When I saw the announcement of the camera in January 2021, I realized: This is THE ONE for me. For content creators in the imaging as well as in the video section, this is the first camera from Sony, putting everything together into one body. After two weeks using this beast, I decided to share some experiences that may go beyond the pervasive buzz about AF performance, shutter speed etc.
In this article I am focussing especially on the high resolution features for photography and videography as well as Eye-AF.
High Resolution Photography
When you shoot with good glass, the amout of detail and the reserves for cropping right from the new 50 megapixel sensor may be already more than enough for most situations, like you can see from this example taken with the Sony G 20mm f/1.8 at f/5.6:
(clicking on the image takes you to further resolutions)
Looking into a 1:1 crop (100%) gives you an impression on the level of detail: