A Veery Good Morning to Test The Sony a1 MK II - 06 May 2026
Skies were clear this morning and temperature was hovering near 50ºF when I drove to Elizabeth Park (Trenton, MI USA) to give the new Sony a1 MK II its first field test. I had the camera set up almost identical to my Sony a1; Aperture-Priority, f/6.3 (wide open for the Sony 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS lens), ISO-Auto (100-64,000) w/ Minimum Shutter Speed 1/4000s and Exp Comp = +0.7. My previous post showed some results under HIGH-ISO conditions , while this post will show results ranging from ISO 2500 - 40,000. The camera came pre-loaded with Firmware Ver. 4.0. Images were captured in (Compressed) RAW. The 50 Mpx images were processed in Lightroom with only slight adjustments to Brightness, Shadows, Highlights, and Vibrance. AI Denoise was then performed at 50% (default) strength. Images were then resized in Photoshop to 2048 pixels (long edge) with no sharpening and saved as JPG (no compression). I arrived shortly before 8 am and walked the center trail of the wooded island in the middl...