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Because I can shoot RAW and remove it in LR3? Bingo. A900 RAW files in LR3 are a thing of beauty. JPEG comparisons do not do the A900 justice. The A700 and A900 have crappy JPEG engines. Image processing and noise reduction has become much more sophisticated in the last few years. Any recent camera...

AFAIK, the Sony 16-50/2.8 is a modified Tamron 17-50/2.8. where did you get that precious information? Finally found it. I read it here: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/08/tasty-new-sonys.html Turns out the author was only speculating, although it makes a lot o...

Okay - thanks for your input - I guess there is a substantial decrease in image quality between the A77 16-50 and the A900 24-70? I guess, however I could say there's an image quality gain for the A77 and Sigma 8-16 vs the A900 and Sigma 12-24, correct? Full Frame stresses the edge to edge performa...

[...] I'm really tempted to trade in my A900 to get the A77, because they never gave me the firmware to remove all that awful chroma noise in its jpegs, and I would get 450mm with my 70-300G lens, and the Sigma 8-16 is a great lens, etc. But, is the auto-focus on the A77 improved over the A900? Doe...

AFAIK, the Sony 16-50/2.8 is a modified Tamron 17-50/2.8. Don't get me wrong -- i love the Tamron 17-50/2.8, and the Sony's a great lens too -- just that you're paying extra for the built-in AF motor and the slightly wider AoV on the wide-end. For some, those two factors will be worth every penny.

When you say wide-angle, do you mean a lens that has a very wide zoom range like the 18-250 or a wide angle of view like the 10-24?

Great that you enjoy your CZ 16-80. Just wanted to chime in with support for the Tamron 17-50/2.8 in case others are interested. I find it to be an excellent lens all-around, and find it to be an outstanding value for the price. I love it on both my Nikon D90 and A700. My friend loves it on his Cano...

I'd be interested in David's expert testing of the 35/1.4G. I find it is universally slagged by every lens test site on the Internet, yet so many users love this lens and have rated it highly on dyxum.com's user review section. One theory is that the lens testing sites test at long focus distances, ...

The chart is not bad at all. I expected worse given the fewer number of elements compared to the Nikon 35/1.8, but it's actually pretty decent. And the initial results from people who just got the lens are generally positive. Seeing as the Sony is smaller, lighter, and cheaper than the Sigma, unless...

Personally, I don't see the point of manufacturers' bundled software. It is almost always inferior in every way to 3rd party software. From ingestion, cataloging and keywording to workflow and asset management, from RAW conversion quality, speed and stability to correction and adjustment capabilitie...

Got to go out tonight, and tomorrow, down to annual awards of MPA and not back until Tuesday. Photoworld nearly finished but I think I should take the A55 for the three days away, and revise my article before pressing the button to go to press. David I think a more thorough evaluation of the A55 wo...

The macro design looks very close to the 16mm pancake plus 5mm and I would guess it's a 30mm. Hmm... i quite like the 30/2.8 macro on the A-mount, but i would prefer something faster for the NEX as we don't have the benefit of in-body SSS for indoor pics. Any chance it would come with in-lens stabi...

If we didn't have Sony, the Pentax K-5 would be my choice. The viewfinder is just - lovely. Superb matte field, very bright, very sharp. It's the best DSLR I have seen for some time and it is what Sony should have been making to replace the A700. Totally agree. The Limited primes are quite compelli...

Not able to get hold of a GH2, only a G2. With 14-42mm lens. Honestly, I would never buy it. The lens is poor, with a degree of softening to the outer field I've never seen from a Sony/Minolta lens, and focusing was erratic. Apart from that, even the best the 12 megapixel sensor delivered was not r...

[...] If there's one thing I know about it's lenses. I can't begin to count the lenses I've tested for magazines over the last 40 years, and I did indeed start on this as a teenager. I really don't have time to do this while trying to work through my photokina reports and pictures, but I feel so st...