A77, good news re. battery life, lens correction, AF

TomvL · Aug 11, 2011

Again from SAR, with SR5, so it must be true (?):

1) Only limited with 500 shots when shooting in LCD mode! If you use the built-in viewfinder you will be able to take many more pictures!

2) On the A65 and A77 you can enable or disable the automatic lens correction (Vignetting, Chromatic Aberration and more).

3) It has AF fine tuning! Over 30 lenses can be “stored”.

4) With multiframe you can go up to 25.600 ISO

5) Time lag to take a picture is only 0,02 sec!

6) AF is extremely fast and more accurate than Nikon and Canon cameras. No data yet but they made some testing that do confirm that!

Michaels7 · Aug 11, 2011

If number 2 is true, I'd like to see a distortion correction for very wide angle lenses.

TomvL said:
Again from SAR, with SR5, so it must be true (?):

1) Only limited with 500 shots when shooting in LCD mode! If you use the built-in viewfinder you will be able to take many more pictures!

2) On the A65 and A77 you can enable or disable the automatic lens correction (Vignetting, Chromatic Aberration and more).

3) It has AF fine tuning! Over 30 lenses can be “stored”.

4) With multiframe you can go up to 25.600 ISO

5) Time lag to take a picture is only 0,02 sec!

6) AF is extremely fast and more accurate than Nikon and Canon cameras. No data yet but they made some testing that do confirm that!

dengx · Aug 11, 2011

TomvL said:
3) It has AF fine tuning! Over 30 lenses can be “stored”.

I'm sold.

fjbyrne · Aug 11, 2011

TomvL said:
Again from SAR, with SR5, so it must be true (?):

Qualifying all my responses with "If true..."

TomvL said:
1) Only limited with 500 shots when shooting in LCD mode! If you use the built-in viewfinder you will be able to take many more pictures!

That is good since I mostly use the EVF of my wife's A55. It is great to have an articulating screen but for "normal" shots I prefer the standard VF approach.

TomvL said:
2) On the A65 and A77 you can enable or disable the automatic lens correction (Vignetting, Chromatic Aberration and more).

I am glad to see lens correction added. This should be in all Sony DSLR/T IMO.

TomvL said:
3) It has AF fine tuning! Over 30 lenses can be “stored”.

It's about time.

TomvL said:
4) With multiframe you can go up to 25.600 ISO

Nice feature

TomvL said:
5) Time lag to take a picture is only 0,02 sec!

Nice - hopefully the OLED EVF can keep up.

TomvL said:
6) AF is extremely fast and more accurate than Nikon and Canon cameras. No data yet but they made some testing that do confirm that!

I hope it is true but a lot depends on how you measure things. The A700 can AF very quickly and accurately in many situations. In fact it was faster than the corresponding Canon/Nikon in static AF IIRC. The problem with Sony has always been the dynamic focusing - specifically focus tracking. The SLTs seem to have improved this significantly and hopefully the A77 will continue the trend.

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underxposed59 · Aug 11, 2011

TomvL said:
3) It has AF fine tuning! Over 30 lenses can be “stored”.

6) AF is extremely fast and more accurate

All the additions that I personally required for an A700 upgrade.
All the other candy is just a bonus.

Norman Bercasio · Aug 11, 2011

what??? the lcd is not a detachable Sony Ericsson cell phone???

super like!

TomvL said:
Again from SAR, with SR5, so it must be true (?):

1) Only limited with 500 shots when shooting in LCD mode! If you use the built-in viewfinder you will be able to take many more pictures!

2) On the A65 and A77 you can enable or disable the automatic lens correction (Vignetting, Chromatic Aberration and more).

3) It has AF fine tuning! Over 30 lenses can be “stored”.

4) With multiframe you can go up to 25.600 ISO

5) Time lag to take a picture is only 0,02 sec!

6) AF is extremely fast and more accurate than Nikon and Canon cameras. No data yet but they made some testing that do confirm that!

Das Biot · Aug 11, 2011

TomvL said:
1) Only limited with 500 shots when shooting in LCD mode! If you use the built-in viewfinder you will be able to take many more pictures!

That's actually quite good!

TomvL said:
2) On the A65 and A77 you can enable or disable the automatic lens correction (Vignetting, Chromatic Aberration and more).

Handy. I hope the RAW processing software will allow off-brand lens profiles as well.

TomvL said:
3) It has AF fine tuning! Over 30 lenses can be “stored”.

Awesome!

TomvL said:
4) With multiframe you can go up to 25.600 ISO

I wonder what the ISO noise profile will be for this. Mind you, it will make handheld ultra high ISO shooting a bit tricky.

TomvL said:
5) Time lag to take a picture is only 0,02 sec!

I can't blink that fast

TomvL said:
6) AF is extremely fast and more accurate than Nikon and Canon cameras. No data yet but they made some testing that do confirm that!

Definitely interesting. If true, this will make the A77 a real groundbreaker - imagine: it focuses and shoots faster than a Canon 1D at one third the price.

DB

underxposed59 · Aug 11, 2011

Das Biot said:
Das Biot said:

6) AF is extremely fast and more accurate than Nikon and Canon cameras. No data yet but they made some testing that do confirm that!

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Definitely interesting. If true, this will make the A77 a real groundbreaker - imagine: it focuses and shoots faster than a Canon 1D at one third the price.

DB

Cameras speak louder than words.
;-)

cgarrard · Aug 11, 2011

IF those rumored specs are true I see nothing good about that battery life rating, especailly when compared to other Alpha cameras that double that rating.

It's a downgrade in battery life, pure and simple. Lets not make it out to be a glorious thing.

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zstan · Aug 11, 2011

nevermind, don't want to get my source into trouble.

grebedweeb · Aug 11, 2011

Any thoughts regarding overheating and shut-down on the A77? This is a bit of a deal-breaker on the A55, for me at least.

sye46 · Aug 11, 2011

bummer! you mean you can't sync the A77 to iTunes? i guess I'm out!

TomvL · Aug 11, 2011

I'm a bit disappointed:
The camera hasn't got a build in cell phone...

Edward Sargent · Aug 11, 2011

This answers my two concerns so well I feel the money leaving my pocket already, and I won't need to buy spare batteries. Now my only question is to pre-order or wait for the reviews.

Probably pre-order so I won't need to wait until after the New Year to get one, it will probably sell out the first week.

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Edward Sargent · Aug 11, 2011

Strictly speculation but they improved that on the A35 and the larger size of the A77 will also probably help.
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heliguy · Aug 11, 2011

TomvL said:
Again from SAR, with SR5, so it must be true (?):

2) On the A65 and A77 you can enable or disable the automatic lens correction (Vignetting, Chromatic Aberration and more).

3) It has AF fine tuning! Over 30 lenses can be “stored”.

As a newbie, what exactly are 2 and 3 and how do they work?

fjbyrne · Aug 11, 2011

cgarrard said:
IF those rumored specs are true I see nothing good about that battery life rating, especailly when compared to other Alpha cameras that double that rating.

It's a downgrade in battery life, pure and simple. Lets not make it out to be a glorious thing.

I think most people have resigned themselves to the fact that the SLT design will have a poorer battery life than the SLR. It certainly uses more power and unless there is a new much higher capacity battery available it won't equal the SLR's number of shots. But it really doesn't have to IMO - as long as it lasts long enough to be able to get you between charges that will likely be good enough for most people.

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cgarrard · Aug 11, 2011

It isn't "Good news" to me. Which really is the crux of my point.

Good news to me would be that it matches or exceeds current Alpha cameras.

Honestly the less I have to charge a battery the better, either way its a bit of a downer- good "enough" or not.

fjbyrne said:
cgarrard said:

IF those rumored specs are true I see nothing good about that battery life rating, especailly when compared to other Alpha cameras that double that rating.

It's a downgrade in battery life, pure and simple. Lets not make it out to be a glorious thing.

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I think most people have resigned themselves to the fact that the SLT design will have a poorer battery life than the SLR. It certainly uses more power and unless there is a new much higher capacity battery available it won't equal the SLR's number of shots. But it really doesn't have to IMO - as long as it lasts long enough to be able to get you between charges that will likely be good enough for most people.

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Ray Maines · Aug 11, 2011

cgarrard said:
It isn't "Good news" to me. Which really is the crux of my point. Good news to me would be that it matches or exceeds current Alpha cameras.

Honestly the less I have to charge a battery the better, either way its a bit of a downer- good "enough" or not.

fjbyrne said:

.... But it really doesn't have to IMO - as long as it lasts long enough to be able to get you between charges that will likely be good enough for most people.

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An odd predicament here is that turning the camera off between shots to save battery life will apparently cause the built in GPS unit to use the last stored location which may or may not be your current location. So we're choosing between convenience and accurate EXIF information.

I'd like to never change a battery again as ling as I live, but it's really not that big of a deal is it? Really? I think I'll leave the camera turned on and suffer with only 500+ shots before I take a minute to swap batteries.

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Ray Maines · Aug 11, 2011

I want Sirius/XM radio reception

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