Well I thought I'd start with a little something that I got to play with last night a Sony Alpha A77 with 18-80 f2.8 lens it had the a full battery grip and Sony HVL F58AM flash gun. I must say I've never really played with sony's before, overall I was really impressed with the feel of the camera it was solid in the hand, the speed of the auto focus was impressive and the LCD view finder took a little getting used to, but a really nice feature and really helps with the video which was really easy to transfer between stills and video. The tilt shift screen on the back was another nice addition to DSLR.
The thing that impressed me the most was the flash gun, not only the does the head move in the conventional way but it pivots at the same time allowing you to bounce it off almost any surface or angle.
I'm currently looking to move away from Canon as I've been working with nikon cameras including the D700 and the D300s. I would like say that I'm really impressed with the sony in comparison to the canons the rear view screen is sharper and the and it worked well at the event. If your looking to get a new SLR or looking to start with a entry SLR I would consider the nikons or the sony's they give you a lot more punch for your money than.
Right Acclimatising your camera and lenses, you been indoors you've saw a great location the day and you decide to shoot it the next day. You get everything ready and head on out. No sooner do you start shooting and our lens fogs up or your battery dies.
Well this could be a couple of different things, firstly you could have just forgotten to charge your battery or clean your lens.
If it's not any of the obvious ones it could be the temperature. The outside temperature that is, if you are somewhere where the temperature outside is a lot colder than it is indoors you'll no doubt have the heating on. This sudden temperature change will cause condensation on the one the inside and outside of your lens. This works the other way round but not quiet to the same degree, if you are in very hot country and the have air con the differences in temperature will cause condensation again. Best thing to do in both these cases is to acclimatise your equipment (if safe to do so) by placing your lens outside to reach the same temperature as it is outside (again only if safe to do so, I use an outside shed thats lockable.
As for the battery going dead a lot quicker then you thought this is again down to the temperature. the freezing conditions reduce the battery life. A couple of was to solve this is too 1 have two batteries and keep one in an inside pocket of your clothing particularly close to your arm pits or grown, as one dies swap it for the warm one and put the cold one back in your pocket.
Other alternative which I've not tried but a friend of mine does this for her winter landscaping use the hand warming pads near the battery as they will heat up the batteries for you.
Well I thought I'd start with a little something that I got to play with last night a Sony Alpha A77 with 18-80 f2.8 lens it had the a full battery grip and Sony HVL F58AM flash gun. I must say I've never really played with sony's before, overall I was really impressed with the feel of the camera it was solid in the hand, the speed of the auto focus was impressive and the LCD view finder took a little getting used to, but a really nice feature and really helps with the video which was really easy to transfer between stills and video. The tilt shift screen on the back was another nice addition to DSLR.
ReplyDeleteThe thing that impressed me the most was the flash gun, not only the does the head move in the conventional way but it pivots at the same time allowing you to bounce it off almost any surface or angle.
I'm currently looking to move away from Canon as I've been working with nikon cameras including the D700 and the D300s. I would like say that I'm really impressed with the sony in comparison to the canons the rear view screen is sharper and the and it worked well at the event. If your looking to get a new SLR or looking to start with a entry SLR I would consider the nikons or the sony's they give you a lot more punch for your money than.
Cheers for now.
Very nice to hear a good review on a Sony compared to main brands of manufactures
ReplyDeleteCheers Ash,
ReplyDeleteRight Acclimatising your camera and lenses, you been indoors you've saw a great location the day and you decide to shoot it the next day. You get everything ready and head on out. No sooner do you start shooting and our lens fogs up or your battery dies.
Well this could be a couple of different things, firstly you could have just forgotten to charge your battery or clean your lens.
If it's not any of the obvious ones it could be the temperature. The outside temperature that is, if you are somewhere where the temperature outside is a lot colder than it is indoors you'll no doubt have the heating on. This sudden temperature change will cause condensation on the one the inside and outside of your lens. This works the other way round but not quiet to the same degree, if you are in very hot country and the have air con the differences in temperature will cause condensation again. Best thing to do in both these cases is to acclimatise your equipment (if safe to do so) by placing your lens outside to reach the same temperature as it is outside (again only if safe to do so, I use an outside shed thats lockable.
As for the battery going dead a lot quicker then you thought this is again down to the temperature. the freezing conditions reduce the battery life. A couple of was to solve this is too 1 have two batteries and keep one in an inside pocket of your clothing particularly close to your arm pits or grown, as one dies swap it for the warm one and put the cold one back in your pocket.
Other alternative which I've not tried but a friend of mine does this for her winter landscaping use the hand warming pads near the battery as they will heat up the batteries for you.
Cheers for now