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So now Sony will manufacture for all the makers (including Pentax Barry ) the only ones, Main stream , will be Canon and Olympus plus the other Micro 4thirds cameras that do not use Sony sensors.
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Richard

Hi all thanks for you nice comments, yes Doc I will put some on the forum, (when I can work out how to do it!). :roll: Dusty I will also put some more Microscope images on as well, The scope was bought from our local German store “Liddl” the cost was £49.99 under 70$ US, made by “Bresser, Meade” the...

Hi Richard - some very fine shots there. I especially like the bee and butterfly pictures - great colours and details. That house fly foot is pretty amazing :shock: . Hi. The fly's foot was done with my microscope, I just have a fascination for the "close-ups". I have many more shots done...

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A-580 and A-550
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Richard

I quite agree with you Walt, I do very similar to you, I have a fascination for things small and moving, I even have a microscope with camera attachment. Out in the field as it were I also like an optical viewfinder, I use the A-580 for nearly all of my shots now, and birdlife in flight is now excel...

I got quite excited looking at the Amateur Photographer magazine cover this week. Across the top was the headline “Sony’s Replacement for the A-700” then you read the inside and all it was the old news? Some of the magazines are now getting more like the rubbish sector daily news papers anything to ...

Another day another DxO score to work folks up :roll: I just feel sorry for the guy who bought a Canon 60d as that scored not that well on the site :mrgreen: You don’t really Barry you are just having a snigger. :wink: Mind many Canon users are disappointed in the 60D, I believe they were expecting...

I have had a look at those figures as well and it just proves how good the 580 is and a fraction of the price of the Nikon. Also I have seen reviews of the Nikon 7000 and it can tend to over expose where as I have found the 580 is just about right also much more head room in RAW over the A-550, I ha...

It maybe wishful thinking on my part for an A-7** but things do happen the A-580 has sold well not because of hype it is because it is a dam good camera at a fraction of the competition prices. When the A-77 comes out and it is as good or even better than promised I may just be tempted, but I do hop...

I have been thinking about Sony’s strategy with the way forward. We had the A-55/33 then the A-580/560 (560 I have not seen) they were out at the same time but the A-580 was not generally available for the start. I was wondering if Sony was maybe having a rethink and maybe will put out the A-77 and ...

No sorry. No *fixed* EVF on Nex body. No thank you. So you wish *nobody* ever get an EVF Nex??? Everybody get the same no-EVF kind of body exactly as you prefer??? Do you understand what you have requested in you post? Don’t worry if Sony thinks it is a good idea to put one on and it is financially...

Well I guess you would only 'need' an EVF for telephoto lenses, if you were inclined to use a NEX for telephoto that is, so the use of flash at the same time is probably infrequent, I know I use flash with telephoto lenses but I haven't seen many others doing it. In any case they 'could' put the fl...

Ok just check on the users of compact and NEX type of cameras, hand them a DSLR or even a DSLT the first thing they do is hold it out in front of them, I would do the opposite and try to find the view finder to me it is not natural not to use the VF. As I said before you have two types of camera you...

I don’t think anyone has suggested sticking a long lens on a NEX. All that has been said is everything has its place. I said I don’t envy those carting round Canon 1Dmk whatever with all the kit that is required for that, I do most of my shooting as light as possible even using a Tamron 200-500mm fo...

I see your camera came with the earlier firmware where as mine was the later version from new, 1.11, I can’t remember seeing a firmware update for the A-580 though. My focusing system is spot on luckily, also very pleased with the results I am getting. Looks like the one you had been a very early on...