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Comment on A380 to ship with Silkypix? by admin

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:09:35 +0000

From some of the responses on Dyxum, I can’t help wonder if Warehouseexpress might have put a Panasonic ‘included’ box on the Sony data by mistake. Have to wait and see.

Comment on A380 to ship with Silkypix? by alphaomega

alphaomega — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:38:23 +0000

Interesting development. I have Panasonic’s LX2 & LX3 compact cameras. Both have RAW and are supplied with Silkypix SE for these cameras only. I believe that all Panasonic DSLRs also are supplied with a version of Silkypix. Generally I would say this software is better than IDC but the English is appalling. You scratch your head to figure out what is what. The LX2/3 can be pretty bad for CR at wide angles but Silkypix generally handles removal well although it can be a bit fiddly.

Comment on New Sony Alpha 500 and 550 leaked by toughluck

toughluck — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:48:03 +0000

This 10-24 is likely just a copy of the Tamron, so this isn’t really fortunate. However, maybe Sony will cherrypick this stock to serve only the best to Alpha users.

A full frame version of the A700 is probably coming, but I doubt it will happen this year. If anything, a full frame A700 is probably going to be called A800. So A730 (or anything in that vein) is probably going to be APS-c with higher resolution and main sensor Live View.

As for the leaks, F40AM is a misspell of F20AM. The people updating the website have next to no knowledge of DSLRs. (KM Canada dissolved a year before Sony took over KM DSLRs, key people dispersed and Sony was unable to recruit them.)

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Comment on New Sony Alpha 500 and 550 leaked by tfd

tfd — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:06:16 +0000

All I really want is a full-frame upgrade to the A700, maybe with the new back-lit sensor, and even faster auto-focus and burst rate. Don’t need 25 MP (files are too big, and I don’t make billboards) or video. Basically a Sony competitor/upgrade to the Nikon D700. Any chance of that?

Comment on New Sony Alpha 500 and 550 leaked by alexramos

alexramos — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:51:02 +0000

The design must be new, maybe a230/a330/a380 style.

Comment on New Sony Alpha 500 and 550 leaked by richardharris

richardharris — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:41:36 +0000

I think these could be intersting cameras. The 5 series has traditionally been quite popular with a number of different people, with greatly varying skill level. My only hope is that the 10-24 is not a straight copy of the Tamron. Sony needs something high quality for super wide APS-C users.

Comment on New skins versus old wine – A350 or A380? by Hobbitofny

Hobbitofny — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:47:47 +0000

With a smaller battery, I assume the grip will not work on these models.

Comment on New skins versus old wine – A350 or A380? by admin

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:14:33 +0000

You can get 32GB SD not sure about MS. 16GB is more common. They are affordable too. The card format is no big deal now but I prefer to have one card type and one reliable FireWire reader for fast transfer, and CF does that for me. I’m always losing SD and MS cards.

David

Comment on New skins versus old wine – A350 or A380? by Hobbitofny

Hobbitofny — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:48:29 +0000

I have been using 32GB cards in the 350. For me, even a 8GB card were simply to small shooting RAW and Jpeg with this camera.

How big are sd cards? I have not used any in years. A380 shoot the same size files as the 350 right?

Comment on Sony Alpha 230, 330 and 380 update by MrCynical

MrCynical — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:19:21 +0000

Have Sony taken leave of their senses? They’ve sacrificed their main consumer attraction vs Canikon (ie lower price for equivalent models) without doing anything to address their main weakness (higher high-ISO noise than equivalent models). I was really hoping these new Alphas would be something special…

Comment on Sony Alpha 230, 330 and 380 update by admin

admin — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:31:59 +0000

I have added something to the article – it occurs to me that Sony already made SD/MS dual drives (as used in the Minolta G600) with the ability to copy between drives. I don’t think there is room for a CF/MS Pro dual slot in the camera base, if it is indeed there – but there would be room for a dual SD/MS Pro drive.

David

Comment on Sony Alpha 230, 330 and 380 update by AllanMarcus

AllanMarcus — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:29:26 +0000

Ug. A move to “Memory Stick” would be horrible for the line.

Comment on Sony Alpha 230, 330 and 380 update by LEdgars

LEdgars — Sat, 09 May 2009 11:16:12 +0000

In new cameras should be new sensors. Is something known about them? I wondering if they are back-illuminated or not.

Comment on Alpha 330 – future model? by PhotoDelusions

PhotoDelusions — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:25:34 +0000

As is being commented elsewhere, a Russian website apparently gives more detail:

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.sony.ru/hub/dslr/block/2/subblock/1&sl=ru&tl=en&history_state0=

Comment on Alpha 330 – future model? by alexramos

alexramos — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:46:05 +0000

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=11040963

“This product is no longer available for purchase.”

Ya esta descatalogado de SonyStyle USA…

Comment on Alpha 330 – future model? by alexramos

alexramos — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:06:17 +0000

SonyStyle USA has a very good offer to a350…

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665848057

a350 + grip + 18-70mm + 55-200mm = $799 (sold out)

Also, the a200 and a300 have interesting offers.

Comment on Alpha 330 – future model? by toughluck

toughluck — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:52:57 +0000

The lenses (50/1.8, 30/2.8 and 28-75/2.8) have the distance scale coupled to the focus ring, meaning it rotates. So no ring ultrasonic motor, but a cheaper and smaller micro-USM. Unfortunately, this means that focusing is going to be slower and draw more power, while being just as loud as it was.
All new lenses are going to have motors, of course.

As for the new kits, the A330L (L is next in sequence after K) is obviously a standard kit with 18-55, while the Y is a double kit with 18-55 and 55-200 (again, Y is next in sequence after X).

The kit with 18-200 was denoted with H, so it’s logical to assume that a kit with 18-250 (if any of the new alphas is going to feature movies) is going to be denoted with G. Suppose there are new 16-105 and 16-80 with motors released (the lenses seem to have a lot of space inside for a ring motor), new kits are likely going to be called Q and maybe C (no letter after Z).

Maybe Sony will try and release a double kit with 70-300 and 16-105 or 16-80?

Comment on Alpha 330 – future model? by admin

admin — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:09:26 +0000

SSM is like Nikon Silent Wave. Not all AF-S lenses are Silent Wave, and Sony may introduce something a level below SSM. Or they may including exactly the same technology as exists. But the new lenses are extremely small.

David

Comment on Alpha 330 – future model? by alexramos

alexramos — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:19:46 +0000

“There is a possibility that these budget lenses are not SSM, but use a cheaper internal micromotor.”

Why…??

I think the Nikon entry level lenses uses ring motor and them are cheper, I think Sony could be same…