You can finally get your hands on the A99 handbook:
English: http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/4438654111.pdf
Spanish: http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/4436247311.pdf
German: http://www.sony.de/support/de/product/SLT-A99
Preorder of the A99 are now back at Amazon (Click here) and in Australia at Sony AU (Click here).
New A99 hands-on report at Rodkar.
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downloading.. 😀
Cool. Now can we have the manual for the RX-1 please. : – )
http://www.sony.it/support/it/product/SLT-A99/manuals
italian too!!!
I didn’t know if this was discussed on SAR earlier but on page 152 I read:
In movie recording, the shooting range (the angle of view) is narrower than that of
still image shooting when the SteadyShot function is set to [On]. To shoot using the
same angle of view as a 16:9 still image, set the SteadyShot function to [Off]
Yes, finally !! 🙂 so it does disable the crop. Now they should include this in the a77 update as well.
Good spot.
From the looks of it they still have not cracked the A or S priority with autofocus. S mode is key though to creating a more “cinematic feel/motion”.
Even if S priority with autofocus might cause the camera to hunt through focus or not even focus at all in certain cases I would still like the option to be able to use it for hand-held shooting even if it isn’t 100% reliable.
We all know what happens in bright light without an ND filter but even where one may not be needed the A77 (for example) errs on fast shutter versus closing the aperture.
in my mind if it is that bright that you have to close the aperture a bit when shooting stills surely phase detection would also still work at a higher f number in video, as there is so much light still available.
I don’t know… impressed but not at the same time.. :/
Looks like we finally have a true confirmation for tethering support!!
Even in Norwegian:
http://www.sony.no/support/no/product/slt-a99
Crop factor in video mode:
(Digital stabilization, no sensor moving)
In movie recording, the shooting range (the angle of view) is narrower than that of
still image shooting
“You can zoom in or out during movie recording using the digital zoom” (p. 152)
This could be an amazing feature for video if it preserves 1080 resolution and quality. Digital zoom seems to be up to 4x.
Page 99 describes how to set AF Range, but says it can’t be used with movie recording.
This is sad. Focus hunting is every bit as bad a problem in shooting movies as in shooting stills. I guess you can still use the limiter on the lens, if you have one, but I think setting focus range on the camera sounds like such a better way to do it.
And why do they drop some features from the A900 ??
They dropped them on the A77… and now also on the A99 :((
-Can’t lock the front and back wheel after 5sec of not using the camera. That was so nice on the 700&900
-If you look on your picture after taking… on the A700 it directly presents you the area around the used AF point.. also not possible on the A77 and i guess it’s also not in the A99
-Why did they remove “Brightness” & “Zone” in the settings for creative styles ?? Those two settings are so good :/
But thanks Sony for including this little graphical interface for aperture & shutter speed with the standing and running cartoon guy. That’s an important thing in a semi-professional camera 🙂