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The A68 gets no respect :/

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Actually I never compared the high iso of the A55 to A68, as it was the wife`s camera and was sold before the A68 arrived, which is why I stupidly lent her my A77, while I used the A580 or Minolta 7D. It has useable photos at iso 6400 which I would never have used before and I now use an Auto iso level of 100 -6400, which covers all my needs.

I bought it after reviews by users here and elsewhere, and don`t really have any regrets, the only bugbears are battery life and I wish it had an articulating screen

john
 
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TillmanB said:
fossil1950 said:
I like my A68 (bought March 1st), and find it a good camera, fast to focus, and in ways superior to the A77 it replaced, focus speed, high iso, and general handling. It was bought as a replacement fo an A55, so wife and I would both use the same batteries, the problem is I foolishly lent her my A77 to try and she won`t give it back!

The only problem I have is the low battery life, 250 to 300 shots per battery, when the A77 used to do twice that easily. I now have most power hungry options turned off, including the useful SS with shutter. I am toying with the idea of putting my A77 VG on it as the battery compartment and tripod socket line up and it fits, but not really keen on a VG. I know there are no connections inside the battery compartment, so all buttons would not work but I would have more power for a while.

I don`t mind if no-one respects my camera, it is their loss, and anyway I have too much invested in lenses to change brand, being an A-mount user since the Minolta 3Xi. But I could be tempted to P/Ex it for an A77mk3 depending on spec

John
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How do you feel the high ISO compares to the A55? I've got an A37 so similar performance to the A55 and have kicked around the idea of getting an A68 but I can't determine if it's an upgrade just in features or image quality as well.
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I have had a37/a57/a58/a65/a77/a68/a77ii.

I would rank them like that of it goes to least noise at high ISO:

a77II > a68 > a58 > a57 > a37 > a77 > a65

You can check the difference for yourself:

a55:

https://www.ephotozine.com/articles/sony-a55-review-15236/images/sony_a55_indoor_iso6400.JPG

a68:

https://www.magezinepublishing.com/...ony-Alpha-A68-ISO6400-DSC01952_1464006645.jpg

a77II:

https://www.magezinepublishing.com/...-Alpha-A77-II-ISO6400-DSC01296_1403786147.jpg
 
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fossil1950 said:
Actually I never compared the high iso of the A55 to A68, as it was the wife`s camera and was sold before the A68 arrived, which is why I stupidly lent her my A77, while I used the A580 or Minolta 7D. It has useable photos at iso 6400 which I would never have used before and I now use an Auto iso level of 100 -6400, which covers all my needs.

I bought it after reviews by users here and elsewhere, and don`t really have any regrets, the only bugbears are battery life and I wish it had an articulating screen

john
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I never had problems with the battery...it always had a good amount of juice for me ...i even shot a tennis match for 1hour and took something like 2000+ photos with one battery...even for more usage randomly during the course of one day i have no major qualms..of course it is not as good as a dslr OVF camera battery (lower power usage)

Someone asked about high iso with the A68 .Usually i have mine setup with M mode and AutoISO setup to maximum of 25600 and denoise using DXO Prime depending on the case

I am uploading some boring mundane shots at 6400 12800 and 25600 ISO.No PP whatsoever and no luma denoise from the RAW files(only thing added is standard LR chrome denoise +50)

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With the fantastic A99II as my main camera I sold my trusted A77II last month.

Got a brand new A68 for a good price as a backup camera today.



I am surprised about the really good image quality!

Following shot is a 100% crop SONY A68 + Tamron 70-200 USD

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Focus isn't even on the eyes but my cat really knows how to NOT get photographed!



MfG L.E.
 
Did you get more for your A77ii than you paid for your A68?
 
OK, I asked that because all things considered the A68 is a down grade from the A77ii.
 
Problem is:

The A77II (still a fantastic camera) compared to the A99II is a down-down-down-downgrade.

I didn't used it anymore and with this shutter count it only would loose value (€).

But I want a second body when on birding trips. Bought a SAL 1655 SAM for 15,- Euro on ebay. I think this will be good enough for some landscape shots.

Image quality is really, really nice on the A68.

MfG L.E.
 
Oswald74 said:
Problem is:

The A77II (still a fantastic camera) compared to the A99II is a down-down-down-downgrade.

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True but the A68 is a down-down-down-down grade from the A99ii. ;-) Worse EVF, worse LCD and worse high iso performance along with some other downgrades. Yes the A68 is a good value but I guess I would rather have a used A77ii than a new A68.
 
The low ISO performance of A68 looks like it might be better than A77ii from the samples submitted to photonstophotos. But it might just be sample variation.
 
I don't trust anything photonstophotos says.
 
You have to try a A68 to see what it is able to deliver.

MfG L.E. ;-)
 
Oswald74 said:
You have to try a A68 to see what it is able to deliver.

MfG L.E. ;-)
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No I'm done with APS-C. I'm going to sell my A77ii and my 2 APS lenses.
 
Hi everybody!

Did you see these wonderful photos? Especially in the church, almost without noise until ISO 6400!!!!! I got a shock how the low-light ISO performance blow away my A77. Otherwise the ISO 12800 still usable. This is very far away from the A77.

http://www.fotopolis.pl/testy/apara...rwsze-wrazenia-i-zdjecia-przykladowe/strona/1

DXOmark is a big fun and joke.

I am also seriously thinking to switch from A77. Any comments can come from the A68.

Thanks.
 
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karoly7603 said:
Hi everybody!

Did you see these wonderful photos? Especially in the church, almost without noise until ISO 6400!!!!! I got a shock how the low-light ISO performance blow away my A77.

DXOmark is a big fun and joke.

I am also seriously thinking to switch from A77. Any comments can come from the A68.

Thanks.
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What wonderful photos? In all the photos I've seen the A68 is better than the A77, about on a par with the A77ii but improved JPEG processing can be the reason, not the sensor.
 
Yes, I feel also the same that pictures from the A68 is better. Better colors and exposures.

Today I almost bought a Nikon D7100 but after taking a lot of photos always was missing that the SONY has after I realized. The harmony of the pictures, the clarity yes, the SONY is crystal clear but the Nikon wasn't so sharp that I espected so I let the seller. I think I decieded well to stay with the SONY line. How about experences with the A68 + Tamron SP 70-300 USD combo?
 
karoly7603 said:
Yes, I feel also the same that pictures from the A68 is better. Better colors and exposures.

Today I almost bought a Nikon D7100 but after taking a lot of photos always was missing that the SONY has after I realized. The harmony of the pictures, the clarity yes, the SONY is crystal clear but the Nikon wasn't so sharp that I espected so I let the seller. I think I decieded well to stay with the SONY line. How about experences with the A68 + Tamron SP 70-300 USD combo?
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I used an A77II (same body, AF, and mostly the same as the A68) and Tamron 70-300mm USD combo extensively. It performed great! Continuous AF was quite precise and effective, but the IBIS isn't all that good - when it works, it works, but when it doesn't, it leads to about 30% of blurred pictures, no matter the shutter speed. That's the camera's fault, BTW.

The lens, however, is excellent for the price, and the combination is comfortable to hold and carry for extended periods. You could do much worse than that. I didn't like the close-up abilities of the Tamron USD, though, because it really doesn't do macro at all.
 
That doesn't sound typical of the Sony stabilization system from my experience starting with the KM5d through the A700 and current A7ii. Any blurred pictures I've had were my own fault. Of course it won't work total magic, such as 1/2 s at 300 mm, but with any reasonable level I've found it very good.

30% failure rate indicates some serious problem with either the camera or technique, but I don't believe it is typical at all.
 
I wouldn't consider those results anything to complain about at all from any APS-C camera.
 
The interesting thing is that I had a Canon EOS 100D and a Tamron SP 70-300 VC USD and I always used handheld and almost all the photos was needle sharp without any blur at 300mm. Mostly the shutter speeds was 1/100s for the birds at ISO 100 at f9. One day I took photos about small birds with my brother-in-low who has Pentax and a Sigma 70-300mm and always keep asked me how my photos are always tack sharp even at low shutter speeds? Its true even I could go down 1/20s, 1/30s or 1/40s and I also couldn't believe it but its true. The image stabilization in the lens is extremely effective. At this moment I am testing an old Tamron 55-200mm on my Sony A77 but lack of success. At 200mm is so sensitive and I feel that the Tamron 70-300 with image stabilization in the lens is much confident and effective than in the camera body.
 
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