Amateur Photographer reports that Sony confirmed the A77 will have a new improved electronic viewfinder, as well as high ISO settings ‘up into the hundreds of thousands’. The body shell will be made from magnesium alloy and the finished product will be priced in the same region as [shoplink 5117]Canon EOS 60D-type[/shoplink] products.
Thee are new pictures of the prototype at Pocket Lint and ePhotozine (found via Noisycamera). It looks like the same prototype we saw in march at the show in Yokohama.
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Was hoping for more custom buttons.
Seems Sony engineers are morons, swivel screen still moves from the bottom point (like a55), not from side (like 60D)…. and wtf is advanced camera without CF slots?
Probably patent issues etc.
Totally agree. Giving us an SD cardslot and calling it a camera for “advanced” photographers is just a down right insult to the A700 users looking for an upgrade. Guess there’s nothing more to do than to wait even more for the A900 successor and hope Sony won’t screw that up too.
the swivel screen on the 60 d is a terrible!
i have been testing the a55 as well and love its tilting screen! the 60 got the SD slot aswell as the A700 replacement. A cf slot would be better though 😉
Why is it that you think it doesn’t.
Btw, Amateur Photography says that Sony has confirmed that it will have not just an “improved” EVF, but a “substantialy better” one.
If this baby really does have 24 mpx (which seems pretty well confirmed) AND ISO in the “hundreds of thousands” (which has been rumored but AP is now saying is confirmed) AND a “substantially improved” EVF, there might just be a few of them sold.
I expect that there will a few other goodies as well.
And if Sony actually has confirmed the details that AP mentioned, introduction of the camera is right around the corner.
I hope that is finally built a decent mode of bracketing. Set with “normal exposure”, “Number of images” and “EV-distance”. This allows meaningful bracketing for HDR.
Still… nothing new… I still cant figure out how does the tilt LCD works… That 2 pieces of plastic at left & right of the LCD..
I noticed that as well. It looks like it’s just a piece of plastic, but what do I know.
http://cdn.pocket-lint.com/images/zDlY/sony-see-through-camera-concept-hands-on-10.jpg?20110307-144355
I hope that this two plastic things will be removed.
Plastic pieces holding prototype LCD on place. Think it is just for prototype. A55 don’t have such junk.
so that you can raise the LCD without pulling it downward. Best when you are on a tripod. Also allows you to raise the LCD very quick when you are at low position.
I just hope we can lift that translucent mirror.
Great news. 1 step closer to reality. Can’t wait.
In the new pictures of the prototype, you can now see a button on the upper left corner on the back of the camera above the lcd. I wonder what that is for? any ideas?
That z switch to toggle between live view and evf…..
according to
http://ylovephoto.com/en/2011/02/21/sony-a77-buttons/
that button is top right side.
That button on the A55 is the menu button but the link lists menu as on the back right side.
And looks like there is no support for CF cards bummer….
+1
The key is “substantially improved” EVF in what way?
Resolution, Color, pretty much expected, and probably what they are talking about.
EVF lag shortened, not expected.
And guess which one is more critical for those few of us that shoot moving subjects.
I’ll take one right now. Thank you
can’t wait
Unfortunately I see no place where a Cf cards fits. So the rumored specs about Cf card slot seems to be wrong.
One question I don’t believe has been asked or answered, will real shooting tethered be available like on Canon and Nikon? On my a700 I can shoot tethered but obviously is limited since there is no live view. Anybody heard anything about this? Please post if you have or if this is a feature you would like.
If this is A700 replacement, why do we need to re-invest on memory, what about burst speed. CF cards are faster than SD. Why does Sony mess up with at least 1 or two features in each camera.
Can someone somehow work out the size of the camera?
I fear it may be too small, I wouldn’t want to have the camera I want the most to be too small for my hands, if it is the case, I may consider to go elsewhere.
The K5 is just about the smallest I can tolerate, the A55/33 are simply too small, the ideal size for me is the 60D, the D7000 somehow doesn’t feel great in hands.
Albin – “Can someone somehow work out the size of the camera?
I fear it may be too small”
I actually layered the prototype over a picture of the a700, lining up the lens mounts exactly and it appears that the two cameras are basically identical in size. I was worried about the same thing because I have large hands.
sounds promising then!
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/transparent_sony_a77_hands-on/