Comments for Photoclub Alpha http://www.photoclubalpha.com Search this site - over 170 articles on Alpha system topics! Subscribe to our magazine too! Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:08:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on NEX, A33, A55 support – new ACR 6.2/LR3.2 final by novak http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2010/08/31/nex-a33-a55-support-new-acr-6-2lr3-2-final/comment-page-1/#comment-2155 novak Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:08:18 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=2146#comment-2155 I am much happier with what I can do with photomatix and 2 or 3 files to start with - after all what you get with Sony's HDR is just a JPEG with all its limitations and of course it cannot be tone-mapped. I don't understand why would someone in 2010 put bracketing for .3 stops x3. It may made sense for wedding photographers 20 years ago. Very frustrating. Otherwise I would buy A55 tomorrow. I am much happier with what I can do with photomatix and 2 or 3 files to start with – after all what you get with Sony’s HDR is just a JPEG with all its limitations and of course it cannot be tone-mapped.
I don’t understand why would someone in 2010 put bracketing for .3 stops x3.
It may made sense for wedding photographers 20 years ago. Very frustrating. Otherwise I would buy A55 tomorrow.

]]> Comment on NEX, A33, A55 support – new ACR 6.2/LR3.2 final by admin http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2010/08/31/nex-a33-a55-support-new-acr-6-2lr3-2-final/comment-page-1/#comment-2154 admin Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:07:29 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=2146#comment-2154 At least 6EV range (+3, -3) is enabled in HDR and I've found the built-in HDR to be rather better than I can manage with auto-HDR software (not as good as selective layered pasting of areas of the shot though). Actually, you can hear the NEX lenses focus, the audio is so good. It's very quiet and with separate audio track editing could be removed as a noise cancellation function. You have to wear headphones to hear it. At least 6EV range (+3, -3) is enabled in HDR and I’ve found the built-in HDR to be rather better than I can manage with auto-HDR software (not as good as selective layered pasting of areas of the shot though).

Actually, you can hear the NEX lenses focus, the audio is so good. It’s very quiet and with separate audio track editing could be removed as a noise cancellation function. You have to wear headphones to hear it.

]]> Comment on NEX, A33, A55 support – new ACR 6.2/LR3.2 final by novak http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2010/08/31/nex-a33-a55-support-new-acr-6-2lr3-2-final/comment-page-1/#comment-2153 novak Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:39:20 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=2146#comment-2153 Hi David, Thanks for a nice update. Do you think that Sony is investigating the completely silent SSM, ala NEX lenses? Little CZ16-80 silent SSM (SSSM?) would be on my Xmas shopiing list for sure (along with A77 ;) My only serious complaint about 3,5 series is the lack of wider exposure bracketing - 1 to 6 stops in 2 or 3 shots. HDR feature is ok but not a serious tool - you really need to bring stuff to LR to get most of it. Hi David,
Thanks for a nice update.
Do you think that Sony is investigating the completely silent SSM, ala NEX lenses?
Little CZ16-80 silent SSM (SSSM?) would be on my Xmas shopiing list for sure (along with A77 ;)
My only serious complaint about 3,5 series is the lack of wider exposure bracketing – 1 to 6 stops in 2 or 3 shots.
HDR feature is ok but not a serious tool – you really need to bring stuff to LR to get most of it.

]]> Comment on Fitting a Vectis 80-240mm to the NEX by admin http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2010/07/30/fitting-a-vectis-80-240mm-to-the-nex/comment-page-1/#comment-2152 admin Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:45:40 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=2056#comment-2152 The Super A lenses may have been very good; my Minolta 35 II Leica lenses were never all that good, but they were ten years before the Super A and lacked the same coatings. I have a 35mm f/3.5 lens unit taken from a 1950s rangefinder Minolta, might see if it can be tested on the NEX for fun. David The Super A lenses may have been very good; my Minolta 35 II Leica lenses were never all that good, but they were ten years before the Super A and lacked the same coatings. I have a 35mm f/3.5 lens unit taken from a 1950s rangefinder Minolta, might see if it can be tested on the NEX for fun.

David

]]> Comment on Fitting a Vectis 80-240mm to the NEX by minolta4me-kevin http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2010/07/30/fitting-a-vectis-80-240mm-to-the-nex/comment-page-1/#comment-2151 minolta4me-kevin Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:56:19 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=2056#comment-2151 Hi not sure if the web links will work but should be able to cut and paste into browser and find these pages http://www.dchome.net/viewthread.php?action=printable&tid=919950 http://www.dchome.net/viewthread.php?tid=919942 A quite remarkable merge of some of the oldest and most uncommon "breech" style lens and newest mirrorless technology - Quite why I stll do not know but I am going to try this one day. regards kevin Hi not sure if the web links will work but should be able to cut and paste into browser and find these pages

http://www.dchome.net/viewthread.php?action=printable&tid=919950

http://www.dchome.net/viewthread.php?tid=919942

A quite remarkable merge of some of the oldest and most uncommon “breech” style lens and newest mirrorless technology – Quite why I stll do not know but I am going to
try this one day. regards kevin

]]> Comment on Fitting a Vectis 80-240mm to the NEX by minolta4me-kevin http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2010/07/30/fitting-a-vectis-80-240mm-to-the-nex/comment-page-1/#comment-2150 minolta4me-kevin Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:39:16 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=2056#comment-2150 Hi, just seen a web page that needed to be translated but appears to show Minolta Super A lens on a NEX ? At least that is what it seems to be showing, it's not April 1st. is it ? Hi, just seen a web page that needed to be translated but appears to show Minolta Super A lens on a NEX ?
At least that is what it seems to be showing, it’s not April 1st. is it ?

]]> Comment on Sigma classic 400mm tele quick rechip by sigma-hopeful http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/03/06/sigma-classic-400mm-tele-quick-rechip/comment-page-1/#comment-2149 sigma-hopeful Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:49:33 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=1323#comment-2149 same as iamike- this is great info, is there a current contact for Lao? Google doesn't seem to connect any James Laos with a product like this. same as iamike-

this is great info, is there a current contact for Lao? Google doesn’t seem to connect any James Laos with a product like this.

]]> Comment on Fitting a Vectis 80-240mm to the NEX by admin http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2010/07/30/fitting-a-vectis-80-240mm-to-the-nex/comment-page-1/#comment-2148 admin Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:08:59 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=2056#comment-2148 It does not seem to be doing any harm, but it's not an elegant solution. I have two lenses to experiment with. David It does not seem to be doing any harm, but it’s not an elegant solution. I have two lenses to experiment with.

David

]]> Comment on Fitting a Vectis 80-240mm to the NEX by minolta4me-kevin http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2010/07/30/fitting-a-vectis-80-240mm-to-the-nex/comment-page-1/#comment-2147 minolta4me-kevin Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:18:29 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=2056#comment-2147 Hi David, Apologies for not reading your explanation carefully enough, I misunderstood [language being a little open to interpretation, even if a dictionary is used ;-] On a couple of vectis zooms I have the front black "barrel" part extends when you zoom and indeed can be made to rotate. Not all the vectis zooms have that and I believe this is referred to in some vectis lens and camera instructions. Those being capable of "manual focus". The few that do may then be feasible as candidates for a real adaptor and I will persevere with my efforts to interest a commercial manufacturer of specialist adaptors. As an aside is it doing any harm when you focus this way, the first time I experienced this was when "parking" a lens hood in reverse and the grinding noise made me think I had broken or was forcing something ? Worried of Cheadle...... Hi David,
Apologies for not reading your explanation carefully enough, I misunderstood [language being a little open to interpretation, even if a dictionary is used ;-]
On a couple of vectis zooms I have the front black “barrel”
part extends when you zoom and indeed can be made to rotate.
Not all the vectis zooms have that and I believe this is referred to in some vectis lens and camera instructions.
Those being capable of “manual focus”. The few that do may then be feasible as candidates for a real adaptor and I will persevere with my efforts to interest a commercial manufacturer of specialist adaptors. As an aside is it doing any harm when you focus this way, the first time I experienced this was when “parking” a lens hood in reverse and the grinding noise made me think I had broken or was forcing something ?
Worried of Cheadle……

]]> Comment on Four new Alphas – and two ‘translucent’ by peterblaise http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2010/08/24/four-new-alphas-and-two-translucent/comment-page-1/#comment-2146 peterblaise Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:51:27 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/?p=2126#comment-2146 Oh David, What a hoot -- quoting dictionaries in your post to clarify our use of terms with authority. Where was that ever done before? =8^o I knew I left the Minolta Yahoo Group in good hands! ;-) I said all along that Sony wanted to slap a Sony sensor in anything that moved off the shelf. Now Sony got the message to also slap a Sony Alpha lens on anything that moves off the shelf. The A55 looks like a Sony compact bridge camera with an Alpha Lens mount and a honkin' big sensor inside! It may finally be time to upgrade from my Minolta DiMage A1 DSL/EVF camera, perhaps. Except the new "SLT" cameras are is missing so many direct input and direct readout knobs. There's no traditional rear dial layout for exposure compensation on the back dial, and program shift on the front dial. Can this be accomplished via toggling the front dial using the [Fn] Function button or "clicking" the front dial as a toggle button? We technical photographic engineers need an "A77", or an "A65 Classic", if you all get my drift. If EVFs are Sony's future for all non-Full Frame Sony Alphas, then there might be an A77 or A65 Classic soon. I hope, I hope. So, how many Sony AMC Alpha Mount Cameras does this make? Is it starting to look like the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 series Minolta cranked out yet over time from the Hi-Matics and the X-series through the Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum lines? The Sony "bridge" bodies imply that Minolta factories either are not making or designing these, or that Minolta made or designed the other non DSLR Sonys after all? Give Sony and Minolta factories another few years and we'll totally loose count of the modern Sony Alpha line -- and they've yet to use single and 4-digit model numbers. There is no end to our choices, new, used, and future releases. Thank you, Sony, for expanding and making more and more choices for we Alphatographers. Maybe Sony has read our web chat photographic dialogs somewhere all along. Click! Love and hugs, Peter Blaise Oh David,

What a hoot — quoting dictionaries in your post to clarify our use of terms with authority. Where was that ever done before? =8^o I knew I left the Minolta Yahoo Group in good hands! ;-)

I said all along that Sony wanted to slap a Sony sensor in anything that moved off the shelf. Now Sony got the message to also slap a Sony Alpha lens on anything that moves off the shelf. The A55 looks like a Sony compact bridge camera with an Alpha Lens mount and a honkin’ big sensor inside! It may finally be time to upgrade from my Minolta DiMage A1 DSL/EVF camera, perhaps.

Except the new “SLT” cameras are is missing so many direct input and direct readout knobs. There’s no traditional rear dial layout for exposure compensation on the back dial, and program shift on the front dial. Can this be accomplished via toggling the front dial using the [Fn] Function button or “clicking” the front dial as a toggle button?

We technical photographic engineers need an “A77″, or an “A65 Classic”, if you all get my drift. If EVFs are Sony’s future for all non-Full Frame Sony Alphas, then there might be an A77 or A65 Classic soon. I hope, I hope.

So, how many Sony AMC Alpha Mount Cameras does this make? Is it starting to look like the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 series Minolta cranked out yet over time from the Hi-Matics and the X-series through the Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum lines? The Sony “bridge” bodies imply that Minolta factories either are not making or designing these, or that Minolta made or designed the other non DSLR Sonys after all? Give Sony and Minolta factories another few years and we’ll totally loose count of the modern Sony Alpha line — and they’ve yet to use single and 4-digit model numbers. There is no end to our choices, new, used, and future releases.

Thank you, Sony, for expanding and making more and more choices for we Alphatographers. Maybe Sony has read our web chat photographic dialogs somewhere all along.

Click!
Love and hugs,
Peter Blaise

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