cheers guys.. things have changed for the better so now looking at the A77..should do the job nicely.. Anyone else using the A77 with different ideas?
cheers guys.. things have changed for the better so now looking at the A77..should do the job nicely.. Anyone else using the A77 with different ideas?
Funnily enough I've just caved in and bought an A77 despite agonising over the technical fact it's SLT does mean it's high ISO noise is always going to be worse then the equivalent non-SLT camera..
What made my mind up was seeing some actual output from ISO3200 on the camera in-store, and looking at people's experiences using the A77 at moderate ISO (upto 3200) on other forums, the output is more then acceptable and kicks my previous DSLR's into the weeds.
Just as an example, here's DPReviews studio comparison tool, I've used JPEG since this is the worse case PP you can expect, they don't use noise removal in their RAW conversions so you aren't seeing the final output)
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/stu...8&x=-0.3574924260079235&y=0.16942404579658346
Getting over ISO3200 and it's all damage limitation.. The A77 starts to look noticeably worse, but I'm willing to take compromise on that for all the other things the camera offers.
So with acceptable ISO performance, that leaves you with the rest of the camera, and the A77 offers a very good mix of potential benefits, depending on the user and their preferences or willingness to adapt.
There are lots of features that people some to like or hate, or maybe it's the fact that some good features have small side effects that on paper puts people off.. you certainly have to 'embrace' the EVF and the way it works, if you do this, as I am finding, you can make it work for you to the point you do wonder if this really should be where SLR's ought to be heading..
The two surprising features that are an instant hit with me are the focus peaking (Manual focussing with very shallow DOF is a joy now, and 100% reliable), and the rear screen live view is so usable that I'm actually using it for once, the triple articulated screen augments this and for the first time ever I've found that it suits some style of shooting much better!
I've been practising using the panorama mode as well, getting all the neighbours/family out to line up and see how it deals with static crowds.. it's very good and I can see that being used in the wedding books a lot.. I've done manual pano's a few times, but it's way too time consuming to setup and post process for me normally!
All horses for courses, if ISO performance is all you care about, I'd agree with the A850/A900 route.. they might offer only basic camera stuff these days, but they still are top performers in many ways (being FF)..
