Unboxing the Sony A77 Mark II by John Sison
Three new cameras will ship within the next 2-3 weeks: The A77II, A7s and RX100M3. Here are the full preorder links and after that a couple of new interesting tests:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
Sony A7s EU pages: Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PL. And Wex UK.
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA.
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT. And Wex UK,
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan and Sony Australia.
Sony A77 body in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77 with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77 body in Europe at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, PT, NO, SE, FI and Wex UK.
Sony A77 in Asia at Digitalrev and Sony Australia.
A77II
Photographyblog posted the full A77II review and writes:
Sony may have been lavishing most of their time an attention on their E-Mount and full-frame mirrorless cameras of late, but the new Sony A77 II is a lot more than just a slight upgrade of the original model, offering more than enough new features, improved performance and continued excellent image quality to be awarded our coveted Essential! rating.
RX100M3
Luminous Landscape tested the RX100M3 and says that “the Best Pro-Level Pocket Camera Simply Gets Better“. And DPreview added some more RX100M3 image samples.
A7s:
Photoblog.hk posted some early High ISO JPG and these are two 100% crops:
Image courtesy: Photoblog.hk.
There is also a German review of the A7s at Chip.de.
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Sony is on fire! Hope A99II will be equally impressive – and I know it will.
pull out your head out of the sand… the Sun shines out there!
Unboxing video, yeah, awesome…
Panasonic beat sony in GH4 and future fantastic 4K LX8
sony beats panasonic iso and dynamic range. GH4 beat a7s 4k internal and 10bit output. So, depend on user need, from my point, wedding, event and random shooting without much led light/ light a7s better, for production and filming that having lighting setup, gh4 migh be better.
I would reserve judgment on which is better until seeing the actual 4k output of both cameras, bitrates notwithstanding.
So we now think that cruddy little m43’s is better than full frame cameras because it has an internal 4K recording… interesting.
Yeah the Gh4’s terrible low light performance is even more noticeable in 4k…?!?
https://vimeo.com/90885582
My phone shoots 4k internally…does that make it amazing??,,,
The GH4 is not terrible in low light, the 5d3 is just exceptional – but unless you’re using raw – its really soft. Every camera has tradeoff’s. That being said, I’m looking forward to comparing my GH4 to the A7s I’ve preordered. Ship it!
The 5DMkIII isn’t exceptional in low light: the 6D is better. The 5DMkIII is pretty good in low light. And it had better beat the GH4 soundly because the Panasonic reps are absolutely attacking full frame from the ground up on basis of better video and “near good enough in comparison” still images.
It looks good for a tiny sensor, but an up to date full frame sensor designed specifically for video will look a lot better. If it fits your needs then that’s great, but you’re never going to sell this to a full frame sensor user because it’s simply not as good.
You mean Panasonic, Fuji and others start copying Sony with the same sized sensor and similar zoom range and EVF once they’ve seen the success of the RX100 series?
Panasonic uses a 1080p level compression to record that 4k internally. It’s the transition for videographers who need to shoot 4k immediately and who know how $#!++y it’s going to look straight to card before they finally get the portable hard drive they all know they are going to need to do it correctly: the XAVCs codec for 1080p on the A7s, with that far, far superior sensor, is going to hold its own just fine against the greater pixel/crappy compression level 4k that Panny is putting out just fine. The LX8 had better do 4k because, as a first generation product competing against a 3rd generation RX100 it has a long, long way to go to prove itself against what is widely regarded as the best compact digital camera line in history.
I agree with photographyblog on this – the a77ii is definitely more than an incremental upgrade and deserves to sell well.
Well, looking around at on-line U.S. retailers the body-only version appears to be doing very well out of the gate. I’m crossing my fingers Sony finally has put out an SLT which bumps it up a notch in market share.
Seems to be the same thing in the UK too – it went out of stock very quickly on most sites. I ordered mine the day after it was announced from Wex (1 of the biggest online stores) and only got it last week.
Nice to show us how bad and blotchy A7S is at ISO at 40000 and 102400, would it not be better to show us until what ISO level the pictures are useable. As I claimed in previous posts, “A7S is targetting video and not stills.” From 3200 ISO up, noise is visible and IQ loss, and as in all other cameras, it needs powerful soft to rectify this. Expect A7s to be equal to Nikon D700 in stills, it’s the same sensor in a reworked form. Simply D70/40 IQ with a better dynamic range and higher ISO ability + the advantages and disadvantages we can attribute to FF anyway.
“it’s the same sensor in a reworked form.”
Oh, really? 😀
A 12 mpix FF sensor is a 12 mpix FF frame sensor, same amount of pixels than D700, same pitch. The fact that more recent technology is involved in rework technology and sensor sensitivity, makes not much difference. At base it should perform 2 stops better than a 24 mpix, but one can never deny that 12 mpix FF is equal to 6 mpix APS-C, and in exception of better dynamics and the known advantages or disadvantages of FF sensors, there is nothing to be proud of this development.
The few samples shown online , including this one we see here once more, show that this camera noises from 3200 Iso up and that at high Iso range, stills higher than 12500 Iso need a lot of noise reduction and are often not useable, the ones we see here at 40000 and higher are just massacred. If anyone tells me that the pictures shown here are useable he need a serious pair of glasses.
Bigger pixels, more light, there is no secret on that and it’s a physical law principle. If you want higher ISO performance, you reduce image quality and sacrifice fine detail. You all can make as much cinema as you want, even logging in a with an avatar that is insulting to my person, what proves your low intelligence level anyway, the truth will soon be there when the first cameras will be on the market and stills will appear.
Look closer to Nikon D4 stills, they look good from far, but at close look you see noise as well at 10000 iso and you have the basic IQ of an 8 mpix APSC sensor. So, all in all, except for video, we go back to the sources, a big step back to 1996. Once a 36 mpix sensor gets born that performs this way at 12500 ISO, I will call for a real revolution in sensor technology. Any FF sensor lower than 20 mpix is a step back in technology, and reducing the number of pixels to make every pixel size and lens bigger is just anything but magic.
Here, all you might invent and find, logging in with insulting avatars towards my person, insulting me for giving a true and honest opinion, what this site is up for anyway, none of you will change those facts. If you want to live with a 12 mpix FF camera and the IQ it produces, do that, I will not blame anyone for that. For video this is all ok, for stills it is just nonsense.
But anyway, what would the human be without his dreams and illusions.
“At base it should perform 2 stops better than a 24 mpix”
If you refer to a theoretical camera with half as many pixels each covering half the area (but identical in every other way), it has a one stop advantage for shot noise performance, not two stops.
The ISO 40000 looks very good in my opinion. Some noise but no significant artefacts. It’s in fact very useable. It’s like ISO 3200 on an average DSLR, which means about 3.5+ stops better.
And 3.5 stops is a very significant improvement to the already impressive modern camera sensors.
1.) Same sensor in reworked form: asinine and uninformed statement and as far from the truth as possible. All new gapless sensor tech that makes the D700 look like a ford pinto, all new processor that is perhaps 10x what the Expeed processor was capable of in the D700 body.
2.) Not one of the A7s cameras out getting handled by reviewers/bloggers is anywhere near production level. Some of the A7s cameras at the shows weren’t even fully functional. Putting credibility in 45 day pre-vis images is ridiculous.
Shitmael; maintaining his award winning form with another hopelessly inaccurate post. Touche’.
Truth hurts, isn’t it?
And disrespect of other people is not a prove of high intelligence. Your avatar tells us alomost all about you, no need to describe yourself further, Sony Fanboy.
I never made a religion out of anything, i use those Sony cameras that I judge to be well done, and here each of us has another view and opinion. All remarks and critics I express do not need to fit you, you have your opinion and you have to live with that, but, even if you express it, I stay polite and not insulting, one thing we can not say about you, and you show this in a clear way here.
Probably you are one of those low adged 6 year old pant pissers that need that kind of manifestation being afraid not to bee seen, who knows, since you act like a 6 year old child. So, you better return to you wooden toys or go play in the sandbox, Benjamin.
I remember the times when people posted ISO 100 Images to brag about how sharp and amazing colors whey have with ultra-wide dynamic range.
Nowaday people brag about whos camera is not so shitty at ISO 40’000 😀
Will the A7s deliver better IQ at base ISO too? If so, the 12MP sensor is very interesting. Anybody to explain the advantages of the A7s sensor for a stills photographer? Thanks!
I have been waiting for this also….iso 100, 200
I think it is going to be very good.
Will the A7s deliver better IQ at base ISO too?
you gain a little bit more than 1 stop dynamic range. same sensor size as a7 and a7r, same file bit depth, same lenses. so i guess NO…
I’ll save you 9 minutes of your life, here is the box contents:
ILCA-77M2
Power cord
Rechargeable Battery NP-FM500H
Battery Charger BC-VM10A
Shoulder strap
Body cap
Accessory shoe cap
Eyepiece cup
Micro USB cable
Lens hood
Lens cap
Lens rear cap
SAL1650
Good a77II review…good camera but still planoing to use my a77 and wait for the Barrycam.
Barrycam? Somebody has gone too egotistical…..
Narcissism at its finest.
The B word makes me puke when I realized what it was.
Everyone on SAR knows exactly what the Barrycam is.
Man, don’t let it go into your head. Everybody knows you’re the resident lunatic here.
We can’t. Call it barrycam anymore….that name is already taken.
It will have to be Barry Sensor.
Amusing. A split personality disorder.
Are you talking to yourself?
And the government is tracking you through the GPS on your cell phone.
So animalsbybarry, do you have some inside information on a new sensor design? If so, please tell.
I feel obligated to chime in here. With all due respect, sir, those “everyone on SAR” don’t take you seriously.
But you on the other hand are so highly respected that you must remain anonymouse and must insult and harrass real commentors with real opinions that you are too ignorrant to have your own of.
1. I am not highly respected, you insulted me by your sarcasm.
2. We spell it as anonymous, not anonymouse.
3. I prefer it that way.
4. I didn’t insult you, I based my statement on observation. I do believe that other posters are merely making fun of you and do not take you seriously. Read again what others are posting about you.
5. You might be a real commenter but your opinions and comments are often copied and pasted from other sources.
6. Your forecasts earlier on were mostly inaccurate.. Your claims of talking with a Sony exec was plain BS.
7. Ignorant? Do you know my creeds?
Where are these extra letters in your words coming from?
He once mentioned that he types on his cell and that the input method sucks.
My smartphone keeps changing what I type.
Please tell, what is ‘Barrycam’?
I do not know what is Barrycam is, but I do know what does SAR stand for when coming to a software of real time system guy. It is Software/System Anomaly Report.
LOL
Sony Alpha Rumors.
Barry Sensor….54mp 3 layers x18mp ff in an A mount camera mirrorless.
I’d agree with you if it wasn’t true. Sony changed it’s naming strategy again! Barrycam- 2015. It’s alive!
It’s like Obamacare. Originally used by opponents as sarcasm but then he uses it himself to show that he doesn’t give s***.
Rule 58: in any internet forum it will take less than 17 responses before someone posts a comment containing political rhetoric that really has nothing to do with the OP other than to show how much someone is for or against Barack Obama.
Are you sure you didn’t misread that comment? It’s only a direct comparison.
There’s probably something wrong with my English, people said I made racist comments before, but I never meant to make them sound like that.
Hey, my comment was neutral as well LOL though yours implied a definitely lean against the man. Makes no difference to me. I was merely laughing at the net and its propensity for political asides.
Well, my point is that Barry using the phrase Barrycam could be directly compared to Obama using the phrase Obamacare, and it doesn’t mean that he’s gone too egotistical, and that was a pretty relevant comment.
We have to stop calling it Barrycam because that name is already copyrighted. Its a security system.
Its now the Barry Sensor.
Holy crap lol
So stop talking about politics and and talk cameras.
Guess that makes your’s 18th.
Ha haaa! Yes! But mine came AFTERS.
I think the A7S is being a bit overhyped for ISO performance. These crappy high ISO shots mean nothing. Sure, it has less noise but who cares? It still looks like garbage at 40000 ISO. I care about 6400 and under.
Seriously? That 100% crop at 40,000 looks far better than any other camera at 12,800 and better than most at 6400. The A7s is new low light king.
remember 100% crop on this camera is closer to 50% crop on a 18 megapixel camera
Only if that camera has the dynamic range and sensitivity abilities to match, which not one single 18mp camera in the industry has. Pixel count and pixel surface area are quite different in play, here, and the processing alone will allow this camera’s pixels to punch well above their resolution weight class, with all the benefits that are otherwise being hyped.
As a still image photographer, I am interested in the dynamic range & color quality at ISO 800-12,000.
Any ideas on that, is it significantly better than other cameras (most fall between 13 & 15 EV dynamic range)
For what he needs hat ? T- shirt and hat .
Hmmm, what?
he may think he is awesome like this… but he is just funny… like sony.. funny.
I would upgrade for the Selfies alone wow. Now I see it all makes sense
Any thoghts how the a7s would perform for animals at nite with f6.3 600mm.
Naturally I would wait for the A mount vesion.
No idea. How high is up?
You’re going to wait for a 12MP FF A-mount camera? I thought that you were waiting for 54MP FF.
Real artists use more than one paintbrush
Real carpenters use more than one hammer.
Real photogrsphers use more than one camera.
There’s a fine line in being philosophical and from looking like a complete clown.
All I’m going to say is that my father was a very competent carpenter, and he was very adamant about using ONE very particular hammer for years and years on end. He was protective of it, and kept it in good condition with various oils and polishing.
My apologies..it was certainly not my intention to insult your father.
Oh, no worries Barry, I didn’t take offense to it, I just wanted to offer another perspective.
Thor only used one hammer too, as did John Henry.
So your dad is in good company.
‘kay.
Next 2-3 weeks? Somebody got it early.
http://info.xitek.com/slide/201406/09-154147.html
You can buy them in Canada already.
You can buy them for at least 3 weeks already (here in Singapore).
I know it’s already available in some places, it’s just this article saying…
That A7s sensor is truly groundbreaking. It’s just crazy – I’m sure it will sell like hotcakes.
An example I took of out my window, hand held of a hummingbird coming to my feeder.
Camera = A77II
ISO = 2500
1/8000
f/2.8
Lens = Sony’s 100mm f/2.8 Macro (Screw drive focus)
It was taken on an overcast day. No flash was used.
Notice how the auto-focus found the target, refocused on it throwing the feeder out of focus.
This a JPG straight out the camera, no PP.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with how hard it is to photograph hummingbird, imagine a butterfly in flight that drank too much coffee.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24969967@N06/14212118560/player/
Crazy good job. It locked *right* onto the eye of that little guy. Amazing!
Very clean for ISO2500. Looks like ISO800 on my A77. Cant wait for my MkII to arrive.
Great shot Dave!
It’s the camera, not me. Anyone with and A77II and a hummingbird feeder can take photos like this all day long.
You will need to use the pop-up flash to take photos like this:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24969967@N06/14213080299/player/
The pop up flash can trigger your others.
I notice you have a red dot scope…
Get an adaptor to put it on your a77II hot shoe and use it for aiming your long enses..like the 150-600 you will be getting.
Good for bif and the af should be fast enough to keep up.
Humm… Now, that’s an interesting idea! I’m guessing you saw the photo of my Red Dot Scope on flicker? Ya know, you are right! That red dot is small enough that a hot shoe adapter could be made. It would extend a bit over the microphone but the way the flash pulls up, the flash would not be blocked. That my friend is a very clever thought.
I doubt that I would ever do it. I’ll keep my Red Dots on my Glocks in case some tries to take my A77II away from me.
Firefield Weaver camera adaptor
FF19003
Barry, I want to try this with my 500mm reflex lens. Would something like this scope work well? http://www.amazon.com/sighting-system-Illumination-reticle-choose/dp/B00457SRBI/
For any camera with a long lens and hotshoe this will work..you can instantly aim your camera without looking through lens
AF lens will focus, MF lens you must focus.
For camera with regular hotshoe I reccommend
Firefield Micro Reflex Sight…ff 26001..$42.32
And Firefield Weaver Adaptor ff 19003…$17.97.
For proprietary Sony hotshoe ad a Sony to universal hotshoe adapter.
The a77 requires the adapter the a77II does not.
It will take some practice but eventuslly you will not need to look through the lens on AF camera.
Very cool! Thanks!
Is your lens AF?
Yep. I dont own any manual focus telephoto lenses currently so that shouldn’t be a challenge.
If you try it let us know how it works.
If you have the choice of a Sony or regular hotshoe put it on the regular hoshe camera.
With one less adaptor it will be closer to the lens and more stable.
If you travel you may or may not be allowed to carry this onto airplanes.
Better to check it .
The Firefield is smaller ,lighter , more reliable and most importanly compatable with the adaptor.
It is the one I reccomend…I have not tried yours..in fact I was afraid to get that one because I was not sure it would fit the adaptor.
Kevin, I also have the 500mm reflex lens. This (A77II) is the first camera I have used that is really able to Auto-focus with that lens!
The lens was going crazy on this camera! It could not decide what to focus on next. I was making all kinds of noises click, rattle, and bang until I activated the AF range limiter to a very narrow range. Then the lens calmed down and did a surprisingly job. Effective 750mm lens is a bit startling when it starts to really work. I did not like this lens until I put it on this camera. Now you could not pry it from my fingers. You are lucky to have one. I believe it’s the worlds only auto-focusing 500mm reflex lens. Sony no longer makes them.
BTW, the focusing mode is limited on this camera. It works only in the center spot focus mode, all other focusing modes are disabled. Too many mirrors in the soup?
Yes, I cant WAIT to try the reflex out on the A77II. And now I’m even more excited! The range limiter sounds like a small feature with extremely high potential for many lenses.
I used to own the Minolta version of the lens, but it was slightly soft on one side. I took it apart (I am very adept at lens cleaning/disassembly) to see what was wrong – and the central mirror assembly was very slightly misaligned from the factory (not noticeable until I got the A77).
So I sold it for $250 on Ebay with notes as to its condition and was lucky enough to snag a mint condition Sony version for $480 with both filters and hood. It is razor sharp after some micro-adjustments I’ve even had good luck with using a Kenko MC4 DGX 1.4x teleconverter – which also allows autofocus.
I own the Minolta 400 f4.5 and a few other “higher end” lenses, but I agree with you – the 500 reflex is going to be with me until “I am no more”. I just love that lens.
You are definitely going to have fun with this camera.
Even though it has a different hotshoe you should only need one new flash to trigger the others..or an adapter.
I hope to get away with using the pop-up flash on the camera. I have an adpater on back order. I can mount my tiny Sony HVL-F20AM on the flimsy adapter, if need be. So far the pop-up flash works well to trigger all my old flashes.
I see that a lot of people do not like the HVL-F60M because it overheats and turns off! I might buy another brand flash.
Can you alternate between yor pop up flash and weaver adaptor for your long lenses.
Only problem with this picture…you make it look too easy.
Let’s keep that our inside joke. 😉 In a few weeks I plan to teach a workshop at my house and show my friends how I take these photos. What my friends come to realize it takes more than good equipment, it takes dedication, patience, and cat like reflexes. 🙂
Nice but to blurry for my taste.
Can you unbox Cheerios for me next? That would be much more exciting than boxing crap. Less stinky too and now that you unboxed crap you got a mess.
I would advise you, but you won’t listen. Anyways, stop using different names, we all know is the same person. If you do this because you are getting paid, well, your business, otherwise spend some of that money with a psychologist to work on your need for attention.
I just laugh and shake my head at his chronic fails. They’re so weak. Poor guy.
This is the same guy whos mother…Wendy…grounded him for a month.
I wonder what Wendy would have to say about him.
I don’t believe the competing camera companies are sponsoring this sad individual, if they wanted to plant a shill it would be someone with enough knowledge to make legitimate arguments. So far he/she has not, which tells us he/she lacks the knowledge or just can’t make a sensible argument based on fact.
If this person is not paid to do this it makes you wonder what the motivation is, the fact that Sony keeps pushing the bar up on camera technology benefits all photographers by forcing the competition to keep up. It’s truly a win/win situation, so if the current Sony technology makes you jealous Mr. Shill, just wait until the next version of your favorite camera is released. Problem is by that time Sony will have raised the bar even higher.
You are a coward, who needs to seek serious therapy. Go away we don’t like your insane comments (most of us think you are mentally disturbed), and do us a favour and never come back.
This forum rocks. It just never gets old. Keeps me laughing all day.
The photoblog.hk link is not working for me.
The A77II is just amazing, I really feel sorry for APS-C DSLR users using other platforms. It looks like Sony caught them while they were asleep.
I just came back from a job, and let another photographer/friend (a 5D/7D user he was having issues with his cameras) use my A77 with the 16-50mm, 24mm Zeiss, Grip, HVL-43AM, while I took the remainder of the shots with the A99.
After using the camera he was amazed by it. I told them there is a newer faster models available, and he actually just bought it, and will be buying the A99II when it launches.
I had a similar experience. It was funny, my die-hard Canon friend was rolling her eyes when I handed her my A77 and 70-200G to “just give it a try”. She was shooting runners at an event. She fired off a burst and then pulled the camera away from her face and looked at me wide eyed and said “Seriously!? What just happened? That was so cool!” She quickly adapted to the “slide show effect”. After the event we took a drive up to B&H and she traded her 7D and 5DII and all her lenses for an A77, and I helped her grab some great A-mount lenses – the 16-50, 70-200G1, and the 70-400G2 and 100 macro.
Who is this person of yours who switched an entire system on a whim? You are such a fraud. Making up fictitious stories.
You are the fraud. You once again hide behind a false name. Go back to you hole troll.
Exactly…this troll is SO insecure. Based on his behaviour it seems he must be haunted nightmares of an A77II chasing him down the street firing at 12 fps (for 60 frame bursts, no less). He is grasping at everything and anything in a desperate effort to attempt to prevent people from taking Sony seriously when everything else is pointing to the fact that Canikon is seriously falling behind. In fact, he’s just making Canikon shooters look bad.
My friends name is Lindsey. I’ve known her for 12 years and we’ve always given each other a hard time about our systems, just playfully. But now she gets it! 😉 No I will not give her last name so the troll can stalk her.
I’m happy I dumped Canon five years ago
I think most of the Canon flock is running scared. We’ll likely see more of these clowns in the coming months, especially after the A88, A99II launches.
Canon is now facing a slow slide to obsolescence, and they’re unable innovate, and too dense to see Sony as a threat.
I guess they’re too focused on pushing out the next cheap plastic $200 Canon Rebel Maximus 11j to be sold at Staples.
Meanwhile Sony is converting Canon high end users to the A7r, A7s , A77II, A99 cameras, and selling plenty of Zeiss lenses.
They are paying attention to the present, not the future. Sony is doing the opposite. Canon is making cheap Rebels because they sell well to people who equate Canon to “what the pros use”. That perception is clearly changing now, and they show all the signs of being caught off guard when suddenly the Rebels arent selling anymore…
I don’t want to see Canikon die completely, cause it’s what keeps the fire lit under Sony. But, at the same time, it’s becoming an interesting show to watch, with a big bucket of popcorn. 😉
Edit: I dabbled in Nikon years ago. It wasn’t for me, and that’s when I found Minolta.
I want to see them compete more aggressively, so we all end up with better equipment. Camera wars are always good for the customers.
I’ve watched people just mesmerized by the Alpha system. The first thing that catches their attention is the EVF, and the ability to actually see their adjustments when composing a photo. The ridiculously fast burst rates seem to catch everyones attention.
The funniest thing I’ve seen is a friend looking at my HVL-58AM like it was magic when I it position from landscape to portrait.
If Sony keeps pushing out innovative professional quality products like the A77II, A7s, A7r, and the (soon to be released ) A99II, they’ll be plenty of converts.
The best sony you can get cannot beat, for example, the best canon you can get. If the best car you can get is a Hyundai genesis vs a Audi r8, don’t tell me that the genesis is way better than the a3. You are comparing the best sony vs the crappiest canon. It is quite sad you have to compare the best sony vs the crappiest canon to make sony look good. You have to admit I do have a point but lets hear it sony fanboys, why am I mentally retarded for stating the obvious? Bunch of fools you all are. Are your brains powered by sony?
Dollar for Dollar Sony is the best you fun*ing troll. Maybe you can do us all a favour, and leave. Nobody likes you loser.
Sorry Troll, but plenty of Canon users have already converted to either the A7r, A99, A77II, or even the A6000
Canon’s only really appeal to only the dumbest or least educated, like yourself.
Those of us who actually put some thought into purchasing their camera equipment buy other brands like Sony, Pentax, Fuji, or Olympus.
And your example doesn’t make sense. Canon cameras are more like Chevrolets, which poorly designed, wrapped in a nice steel package, well marketed, sold to the masses.
Sony is more like Tesla pushing human technology to its absolute limits, and only few of us are smart enough to understand. Your not one of the few.
So, go away Troll.
Sony pushed so hard they pushed their TVs and laptops out of sight. I am so glad you are so smart to see that sony is they way to go because you will be the first one to wish you had listened to me when sony’s camera division goes under and you will think of how wrong and stupid you were talking back to me. Narrow minded is you and that is how society falls. Hope they reduce your welfare checks so you can only afford a sony a55, the epitome of sony crap.
You’re not mentally retarded, you’re just misusing your valuable time on this planet. You’ll realize it someday. We get it; you are immature, have too much time on your hands, and you are intimidated by what Sony is doing.
You know what they say; if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. So, quit trolling and grab an SLT.
Next time I want to hear a product review from a hoodlum wearing a beanie I will watch this video again. Laughable at best.
Someone needs to smack that stupid beanie of his head:)
“off his head”
Ahem. It is an unboxing, not a product review, unless you’re talking about the cardboard box as the product, or the quality of packing materials. In which case, John should do ECT and vibration displacement tests to make sure the packing specs are met. lol. Unboxing videos aren’t for everyone…
Wow the A77II is really chalking up the awards. DxO calls it the “New leader in the ‘semi-pro’ category” photography blog gives it a 5/5 “Essential”, and Gary Fong is apparently engaged/madly in love with one. I really can’t think of a reason not to upgrade.
I especially liked how they worded the conclusion:
“The Sony A77 II represents another significant leap forward for
Sony’s DSLR range, with a feature-set, handling and performance that
continues to beat its main rivals. The greatly enhanced auto-focusing
system makes capturing fast moving subjects easier than ever before and
offers a lot of advanced control, while the OLED viewfinder is still one
of the best EVFs that we’ve had the pleasure of using. The inclusion of
full 1080p movies, built-in wi-fi and NFC connectivity (though sadly no
longer GPS), 12fps burst shooting with a much bigger buffer, dual
control dials, top-panel LCD and the excellent 3-way rear screen along
with a cheaper official launch price than the original A77 all help to
make the A77 II one of our favourite interchangeable lens cameras.
Image quality also continues to be excellent, with the new Bionz X
processor producing results from the 24.3 APS-C sensor that rival the
DSLR competition. Noise doesn’t rear its ugly head until ISO 3200 for
JPEGs….” – http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/sony_a77_ii_review/conclusion/