Sony's a1 II is the latest flagship camera from Sony, succeeding the original a1 released three years prior – and the first Alpha camera released in over a year. While a hugely impressive camera if you take a look at its spec sheet – continuing the a1 brand of being a camera that is just really good at absolutely everything. I also find it, on the whole, an all too predictable update.
The a1 II maintains many killer features from its predecessor, including the excellent 50.1MP sensor and adds a few new ones, but it lacks a little pizzazz with showstopping new features. The majority of its most significant updates, while undeniably amazing technologies have already been seen in other Sony models – most notably last year's Sony a9 III.
Except for one biggie that is. There is one standout feature that I am incredibly excited by, and is set to be a game-changer for Sony autofocus going forward – and that is the world’s first auto-subject detection for the first time allowing simultaneous identification of multiple subjects without manual selection.
