BoDrey
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Today the A77 went in for repair after 2 months and 2500 jpgs. The focus confirmation signal stopped working within the first week (it is still switched on but does not sound). And the camera focus is not sharp any more. These two issues will be fixed under warranty here in Thailand where the camera was manufactured and sold before the great flood. The Sony Service Center here is usually very good with repair jobs like this.
The display screen got a bunch of small scratches, all concentrated right in the centre, during week 2 while the top display developed a scratch out of the blue in the past week. These will be replaced, for my account.
In using the camera for the past 2 months I have mixed feelings. It is certainly a very capable machine. I do not care for the video functionality; I wish that it could be disabled with a switch like that used on the A700 for switching the steady shot in and out as it creates extra files on the memory stick which upsets my computer.
The OVF is OK but when the outside light becomes very bright it is exactly useless.
The display screen should always be facing towards the camera and only flipped open when the OVF cannot be used or when reviewing pictures/ video.
And the mode dial switch definitely needs a push button on top to lock it down to keep it from moving.
I also found that both the ISO button and the + - offset button often get pushed by mistake; they should be recessed deeper into the housing in my opinion.
Why the viewing mode (movie/ stills) is not accesable from the Fn button I do not understand either.
The huge file sizes forced me to change my workflow already. Perhaps it is time to rather move to FF in the next year or so as there is better quality glass available for FF especially in the range from 24mm to 70mm in FF where the Zeiss 16-80 is supposed to work for cropped frames..
My Zeiss 16-80 also went in for repair today as the focus ring got stuck; they are changing the two rubbers at the same time. This lens is really huge disappointment to put it politely (Andrew, in Bicentennial Man would have described it more accurately.)
The software version was, until this morning 1.03.
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Bo
The display screen got a bunch of small scratches, all concentrated right in the centre, during week 2 while the top display developed a scratch out of the blue in the past week. These will be replaced, for my account.
In using the camera for the past 2 months I have mixed feelings. It is certainly a very capable machine. I do not care for the video functionality; I wish that it could be disabled with a switch like that used on the A700 for switching the steady shot in and out as it creates extra files on the memory stick which upsets my computer.
The OVF is OK but when the outside light becomes very bright it is exactly useless.
The display screen should always be facing towards the camera and only flipped open when the OVF cannot be used or when reviewing pictures/ video.
And the mode dial switch definitely needs a push button on top to lock it down to keep it from moving.
I also found that both the ISO button and the + - offset button often get pushed by mistake; they should be recessed deeper into the housing in my opinion.
Why the viewing mode (movie/ stills) is not accesable from the Fn button I do not understand either.
The huge file sizes forced me to change my workflow already. Perhaps it is time to rather move to FF in the next year or so as there is better quality glass available for FF especially in the range from 24mm to 70mm in FF where the Zeiss 16-80 is supposed to work for cropped frames..
My Zeiss 16-80 also went in for repair today as the focus ring got stuck; they are changing the two rubbers at the same time. This lens is really huge disappointment to put it politely (Andrew, in Bicentennial Man would have described it more accurately.)
The software version was, until this morning 1.03.
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Bo
