With Sony A1, you can record your videos at a highest resolution of 7680 x 4320 at 30p,25p, 23.98p fps and save in XAVC S, XAVC HS, H.264 and H.265 formats. This means that Sony A1 provides an impressive 8K video, highest resolution that is available in the market today. This is a new technology that hasn't became mainstream like 4K yet, but still gives the user a lot of room for cropping or sampling down to 4K or lower if needed.
A great advantage of Sony A1 while shooting video at resolution of 4K is that there is no crop factor so you can use your lens at its actual focal length.
No Video Recording Limit
Sony Alpha A1 doesn't have the 30 minutes max video recording limitation that many cameras have, so you can keep recording non-stop until either your storage is full or battery is depleted or the camera over-heats.
High-Speed Video
A1 features a high speed mode where it captures videos at 240fps which helps to create slow motion videos. If you shoot a video at a frame rate of 240fps and play it back at 24fps, the video will be 10x slower and longer than normal.
Microphones, Speaker and Headphone Connections
Sony Alpha A1 has a built-in Stereo microphone and a Mono speaker. Sony A1 also has a port for an
external microphone and a
headphone port for connecting external headphones which make Sony A1 a very suitable camera high quality videography.
If you are getting into videography and want to know what are the must-have video accessories for your camera, read our article:
Essential Videography / Filmmaking Accessories for your Camera