Cotton Coulson used the Sony A77 and NEX VG-20 to shot the video you see here on top: “Both of these cameras are wonderful to work with, each in their own way. For straight video shooting I prefer the ergonomics of the NEX VG-20, but if your primary mission is to shoot stills and at the same time shoot some video clips, the A77 is the way to go. In a perfect world you might own both. I have shot video with the SONY professional model EX-3, and these two cameras (along with the NEX-7) offer tremendous advantage, light, portable, and high quality for in the field documentary work, which is what we do.”
Tamron 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III VC NEX Lens Review at ePhotozine (Click here): “Those looking for a convenient lens that covers a wide range of focal lengths for their Sony NEX camera should be pleased with the performance from this Tamron optic. Sharpness levels are good for a lens of this type and with a price set almost £100 less expensive than the Sony equivalent it represents pretty good value too.”
Sony NEX-7 video samples with the new Tamron and Rokinon lenses at SonyAlphaLab (Click here).
Sample test crops from the Tamron NEX 18-200mm and Sony NEX 55-210mm (Photojottings).
Sony NEX-5n review at Trustedreviews (Click here).
What’s In the Bag? Sony Artisan Brian Smith at ThePhoBlographer (Click here).
Sony booth CP+ report at Ctec3 (Click here).
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Just received an email from Sony. Nex-7 kits are NOT shipping before March 3.
I hope the kit will come soon. I think a lot off people will go OMD including myself if it takes any longer for Sony
Any news about new firmware for A77? There is no any information from Sony about this.:/
Sony will only produce new cams, they don’t upgrade fm
I must be dreaming about my A700 v4 firmware then.
And how long did that take?
Did you read the original post? I’ll quote it here for you:
“Sony will only produce new cams, they don’t upgrade fm”
Now which bit of my reply didn’t you understand?
I need some kind of firmware upgrade in my A77!
It is a good piece of hardware, but the possibilities are quite limited due to the actual “firmware”.
Is there a way how we, Sony’s customers can give a direct feedback to SONY?
I would LOVE an option to save 12Mpx RAW in my A77. And I would LOVE to have pixel-binning in those 12Mpx images! I’ve ever needed more than 12Mpx for my work. And so you would have buffer capable to hold more pictures. Anyways, how long time do I need to shoot 12fps? 2-3 seconds? Btw… I would love a 5 fps shooting option too. 8 and 12 is too much for me, 3 fps too less.
Optimize Sony, Optimize! You can not change the buffer size, but you still can give-out a GOOD firmware. PLEASE!
And please, center in producing quality, not mass.
You will not get pixel binning on the A77, ain’t gonna happen.
thanx for responding SONY. So at least the 12Mpx RAWs without pixel binning? …you can not say the 1.04 is final and good-made firmware.
btw… maybe SONY will not get money for my next camera. Maybe some other brand will. Thank you
English obviously isn’t your first language, are you responding to me thinking I am Sony?
If you want to speak to Sony, email them.
No, as you can see, I’m not a native english-speaker, but I’m happy you understand me.
And don’t worry, I know you are not SONY 😀
I could figure it out reading your comments here hahaha.
btw. SONY doesn’t have an e-mail for it’s customers. I was already searching for it . But I was thinking it would be nice to open some channel to get direct feedback from the customers. …They create the SONYs income.
Martin, you will not get a good reply from Sony, the people who you contact will not know.
Any info on upcoming FF’s, especially the one due in Sept?
Give us more information regarding FF’s,the A99 or the A9X
cameras,all we are hearing is about the A77 or the Nex7 I am a
wedding photographer,and need to make a change from Canon to
Sony Sony wake up.
Good opening video. I love old towns, the tunnel with cobble stones is very picturesque.
Incredible tunnel scene
Shooter, clean your sensor. Two dark spots visible from time code 1:03 on VG-20.
Otherwise, very nice vid and thanks for the sample comparison. Am I wrong to see the VG-20 as cleaner, sharper, brighter than the a77? The VG-20 clips look better to me, especially in sharpness, shadow detail, and color saturation. But both footage look dang great. Nicely done Cotton Coulson. Thanks!
It is possible, the two spots were snowflakes on the lens.
Nice video of parts of my home city, the location is mainly the old fortification “Kastellet”
Sorry that I can’t find anything in english
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastellet
Worth a visit if you are the Copenhagen
/Jakob
Just found this. StudioFly has an interesting demo-reel of VG-20 shots from an octocopther http://vimeo.com/groups/nexvg20/videos/35348278 Don’t miss the tight-rope walker 🙂
My NEX 7 Kit from Sony Online Store in Germany arrived yesterday!
I *finally* got a chance to try out an a77
Honestly, I was disappointed.
The good:
It feels good. Tough, rubbery and comfortable while still being quite light
Autofocus was very very fast. FAR faster than my a850, and all of the AF points were fast and accurate (with the 16-50/2.8)
The bad:
Control dials were laggy – such a stupid thing to be wrong on a £1100 camera
The EVF.. oh c’mon. Coming from an a850, it was a massive disappointment. Maybe if you’re coming from a poor APS-C viewfinder, it would be impressive. But I simply can’t believe how many internet reviews said things like “I couldn’t believe it is an EVF” or “I handed it to my friend who didn’t even notice that it wasn’t an OVF”. Utter rubbish. I agree that it’s better than an a55, but sorry- EVF still has a long way to go before it becomes useable imo.
The image in the EVF *still* doesn’t look like the image you get on the back of the camera! The dynamic range and colours are different. I thought that was the entire point!!
David, I have handed my A77 to two dSLR users and they did not know that it was an EVF.
Just because you don’t agree with the review, don’t make the mistake of thinking their experiences are “Utter rubbish”. I am living proof that dSLR users do not realise that it is an EVF.
Oh and try pressing the DoF button.
Check out my award winning short film shot entirely on a Nex5n. I used the Zeiss 24mm 1.8 for most of it.
http://youtu.be/4wdGBWQFFB8
Nice work. Glad you didn’t go for the paper-thin-DOF nothing in focus look.
Did you ever see “Northern Lights” (1978) a feature shot by Judy Irola. All the night scenes were lit by lanterns.
Thanks, I haven’t. I’ll have to check that out.
There is never ending discussion about superiority of OVF versus EVF. But what are we comparing here? At the end we would like to see as accurate as possible prediction of pictures of what will be recorded what current technology can offer (read better or worse EFV), not the real life fantastic misleading images like provided by current OVFs – which will not have a chance to be picked up by the camera sensor. If you want to see the perfect views at the time shooting, EVF is not for you – buy the rangefinder camera ($50 camera at 7/11 shop can do fantastic job), look through the hole, fullfil your satisfaction and continue to live in the world of dreams.