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I recently had the chance to enjoy two of my loves in one evening: soccer and cameras.
They really, really needed a win.
With 50MP to play with, it’s better to shoot wider and crop in after to ensure you capture the action.(Image credit: Future / Tim Coleman)
It delivers 50MP photos at rates of up to 30fps, and is packing Sonys latest and best autofocus.
I was sure to make superb images, right?
So what did I learn from the night?
With 50MP to play with, it’s better to shoot wider and crop in after to ensure you capture the action.(Image credit: Future / Tim Coleman)
Here are five pointers.
The Sony A1 II has 63 pages in its main menu alone!
That’s especially true for the Sony A1 II which has a whopping 50MP to play with.
With 50MP to play with, it’s better to shoot wider and crop in after to ensure you capture the action.(Image credit: Future / Tim Coleman)
I could heavily crop my photos and still have plenty of detail.
The sharpness wasnt far off in some photos, while other photos were pin sharp.
Looks like I had the wrong Optical SteadyShot mode in play.
I cropped into the 50MP original for this 21MP image – roughly a 1.5x crop. In lens terms, it’s like upping the 400mm used for this shot to 600mm.(Image credit: Future / Tim Coleman)
It doesnt auto switch to the other card slot like almost all other brands.
However at the crucial moment card slot one became full.
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Here’s the original photo, uncropped.(Image credit: Future / Tim Coleman)
This photo was taken with a 1/500sec shutter speed which is not quite quick enough to fully freeze the action – see the kicker’s slightly blurred foot.
This image appears fine at a glance, but look closely at 100% and detail is a little soft – that’s down to the incorrect optical stabilization mode being used.(Image credit: Tim Coleman)
Check out the player on the left’s sleeve where you can see the image isn’t as sharp as it could be. Focusing isn’t the issue.(Image credit: Tim Coleman)
