Sony A1 II vs A7R V vs A7 IV: Flagship Face-Off
The Sony Alpha 1 II was announced in November 2024 as Sony’s flagship, featuring a 50.1 MP stacked BSI CMOS sensor with 759 phase-detect AF points and a dedicated AI chip. It can shoot up to 30 fps with the electronic shutter (20 fps in lossless RAW) and 10 fps with the mechanical shutter. Video specs include 8K at 30p and 4K at 120p internal recording, plus a 9.44M-dot EVF and a 3.2-inch tilting LCD. It adds a Noise Reduction multi-shot composite mode that blends 4–32 RAW frames to dramatically reduce noise in low-light images. The A1 II delivers up