Here is the A77/A65 firmware info (Click on image to enlarge).
Finally some good news! The new A77/A65 firmware will arrive on March 29th. And here is the firmware update features list:
1) Expanded the number of automatic compensation compliant lenses (6 lens)
[shoplink 4419]24/2 ZA[/shoplink] [shoplink 6052]85/1.4 ZA[/shoplink] [shoplink 10337]135/1.8 ZA[/shoplink]
[shoplink 11583]70-300/4.5-5.6 G[/shoplink] [shoplink 6422]DT35/1.8[/shoplink] [shoplink 11584]DT50/1.8[/shoplink]
2) Improvement of response
・Improvement of response for Auto review
（Display of [Processing] will not appear）
・Shorten time lag between power SW operation and power off
・Improvement of response for front/rear dial and mode dial
・Improvement of response in play back mode
3) Improve AF response with 500mmF4 lens
4) Improvement of AF accuracy for low contrast objects
5) Improvement of compatibility of Minolta lens
[Konica Minolta] 1.4X TELE CONVERTER APO X [Konica Minolta] AF APO 300/2.8
[Konica Minolta] 2.0X TELE CONVERTER APO X [Konica Minolta] AF APO 300/2.8
[Konica Minolta] 1.4X TELE CONVERTER APO X [Konica Minolta] AF APO 600/4
The great news is the response improvement. There is no info about possible JPEG quality improvements.
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Bloody hell, I am ASTOUNDED. I take it all back if true.
I am pissed and I hope someone at sony read this :
The AEL button doesn’t work in manual mode, you can assign everything you want in P, A, S,
In menu, Function. of AEL button can be assign but not for manual mode.
Such a shame as its not about the camera capability…
Please I want to use focus magnifier, exposure comp., flash mode, smile shutter… Or any other option also in manual mode…???
In manual mode the AEL button will only work for one thing. Aperture ????
Please allow the same capability for manual mode as any other mode. Common, it as nothing to do with image setting, RAW, RAW & JPEG….
Please add this to the new firmware. I believe it’s just a command line that as been forgotten by programmer…
Thanks for reading this… I love my A65, I just wanna be able to use Fn button the way they suppose to work
Thank you!!!
+1, I really hope I can assign other function to AEL in M mode.
I also hope there is an option in Menu for back dial in A mode for aperture while front dial for Exposure Compensation.
f*ck yeah about time! :DDDDD
This is wonderful they’ve specifically addressed the APO teleconverter compatibility issues. Big discussion of very inconsistent performance over at Dyxum. Works for some, not for others, and no combination is consistent.
Now WHERE IS OUR TETHERING SUPPORT??? Where is remote video shooting support? I was forced to rent a Canon last week because the client demanded tethered viewing of the shoot. So embarrassing and frustrating.
And WHY oh WHY no Smart Teleconverter in RAW mode?
Look, I can get FF or APS-C in RAW mode on a900. This is great for when I don’t want to deal with all the large files for certain shooting. Why not a crop mode for a77 and NEX too, in RAW? Take advantage of that EVF Sony and provide a cropped RAW mode which still allows full EVF screen display.
I have to use a Canon at work for tethering…it cost Sony a sale.
Lightroom.
What about it?
Nevermind. If you’re creating professional work, you should be using Canon or Hasselblad anyway. I was just suggesting LR for Sony-importing during the shoot. I’m looking forward to trying my Nex-7 with LR. Live-view tethering would be great, but not necessarily needed. What app are you using with your Canon at work?
LR and CS5 and Sony IQ is as good as a Canon in the studio!
So, you were tethered with LR. And why did “Cost Sony a sale?”!!!!!!! Btw, I’ve never witnessed a Sony product in any studio or on site. it just doesn’t happen!! Not yet anyway.
I am using my Sony cameras for professional work – so it happens right here.
@kk you are clueless and don’t know anything about Sony tethering…
@sa77
ok, thanks.
@adam
Just stating my experiences. It’s usually client perspective; they don’t expect that Sony products can be used in professional settings.
@sa77
ok, thanks.
@adam
Just stating my experiences. It’s usually client perspective; they don’t expect that Sony products can be used in professional settings.
@sa77, ok. Thanks for all of your great insight on this site. Good stuff.
@adam, Just stating my experiences. It’s usually client perspective; they don’t expect that Sony products can be used in professional settings. I haven’t seen it.
It is true that my clients often are surprised that I use Sony. But most of my assignments include both video and stills – and most clients understand that Sony is very much used in professional video environments. So it is not that hard to convince them.
And at the end of the day all that matter for the client is results. If they get the quality they hope for they dont care what brand you are shooting with.
I also know professionals that shoot Olympus and Pentax … they get by too.
Can’t help to notice this amateur (and then some) used some Sony gear on film production in a studio, and he seemed professional:
http://www.filmdailies.com/archives/sony-cinealta-rigs/
And now they have gear such as:
http://www.eoshd.com/content/3921/sony-cinealta-f65-8k-priced-to-compete-with-arri-alexa-and-red-epic
don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty to say about Sony, let’s keep it real.
i think you all are on the hype of canon because its canon iv had a guy come to my job to take a passport picture i use a point and shoot Olympus, he looked at me and said ah Olympus I’m a canon guy (so then why are you here)
fact is APS sensor camera manufacturers (Nikon,Canon,Pentax and not to exclude Sony) all use a SONY SENSOR. Therefore apart from handling,loyalty to a certain system etc all these cameras should give equal performance the rest depends on your printers dpi and paper, quality wise operation system is the only difference… so its up to the user to decide what he/she likes best in system
im a sony user by the way
yea yea we all know about noise levels depending on processor or special chips built in but who is really going to take that many pictures without flash, indoor light or daylight to get noise and who is actually going to zoom or magnify to look for noise not your customers for sure they will look at the whole picture and go OMG I LOVE IT (SATISFACTION)
RAW is RAW and by definition it should never remove ANYTHING from what the sensor gives. Really, that is the definition of RAW. So having no support for the smart teleconverter in the RAW is in my opinion correct.
I can shoot a 10MP RAW APS-C sized image on the a900. It’s still RAW. That has nothing to do with cropping.
Realistically, there should be numerous formats to chose from regardless of shooting RAW or JPG. And the EVF could easily format them all to full viewing.
A “Classic” size option for 8×10 – 16×20 for traditional frames and letter sized magazine spread. A “NEO” size option for 8×12 – 16×24 and tabloid magazine spread. I’d absolutely love a Square Format. How bout a half frame vertical mode? All available in 1x, 2x, 3x… A couple of buttons saves me tons of post cropping.
I certainly don’t need 24mp for EVERY shoot. Size down in camera and save this monkey some processing time.
This is definitely one of the best ways to utilize the new electronic viewfinder technology I hope Sony listens to you
Exactly as Clyde said,
I rarely need 24Mpx image. 12Mpx is faaar enough for majority of my work. And so I can work faster in the RAW processing program, and yes, the buffer will be able to save more images at once. Not a bad idea I think. And I also don’t thnk it is sooo impossible and complicated to do for the programmers. And if they can do it with pixel-binning, many users would be verry happy.
Why couldn’t you just use an Eye-Fi Pro card to wirelessly transfer the image to your laptop?. Lightroom can automatically load that image. You need the Pro card to transfer RAW, but it works just fine. And when you set up Direct transfer you don’t need a network.
That isn’t tethering. Look at tethering on the A700 and you’ll understand why we want it. 😉
Tethering with live-view and focus peaking/magnification would be a killer application for the studio.
The HDMI out gives you your live-view and magnification; with Sony’s monitor you can have peaking.
You can’t control the camera though. My setup was overhead boom shooting down on product. Need to control the camera from desktop.
You really need to look at the tethering on the A700 to understand it. 😉
My thoughts on the subject are the same as yours. Why have live view and not be able to use a tethering mode? Sony dropped the ball on that one. I only hope that a FW can rectify that soon!
I worked around that by using a mini-Hdmi -> HDMI cable and a 24″ HP display with my A700 in the studio. It works very well, giving a nice fullHD preview of the image, the only issue is that the crappy mini-Hdmi connections always brake after sevral days of usage, wich can be avoided by fixing it with to the body with zipties to prevent force from the connector. I do not understand yet why all manufacturers use a consumerconnection like Microhdmi on a professional piece of equipment. HD-Component or even HD-SDI would have been several times more durable.
By the way the original cables for the 700 are named VMC-15MHD / VMC-30MHD ( 1,5 and 3m); but I really don’t know if they are the same for the A77! (However on eBay, Amazon etc. you can find 3rd party cables working as well as the originals, that are cheaper and come in even greater lengths.
thethered shooting: Hot folder option in CaptureOne + Sony Software for USB transfer..
Cracks me up… #3.
“3) Improve AF response with 500mmF4 lens”
Oh man you know everyone’s been complaining about that.
LMFAO!
They will be if they spent $13,000 and it is sluggish. 😛
probably this will be the new kit lens 😉
+1
wow!!! now i’m excited!
“2) improvement of response time” This should have been there from day 1 !!
After trying the a77 in store I was shocked by how slow the interface was for a 2011 camera.
Let’s hope they improve the nex-7 speed as well soon enough.
that really sucks… We need tethering and no bloody support for expensive lenses nobody can afford…
*grrrrrr*
Hmmmm this post is exactly what is wrong with users on here: ‘what I want is what everyone wants’ mentality.
Great!!
However, still hope improvement in iso and buffer
I dont expect a buffer improvement, this is very likely a hardware limitation. 🙁
i know,, but still some hope 😀
Just shoot low-res jpegs. There’s your buffer.
Get a UHS-1 SD card (95mb/s speed/600x) only costs about $60 for 16 gig. A77 performs blazingly fast with it, no lag at all.
Seconding this. I bought a 32GB and it’s very very fast.
shit, sony! what r u doing ??????? did you heard user response?
Did you miss points 2, 4 and 5?
ops.. what u mean points 2, 4 and 5 ?
Have you actually READ the rumour? If true, it appears that Sony have heard user response…
The lights are on, but there’s nobody at home.
finally! hope it really improves to shorten time lags on power on and off of the a77. has anyone notice when using minolta lens, the white balance goes a bit yellowish, while the new sony 16-50mm lens (of cors) has a very accurate WB? AF is also a bit off with minolta lenses.
Minolta AF 50mm f/1.7
Minolta AF 28mm f/2.8
Minolta AF 75-300 F4.5-5.6
and on #5, who uses those teleconverters?? the lenses i mentioned are more consumer lenses and those needs to be improved instead. 500mm f/4? are you kidding me? 1/1000000 only have that lens.
have you ever heard of AF micro adjustments? Read the manual to resolver your AF issues.
yes and they don’t specify how to setup the lens you have where it would take you a lot of time to experiment with that setting. some guy at dpreview made his own chart for the lenses and the AF micro adjustment settings but that is only by his opinion. unofficial.
It works very well though. I setup my Sigma 50 1.4 with it cleaning up a bit of back focus.
You can’t just use random settings form other lenses.
Micro adjustments have to be made fore one precise lens. Other lenses won’t match a hundred percent even if they come from the same production-run. Remember that these lenses have been used for quite a while already so that naturally differentiate, even if it’s only slightly.
and the lens is not even available at this time
who the f will know the response of the lens ?
BTW,,
I tried 16-80za and minolta 70-210 f4
i also think the wb is a bit yelloish
you are right. the sony branded lenses such as the first 55-200mm has great AF and WB with the A77. i only notice the yellowish tone with minoltas and sigmas, which also are not as sharp is it was in my a700. i think the a77 has really been made for the 16-50mm f2.8. that two is perfect together in every aspect. when mounted with a different lens, its a meh.. ok.. that seems to not utilizing the power of the a77. good choice that i bought the a77 with the 16-50mm lens, since i was having thoughts of saving money and since i have a bunch of minolta glass, kit lens from a700 and a sigma 28-105mm f2.8.
I use a 1.4x Minolta teleconverter. It’s not that obscure an item.
I as well use a Minolta 1.4 telecoverter with the 300mm 2.8
I do hope the update really does speed up the power UP/DOWN, I understand it’s trivial to some, but when setting a long lens down and picking up a new body for a closeup sometimes it needs to power up faster than you might think.
Please Sony. Tethering. We need it.
Whatever did you do before tethering?
Used a Sony A700.
OMG, this is really great news/rumors. Yes, tethering would be really a great thing if integrated. But I am happy already with this news.
So there is still improvement left for further updates like tethering, better jpg-engine, please give us back the A900 user interface, as additional option and extra customisation of the buttons. I want to reconfigure the “?” button.
To make this great hardware a real block buster 😉 .
This is a real problem: There is no info about possible JPEG quality improvements! This means that there will no be improvement on ISO 3200? It is ok, but not nearly the way I expected.
Who the fuck shoots JPEGS AT ISO3200???????
Nikon users.
Nikon owners 😛
edit: damn, you beat me to it!!
You lag like the A77. 😀
Good Question! I only shoot Raw but I never used the 12fps mode… is that raw, too?
Yep, also RAW. And when put in AF-S you also have control of aperture.
Sorry, but I’m not very happy with ISO 3200 in RAW in concert photos when there isn’t many light.
Many sports buyers want JPEG only, send some a Raw and they will send them right back!
Lots of shooters shoot JPEG.
I do and I think A77 just fine. It is ISO6400 JPEG that needs little tweaking.
This is only 1.05 you’ll have to wait until 4.0 like we did on the A700. 😀
At least you guys got four FW upgrades. The A900 got a grand total of one.
The A900 didn’t have this many problems. 😀
Fake for sure!
There is nothing to improve with the 135mm F1.8 lens 🙂
:like:
Maybe som unsharpen
Hahaha.
I was hoping for version 2.0! But I will take it anyway!!
Thanks Sony and Andrea for the news 🙂
Good job Sony!
I know it’s off topic, but do you really think Sony listening/reading and cares what we talk about here ?
Nope!
Man I just got my A65 and I love it! This will only make it better.
I have both the A65 and A77 and would like the following please:
* Tethering
* Better Jpeg engine
* Ability to view all media in playback (not having to select from still/mp4/AVCHD)
* Ability to use a time delay before HDR shots (drive mode -> 2/10sec self-timer)
* HDR Video… the canon 550d flashed with Magic-lantern can do it so the sony should be more than capable!!
* Within picture effects it would be nice to be able to change the ‘partial colour’ acceptance band, I’m finding its Torrance’s to strict for each colour.
* Open source firmware so the hacking community can improve things at a faster rate… Only need to look at magic-lantern to see what is possible. Open source has made android sales go through the roof Sony should give it a go!
I think you can forget about open source firmware…
Wake up boy 😀
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Make.Sorry
I’m happy sony started to implement a STANDARD USB cable and SD cards 😀
I was complaining about the sluggishness of my A77 a couple of days ago on here and one person actually replied saying I was holding the camera wrong! LOL I’m happy to hear they are coming up with a firmware update and I don’t have to sell my new camera! I also had an issue which drove me crazy when editing photos after taking them. After editing the photos when I tried to save the photo, the modified settings from the camera were applied to the save. For example, if in the portrait mode I added +2 to sharpness, when the photo was being saved the photo would sharpen an addition +2 (in 2 different programs)to the finalize edit. It drove me nuts. I had to reset the camera to resolve the issue and make sure to not modify the settings.
Don’t hold it in your left hand, you cover the GPS aerial and it makes the camera lag. 😉
I always hold it with my right hand and I have the GPS turned off on the camera, but thanks for the info anyway. 🙂
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He didn’t get the joke.
Ahhh, I see, you are referring to the iPhone! LOL 🙂
Hmmm…v1.05
Maybe there will be a few fw instead of one?
LOL better low light AF response so you get great focus on noisy images…… They have to be kidding right?
What about doing something about noise so we don’t have to with 3rd party software and I am talking RAW and JPEG and at really not that high an ISO either. C’mon Sony …… make your and our lives easier do everything you can about the noise issues.
Everything else is secondary to IQ imo.
and IQ is not all about ISO noise.
How about pixel binning like you are soon to offer on your P&S. That might help…..
Wonders when the problem associated with using large 32GB cards will be resolved. As I have purchased 2 cards only to find I wasted my money and now use them on our other camera’s and the old smaller ones on the A65’s…….
What is the problem with 32GB cards, mine work fine with my A77 (Sandisk UHS-1).
Yay.
.enil fo dne
Nice to see more people are missing the tethered capabilities …. When I have a client who requests tethered I have to go back to using my a700 ….. So my question is where in the bigger picture does the a77 sit? … Is it that only ” pros” use this feature and therefore will it only be available with the ” pro” a99 . If not are they just lazy … And give it to us as a fw upgrade after the release of a99….. if it is even on there??? Or are these the kind of features that will separate Sonys alpha family because they have introduced sooo many introductory/consumer models and no semi pro/pro range in the a xx group??
I said it elsewhere, I think Sony will use tethering as a differentiator between the A77 and A99.
Does canon 7D and Nikon d7000/300s provide tethering?
a700 have. a77 sucessor to a700? 😀 lol…
Yup that’s the point. 😀 The A77 was designed for studio use, having PC-Sync socket, 1/250 flash sync and the ability to turn off the EVF exposure preview. Yet they didn’t add tethering!
Even canon rebels do tethering. I kept my 60d to use for tethering until they add it to the 77 or the 99 has it
I hope that isn’t the only thing differentiating the two cameras.
Great news!! I’m very curious about the low contrast af improvement, and what it will actually do in the real world.
WTF!!
5) Improvement of compatibility of Minolta lens [Konica Minolta] 1.4X TELE CONVERTER APO X [Konica Minolta] AF APO 300/2.8 [Konica Minolta] 2.0X TELE CONVERTER APO X [Konica Minolta] AF APO 300/2.8
Is thats my problem? http://www.alphadxd.fr/viewtopic.php?f=169&t=69176
Not one word about the flash exposure problems. 🙁
Meanwhile, I got my A77 & 2.8/16-50mm and I’m quite happy whith it.
Just 3 things would be great:
– Auto-ISO for manual mode
– noise improvement
– more lenses which are tailored for the A77/65, like the 2.8/16-50
I’m pleased to see that Sony is reacting to the market’s needs by providing fw, but there’s still work to be done.
Apart from that, the A77 really is a great camera – it’s fast (AF and menu-navigation) and it provides tons of detail.
Manual is MANUAL. It ain’t gonna have an auto-ISO! What next, an auto Aperture? 😀
Call it whatever you want. It makes sense for practical reasons!
With the present P,A,S,M modes, I suggest an addition AS mode, you can set Exposure Level like in A or S mode, control Aperture and Shutter Speed manually like in M mode, but the ISO is Auto(probably can set the ISO range).
I found this really helpful especially when I am taking photo in street.
+1 to Jens’ idea.
It does not make sense what-so-ever to have an automatic setting in MANUAL!
What they’re talking about is AS priority, which is something different from full manual, but nevertheless something that is perfectly useful.
@Carl. I wasn’t replying to AS mode, it was auto-ISO…
Again: Whatever you finally call the mode: it’s a great feature to have auto iso while choosing aperture and shutter speed manually (and separately).
I’m with you Jens, some people just like to be fucking pricks.
u mean a77 can have auto iso whebn shooting in video? if real, at least par to 600D
Great FW Update!
For me personnaly, I like the improved Af on low contrast subjects.
For some reason my A77 plus 70-400G combo didn’t like BIF and flying aircraft to much.
Hope it will allso improve this in video mode too.
Every now and then it loses track of (grey/white) aircraft against cloudy skies.
Sad… My A55 only receive one update so far 😀
thats because the a55 was market ready when they released it unlike the a77 that still is unfinished product [ stilll no tethering / remote control option as promissed ]
Where Sony has promised tethering for A77 ???
Where the hell was tethering promised?!
Sony UK said they would get answers from Sony Japan but I have never seen any answers provided or news… Sony did seem to promise a reply but as far as I know has not provided the answer as yet.. and for what they are calling the fully ‘digital’ camera to not have some basic ‘digital’ features that have been around for years seems a little odd to me…. I sure do hope they release firmware with Tether support or at least confirm it’s comming as I’m sure it could only help sales!
One thing is real -never buy 1st generation camera! (ie: SLT) basically it is just a testing market approach to taste the market. similar to Window Millenium 😀
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I want improvement AF respond on 70-400G
Not a single, direct improvement to video.
Above 1,600 ISO in video mode?
No.
Histogram in video mode?
No.
Teleconverter for focusing in video mode?
No.
Fix the CROP in video mode?
No.
Ability to store your exposure in video mode?
Maybe.
If I had to do it over again, I would have just bought a Canon 60D. Anyone want to buy my A77?
Fuck you Sony.
Above 1,600 ISO in video mode?
Sony: ” nah!” take it or leave it!
Fix the CROP in video mode?
Sony: ” nah!” take it or leave it! We will not to enabled disable the stabilizer even you are use flycam/glidecam stabilizer. Go hell! 😀 lol…
How much do you want for it? Distressed sale?
I’d consider $1,800 since I was one of the first to purchase it back in October of 2011. I bought it for $2,000 because of the included tax and extra battery.
You’d get two chargers and an extra battery.
And what these things were promised to you somehow?! You expected them because you want them?
None of these updates excite me. Just give us Tethering!
+1
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+2
I am still mystified as to why tethering is still not forthcoming. Surely it would not be that difficult for Sony to add.
@pancanikonpus: I have a solution for you – buy a video camera.;)
SONY, please give the option to choose between NTSC/PAL frame rates (60p/50p & 25p/24p) in VIDEO MODE.
Silly! what sony users gonna do as sony do not consider their fans request -tethering, iq, video crop, etc? further more with price increment on lenses stuff.
-jump ship?
-infinite ranting?
-boycott campign?
Pathetic to Sony users 🙁
2 upgrades in a couple of months ain’t so bad.
Yes, but the updates are 1.03 => 1.04 => 1.05 We need at least 1.1
These firmwares solve just tiny things and with 1.04 I still feel as I have just alpha-testing product version.
What I wanted to say, the 1.03 and 1.04 are just bug fixes… these things should be solved before the camera appeared in the shops.
And what do you EXPECT a firmware update to fix, other than bugs? Seriously.
Has anyone at Sony actually made a photograph, or worked with a camera? I’ve been with Alpha mount for twenty seven (27) years, since the Maxxum 7000. Only now am I beginning to see the benefits of a company like Nikon which concentrates their design philosophies on one thing (photography) and for one customer (photographers). Nikon’s not worried if their TV’s and Joysticks will compete against XBox.
There is NOTHING North of the North Pole.
Question again. It is a good place here fot it.
I would like very much as a Sony customer give them my feedback. Do they care what they customers do think and do need?
I’m not really wxcited about the 1.05, well, less laggy menu and AF able to really focus surfaces my A300 can, will be nice. I hope it will do it.
BUT I really want – a 12Mpx RAWs (pixel binning would be perfect here)
– better noise handling
– I really want better JPEG image quality (If I wanna aquarel painting, I will paint it by myself)
– CROP remove in video with stabilizer off ?!
– WHY can’t we all just choos whether do we want 60, 50, 24 or 25 fps video?!
– and possibility to shoot 720p ? WHY not? I think these things are quite easy to do. You don’t have to code a brand new modules (as tethered shooting for example), just give an extra option to the users. So the products will be more versatile and more customers will be happy with the same product. If sony is not going taking the way to give out 100 half-finished products every year rather than few good products which will satisfy majority of the customers.
+ Many people do want a tethering (at least via usb cable could be possible to code it not?)
I would really like to hear from Sony what do they plan to do about all these complains and requests from actual customers.
BTW maybe we all should to post the requests here
https://forum.sel.sony.com/viewforum.php?f=68&sid=e9ad07bc8ae08153dda70266abede792
i’d love to see 720p as well.
if the camera can shoot 1080p at 60fps, surely it can do 720p at 120fps right?
standard 720p with 30fps would be brilliant, good res and lighter files to work with.
I really don’t understand why all of you people don’t send these complaints to Sony directly.
You talk here as if this is a Sony official forum. Gather yourself in a group somewhere on the internet (Facebook or whatever you want) and send emails, letters, or phone calls to Sony.
I agree with most of you, but you’re screaming under the wrong tree.
Admin should appointed Paul from UK Sony as the SAR advisor 😀
You don’t need an advisor.
The comments on these threads can easily be transformed into more “formal” letters. Organize yourselves and do it over one week, this would hit Sony in the head.
Exactly, can we make a poll with requests on a new firmware?
After few days or a week we will send a formal letter to Sony, as a group of customers requesting their answer as well.
SAR admin, what do you think?
I support this idea.
SERIOUSLY SONY ????
An update without addressing the FLASH Incosistency issue ?????
Not just one letter. Everyone sends one. The more the better. It should be a whole campaign. I hope Admin is reading this. Make a poll, gather people, let our fucking voices be heard.
Linux support!!! With the number of firmware updates this would cause a major headache for me. I do not have a ready access to a windows pc. Firmware updates with linux is possible with Nikon 7000. Why not Sony?
As I have just persuaded the wife to get one it may become the deciding factor.
+1
+1…
+I am vote for it…
I can’t believe people would rather a new feature like tethering thana blazingly faster usr experience.
I believe this is very welcoming news for those doing sports and the like.
I personally need this for daily use.
Major updates should come later when Sony gives us a seamless interface.
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Exactly, fix the issues first. Add functions later.
Simple deal on the flash issues- Since Sony doesn’t address them just sell your A77’s or have them RMA’d as defective back to Sony under the warranty (or try to do that). That will do a lot more than an online poll.
.enil fo dne
Well, I have just figured out that When I turn mu external flash on, the camera gets absolutely frozen. Only Live wiew works, but nothing else. No button affects anything. Neither shutter release, neither switch-off. Just remove the battery. Yay.
A77 and F58 work fine for me.
OMG – Flash performance of the A77 is really so pure. I do not believe, Sony is not able or willing to fix this in the new firmware release…
Also, I’m really sad my A65 won’t perform my SD card 32gb 95mbps, I wasted my money, as the camera while have the same writing speed on 45mbps card
Common Sony it’s 2012 almost half way to 2013
Keep up the good work and maybe follow apple philosophy, stop trying to sell 10 years old technology, and you will have the same customer response apple did the last past 5 years!
Thanks for reading this, you guys led the way with you translucent mirror tech, and everybody is following.! Keep up the good work!
What the fuck are you talking about? 95 megaBITS per second?
Good lord, learn some basics about technology and shut the hell up, apple is YEARS behind the curve on technology.
Sony = Fail
I’m so glad I got out of the Sony game.
Hello D800 🙂
Yet you are reading Sony rumors site.
Go away troll
Sony = Fail
I’m so glad I got out of the Sony game.
Hello D800 🙂
Great news about the teleconverter issue. This has been my biggest disappointment with the A77! I sure hope it works!
Sonys 24 mega pixel Alpha Cameras are Pro Cameras! Some of the BEST captures I have ever seen!
Still no word on tethered support? 🙁
I do not see flash over-exposure fixes in the firmware. Many people reported this problem. See the following forum with the replication steps:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1037&message=40450270
Also, there is a number of usability improvements, and other issues and recommendations awaiting to be addressed:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1037&message=39834643
Extra fine JPEG is a MUST in the A5X/A6X series. I can barely understand why it A3X series would not have such setting, but not in the A5X/A6X. It is simply unacceptable to have sub-par JPEG quality in $900 camera!
As a matter of fact, I know at least one person that decided to go with Canon T3i after comparing JPEGs from A65 and T3i. More noise and more JPEG compression were the deciding factors.
Sony would increase sales if they allowed an open source firmware. Fact.
Sony didn’t understand that when it came to Beta Max, they didn’t get it with the bogus UMD format on the Play Station Portables, and the god damn TV repair man is at my place every three months to fix the firmware in Sony Bravia’s TVs.
Boycott Sony.
Good! I’ll be installing this, and also waiting for the next update with a more decent JPEG engine. Also, want to be able to use fine and extra fine on A65 when in auto mode!
I actually meant, Sharpening control when in Auto(+) Mode. I’m glad others are getting improvements. I’d love to see a competitive Jpeg engine on these.
+tethering!
Please,put higher iso than 1600 in video mode.PLEASE.
We have now taken over 50,000 professional photos with our 2 Sony SLT-A77s including several weddings, concerts, and we were also the official photographers on the Rock Legends Cruise… so yes there are professionals that shoot SONY! We were chosen out of thousands of photographers around the world to do the RLC shoot, over 9,000 excellent photos in 4 days. Many of these have been published worldwide and many of the subjects said they were the best photos ever taken of them!
These cameras rock and if you take the time to learn how to use them within their limits. I personally shot over 5,000 no flash concert photos in low light and got a 95% usable result.
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Instead of using a camera “within there [Sony’s arbitrary] limits”, why not get off on the right foot and buy a camera with no limits? Canon’s lineup offers firmware that’s been hacked, meaning you can get the most of the camera’s true potential.
I’m sick of seeing you post about an over-priced camera like it’s god’s gift to photographers and cinematographers. It. Is. Not.
Unless you can post about unlocking the Sony A77 by hacking the firmware, shut up.
Paying $2,000 for a piece of equipment that is out performed (video wise) by a $1,400, Canon 60D, is criminal.
Booo Sony.
ohhh please! And you Canon fanboys are willing to pay and extra $500 for the 600D over the 550D just for a flappy screen.
STFU LOSER!
The A77 is a good camera.
Snore.
It has the potential to be a good camera, but Sony habitually drops the ball on software. They are habitual-ball droppers.
I own the A77 and would gladly shoot a Canon 60D instead (from a video perspective).
Until developers hack the firmware and allow options like Magic Lantern for Canon to be available on the Sony platform; I will permanently have buyers remorse.
I’m not making up facts here. I am stating objectively that for the price, the A77/65 are terrible cameras if your focus is to shoot video.
James – I have the a77 and also the Canon 60D and I totally disagree with your view. The Sony, with it’s electronic viewfinder and superior menu system, is a joy to use for video compared to the Canon 60D which feels outdated and clunky by comparison. Apart from anything else the Canon shuts off after only 12 minutes which is a constant irritation when filming anything like and interview or performance, while the A77 will happily record 29 minutes.
I think your statements regarding the A77 are rash an ill-considered.
You most certainly are not a professional, little boy.
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I just want to say James is correct. The a77’s video is poor, cropped, and does not let you have any control unless you use manual focus (what’s the point then). The A77 is a good camera for any pictures below ISO 800. Anything in any kind of low light where you don’t want to use a flash the A77 will fail you. This is definitely the case with sports photography even in fair light since you’ll have to use a high iso to compensate for the high shutter speed. However, at this price point they only thing that beats it is the 7d which is like 4 years old. So the A77 is kind of competitive. For true sports shots there is nothing that competes with the nikon d4 or even older d3s. Sony please improve the ISO and video performance on this camera and you will have an undisputed winner and improve your profits greatly.
Besides lag time, These are fu%king Pointless updates!! stupid fu#king Sony! Puts Limits on the harware technology we rightfully paid for & own, Kinda like the crooks at AT&T charging an extra $30 a month to allow me to take full advantage of the hardware in my iphone that I paid for, It’s my hardware! I paid for it so I should be able to use it how i want… Not have limitations put in by Sony engineers & programmers, They must Unlock/open this firmware now!!!
@ Admin:
Hi Andrea, tomorrow is March 29th ! Any confirmations or updates??
I was wondering the same. It’s quiet on the rumors about this update.
I’m really excited to see the long list of improvements to this new version 1.0400000001.
Stil waiting for version 2.0 though. Sony has had quite some time for some real improvements (not that the camera isn’t good now).
True, but Sony release a SLT-A57 with the same processor and UI and improvements even over the A77, like improved focus tracking, a special viewfinder mode for users with eye-glasses etc. (probably a hardware issue). Si I expect this thing to show up in the A77 too.
Virtual high-five. I can’t agree more to what the A77 owner said. As for the comment regarding the A57, no. You are missing the point. If you buy a camera, the company should stick with it by releasing major software updates. Releasing a new camera is fucking pointless because why should I spend more money on something I don’t need? I just bought the A77, why the F would I want to buy the A57 because they updated some bullshit from the A55?
AHGHG!
Dont really care about tethering but my only issue is so much noise at 1600 on my a65,,,, I’ve seen a Nikon user use an iso of 4000 at a wedding and HAD ABSOLUTLY NO NOISE, you say why go so high well it’s to get a higher shutter speed and have the right exposure
I don’t think you know anything about photography….
‘well it’s to get a higher shutter speed and have the right exposure’
No, no it’s not….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sriOz3It_QE
This video has done only with kit a77 1.05 and really worth the money.