Sony has announced the Alpha 1, a fast, high-res 50MP camera capable of shooting at 30 fps with no blackout. It is capable of 8K video.
It uses a stacked CMOS sensor and a pair of new Bionz XR processors, allowing silent, no-blackout images at up to 30 fps. Despite having twice as many pixels as the a9, the a1 promises to have 1.5x less rolling shutter. This allows flash sync at up to 1/200 sec…
The launch of the OnePlus 9 series is quickly approaching, and as we get closer, more details are coming out. In a teardown this week, it’s been revealed that the OnePlus 9 series — and possibly other OnePlus cameras — will be able to shoot pictures with tilt-shift…
Sony has released its new Alpha 1 camera with in-camera 8K recording at up to 30 frames per second (fps), in-camera 4K recording at up to 120 fps and 50MP still image capture at up to 30 fps. Its specs alone are enough to get an idea of what it has to offer, but Sony has…
Algolia, which offers a “search-as-a-service” platform, has acquired Romanian AI and machine learning (ML) startup MorphL. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Founded out of San Francisco in 2012, Algolia — which counts Salesforce and Accel among its investors — provides the engine and tools for businesses to build Google-like indexing and search smarts into their own platforms using…
Tealbook, a self-described supplier intelligence startup, today announced that it raised $14.4 million in a funding round led by RTP Global. The company says it’ll use the proceeds to drive sales and marketing initiatives, further expand the company’s footprint, and…
Run:AI, a startup developing orchestration and virtualization software for AI workloads, today announced it has raised $30 million. The company says it will use the investment to fund expansion and recruitment globally.
AI models are great — after all, they’re at the…
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) wants to help national governments understand their AI compute demand needs. As part of the work, the multinational economic policy group is creating a task force that draws together data from a range of sources to make it easy for policymakers to understand how their investment strategy compares to that of other nations. Alongside…
At some point in the not-too-distant future, pairing depth-sensing cameras with artificial intelligence will enable computers to truly understand the physical world — a vision researchers and companies have spent years working to transform into reality. Today, open source…
Sony Unveils the Alpha 1: 50MP at up to 30FPS, 8K Video, $6,500
January 26, 2021
Sony has announced the Alpha 1 mirrorless camera, a camera that combines all of Sony’s top technologies into one body, creating a 50-megapixel camera that can capture stills at up to 30 frames per second, blackout-free, as well as 8K video.
The Sony Alpha 1 is a…
This is What 8K Video Looks Like on the Sony Alpha 1
January 26, 2021
Sony has announced its new flagship camera, the Alpha 1, which is capable of 8K video capture. If you’re curious what that looks like, Sony has uploaded a video to allow for close inspection.
While it is still subject to YouTube’s compression, the video here should give a good example of what to expect out of Sony’s latest. While the Alpha 1 is capable of 4Kp120 in 4:2:2 10-bit in All-I…
