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Choosing Between Sony A1 and Sony A7R IV
This page discusses the 50-megapixel Sony A1 as compared to the 60MP Sony A7R IV, hitting on the key differentiators with commentary on how much they matter.
As this was written the Sony A1 was priced at about $6500 vs about $2998 for the Sony A7R IV. The question of “worth it” is entirely subjective, so that is left to the end, and mainly for the reader to decide.
Misses, for both
No focus stacking support, no GPS and no star tracking, no frame averaging, pixel shift still far too slow to avoid artifacts, still-crappy low-res RGB histogram—these are all “misses” on both cameras. It is disappointing to see the A1 punt on such low-hanging fruit.
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