NEX-FS700 hands-on at Engadget (Click here):
CreativeUk (Click here) is accepting preorders.
Sony NEX FS100 as a DSLR alternative – first impressions (EosHD)
Minolta 70-210mm f4 versus Canon 70-200mm f4 L IS at Photoclubalpha (Click here): “Most of all, comparing this lens with the relatively expensive and much larger Canon it’s clear that the performance is either equal, or better. Take into account advances in coatings, and the effects of age on any lens, and I would have to think a new version of exactly this same Minolta lens would be stunningly sharp and ideal within the Alpha system”
Amateur Photographer Magazine (not online!) tested the A57: “With its 16.1-million pixel sensor, 15-point AF and 10fps shooting with continuous AF, Sony’s Alpha 57 may suit aspiring sports and wildlife photographers. Tim Coleman puts it to the test.”
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The FS700 would be a dream, if only I had 10k lying around
i want to see footage of fs700 and 500mmf4 fast tracking!
I’m really stoked for the FS700.
Also I would totally buy a 70-210 refresh. Day one. My old, beat up copy is always in my bag when I go out.
Wow great video. Very nice !!! I love it
Indeed. A 70-210 F/4 is needed. Either as a cheap alternative to 70-200 f/2.8 or as it is, a great performer. Make it Weather sealed, with better coatings and SSM. Match it with the A77 and you got an excellent sports photography combo for people on budget that wants to get a camera under the rain or other difficult conditions..Even if they want, they can release 2 versions. Cheap One with SAM (no coatings, no weather sealing), the other G-rated with SSM (and all the extras, in).
Oh yea. I’d sell my Tammy and get modern beercan anytime. But only if it’d be SSM version (I have bad experience with SAM – no advantages for a price of higher power consumption and less sturdy build), still though: any good 70-200 would make me happy.
I think they should just keep optical construction of the beercan, add new coatings, put it all in solid white body with SSM and we’re pretty much done 🙂
@Rooru:
> … if they want, they can release 2 versions.
> Cheap One with SAM (no coatings, no weather sealing),
> the other G-rated with SSM (and all the extras, in).
For marketing reasons, I think they’d need to have
different optics. But I don’t think Alpha has enough
market share to support both G and mid/low versions of
a 70-200/4. Splitting that already-small market would
likely render both lenses into non-profitable items.
– Steve S.
Just saw the entire video…All I got to say is…Dammit! Wish I had 10k right now! 240fps is really impressive! (at fist, not so much on paper but after looking at this video preview, it really is!)
Why Sony can’t bring some of those creative team from the Professional Imaging Division and transfer them to Alpha imaging department (A-Mount and E-mount) so they can help decide the future and what awesome features to include in the next couple of models????
Don’t expect Sony to put any of those features in a DSLR.*
Already for what it does less then 10K is ridiculously cheap (you can spent ten times that Money for one single B4 lens, to put the Price in relation).
If Sony is selling this product for such a small pricetag then it certainly isn’t just for generosity but also because of competition forcing Sony to drop price-tags of digital video equipment especially in the cinematic segment.
I believe that a lot of the Video/Broadcast competence is and alway has been put into the Photography segment as-well, as both take profit of technical improvements in e.g. signal processing or sensor design.
(* Unless the Competition forces that to happen, which wouldn’t be a smart move in my oppinion)
Sony knows that it’s doing. Too many silos in the company though, preventing maximization of its knowhow in production of comprehensive consumer systems. What they have now is quite good, but can be improved. Hopefully, the reorg will accomplish what it is supposed to do. Make the digital imaging division a vital and vibrant part of a reborn Sony. In the meantime, who wants to lend me 20k or so so I can buy the camera, some lenses, and book a trip to Puerto Rico?
Heh. Rent, produce a feature, then buy it. Produce more features. Make all the dollars.
It was a good hearted jibe at the video, which is great in making one want the product (FS700) and want to shoot at the location as well. It was a great product shoot.
I still use my Minolta 70-210 that I purchased in 1986 with my Minolta 9000 on my a850 when I don’t need the speed of my 70-200/f2.8
Even when I pixel-peek, it can be hard to tell the 25 year old $350 lenses from the lenses I purchased in 2009 for about $1,600 that now sells for hundreds more.
I love the color it produces!
The cost of the lens often has little to do with its performance………I know this, and I still buy the Zeiss
Funny he barely mentions 4K.
I know that’s only possible with an external recorder but even so pricewise it blows Canon away.
fs700 should do a commercial using canon lenses! canon video would never use alpha lenses.
Moron.
It is unfortunate that Canon users do not have access to Zeiss primes in the Canon aresenal that are as reasonably priced as the ones Sony offers. I guess Canon guys such as yourself are delighted to be paying more for the same thing? And being able to use other lenses with your camera (from other makes) and get excellent results is a testament to the filmmaker, the lenses, and the camera itself. Let’s face it, Canon has nothing like the FS700 in its lineup. Many companies produce good equipment. A good photographer/filmmaker uses the right ones (from his point of view) for producing his art. People should take a clue from professionals such as Andrew Young.
In the video world everything is different, B4 lenses for Sony,Ikegamy or Panasonic ENG Cameras are mainly made from Fujifilm (Fujinon) and Canon though other manufacturers such as Angenieux also offer lenses for those systems.
A Canon Lens on a Sony Video-camera wouldn’t really be that unusual.
@John:
> Funny he barely mentions 4K.
> I know that’s only possible with an external recorder
> but even so pricewise it blows Canon away.
To get 4K not only needs that external recorder (not yet available), it also needs a firmware upgrade (also unavailable). He mentions the feature, mentions that it will be an amazing feature for the price, and he moves on.
He can’t use it, so he can’t review it, so it doesn’t make much sense to dwell on it or waste any more of his (and our!) time.
Also note that Canon will no doubt be taking close note of Sony here, and by the time 4K _is_ available on the fs700, Canon may have announced something at a similar pricepoint, in an effort to steal some Sony thunder… 😉
– Steve S.
I love my Beercan. A great cheap alternative for 2.8 for someone who doesn’t have the money to buy one. Also it’s sharp and has nice colours, shame is that it produces so much chromatic abberations that it’s almost impossible to shoot in strong sunlight.
Anyways, for 140€ it is a great deal.
Fantastic work Andy. Watching your footage is a pleasure on its own.