Sony Alpha 1 II launches today: what will be the main features?

The much-anticipated (and furiously leaked) Sony Alpha 1 II is going to be announced later today, with shipping rumoured for early December. Here are the likely main features.

[Update: Full details on the new Sony Alpha 1 II  here.]

The forthcoming  Sony Alpha 1 II is being teased furiously by Sony and others and will be officially unveiled at 09.00 EST on Tuesday November 19th. The pre-event live stream has already been set up, and even resellers have been flagging it up ahead of time in what looks like a classic spoiler operation to undermine the launch of the Canon EOS R1. 

We still don't know much about if officially as yet, but the ever-active and usually reliable Sony Alpha Rumours site reckons it has an inside track on the possible specs. These seem to have been confirmed by the typical pre-release leaks (YouTube reviews posted early etc).

• Sony A9III body 
• Same 50MP A1 sensor
• Pre-Capture (from 0.03 up to 1 secs)
• 3.2 inch vari angle screen
• 8 stops stabilization (Sony A1 has 5.5 stops)
• 30fps
• 8k30p
• AI chip which allows it to have all the A9III goodies like accurate subject recognition, improved AF and so forth
• New 4.0 CFexpress Type A card for faster buffering (this is now considered to be only a 50/50 chance)
• Price €7499 ($ pricing uncertain, recently these have been the same though from other manufacturers)

We will know more later today.