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2021-04-13 Sony A1: Settings and Customization Giude

2021-04-08 Sony A1 Image Quality: ISO Invariance — Which ISO to Use, When a Push is Just Fine, Noise and Hot Pixels

2021-04-04 Shootout: Sony A1 vs Sony A7R IV from ISO 100 to ISO 102400, Noise, Hot Pixels, Sharpness, Color

2021-04-03 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Fruit Platter (Sony A1, pixel shift)

2021-04-03 Shutter Modes for Sony A1, Sony A7R IV Could be Better Done (Less Confusing)

2021-04-03 LibRaw PixelShift2DNG Now Supports Sony A1 Pixel Shift 4-shot and 16-shot, FF and APS-C

2021-04-02 Sony A1 Pixel Shift: Inexplicably Writes Uncompressed RAW —  Fails to Respect Lossless-Compressed RAW Setting

2021-04-02 Sony A1 Image Quality: Bumps it Up over Sony A7R IV

2021-04-01 Sony A1 vs Sony A7R IV: Looking at Resolving Power with Siemens Star

2021-04-01 Sony A1 vs Diffraction: Siemens Star

Sony A1

Technological tour de force..

1. Introduction to Sony Alpha A1
2. Sony Alpha A1 PressRelease
3. White Balance and Tint for Sony A1, Mid-Morning Sunlight, Adobe Camera Raw
4. Examples: Image Quality
5. Sony A1 vs Sony A7R IV: Siemens Star
6. Sony A1 vs Diffraction: Siemens Star
7. Sony A1 vs Diffraction: Siemens Star
8. Sony A1 ISO Series vs Sony A7R IV: Fruit Platter
9. Sony A1 Image Quality: Push vs Higher ISO (ISO Invariance)

Sony A1 Setup and Configuration

Menus, buttons, customization..

1. Overview of Customizing Sony A1
2. Cheat Sheet Settings for Sony A1
3. Sony A1 Downloadable Settings File
4. Sony A1 Setup: Loading and Saving Settings to Camera Card
5. Sony A1 Setup: Camera Memory Banks, Custom Key Shooting Sets
6. Custom Function Menu Setup for Sony A1
7. Custom Key (button) Setup for Sony A1
8. Customizing Sony A1 Viewfinder and Rear LCD Displays
9. Sony A1 Setup: My Menu
10. Sony A1 Setup: Touch, Sound, Anti-Dust, Pixel Mapping
11. Sony A1 Setup: Drive Mode
12. Sony A1 Setup: Shutter Type, Silent Mode, Release w/o Lens
13. Sony A1 Setup: Shooting => Image Quality
14. Sony A1 Setup: File Numbering, Copyright, etc
15. Sony A1 Setup: Exposure
16. Sony A1 Setup: Focus
17. Sony A1 Setup: Playback
18. Sony A1 Setup: Network

Sony Alpha A1 Eye AF

Eye autofocus with humans, animals, birds..

1. General Commentary on Sony A1 Eye AF
2. Eye AF for Portraits, with/without Eyeglasses
3. Eye AF for Portraits, Head Shots
4. Eye AF, Camera on Tripod, Static Subject (Dolls)
5. Animal Eye AF: When and How It Fails
6. Animal Eye AF: Tigger on the Prowl, Spring Green (Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 GM)
7. Animal Eye AF: Tigger Tree Cat
8. Animal Eye AF: Tigger at Close Range
9. Animal Eye AF: Tigger on the Prowl in the Spring Green, plus Western Bluebird (Sony FE 600mm f/4GM)
10. Animal Eye AF: Tigger Closeups (Sony FE 600mm f/4GM)
11. Animal Eye AF: Tigger on the Prowl, Spring Green (Sony FE 200-600mm f/4.5-6.3 G)
12. Bird Eye AF: Turkey and Chicken
13. Bird Eye AF: Great Blue Heron

Sony FE 135mm f/1.4 GM

Top-grade telephoto..

1. Animal Eye AF: Tigger Tree Cat
2. Eye AF for Portraits, Head Shots

Voigtlander FE 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Aspherical

Ultra high grade performer at a modest price..

1. Aperture Series: Fruit Platter (Sony A1, pixel shift)

Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS

Hand-holdable super telephoto zoom..

1. Animal Eye AF: Tigger on the Prowl, Spring Green
2. Bird Eye AF: Turkey and Chicken

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

Hand-holdable super telephoto zoom..

1. Animal Eye AF: Tigger on the Prowl, Spring Green

Sony FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS

Hand-holdable super telephoto zoom..

1. Bird Eye AF: Great Blue Heron
2. Animal Eye AF: Tigger on the Prowl in the Spring Green, plus Western Bluebird
3. Animal Eye AF: Tigger Closeups (Sony FE 600mm f/4GM)

Blog posts, reverse chronological

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2021-04-13 Sony A1: Settings and Customization Giude

2021-04-08 Sony A1 Image Quality: ISO Invariance — Which ISO to Use, When a Push is Just Fine, Noise and Hot Pixels

2021-04-04 Shootout: Sony A1 vs Sony A7R IV from ISO 100 to ISO 102400, Noise, Hot Pixels, Sharpness, Color

2021-04-03 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Fruit Platter (Sony A1, pixel shift)

2021-04-03 Shutter Modes for Sony A1, Sony A7R IV Could be Better Done (Less Confusing)

2021-04-03 LibRaw PixelShift2DNG Now Supports Sony A1 Pixel Shift 4-shot and 16-shot, FF and APS-C

2021-04-02 Sony A1 Pixel Shift: Inexplicably Writes Uncompressed RAW —  Fails to Respect Lossless-Compressed RAW Setting

2021-04-02 Sony A1 Image Quality: Bumps it Up over Sony A7R IV

2021-04-01 Sony A1 vs Sony A7R IV: Looking at Resolving Power with Siemens Star

2021-04-01 Sony A1 vs Diffraction: Siemens Star

2021-03-28 Sony A1 has two welcome Anti-Dust Features

2021-03-28 Sony A1 Pixel Mapping Maps Out Hot Pixels

2021-03-27 Sony A1: White Balance and Tint in Adobe Camera Raw using Datacolor SpyderCHECKER (Mid-Morning Sunlight)

2021-03-24 Sony A1 Animal Eye AF with the Sony FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS, Supermodel Tigger Closeups

2021-03-24 Sony A1 Animal Eye AF with the Sony FE 200-600mm f/4.5-6.3 G OSS, Tigger and a Safely-Away Western Bluebird

2021-03-23 Sony A1 Animal Eye AF with the Sony FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS

2021-03-22 Sony A1 Animal Eye AF: Tigger Gets His Dinner Delicacy, and Declines to Share

2021-03-21 Sony A1 Bird Eye AF: Great Blue Heron and Sony FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS

2021-03-20 Sony A1 Animal Eye AF with the Sony FE 100mm f/2.8 STF OSS

2021-03-19 TESTED: Sony 80GB CFExpress Type A Camera Storage Card (for Sony A1)

2021-03-19 Sony A1 Human Eye AF for Tight Head Shots, Sony FE 135mm f/1.8 GM

2021-03-19 Sony A1 Animal Eye AF: Figuring Out the Best Settings Makes an Impressive Leap in Hit Rate

2021-03-18 Sony A1 Lossless-Compressed Raw Format: Update Photoshop and Lightroom and you’re 'good'

2021-03-18 Sony A1 Bird Eye AF: Turkey and Chicken (sorry, no turducken)

2021-03-17 Sony A1 Human Eye AF with/without Eyeglasses, Wide-Open and Stopped-Down

2021-03-17 Sony A1 Eye AF (Human) On Tripod, Static Target (Dolls)

2021-03-17 Sony A1 Animal Eye AF: Tigger on the Prowl, Spring Green (UPDATED with reader comments)

2021-03-15 Sony A1 PDAF Banding

2021-03-15 Sony A1 Image Quality Looks Terrific, Mostly

2021-03-15 Self Timer with Delayed-Initiation of Eye AF?

2021-03-14 Sony A1 or Sony A7R IV? If you Need the A1 Features, It’s Easy, otherwise it’s gear lust?

2021-03-13 Looking for Reader Suggestions: Best Ways to Acquire and Track Human and Animal Eyes

2021-03-12 RawDigger and FastRawViewer Support Sony A1 Lossless-Compessed RAW

2021-03-11 Sony A7R IV: Where is the Firmware Update to Upgrade Us to Lossless-Compressed RAW Files? UPDATE: not likely to happen

2021-03-11 Sony A1 Due for Review Monday

2021-03-10 Really Right Stuff L-Bracket for Sony A1 — Brackets from Sony A7R IV fit, but with limitations

2021-03-09 Sony A1 vs Sony A7R IV: Noise, Pattern Noise and Just How Poor the Analysis Tends to Be

2021-03-08 Fast Camera Card Storage for Sony A1: CFExpress Type A (NOT Type B), or SDXC

2021-03-01 3rd-Party Lenses for Nikon Z, Canon RF, Sony E, Fujifilm GF Mirrorless Cameras

2021-02-10 Sony A7R IV: Where is the Firmware Update to Upgrade Us to Lossless-Compressed RAW Files?

2021-02-02 Reader Comment: Sony A1 Eye AF “Sharp Eyelashes”

2021-02-02 Fujifilm GFX100S or Sony A1 or Sony A7R IV for Landscape, Studio, etc?

2021-02-01 Sony A7R IV is $500 Off + Reader Comments, Sony A1

2021-02-01 Reader Comment: Adapting Nikon F-Mount and Zeiss DSLR Lenses to Sony Mirrorless

2021-01-30 Rethinking When to Buy the Fujifilm GFX100S vs the Sony A1

2021-01-28 Sony A1 Reader Comments: Eye AF?

2021-01-27 Reader Comments: Transitioning to Fujifilm GFX100S or Sony A1, Lens Compatibility

2021-01-27 Reader Comments: Sony A1 Battery Grip, Plus Sony Accessories

2021-01-27 Fujifilm GFX100S Chops $4000 Off Fujifilm GFX100, Cuts Size and Weight, Costs Less than Sony A1! Plus Commentary

2021-01-26 The Camera Market is Down to Two 35mm Format Contestants: Sony A1 and Canon TBD

2021-01-26 Sony A1 Reader Comments (4)

2021-01-26 Sony A1 Initial Impressions