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Trusted Reviews report on Alpha WITH sample shots
- Thread starter Meryl Arbing
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misha
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Thanks. a good review - must have been the same group that David was part of (same scenery).
"The noisy shutter mechanism makes it difficult to take inconspicuous candid shots" - that's too bad.
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Misha
RodgerLCarter
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The village shot on page 10 was supposedly taken with a 100-400mm telephoto zoom, but I don't see that lens listed. Is it one Sony intends to come out with later in the year? Also, would that be the actual mm or eqivalent mm?
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misha
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alijan
Leading Member
The colours in the test shots are interesting. They just don't seem to punch - however that maybe due to the light and the dust. But the greens - they seem to remind me of Canon greens.
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Lin Evans
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Under the lighting conditions they were taken, I would say the images are outstanding. There wasn't a single blown highlight that I could see. Had I taken these shots with any of my Canon dSLR's I can about guarantee you that I would have had to underexpose or I would have had blown highlights. These were trying conditions for a camera and I'd say this one performed very well.
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Meryl Arbing
Senior Member
I was interested in how the same group reviewed the Maxxum 5d (that the Alpha is based on) and it is interesting to see the comparative test shots from the 5D and the Alpha
http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=1998
http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=1998
The problem is you do not know the lighting conditions. You were not there!
The camera may have operated properly, but the pictures are LOUSY.
There is nothing in this review to show how the camera can take GREAT pictures.
If a reviewer wants to show how a camera can overcome particularly difficult lighting conditions, I certainly would appreciate this. But this was not done here, except for flipping comments.
Show me some GREAT pictures first, then show me how a camera can overcome difficult lighting conditions.
This review is not doing Sony any favor. I don't expect any reviewer to do any favor to any camera manufacturer, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with a reviewer showing GREAT pictures taken under good light conditions. Then, if you want to show me something else, fine. But show me some GREAT pictures first.
The camera may have operated properly, but the pictures are LOUSY.
There is nothing in this review to show how the camera can take GREAT pictures.
If a reviewer wants to show how a camera can overcome particularly difficult lighting conditions, I certainly would appreciate this. But this was not done here, except for flipping comments.
Show me some GREAT pictures first, then show me how a camera can overcome difficult lighting conditions.
This review is not doing Sony any favor. I don't expect any reviewer to do any favor to any camera manufacturer, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with a reviewer showing GREAT pictures taken under good light conditions. Then, if you want to show me something else, fine. But show me some GREAT pictures first.
Daemeon
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Lin Evans
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I wasn't there, but I know who "was there" and I trust his opinions completely. When he says the lighting conditions were brutal I would have to assume he is absolutely correct. I've been to Morocco during the same time of year many times and it would be difficult "not" to have brutal lighting conditions.
There doesn't need to be. That wasn't the purpose. Photo Journalists were given production Alpha 100's to test under the conditions they normally shoot and their opinions were that the cameras performed very, very well. That's good enough for me.
Well, there are many more images from the cameras available and more coming every day. Reviewers at very trusted review sites are all singing the praises of the image quality, especially at lower ISO.
Best regards,
Lin
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misha
Guest
Sorry, but I don't buy anything you said.
The review was not written for "photo journalists".
This is a review of a camera.
And if it was written by a photo journalist for photo journalists then you are the judge since you are a photo journalist and you can decide.
I am not a photo journalist, but I have been in Morroco twice and took pictures there.
This was an amateurish review with flip comments, I will not comment on how the last image is "35 mm slide like" Wow!
The review was not written for "photo journalists".
This is a review of a camera.
And if it was written by a photo journalist for photo journalists then you are the judge since you are a photo journalist and you can decide.
I am not a photo journalist, but I have been in Morroco twice and took pictures there.
This was an amateurish review with flip comments, I will not comment on how the last image is "35 mm slide like" Wow!
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Lin Evans
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