A99 hands-on video by videolifestyle
Looks like many SAR readers were testing their brand new A99 cameras and they sent me some very interesting links to their tests. Here they are:
Frank Doorhof posted some new A99 portrait pics and likes the A99 so much that he just ordered a complete Alpha set! He is particularly impressed by the Dynamic Range. Note…he usually uses the Canon 5DmarkIII.
Sony A99 blog and test by Amit Zinman.
An A99 wedding video on youtube.
A99 video performance test by Fredrik on youtube.
Sony A99 tested for sports by Martin Gamper.
A99 vs. A900 vs. A77 by Stealthmodephoto.
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And for that one backlit still image you just remove the microphone cable from the hotshoe – and when you’re done taking stills, you reverse the operation. Over and over and over …
Very user-friendly 😀
Pro’s earning money with their work, usually own two camera bodies….
I’m sure they own more, but in that case: why not have a video camera with all the necessary connections for microphones, add-on screens etc. – and a still image camera optimised for that task?
Yeah sounds about as hard as changing lenses.
Except, you don’t have to change lenses to go from recording video to taking stills, so what’s your point?
You may want to change lenses between scenes while shooting video or stills, so what’s your point?
In fact, changing lenses and unmounting microphone cables to use flash and vice versa have nothing to do with each other, so what’s your point?
A99 vs. A900 vs. A77 – so, what are your bets?
As for 3 shots: 1st: A99, 2nd: A900, 3rd: A77.
The noise sample is probably also A77.
Yeah, you nailed it.
http://photorumors.com/2012/11/11/allacax-introduces-a-new-dedicated-wireless-flash-trigger-for-sony-nex-cameras/
Alreayd posted last week here: http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony-tidbits-55/
Now, how did I miss that? 🙂
😉
That videolifestyle review of the A99 is just plain awful.
True… quite bad.
see if you guys can pick out the mistakes in the review.
Well, that wedding video was quite good – excellent professional work that certainly takes advantage of the system capabilities.
+1
After spending a few days tinkering with my a99, the 60p is just phenomenal with the internal recording, and it can get even better with 10-bit prores on an external recorder. Now I have to decide whether to buy an external recorder or another lens to compliment the Zeiss 24-70 and the 70-400G.
Just getting used to my Alpha 99 but I find it difficult to get access to the video files as I’m working on a mac… Any tips of you guys? Thanks in advance!!
You can change the display modes of the in camera view area. One of the selections lets you choose between video and images.
Thanks, Marlon. But I meant I can’t transfer the video files to my Mac computer so I can use them in video editing software…
What software are you using?
I’m using Final Cut Pro X.
Just plug in the camera through USB, pop the card into a reader – or if you have a Macbook with a SD reader you can plug the card right into the computer’s SD slot, drag the files into a folder on your computer and then you can just open them up in FCX, or drag them into a project and edit away.
Thanks, Rick. Will give that a go…
Sorry folks but the Nikon D800 (with SONY 36mpx sensor) currently has the best dynamic range of any FF DSLR camera.
Well the 800 sounds like an excellent camera. I don’t think anyone was disputing the 800’s capabilities. I think Frank was primarily impressed because he is comparing the DR of the 5dm3 (another very nice camera)to the 99. I would have taken the plunge with the 800 if it had a faster frame rate, but I don’t think they were going after the sports enthusiast. I did get the 99 and am having a blast with it. Its DR and colors are great and its focusing abilities are also great. I am shooting a hockey event tonight and cannot wait to see how it performs under those conditions. So far the 99 is outperforming its user, me. If its high iso performance was better it would be the ultimate camera for me. Don’t get me wrong its iso performance is pretty darn good. My expectations are probably higher than reality would allow. You can tit for tat all day with these cameras. I would take any of them. It does make me feel better about my choice when a true professional like Frank who uses a 5dm3 goes out and buys a 99 because he likes it so much.
and can you tell the difference, or is it just some numbers?
by the way, what’s your source?
A99 is limiting Video to Only F3.5 Shocking WHY ???
Even our expensive Glass is forced to f3.5 What??
Sounds like another bad Sony screw up
Does the Nikon D800 for a few buck more have such a limit??
Relax, is just for autofocusing in video, in MF you can go wide open, naturally. Still better than Nikon, which video AF is unusable.
Yeah, dynamic range is good, but video stabilization at tele end is really awful, and avchd codec is too soft, even at +3 sharpness settings. So, it is not camera for video!
http://www.portreti.lv/how-to-achieve-best-video-stabilization-from-sony-alpha-a99/
14 FPS? I thought it was 10 and that with the focus and exposure locked!
I’ve posted parts II and IIa of the A99 vs. A900 vs. A77 test on http://stealthmodephoto.wordpress.com/
I’ve learned quite a bit when it comes to differences and the A99 is definitely impressive. I need to re-test the A900 as I think I may have been front-focused just a bit, and I need to do the metering a little different and turn more stuff off on the A99 and A77 to make the test fair, but so far I’m convinced of the sharpness of the A99 and the High ISO noise is a wholesale improvement over the A900 and A77.
Aw, this was an incredibly good post. Spending some time and actual effort to produce a really
good article… but what can I say… I put things
off a whole lot and don’t seem to get nearly anything done.