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by vincenzo
Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:17 pm
Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
Topic: Nex Cameras as reviewed by DPReview
Replies: 223
Views: 63465

Re: Nex Cameras as reviewed by DPReview

I can see what you chaps mean, and imagine if I was working in the press doing events DSLR has its advantages as you point out. I considered the A550 that you recommended too, a good choice, seriously considered it, but I went NEX 5 and with Ricoh GXR instead. I realised I don't need the advantages ...
by vincenzo
Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:40 am
Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
Topic: Nex Cameras as reviewed by DPReview
Replies: 223
Views: 63465

Re: Nex Cameras as reviewed by DPReview

"and sometimes pro like camera helps to keep status." - Status is exactly what I'm looking to avoid. I can't stand being spotted when I'm making pictures. As brilliant as the A900 is, to me it just gives the impression to people that I'm a serious professional photographer (yes I am thanky...
by vincenzo
Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:47 am
Forum: Alpha E-Mount system
Topic: Nex Cameras as reviewed by DPReview
Replies: 223
Views: 63465

From Sony A900 to NEX+GXR

I sold all my DSLR kit including my A900 and lenses to be replaced with Ricoh GXR kit and NEX5 with 16mm and wide-angle adapter.. A900 is wonderful, but its rather heavy and looks too professional for my candid travel and docu photos. I much prefer the point n shoot ethic. The lighter my kit the bet...
by vincenzo
Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:02 pm
Forum: Alpha A-mount System
Topic: SONY A900 Memory card Feedback
Replies: 15
Views: 6282

Re: SONY A900 Memory card Feedback

But I just read this, which makes me worry. I'm fed up with card failures: http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/transcend-c ... 56919.html
by vincenzo
Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:58 pm
Forum: Alpha A-mount System
Topic: SONY A900 Memory card Feedback
Replies: 15
Views: 6282

Re: SONY A900 Memory card Feedback

Is this the type of transcend card you have David? Price looks good:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-16Gb- ... 779&sr=1-3
by vincenzo
Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:38 am
Forum: Alpha A-mount System
Topic: SONY A900 Memory card Feedback
Replies: 15
Views: 6282

SONY A900 Memory card Feedback

Dear All Last year I bought a Kingston 32gb compact flash for my A900. After a month it failed. I also bought 2 x 8Gb Leodisk cards. One still works fine a year on, the other failed after a week. I was looking for new cards on ebay but I decided that I couldn't find a reliable seller there. So much ...
by vincenzo
Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:29 pm
Forum: Digital Workflow and PP
Topic: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW
Replies: 31
Views: 11214

Re: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW

Thanks for your post Frank, nice shot. I've also been using the Lightroom Beta 3. I agree its excellent, especially for chroma noise reduction. Its my 2nd favourite to DXO. I wonder if DXO Lightroom plug-in works in Beta 3 Lightroom? I also use aperture 2, which I find to be faster than lightroom, b...
by vincenzo
Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:43 pm
Forum: Digital Workflow and PP
Topic: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW
Replies: 31
Views: 11214

Re: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW

Certainly Kirk from PM agrees with you, while DXO take the opposite view: "When the original file information we need is changed, or even shifted by a single byte, the process to extract the information Optics Pro needs from the image file can fail. We use precise file information provided to u...
by vincenzo
Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:17 pm
Forum: Digital Workflow and PP
Topic: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW
Replies: 31
Views: 11214

Re: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW

Kirk Baker, Senior software engineer at camera bits, makers of Photo Mechanic has looked at this issue. He says: " I can almost guarantee that DXO's experts did not even look into the issue. I compared your two sample files and I know for a fact that the image data is not scrambled. The image d...
by vincenzo
Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:53 am
Forum: Digital Workflow and PP
Topic: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW
Replies: 31
Views: 11214

Re: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW

Bad news for me. See below for DXO Response: "There is no bug in the program. Photo Mechanic is changing image information that Optics Pro needs to work correctly. This is why the images from the camera work, and the images that go through Photo Mechanic do not work. In all of our user guides a...
by vincenzo
Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:27 pm
Forum: Digital Workflow and PP
Topic: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW
Replies: 31
Views: 11214

Re: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW

Yes, 5.3.6 I also had the previous version but got the same as you - saying it was up-to-date when there was a newer version available. I ended up manually deleting the older version and downloading the newer version. I really hope DXO can improve the stability of their programme because I'm getting...
by vincenzo
Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:40 pm
Forum: Digital Workflow and PP
Topic: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW
Replies: 31
Views: 11214

Re: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW

Its seems I'm not alone! A thread on the same problem was started by another DXO/A900 user over at DXO forums. We are both using Elite DXO 5.3.6 and I'm shooting normal RAW not cRAW. I'm using an intel macbook running on Leopard. I've made a few discoveries, the problem I think, is related to Photo ...
by vincenzo
Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:44 am
Forum: Digital Workflow and PP
Topic: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW
Replies: 31
Views: 11214

Re: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW

Shame its so buggy because the results are fantastic...when it works. My Pentax DNG files run through DXO ok, as do D700 raws. But most of my ARW A900 files are not working. I do have batches of A900 ARW files which are ok, but most not. The ones which DXO doesn't like work fine with ALL other progr...
by vincenzo
Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:39 pm
Forum: Digital Workflow and PP
Topic: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW
Replies: 31
Views: 11214

Re: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW

Thanks Hydro, but they are ARW files, not been saved into another format. Tried converting ARW to DNG and then re-import to DXO, but that won't work either, doesn't even see them. frustrating and Puzzling!!
by vincenzo
Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:29 pm
Forum: Digital Workflow and PP
Topic: DXO Won't read my A900 ARW
Replies: 31
Views: 11214

DXO Won't read my A900 ARW

Dear all, Looking for some help troubleshooting this problem. I have a batch of ARW A900 files. They open fine in ARC, Lightroom and Aperture but just a sea of purple ants with DXO. No idea why, any ideas what might be going wrong?

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