Sony A1
Well above the 90-day low
How we compute thisToday's price sits well above the recent low. Today's price runs 135% above the 90-day low of $1,319 (seen Jun 9, 2026). 48% of the $6,499 MSRP. Prices are up 2.3% over the last 30 days.
- Lowest now
- $3,099
- MSRP
- $6,499
- % of MSRP
- 48%
- 90-day low
- $1,319
- All-time low
- $1,319 (Jun 9, 2026)
- 30-day trend
- +2.3%
Specs
- Brand
- Sony
- Family
- Sony Alpha
- Category
- body
- Body type
- Mirrorless
- Mount
- Sony FE
- Sensor
- Full Frame
- Megapixels
- 50.1 MP
- Lens type
- —
- Sensor family
- Sony FF 50MP stacked (A1/A1 II)
- Autofocus
- Hybrid
- AF system
- Sony Fast Hybrid AF
- IBIS
- 5-axis 5.5-stop
- Weather sealed
- Yes
- Max video
- 8K30
- Max native ISO
- ISO 32,000
- Weight
- 737 g
- Dimensions
- 129 × 97 × 81 mm
- Body material
- magnesium alloy
- Released
- 2021-01-26
- Status
- current
Computational features
Pre-Capture flagship (firmware 2.0+); Pixel Shift via Imaging Edge.
Autofocus & action
Birds-in-flight keeper rate
#1 on Mirrorless Comparison's AF rankingBirds-in-flight keeper rates come from Mirrorless Comparison. They shoot thousands of frames per body in the field and count how many come back sharp, which is the most useful hands-on autofocus test for wildlife we've found. Go read the full birds-in-flight rankings and their per-camera field notes.
See the full birds-in-flight test at Mirrorless Comparison →- AF system
- Hybrid (phase + contrast)
- Focus points
- 759 phase-detect
- Subject detection
- Human eye/face, Animal, Bird
- Burst (mechanical)
- 10 fps
- Burst (electronic)
- 30 fps
- Buffer
- 155 RAW / 165 JPEG at 30 fps (CFexpress A)
- Pre-burst capture
- No
- Card slots
- 2 (Dual CFexpress A / SD UHS-II)
- Sensor readout
- Stacked BSI
50MP stacked BSI Exmor RS sensor; 30 fps requires compressed RAW or JPEG (20 fps for lossless/uncompressed RAW). Insect/vehicle detection added via firmware 4.0 (Oct 2025).
Latest pricing by source
Each row is a direct observation from the seller. How this works.| Source | Condition | Price | Listings | Observed | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mpb | well used → fair | $3,099 | 1 | Observed 19h ago | view listing |
| mpb | good → good | $3,329 | 4 | Observed 19h ago | view listing |
| mpb | excellent → excellent | $3,499 | 37 | Observed 19h ago | view listing |
| mpb | like new → mint | $3,599 | 3 | Observed 19h ago | view listing |
Price history
One point per day per (source, grade) pair, connected with lines. Hue marks the source; lightness within a hue marks the condition (darker = better grade). The dashed line is launch MSRP.
See Methods notes #1.1, #1.2, #1.3.
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How we compute each section
References on each chart link down here. More notes will land as new sections grow.
1. Price history
- #1.1 · Grade buckets
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Each seller publishes their own raw condition labels (e.g. "Excellent+", "Like new minus", "Bargain"). Those are normalized to a small bucket set:
mint,excellent,good,fair,poor, andunknown. The "Latest pricing by source" table above shows both the raw label and the normalized bucket so you can audit any individual mapping. - #1.2 · Missing days
- A point is only drawn on a day when a snapshot existed for that (source, grade) pair. Lines connect across gaps so a series with sparse sampling still reads as a single trend, but absence of a point does not mean a stockout: it means we didn't see a listing at that grade that day.
- #1.3 · Color encoding
- Hue carries the source: terracotta = mpb, sage = keh, cobalt = B&H, honey = ebay. Lightness within a hue carries the condition: darker means a better grade (mint and excellent are darkest; poor is lightest). The dashed ink line is launch MSRP, included as a reference even though it isn't a price observation.