Sony A1 II Mirrorless Camera, Body

This is the best camera I have ever owned definitely one of the best on the market today

Unbelievable just stunning had the old a1 so happy upgraded to the 11 version simply a masterpiece

After over a year of research this was the only model that was able to fulfill all of my requirements form any brand

Having already owned an A6000, 7ii, 7iii and R7V before this I can safely say the A1ii is without a doubt the most fun camera I’ve ever used! Whatever you throw at it it handles with ease and the IQ is superb. pre-capture and 30fps make taking birds in flight or even take-off a breeze and the Autofocus is peerless.

Wow! I upgraded to the A1 ii from the A7R V which wis a stunning camera...but the A1 ii is another level. The AF (I have upgraded to firmware V4.0) is almost supernatural in its ability to find and hang on to an object and the contrast and colours of the OOC images are as good as I have ever seen from Sony, Canon or Fujifilm. A stunning piece of technology.

I am primarily a wildlife photographer. I have only used the A1ii for two weeks, so, I am still gaining the deep knowledge required to use the camera to its full potential. However saying that it is without any doubt the best camera I have ever used. I have the original A1 which is a very capable camera about which I have no complaints. The A1ii just puts the icing on the cake with fantastic auto focus, pre-capture, improved lowlight performance, better image stabilisation, more dynamic range and a better body.

I've had an original A1 for over a year along with an A7RV for aviation and wildlife photography. I very much enjoyed the superior subject detect on the A7RV but didn't enjoy the rolling shutter issues. On retirement I have treated myself to an A1ii which blends the superior handling/response of the A1 with the subject detect of the A7RV. One welcome feature is the slightly bigger body as I found the older bodies to be a little small for my hand especially in the gap between the lens and the grip, that is now no longer an issue for me. I have only dabbled with the precapture but hope to be reaping the rewards of this feature soon. All in all a positive step forward and the A7RV traded in.

Didn’t think it would be better than my a1 but it’s a huge improvement

I love my a1 mk2 it never lets me down. All weathers all genres it holds strong.

I've now had a bit of time to use the new A1ii to leave an honest review.. Firstly my background is that I'm a keen amateur photographer mainly specialising in wildlife. Coming from Minolta Dynax 7000i and 8000i to a Sony a700 before graduating to mirrorless a7iii, a1 and now this fantastic upgrade from the original A1.

My key points are

1...ai auto focus with subject recognition.. Once set it doesn't let go of the subject

2... Crisper sharper images with a better handling of noise at the higher iso values

3... Pre-capture, I wasn't expecting it to be as good or as useful as it is..

4.. The speed boost button I have it set so I can toggle between on and off but I may change it back to press and hold to activate it as I keep forgetting it's turned on so end up with loads of photos. But this is down to how I've set it up.

4.. Custom buttons.. This is a very customisable camera to set it up to suit your own needs for whatever you are shooting..

I'm still learning with it and setting it up for my own style of photography.. But I can say that I am very impressed so far.. When it was 1st announced I didn't think that I would get the benefit or it was much of an upgrade from the original a1... How wrong I was!

I am in no way sponsored by Sony and have purchased all of my own equipment.. I absolutely love this camera.. Please Sony do not bring out an a1iii just yet as I can't afford to upgrade again so soon. As a foot note I have tried to add some superb photos of a Kingfisher that I took with this camera but Sony's moderator twice declined them saying that they were inappropriate... quite how they worked that out beats me!