Sony has actually considered EVERYTHING for the a1 II

It is easy to get swept away by the Sony A1 II‘s headline options – its unbelievable AF, AI topic recognition, superior picture high quality, and even its formidable price ticket – however there are extra delicate quirks about Sony‘s new flagship digicam which are price a point out.

Sony A1 II full assessment

Ever because the introduction of the mirrorless interchangeable lens digicam, producers have been striving to make their digital viewfinders match the immersion and immediacy of the optical viewfinders within the DSLR cameras. Die-hard DSLR followers will doubtless all the time complain that an EVF’s miniature LCD display screen – regardless of how excessive its decision – merely cannot match the analogue, direct, through-the-lens expertise of an optical viewfinder. However Sony has gone all-out to make the A1 II’s digital viewfinder as near a DSLR’s as doable. For a begin, its sky-high 9.44-million-dot decision makes it one of many sharpest EVFs available on the market, whereas the 240Hz refresh price ensures it is also one of many smoothest.

In fact, these numbers aren’t a lot good until you possibly can truly get your eye into a snug place to view the EVF in all its glory, however Sony has considered that as properly. In what might be a primary for a mirrorless digicam, Sony consists of not one however two viewfinder eyepiece cups within the field with the A1 II. The usual cup (FDA-EP19) is what you’d anticipate – shallow, compact, and very similar to some other eyepiece on a high-end, full-frame digicam. However the second cup, product code FDA-EP21, is extra particular. Sony nicknames this the “squishy cup”, because it’s a lot deeper and squashier than the usual eye cup. Produced from delicate, “close-fitting materials”, the thought is it will probably mould round your eye to offer a extra immersive viewing expertise, chopping out ambient mild. One other benefit of the cup being deeper is your nostril is moved additional away from the again of the digicam, so it isn’t pressed up towards the rear panel to the identical extent.

Though this may be the primary time a producer has included two totally different eye cups within the field with a mirrorless digicam, Sony is not the one model to supply a alternative of eyepieces. Canon‘s ER-hE Eyecup is an optionally available further completely for the EOS R3. It is just like Sony’s “squishy cup” in that it is a lot bigger than the R3’s commonplace eyecup, and is designed to raised enclose your eye to enhance the effectiveness of the EOS R3’s Eye Management system. Then there’s the comedically big ER-KE Eyecup for the EOS R5 II, which makes Sony’s eyecup effort look, properly, pathetic!