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PC Wheeler
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PopPhoto: The camera authority. Really? I think the A77 is a great camera, despite their endorsement 
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Phil
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Phil
Seems like as an all-rounder the A77 is hard to beat, and probably will be for some time. Yes there are definitely cameras that do some specific things better e.g. A900 may have slightly better detail at lower ISOs, or maybe D7000 is a tad better at high ISO, or for many people the EOS 5D with its OVF will be better for high-speed sports shooting. But given the price it appears that none can match the A77 as all-rounder.
I look forward to seeing some more reviews with post-production models over the next few months. I don't doubt there will be more warts that get exposed, and more fanboys who will be vehemently disappointed when they realise that the A77 won't solve the Eurozone's debt crisis, or end the famine in Somalia, but I'm confident that the outlook will continue to be overwhelmingly positive.
tbcass
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Are you saying the 5D would not be better for sports shooting?
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Tom
Look at the picture, not the pixels
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25301400@N00/
tbcass
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Yes but in the past they always panned Sony cameras now they praise them. Either Sony has improved or they've increased their payoffs to the media to match Canikon.PopPhoto: The camera authority. Really? I think the A77 is a great camera, despite their endorsement
This reminds me of a Mad magazine that was a parody of Consumer Reports. In the front CU used to have brief updates and corrections of previous reviews. In the parody it had a brief article with a photograph of the author of the article standing in front of a "Corvex II, (actually a Corvette) stating he had changed his rating from unacceptable, awful to acceptable fantastic. Right below that was the same picture with the guy standing in front of his new Corvex II that the manufacturer had given to him.
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Tom
Look at the picture, not the pixels
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25301400@N00/
Well the jpegs from dpr look pretty good so perhaps they judged the camera on i'ts jpeg performance, handling and feature set...
I've umm'ed and ahhh'ed about getting on for a while but these latest jpeg results have impressed me, while the raw results are scary, to put it mildly. What a funny start the A77 has in life
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IQ is not judged exclusively by high iso noise performance
I've umm'ed and ahhh'ed about getting on for a while but these latest jpeg results have impressed me, while the raw results are scary, to put it mildly. What a funny start the A77 has in life
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IQ is not judged exclusively by high iso noise performance
Graham Best
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tbcass
Forum Pro
Please reread my above post as I added something. As a reply to you, something seems weird. Either Sony has a huge leap as far as jpg processing or something is wrong with the RAW conversions we've seen. You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear you know.
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Tom
Look at the picture, not the pixels
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25301400@N00/
Gaëtan Lehmann
Well-known member
Something interesting I haven't seen in any other review is the AF speed in several light conditions. The comparison with other cameras is quite interesting:
Sony A77
Nikon D7000
Canon 60D
Pentax K5
Olympus E5
Sony A55
Canon T3i
Nikon D5100
I've tried the 60D is low light conditions a few days ago. The AF was very good IMO.
According to those tests, the A55 is faster than the 60D and the A77 is faster than the A55!
Sony A77
Nikon D7000
Canon 60D
Pentax K5
Olympus E5
Sony A55
Canon T3i
Nikon D5100
I've tried the 60D is low light conditions a few days ago. The AF was very good IMO.
According to those tests, the A55 is faster than the 60D and the A77 is faster than the A55!
The Canon 5D classic and 5D Mark II are amongst the best cameras on the market. Just like any camera, they have very specific strengths and weaknesses. This makes them the obvious choice for some applications and less well suited for others. The 5D series (and particularily the Mark II) has tremendous resolution and image quailty. It is increible at higher ISO, particularily considering it has 21 MP. Arguably the best for landscapes, portraits etc. The trade off or weakness of this model is in terms of focus speed and FPS. I could live with 3.6 fps but the focus speed just doesn't cut it for sports photography. I know, I own one. I also shoot mostly landscapes etc. which is exactly why I chose the 5D MkII
BMWX5
Senior Member
They did not get the title as the number 1 photography magazine in the world for being a mediocre magazine. They EARNED it.
PopPhoto: The camera authority. Really? I think the A77 is a great camera, despite their endorsement
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Phil
tbcass
Forum Pro
Both of you. Thank you for the info.
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Tom
Look at the picture, not the pixels
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25301400@N00/
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Tom
Look at the picture, not the pixels
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25301400@N00/
Apart from lower vibration fatser af is one of the real world benefits of the slt which has a direct impact on IQ, which is not captured in dxomark data and rarely also in reviews.
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IQ is not judged exclusively by high iso noise performance
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IQ is not judged exclusively by high iso noise performance
Wow, so much insight packed into one sentence...a great way to continue a discussion about the pros and cons of various camera models.
Now that I've got that off my chest I do have to admit to a typo on my end...I meant to say/type 1D. I haven't used one myself before, but my understanding is that it has excellent AF, a bright OVF and pretty impressive burst-shooting with a much deeper buffer than the A77, and so is one of the favoured models used by pro sports photographers.
Gary Eickmeier
Senior Member
This must mean at a Formula One car race, he was able to follow cars easily, even with an EVF, and fire off a 12 frame burst.
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Gary Eickmeier
Funny, it never would have occurred to me that his post may need an explanation for others, but I guess not everyone was crazy about Formula One racing as a kid like I was, especially not in the US! Those things certainly do go by very quickly, so no doubt it would be a good test of the camera (and photographer)'s panning abilities.
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Barry
Gary Eickmeier
Senior Member
Well, what is the first thing that would occur to a photographer when someone mentions shooting at F1? I couldn't imagine what lens he was talking about that is an F1, but with the dots following maybe he was talking F 1.8 or something.
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Gary Eickmeier
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