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Sony A1 Firmware Update

Good timing for me. My Sony A1 arrives today.

FOR SALE: my Sony A7R IV, which was hardly used as of 8 weeks ago. Total shutter count around 2000 frames. This is the brand-new A7R IV I received as a replacement late last year. It saw almost no use until May/June. Will include Really Right Stuff L-Bracket. $2550/best offer.

Sony still uses the world’s worst approach to camera firmware updates, with a de-facto “root kit” software program (system extension) for your computer, just to update the camera. Horrible security hygiene—see Reader Comment: Sony Firmware Update Methodology Worst Out There, Plus Potential Security Risk. I always run it on a old spare laptop, just in case. That’s a good approach. A co-worker's computer would be even better!

Adding insult to injury, to update the camera, you have to do a 698MB download. Not exactly “field friendly”.

Sony A1 / ILCE-1 Firmware Update Ver. 1.103

Download page

Benefits and Improvements

  • Improves overall AF performance and stability
  • Improves operability when using the Remote Camera Tool app
    Note: Make sure you have updated the Remote Camera Tool app to the most recent version
  • Improves eye sensor detection performance with strong light sources, such as sunlight
  • Improves operational stability when using the Imaging Edge Mobile apps
  • Improves operational stability when using the SEL100400GMSEL200600G, or SEL600F40GM lens
  • Improves the overall stability of the camera

When I tested the A1 before, it was already rock solid. Disappointing to not see Sony aggressively pursue new features, like support for focus stepping for focus stacking. I’d bet that Sony could do it way better than Fujifilm, if for no other reason that far superior AF lens motors.

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Tigger in Fig Tree
f1.2 @ 1/1250 sec handheld IBIS=on electronic shutter, ISO 800; 2021-05-11 19:40:32
Sony A1 + Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM
RAW: LACA corrected, pull 0.66 stops, +30 Whites, +10 Clarity

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