Comments on: The First Look At The Newly Announced Sony Alpha 77

By: Lonnie Shull

Lonnie Shull — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:43:00 +0000

Igor: It comes down to auto focus while shooting video. Nobody else can do fast phase detect Autofocus in video mode. Since the mirror in a traditional DSLR flips out of the way when shooting video, it must use the much slower contrast detect AF during video. The translucent mirror solves this problem as it never has to move out of the way when shooting video. The side benefit is the ultra fast frame rates (12 fps) as now you don’t have to move the mirror out of the way to activate the shutter.

By: Gabriel Bosch

Gabriel Bosch — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:30:00 +0000

but not in my case

By: Gabriel Bosch

Gabriel Bosch — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:30:00 +0000

but not in my case

By: Justin Abe

Justin Abe — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:59:00 +0000

This is not the same technology as the EVF in the Alpha 35, 55 and Lumix cameras. It’s a decent amount better.

By: Justin Abe

Justin Abe — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:57:00 +0000

I will admit I am skeptical after the foul taste left in my mouth by my father’s Lumix GH1, however many people that have had hands on previews with the camera say it’s very, very good. A couple I’ve seen said they sometimes forget they’re looking through an EVF. They say its almost the size and on par with the FF Alpha 900 which has one of the best view finders in DSLRs.

By: Justin Abe

Justin Abe — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:54:00 +0000

When “HD IS ON” it’s still a lower bit rate than it’s capable of doing. Not to mention the video is 720 not 1080. The bit rate of the video matters more than the size. You can have a high bitrate 720 and it will look better than a low bitrate 1080 on a full HDTV
Not saying it’s better than the 5DmkII+L lenses, nothing I’ve seen so far has been, but I’m just saying I wouldn’t bet on footage you see from the internet.

By: Jaron Schneider

Jaron Schneider — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:36:00 +0000

Sometimes that’s not the camera or the strobe’s fault. Sometimes it’s the wireless/wired trigger system you are using.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:13:00 +0000

If you geek over every new camera with a new spec and you are not rich but an average (not making 6 figures take home), you are better off just mastering what you have and then when you can advance…..do so. There will be tons of 5dmk2 owners upgrading their equipment but not their work. This camera looks nice but then again every new dslr looks nicer than the previous because it is suppose to. I have a buddy who keeps dumping his gear to get new gear because of one simple update. The mega pixels are not going to land you more work. These cameras today or pretty capable of producing some GREAT images, the problem is not the camera limitations, its the photographer limitations.

I can’t count how many times I see L glass producing stupid, dead images. People running around with 2 camera bodies, a vest, a huge speedlite on top of a 5dmk2 with a grip, and hardly any of them can show you a striking image that has style.

This is a very nice camera as are most of the new ones. There isn’t much more you can do besides higher res and better ISO, but when you send it to a magazine, your image is only as good as what its printed on. For most its, the web. After shooting for a while now, they camera specs are not a big deal as much as the feel of the camera and its specific purpose. I love the x100 and M9 because those cameras produce a shot few others can and they have great IQ. You can’t shoot in certain places with a big fat dslr without permission. With an m9 you can. Thus the m9 is the better camera because the dslr could not have taken the shot in the first place.

The 5dmk3 will probably smoke this, then nikon will make something super awesome, then Panasonic will make something, then Hasselblad with make something insane that few of us can afford.

They need to make a camera that CAUSES people to take better photos.

Besides……………WHO SHOOTS SONY ANYWAY? EWWWW

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:26:00 +0000

there’s a chance you’re right about this, but for some reason the image stabilization in a normal video camera (like the Sony EX1) works way better than my 5d with an IS lens on (like the 70-200 IS). i don’t know about the technical reasons for this, so you could be right, but it would still be really nice to have good IS in camera either way, as i have some really nice (expensive) lenses which don’t have it. i hate the ‘micro-jiggles’ you sometimes get with these slrs in video mode

By: Gabriel Bosch

Gabriel Bosch — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:05:00 +0000

is the sync-speed for flash-firing shorter than 1/160 of a sec with that translucent mirror? I shoot with 640 ws-heads and in some cases they are still not strong enough against the sun. With my 5D MK II only 1/160 sec sync-time is possible. It would be so great if shorter sync-times would be possible.