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Dpreview (Click here) posted the full A65 review. It gets an overall score of 78% while the A77 had an overall score of 81%. In short DPreview says that: “Overall then the Sony SLT-A65 is an exceptionally well specified camera not only considering its class, but the consumer-level DSLR field as a whole.”
Reminder: The full A77 review is here: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonyslta77/
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Finally ! Been waiting for the review. But now i’m waiting for the cam to get here.
The real advantage is that it is much cheaper and almost as good as the a77.
Ehm.. Andrea, maybe you should update the post specify that A65 has been awarded with DPR Gold award in the end of the review. I don’t know wheter other Sony cameras ever succeeded in that. Really a great camera overall.
NEX-5n got DPR Gold Award too.
A55 also got Gold Award. Many Sony cameras got Gold award already. That’s something to congratulate about.
What’s funny is Dpreview seems to like Sony’s Cameras with number 5 on it. A55, A35, A65, Nex-5, Nex-5N, etc..
Maybe we can expect the next gold award to A75, A95 LOL
Looks like DPreview finally let Sony join their fruity little club!
The a65 look a little better in sharpness, contrast, and iso than the a77? Almost as if the mirror isn’t fuzzing up as much.
really? not silver? maybe i should check it out too bc i remember they said the pics at high iso prevent it from getting the gold , hmmm!
I don’t see how the A65 can look sharper with more contrast and better ISO. It is identical to the A77 in sensor and SLT design.
I doubt they did more work on the A65 firmware than they did on the A77.
Sorry, my mistake. The a65 was running firmware 1.03 and a77 was tested on firmware 0.65
My bad.
I have to say that the movie mode on the NEX-5N is better.
quote:
“the SLT-A65 does not make use of its full ISO range which can result in underexposed footage”
” Since the camera doesn’t give you any control over shutter speed in video mode there isn’t really anything you can do about this”
I find this difficult to believe/accept. Why would Sony “cripple” the a65 vs. Nex-5N.
Having said this, I believe that one important aspect of the a77 is missing on all other Sony cams, the ability to set min/max ISO while shooting AutoISO. I wish that Sony would bring this to all its cams.
Jack
Jack, it’s not true that you can’t control the shutter speed in the video mode – there IS a full manual mode. The ISO, however, is limited to 1600 and that is quite annoying.
By the way – I shot a short video with my new A65, if anyone was interested, here it is.
http://vimeo.com/32036925
Hi Creepz,
I was only quoting DPreview.
I guess that with good glass, 1600 ISO would be sufficient most of the times.
In manual mode, does one still have AF?
On the Nex-5N, one have full ISO, shutter speed and aperture control in video mode.
It is still confusing why Sony would not at least match the NEX-5N in video mode.
Jack
No, AF only works with the auto exposure mode (P) – shutter speed and aperture is controlled by the camera, you only get to choose the ISO. Moreover, with AF, the aperture is limited to F3.5, so that’s where the 1600 ISO limit is a problem.
In MF mode however, you do have a full manual control – you can set the shutter speed, aperture and ISO (up to 1600, again). I have to say, that with the peaking function, the MF is not too much of a problem and even with very fast apertures and thus shallow DOF (I only tried F1.8) it’s not too hard to focus.
I don’t know much about the 5N, but as far as I know, the only difference (video setting wise), is that the ISO limit of 5N is 3200. (?)
A77 got 81 points and A65 78 BUT you can not compare the scores. DP scores per CATEGORY. For a non-Canikon getting a Gold Award in this category is amazing as it is the (commercially) most important DSLR segment. Reading the review I kind of feel that they LOVED the A65.
78 points A65 (Gold Award)
77 points Canon T3i (Silver Award)
76 points Nikon D5100 (Silver Award)
On the NEX-5N (video) you can control ISO, shutter speed and / or aperture in P,S & A with AF.
DPReview Quote:
“Also new in the NEX-5N is implementation of full manual control of shutter speed, aperture and exposure compensation BEFORE and DURING recording.”
79 points NEX-5N (Gold Award)
78 points A65 (Gold Award)
77 points Canon T3i (Silver Award)
76 points Nikon D5100 (Silver Award)
I know many people like (at least on paper) the NEX-7 and good reviews for A77 and A65. But looking at it objectively and the new data coming, the NEX-5N is vastly under appreciated.
I don’t think that the 5N is under appreciated. Not here at least. I see a steady stream of posters extolling the 5N. A lot of reviews I have read are good as well.
I took a very serious look at the 5N and even had one on order at one point. I ultimately decided against the 5N since I shoot through the viewfinder the vast majority of the time and I knew at some point I would also need the on camera flash. Probably not for low light, but perhaps to stop motion at the bouncy house place or elsewhere where my wee one just won’t stand still. If pictures of my child weren’t such a high priority I most probably would have went with the 5N+Tru-Finder EVF.
This morning I donwloaded and edited the A65 real life ISO 1600 shot (the one with the truck, to be clear..). The result I got out of ACR + PS is amazing according to my humble judgement. Lots of detail and very, very accetable amount of noise. I am sure it would print amazingly.
Can we have a look at those real life pics?