Image courtesy: ThePhoBlographer
Frank Doorhof is testing the A99 and has a lot of good things to say about the A99: “Especially with the images you see above (SAR note: Check his website) this text I was very happy, they are shot while it was very dark outside and when you see the recovery in the highlights of the very bright billboards and the reflections in the dark stones and railtracks you can imagine this put a big fat smile on my face.”
Frank is a Canon 5DmarkIII shooter so it’s interesting to read his view of the A99. There are some quirks he mentions and Sony even forgot him to send the battery charger 🙂
But at the end he really likes the A99 a lot: “As mentioned before I would love to see a bit more speed with starting up the cameras EVF, but the dynamic range, the glass and the handling of the camera MORE than makes up for it.”
ThePhoBlographer is the first website making a short comparison between the two new “rangefinder” alike cameras with built-in EVF, the Sony NEX-6 and the Fuji X-E1. Both cameras have the same sensor size and Megapixel number. The Fuji is a tack sharper, and the Sony has warmer colors and captures more detail in the shadows. Note that the Fuji has no AA filter which helps to get more “per pixel sharpness“.
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Sony preorder list:
A99 body Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Jessops, Wex UK, Wex Germany, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH and more links at Alphacameradeals.
A99 with kit lens links Alphacameradeals.
NEX-6 body Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Wex UK, Wex Germany Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH and more links at Alphacameradeals.
NEX-6 with kit lens Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Jessops, Wex Uk ,Wex Germany and more links at Alphacameradeals.
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The output does seem a bit warmer on the Nex than the Fuji.
Lousy test between the NEX 6 and the Fuji when exposures are not equalized. Of course there is more shadow detail with the NEX because they are over exposed in almost many cases there is less highlight detail. Looks like about a half stop difference to me.
The exposure was equalized. The tester even said so. What caused the difference in brightness was Fuji’s inflated ISO rating.
I really enjoyed Frank’s review. It was reassuring to hear it stood up well to the 5dm3 with high iso. This is what I have been waiting to hear. The fact it is coming from someone who shoots with the Canon even makes it more impressive and believable. All I have to wait for now is my 99 to arrive.
PLEASE DP REVIEW PLEASE –
and other Indpependent Sources – Please –
Expediate the Full Testing, Indepth Analysis,Comparison, Rank and Side by Side Charting of all
THREE Entry Level FF new offerings
Sony A99 vs D600 and 6D –
Please
The a99 is above these cams.
I think it would make more sense to test the A99 against the D800 and 5d3. Based on the spec’s and build it is a more professional grade camera than the 6D and D600.
The typical fanboy excuse for the A99 price.
Build:
D600 is actually heavier than A99 by 25-50 g
While it can be explained by a prism and moving mirror instead of EVF and SLT instead of moving mirror A99 is clearly wider and has higher “shoulders”, clearly more volume which means it has a more plastic build than D600.
Features:
IBIS is really a great future I agree is worth paying for, however not $700. But it is not in itself a sign of a higher class camera. Nor is SLT and EVF which some may love but others hate. Sure the A99 has a few other nifty things but nothing that make it the clearly better camera compared to D600.
As SAR reported several times the Sony 36MP, real D800 competitor will come next year. But expect to pay more for it than the 5DIII.
And when the sales for A99 start slow down we may eventually see a slightly downspeced “A88” for those who want the best value for their money.
Comment Fail.
A99 has a full Magnesium Alloy construction while the D600 only has a top and rear plate (the rest is plastic). The reason the A99 is lighter is due to more Mag Alloy, not less.
Any I would much rather have more volume to hold than a camera at comparatively the same weight with a smaller form factor. I had a chance to play with the D600 this weekend while covering the Austin City Limits festival and the owner (who is a Nikon pro with several published books) complained about how toy-like the D600.
less weight doesn’t necessarily mean more plastic. The innards of the A99 could be less dense which is not necessarily a bad thing since neither of these cameras have fans. It could be a thermal consideration. It could a number of things. I am not an SLT shooter or a DSLR shooter (anymore) but your logic is off.
The A99 is priced near the D800 and MKIII so it should be compared to them. If it fails to deliver, it fails to deliver and the world should know that.
Don’t forget to add higher sync speed than the 600(1/250 v 1/200), 1/8000s shutter speed v 1/4000 for the 600, 60fps at 1080 v 24fps for the 600 just to name a few differences. There are unquestionably more amenities on the 99 than the 600. The 600 is a nice camera for sure but the 99 has more to it. With your argument you might as well compare the 5dm3 to the 600 since the 600 has more MPix than the 5dm3. There are enough choices for a nice FF camera, one just has to fine the best one for them and what they need. I considered the 600. A good camera with a great sensor at a good price. I just like the 99 better. Chocolate ice cream is my choice, doesn’t mean vanilla sucks. And yes I would pay more for it.
The question could also be: what justifies the higher price of the 5D3 compared to D600?
It is not only resolution which counts and classifies a camera.
And you shall excuse yourself for having only bit of a clue.
A99 is competitor to D800/5D3
Although not announced yet, for marketing and sales reason they will release a model below A99 as competitor to D600/6D.
The upcoming A1 (assume this name) will be the competitor to the D4/1DX.
And if you take a look to the current big three’s setups and also the past ones – there always have been things that the one or the other made better.
Be that as it will…
I’m fed up with this adversely yak-yakking with no real basis.
This is no canonizing Sony eqipment at all. There are enough single, individual annyoances, but i don’t blame a product in overall.
Sounds like someone is really pent up and needs to measurebate really really bad!
very nice and honest review..haters gonna hate before they trying it out. A truly good thing will change ur mind automatic if u can use heart to explore it..a99 thumbs up!
Am I the only one who doesn’t see a difference in sharpness between fuji and nex-6?
no, sign me up on that one… maybe, just maybe the fuji is a ant fart sharper than the nex..or maybe it’s just my imagination?!
No
They looked equal to me. And try this – run an 82 cool filter on the NEX photos (drop the percentage down to equalize with the Fuji shots) and you will notice the Sony shots will appear even sharper as the color contrast improves. A warm scene will usually look less detailed than a cooler scene.
i found the whole conclusion of that Nex vs. Fuji review pointless, there is a ton of color presets on the Nex, so no need to go on about the colors, just choose to your liking.. also i´m surprised that all of a sudden the Nex6 with that Nex5 sensor equals the Fuji while the Fuji often was reviewed so much better and more likeable than the Nex7 😉
+1
The linked comparison is Nex-6 vs X-Pro1, not vs X-E1.