what it used to be!

It never was, but I guess most would be lost behind these cameras, I mean no tech to think for us, what ever would we do? lots struggle with all the tech, just saying

 

[iain clyne]

Learning with old manual film cameras start’s people with a good grounding. Our local college changed to starting with digital but the next year went back to film first as they found the students learned the basics quicker with that.

 

[spudhead]

Learning with old manual film cameras start’s people with a good grounding. Our local college changed to starting with digital but the next year went back to film first as they found the students learned the basics quicker with that.

Yep for sure Iain it helps people grasp the basics as you say, and it stays with you for life

 

[AlphaWorld]

Learning with old manual film cameras start’s people with a good grounding. Our local college changed to starting with digital but the next year went back to film first as they found the students learned the basics quicker with that.

I found the opposite - learning with digital has a much faster feedback loop, and the EXIF data told me exactly what settings I used for each frame.

But the college may have chosen film and old cameras to require students to think before shooting - spray and pray with film rapidly becomes expensive

 

[Landshark99]

The ultimate learning experience for me was having to shoot Kodachrome on the job, back in the old days, the most unforgiving film of all time, especially because there was no saving it in the lab. Exposure accuracy was critical and by using it I cleared up any bad lazy habits with exposure and light. Saying all that I now find the range and forgiveness of shooting digital files with a 61mp camera just amazing. No desire to go back.