Sony A1: Is it all hype?

Following on from a post last week, here’s a full length (10 minute) video where I go through ‘hands’ on use of the NEW Sony A1 and how I lit and photographed a recent surfer portrait on the beach at Saunton Sands at around 12pm on a VERY bright, sunny day…

KIT:

Sony A1

Sony 85mm f/1.4 G Master

Westcott FJ400 (LINK)

SETTINGS:

f/1.4 , ISO 50, 1/8000sec in High Speed Sync

This is a full length, 10 minute look at my hands-on time with the Sony A1, a camera with a lot of hype around it. I used it for a very quick, five-minute photo shoot of a male surfer at Saunton Sands in Devon, and I show how I lit and photographed the portrait on the beach at around 12pm on a very bright, sunny day. So is it all hype? Here's my experience of using it.