The A77II will ship tomorrow at Amazon US (Click here). And in the meantime let’s catch up with some A77II news and tests:
Gary Fong posted that Sony a77 Mark II 12fps And Lock-On Autofocus video you can watch on top. And there is also a second video about Lock-on Autofocus Expand Flexible Spot (her eon youtube).
Steve: “Not a Rumor Link to a nice test, Sony A77MS ISO Test Raw to JPEG, performed by this Sites Owner. Since LR does not yet support Raw, I have only tried and seen other tests performed by JPEG only. Everyday I become more and more impressed with this Camera. May just be an “upgrade” but Sony picked the right area’s to improve! http://wimarys.com/sony-a77ii-iso-test/”
RCCdroid: The RCCdroid developer did an amazing work and already released a new update of the Android App. It allowe tethering on the A7 and A77II. Additionally, there is a new feature for making HDR timelapse. Please check: http://rccdroid.glensk.com/ and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glensk.RCCDroidPro&hl=en. Features list:
Preview of taken pictures on an Android Display (Semi-Lifeview)
Change of Cameraparameter
Wireless shutter release over Bluetooth
Shutter release via sound monitor
Focus Trap
Long Term exposures without touching the camera
HDR without touching the camera
Timelapse
HDR Timelapse
Extended HDR up to 13 shots +-4EV
Bulb intervalometer (Startrail and HDR Options)
Start of Video
Write GPS-Data to JPG pictures (EXIF)
Selfportraits with correct focus
Sony A77II specs, preorders and shipment date:
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.
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Wow that AF looks pretty darn good… If it can do that in low light I would rate that better that the 1DX.
No sony can beat the 1dx… And for those who don’t have a 1dx or tested it for a couple of minutes at best buy, please just stop it.
Let’s see can the 1DX auto focus and track like the A77m2 in this video using live-view? NO!
Nice try Canon fanboy…Yes I do use the 1Dx… Hence my comment…
If you notice I am not saying the 1Dx is a bad camera. On the contrary it is has the AF system by which others are measured…Again hence my comment.
But if the example of tracking on the A77II is indicative of its performance. Then yes its ability to intelligently track a subject in a busy environment is certainly better than the 1Dx…
RCCDroid Pro works on my A77II. The exposure compensation doesn’t work yet though, the developer is aware of it.
Hope they do get this in the a 99 mk II that´s coming.
+1
+1
but pls not the same apc-size at fullrame sensor! (like a99)
Sony not so stupid to repeat the same mistake twice.
Don’t worry, they will do it again.
The reason that the AF module is almost to wide for APS-C is that it is to be reused on an FF model.
Thought you’d all like to know that Sony’s A77 and A77II stock is all back-ordered. My A77II was supposed to ship today, but when I called Sony told me that demand has been unexpectedly high for the camera and that current orders may be delayed up to a month or more. 🙁
And apparently the A77 is sold out at Sony. That might matter to some people.
Holy crap that AF is awesome! Looks better than anything else out there!
Looks like this could be the one for bird photo.
I’m not a sports shooter but… wow! I think Sony is going to launch a massive attack on the DSLR market.
Just when my smartphone gets stolen, support for the A7 🙁
Link? I can’t find it on their site.
http://rccdroid.glensk.com/
Its ontop, on red text, german: “NEU: RCCDroid freigegeben für Sony A7 + A77II”
That AF is INSANE!
I JUST placed an order for an A77ii after seeing that!!!
I really like these Gary Fong videos. The first one’s a bit long (showing the traditional way to shoot for more than half of it) but I like how both videos show everything the camera does in very common situations. Well done!
Fong is informative. In theory, he should be very knowledgeable about other brands.. but he has now drank a bit too much of the Sony fruit punch… He falsely makes it sound like no other brand dSLR is capable of object tracking AF.
AF is crap, you just can’t see the back and front focus issues on youtube but bet only 1 out of 10 are keepers. 10% keep rate is fantastic especially sony’s had always had about a 5% keep rate so I see why you people are so happy.
Your uninformed opinion is crap, whatever the keeper rate is on this camera is better than the competition by a significant margin. Troll on troll.
The fact that Sony is beating the competition is really getting under your skin apparently, why else would you waste time posting what is obviously BS. Pathetic.
Suggestion; watch the video again and have a good cry. You’ll feel much better…
Haha. You’re not even believable to a retarded Canikon fanboi.
What short bus did you fall out of?
Have you ever heard of anyone get service warranty from Sony? I have not, they always say it his not covered under warranty and it is user damage or within spec or some other excuse. I hear the a77ii defect rate is very high. You will have to pay for repairs. Don’t say I didn’t warn you blind eye fanboys.
LOL…
Nice try.
I hope at some point you can comprehend how pathetic you sound.
You need to call your therapist immediately and tell her you’re decompensating and need your meds adjusted. In the mean time take several deep breaths and try to control your breathing until this feeling of anxiety goes away. Or just buy a SLT-A77II. LOL
I’ve got my a200’s pentaprism fixed for FREE even the warranty has expiredfor more than 6 months! Maybe it just your local service centre is not very helpful?
I got my mechanical shutter on my Sony A55 camera exchanged at Sony’s warranty, free of charge for me!
Really, this is the best trolling you can do? Has Sony really fixed all of the other non-issues that the trolls have focused on, so now all you have left is some half baked lie about bad service warranties? Well, not to feed the trolls, but you are wrong. I have had nothing but great results from Sony and never had a warranty issue. You fail. But do please try again some time.
I just had a shutter replaced with no questions asked by Sony, who was also kind enough to send me a loaner camera for the duration of the repair.
Thanks for the idiotic warning.
That is the most promising experience I have heard. My experience with Sony support has been nothing but nightmares, with both my F60 flashes, my A850, and A99- repairs were made under warranty and all took over 5 weeks, no loaner cameras to a pro who has invested $25k in Sony tech. The service is the worst thing about using these cameras, otherwise I am immensely satisfied. http://www.frankwithersphoto.com
I can’t say from experience what Sony warranty service is like because of the five Sony cameras I’ve owned and passed on to relatives and friends, not one has failed. This includes a 14 year old S-70 and even a early Mavica (floppy disk storage) purchased for work in the early 80’s. They are all still working! The best warrantee one could ask for is not to have the unit fail in the first place.
Correction: Late 90’s (1997) for the Mavica.
Instead of Sony Alpha, we should all invest in Canon camera and lenses, sooo much better and a much safer investment – or wait … http://tonernews.com/forums/topic/websitecontent-2959/
I’m really sorry that your brain damage wasn’t covered by warranty.
Yeah Sony is lame with warranty. Had a small issue with the focus from my RX100. Lens element is changed by Sony and camera is now working fine. (i must admit, i actually dropped the camera, but didn’t tell sony that of course)
High defective rate for a camera that hasn’t been released yet? Where do you get your stats?
You are a liar.
The first plit second part of the video is really cool.
And he doesn’t even mention that he does all this shooting using the LCD screen. 🙂
Try that with any other camera!
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Or to paraphrase:
What lame number of keepers would you get with you non-lame Canikon!
If it is zero, don’t worry, I probably not broken,
It works as it should. Just stop crying… ok?
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Who would want this camera? Worthless AF and worst in class image quality. Ergonomics that are mind-bogglingly inferior to Canon, or even to Nikon and Pentax. Reports of cameras that are falling apart right out of the box, or even exploding. Why this self-delusion? Why this desire to buy the worst camera ever? Do the right thing, and support a company that really cares about photographers.
I like your humor!
Obviously you want this camera badly, so save your nickels and dimes and one day it will be yours.
How can you possibly be scared?! Or is this backward day, cause everything you said is the exact opposite in reality.
Regardless of what you say, the A77II will still be an enormous success. It will stomp Canikon flat!
Just take your medicine next time.
You don’t test camera’s you test expired drugs!
Yeah by a Canon or a Nikon. Absolutely no reason to worry about light leak or oil on your sensor. And even if there is you’ll probably be able to buy an incremental upgrade to fix the problems…
You are a liar, and a coward.
Anyone wanting a good laugh? The TROLLS are out in force today!
See below for the stupidity!
Pro cameras use compact flash. Sony uses sd. What does that say about sony? Sony is such an awful excuse for a company. Makes me sicker than radiation poisoning.
That’s got to be the dumbest comment so far, CF is old technology all the newer still cameras and especially high speed video cameras are using SD. A swing and a miss, give it up.
If your fanboy brand chooses to use old tech that’s your problem.
LOL. You’re trying SO hard. SO hard.
Yet you remain looking like a complete and utter fool.
Check.
Gee, what is your problem? You made me laugh hard 😀 I wonder what other nickname you have in the other forums you sorry excuse for a troll…
Where did you dream that up….It makes no difference what card format you use….Your camera could write to a piece of paper for all I care…SD cards have a number of advantages over CF. They are a lot more stable than CF cards (Less prone to failure). They are also water proof, Which CF is not. Is that more, or less “pro” (whatever that is supposed to mean)???
Buy an a200. That had a cf slot so it’ll be more than pro enough for your needs.
this is just redicolous. this cameras have wifi remote control that does all this things in a much better way and wirelessly via wifi.
I am waiting for the a77vi, that’s right, mark 6, at the rate that cameras are being release by Sony I will see it within 4 months, just in time for me to conduct my in depth analysis and offer my professional opinion on how inferior sony products are. Then I will go Christmas shipping for a real camera, something sony can’t ever get right. By the way the a77ii is already discounted big time on Amazon.
THis is THE record dumbass comment EVER!
Give the guy a break – he can’t afford a camera…
This focusing system is very promising. I look forward to the 99II. I would like to know what would happen if an object would pass In front of your subject. Will there be a setting to allow a delay in switching focal distances when your subject is momentarily blocked by say a referee. The 1dx has a complex focusing system that allows for various types autofocusing based on the environment you are shooting and processing power to seamlessly perform these various autofocus calculations. I hope Sony does not go cheap on the processing power of these cameras like they did with the 99. It appears the bionzx is greatly improved.
Sony has stated that BionzX is three (3) times faster than the older generation processor. This is indeed very impressive.
Actually it makes sense, given the rate mobile processors have improved in the same period. The performance really has impressed me though, especially orthopaedic of iso800.
There is a delay setting in a77ii to handle that. There is also min amx max distances that the focusing system should act on, Objects outside of that are ignored.
There are a couple of settings on the A77II. You can set how long an AF point tries to hang on to focus when tracking. The other is the same as the A99, you set the Range Control so that the lens acts like a focus limiter, but there are limitations to what you can do in terms of min-max range and they change by lens.
On the 70-400G the minimum is around 10m, so anything passing between the lens and the subject that is less than 10m away will not cause the focus to shift to it.
This video shows the different AF modes and how you set the range limiter:
http://youtu.be/_qTyLc4vVdU
Yeah, I am talking more about your aforementioned tracking settings or how fast or slow your focus will change when something passes in front of your subject. The focus range is useful but not for tracking within the the confines of a field, court, ect when you want the ability to focus on subjects within the field but once locked in on a subject and do not want something to change the focus by some other player or official passing in front of your subject. I am glad to here there are setting to fine tune the tracking. I cannot wait to see how well it works. Sony seems to have significantly improved the focusing. Now we shall see how it handles the processing speed, higher iso abilities and the overall response of the camera.
Why does it look like the same guy posting negatives about Sony? Who has time to do that? Isn’t there something more productive to do?
Sony should shut the playmemories site and operation and pay this guy.
There has been allot of hate directed at SAR, and forum members by some seriously nasty trolls since the A77II launch.
Well, I also troll the Four Thirds rumors site, as well as a few other sites dedicated to other brands. Admittedly, I don’t have much time to do other things, and I haven’t had a good night’s sleep since the invention of internet forums.
Oh well, off to the nearest Canon forum to tell them how much better Sony is, and then I’ll be back here to tell you the opposite!
This is like 3D Tracking on the Nikons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akRlCTGqgfE
Simpler to do on a Sony thanks to the fixed mirror.