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SONY has, one week after the leak of a final version of Firmare v4 for the Alpha 700, placed authorised download links on their support websites along with an updated Image Data Suite 3 which can handle Alpha 900 raw files. Quick download links are given here with key features. . . . → Read More: Alpha 700 Firmware v4 + IDC update official Share this: 8 comments - (Comments are closed)  Cameras (DSLR), News, Software Reviews  Alpha 700, Alpha 900, converter, download, firmware, IDS 3, IDS3.0, Image Data Converter 3, Image Data Suite, link, raw, SIDS, software, Sony, v4 Sony has released – without announcement – a new firmware version for the Alpha 700 which includes an OFF function for high ISO. This is presumed to be in advance of tomorrow’s press conference, where the Alpha 900 will be revealed. Journalists could be expected to ask questions about the NR, and the lack of . . . → Read More: Firmware v4 for Alpha 700 – high ISO NR ‘OFF’ Share this: 14 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), News, Troubleshooting 1.04, Alpha 700, firmware, NR OFF, Sony, update, upgrade It’s not going to be long before we see the Alpha 900, and some cameras are known to be out there on trial in the hands of Sony staff and pre-release testers. I am not one, so rest assured, this is not a leak! What can you expect from the Alpha 900’s full-frame prism finder? . . . → Read More: Alpha 900 – finder and frames Share this: 20 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Photo Techniques, Uncategorized A700, A900, Alpha 700, Alpha 900, Canon, CMOS, framing, full frame, IMX021, Nikon D3, Nikon D3X, Nikon D700, prism, readout, screen, sensor, shutter, Sony, SSS, stabilisation, viewfinder, windowed The latest release of Adobe Lightroom, v2, handles all Sony Alpha and earlier KM digital camera raw formats including the Alpha 700, 200, 300 and 350. It is also updated, along with the final release of Adobe Camera Raw 4.5, to handle Nikon D700. Because Canon appears to have left their filetype identical to the . . . → Read More: Lightroom 2 tackles all Alpha RAWs Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), Software Reviews ACR, Adobe Lightroom 2, Alpha 200, Alpha 300, Alpha 350, Alpha 700, ARW, camera, CS3, CS4, custom, D700, developer, digital, DNG, editor, image, Lightroom, NEF, Nikon D700, Photoshop, process, profile, program, raw, Sony Alpha 700, v2, workflow SONY Alpha prices are now the lowest of any competing DSLR system – for current-model bodies – on the UK market. Dealers are now selling the Alpha 200 body for as little as £229.99 and even the Alpha 350 has dropped to under £400 body-only. £100 cashback on the Alpha 700 body, £150 on any . . . → Read More: Cashback deal extended, prices cut Share this:Now that there are five Sony Alpha DSLR bodies in circulation, with many owners of the original 2006 Alpha 100 considering a replacement, the differences between this ur-Alpha and the 2007-8 generation of Alpha 700, 200, 300 and 350 need examining. . . . → Read More: Which Sony Alpha? Share this: 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews A100, A200, A300, A350, A700, Alpha 100, Alpha 700, camera, choice, decision, DSLR, report, review, SLR, Sony Moving a DSLR – preferably without vertical grip because of the further imbalance created – to portrait format shooting on a small tripod ballhead produces an unstable arrangement where the head is stressed. The camera may sag unless the head is tightened, and if the lens is heavy, it may also unscrew itself from the . . . → Read More: A quick vertical bracket for DSLRs Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews A100, A200, A300, A350, A700, adapt, Alpha 100, Alpha 700, DSLR, L-bracket, mount, portrait, Sony, tripod, vertical There’s a lot of controversy right now about whether or not the image structure of the Alpha 700 files at very high ISO – mainly 3200 and 6400 – is as clean as raw processed results from other comparable cameras like the Canon 40D (does not offer ISO 6400), the Olympus E-3 (does not offer . . . → Read More: A700, 6400 ISO, seven raw processors Share this: 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Software Reviews .ARW2, .cARW, 4.2, A700, ACR, Adobe Camera Raw, Alpha 700, ARW, conversion, converter, cRAW, extract, plug-in, raw, Sony Apple’s Aperture 2.0 is a tedious program to test, with all its creation of ‘projects’ and ‘libraries’, ‘albums’, ‘vaults’ and nonstandard GUI, and it isn’t fast in processing files or passing them to Photoshop (which it does in 16-bit form, just another step to reverse before saving as far as I’m concerned). However, it’s handling . . . → Read More: Apple Aperture 2.0 processes A700 raw Share this:NOT everyone will want the live view offered by the A300 and A350 – it does turn out to be more or less as we suggested, a secondary optical path adjacent to the eyepiece inside the prism housing. I’ll explain here exactly what the implications are, and why a future model – let’s call it . . . → Read More: How the live view A300 and A350 will work Share this: |
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