Cool! Making Sony a7 / GX680 technical camera
Sony A6000 review at LesNumeriques.
Sony A7 review: Is the best full-frame mirrorless camera also the most affordable? (Imaging Resource).
Sony A5000 review at SonyAlphaLab.
24-70mm FE lens test at Pchome.
Alexander Heinrichs about the new 50mm ARt lens on the A7r (Youtube /German).
How to do Car Photography – Shooting Guide by ItsDanKReviews on Youtube (he used the A7 for that video).
a7 with optical viewing lens on Flickr. Image samples can be seen here on Flickr.
orean A6000 Af test at SLRclub.
German 24-70mm FE lens review At Cetus-a.
A7R not weatherproof. £175 repair confirms (Tobinators).
Jacek: “It seems that the recent Sony Image Data Converted is unable to process properly raw files from A6000. I have the camera from yesterday and I was in shock how bad IQ it has. Finally I found a reason – take a look at: http://www.dane.pixel-tech.pl/jpytportfolio/A6000/idc_raw.jpg”
Jeff: “A5000/A7/A6000 lowlight af test http://youtu.be/G4gfAZgH0yM. Continuous focus test http://youtu.be/DELBkI6kyeM. AF-S focus test http://youtu.be/Lra77vXaxXs”
Jimmy: “I upload a review of the A6000 for Sony Singapore a week ago; especially on the AF system against the NEX 5R and the viewfinder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM1JF4yUZig”
Craig: “I’ve come from the Minolta ages and moved into Sony, finally buying an A99 when it was first released. I had to drop it off for a warranty repair that turned into me getting it replaced under warranty as that was their quickest solution. The whole process has taken 2 months though as Sony Australia didn’t have any A99’s in stock – I couldn’t believe it, they replaced the camera because parts were going to mean waiting 3 months instead! I would have happily paid the freight from Japan if they’d given me the option!
I wrote about the whole process in detail here à http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/a99-replaced-under-warranty_topic105572.html”
Edward: “Last week I converted a Sony A7 into Full-Spectrum. So far I’ve concentrated on the infra-red abilities, but I hope to do more soon. With it’s EVF and great lens compatability the A7 makes a great camera to convert, so I thought some of your readers might appreciate my first impressions review here: http://infraedd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/cameras-sony-a7-converted-to-full.html“
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Oh, this 24-70 is a joke.
Slrclub’s a6000 af test is very impressive!
It looks like really faster than previous hybrid af mirrorless.
Yeah looking pretty schmick!!
do you guys think that we could use medium format lens with the A7 using a speedbooster like adapter?
would be amazing with the A7S
Whats the point? The speedbooster would cause quality loss and on top of that, there are no fast lenses for medium format, like f1.4. So you will end up with a slower and lower quality lens, than if you would have gone with the m39/m42 route
A 1.4x tele adapter/ wide field adapter would be able to convert ant ff lens to mf
F/2.8 on 6×6 MF has similar DOF as a F/1.4 on 35mm.
Even if you mount a large format lens in front of the Speed Booster, you still will end up with an APS-C image circle. I have tried it. It is a no go.
The point would be to use a (currently nonexistent) speedbooster which would output a 35mm format image circle from a lens which normally would produce a larger image circle (i.e. medium or large format glass).
Why do you people think a speed booster is the cure for everything.
You want just the opposite of a speed booster.
Not .75x…1.4x
Not +1 f stop…. – 1 f stop
Not narrow field adapter…wide field adapter.
You are not going from ff to smaller c
You are going from ff to bigger mf.
1.4x tele/wide field adapter, you will loose 1 f stop of exposure.
A 1.4x telephoto/wide field adaptor would work especially with long lenses.
It would function in just the opposite way that the speed booster does.
Sony definitely need to sort out their weather proofing for the next gen of the A7…Big gaskets boys…Don’t be shy!
When they decide to build a camera that has a proper chassis, it will be truly revolutionary (for Sony) and then they can ask the prices that the big boys ask. At the moment, it is just a few plates put together. Not good for much except Sony’s profits.
The “weather-sealing”-issue shown in the report is bad for Sony’s reputation. I hoped for more.
I think it’s about time camera manufacturers started using the IP code system to rate how weather proof the products are as the already do with phones including sony themselves.
Agreed. The IP rating system is widely used for electronic equipment including CCTV systems. However, in reality, anything below IPx8 is only tested for a limited period of time (durations from 3-30 mins), and it’s probably impossible for a system camera to reach IPx8 unless it was enclosed in a waterproof housing.
I’d always use some form of waterproof rain cover for any camera which is going to be exposed to rain for any length of time.
A new camera..Nikon coolpix p700 is rumored to be anounced in may.
It is rumored to have a 1″ aptiva sensor and a superzoom 24- 2000mm equvalent f3.5-8.5 lens..not a typo 2000mm equivelent
It will be heavy at 45.8 oz and have a big grip built in. The body will be magnesium.
We have been discussing this in the previous a6000 deal post.
Hope Nikon can squeeze better IQ out of a Coolpix p700 than they do their crappy Nikon 1 series. Nikon apparently is pretending seriousness in meeting the compact threat while exhibiting paranoia over any line cannibalizing their DSLR golden goose line-up. ;^)
This long a zoom lens cannot exhibit high quality throughout the range.
By traditional standards that would be a bat thing BUT
Since this is a fixed lens and a modern processor the abberations of the lens can be corrected in camera processing. Demosaicing a bayer sensor requires interpolation of every pixel so the correction step does not degrade the quality.
Some of the first coolpix cameras output uncompressed tiff files and jpgs.
This would be a smarter choice for a camera like this because raw would not be corrected for abberations.
This could be the first of an exciting new class of cameras….1″ superzoom BIG BRIDGE CAMERAS
The sensor on this camera will be 6x as large as current 1/2.3″ superzoom cameras.
Long story short, coincidently recently I was interested in comparing the Nikon 1 system to Sony’s axxxx line-up. They now have a decent set of Nikon 1 lenses going out to an 810mm equivalent. All that’s impressive as is the V3 on-paper specs. However, Nikon IQ using their 1″ sensor is unimpressive and clearly sub-par compared to Sony bodies using 1″.
My point is Nikon, while taking the compact threat more seriously, hasn’t reached a point where they want to make compacts the best they possibly can be out of fear of hurting their DSLR cash cow sales. I suspect any Coolpix will fall short by design so I won’t get excited until a reviewer or owner proves me wrong. On paper, the Nikon 1 system would come reasonably close to meeting your needs. Yes, 810mm is far short of 2000mm but for wildlife how manageable is 1000mm+?
I’m of the unpopular opinion manufacturers should design the best possible product for a given price point.
not one of these comments is connected to this demonstration video. keep nikon talk on nikon rumor sits please!
Obviosly your another one of those people who are incapable of choosing what to read…
Sar has more people telling others what not to say than people saying things.
This is TID BITS for discussing things not on other posts.
Therefore you MUST READ this comment because you are incapable of not reading it.
That’s a really good focus tracking test. A6000 is doing very well.