Sony (Page 9): I use a Sony RX100 point and shoot. It goes every where with me when I have not got my Nikon gear. It produces excellent images, nice and sharp, colours excellent to.

Dartmoor Walker Loc: Dartmoor, Devon. England.

nivek340 wrote:

All Sony Users please confirm.
I want to know how many of you?
Do you like your Sony?
What you'd like from Sony?
etc.
I don't work for them, but on Sony Rumors I hear a lot of gripes and wanted to get Ugly hedgehogs opinion and if you might want to change brands, etc.
It can dslr, dslt, point shoot, high zoom owners.
Tell me what you like and don't like.
If that's to much? say so by one word decline.

I use a Sony RX100 point and shoot.
It goes every where with me when I have not got my Nikon gear.
It produces excellent images, nice and sharp, colours excellent to.
Easy to use once you played with it for a while and get to know what parts of the menu you need.
I use it on manual most of the time, very easy.
Its size is Ideal for slipping into any pocket.
There is a lot of waffel about it not having the facility for an electronic view finder, external flash unit and finger grip on the body, but in my view, if you add these items, its no longer a pocketable camera, and I have large hands and with big fingers, and I have not had one instance where I've wished for a finger grip on the body.

altheman Loc: Christchurch, New Zealand

Brucej67 wrote:

"I saw a review where the image quality of th... (show quote)

It was something to do with that 1/3 of stop of light lost because of the translucent mirror producing more noise, and it was in a dpreviews review I think. As I said it was pixel peeping but it was the thing that convinced me to buy the Nex7.

achesley Loc: SW Louisiana

Just picked up a Sony A57 w/ Sonysal 18250 glass. Still in the learning phase with it. Probably only about 20 shots with it so far. Other 2 camera I use are Minolta Dimage Z6 and Canon G12.

MrBill Loc: Concord NH

heyrob wrote:

Take 5 Cinema wrote:

heyrob wrote:

As a professional metrologist I'm curious, just how high is a "yay"? I dont believe that I have ever dealt with that particular unit of measure. :-)

Just below the knees of a short person!!!

Cheers,
Take 5

LOL

Still haven't quite got a handle on a "Smidge" yet either. ;-)

This is a "Smidge" [My dogs name] In this case it's about .. oh... 3 -3.5 ft

Dartmoor Walker Loc: Dartmoor, Devon. England.

MrBill wrote:

heyrob wrote:

Take 5 Cinema wrote:

heyrob wrote:

As a professional metrologist I'm curious, just how high is a "yay"? I dont believe that I have ever dealt with that particular unit of measure. :-)

Just below the knees of a short person!!!

Cheers,
Take 5

LOL

Still haven't quite got a handle on a "Smidge" yet either. ;-)

This is a "Smidge" [My dogs name] In this case it's about .. oh... 3 -3.5 ft

She looks almost Identical to my "Flash" and yes, all my dog have photography base name, Click was the first, My mate who I served in the army with was a REME mechanic, and his dogs name was, wait for it, yes, its name was SUMP!!!! Sad I know, but who care, each to their own. lol

alycrom Loc: Aberdeen Scotland

i have a @350 with 3 lens' i have had it from the day of its release which was nearly 5 years ago. i have only had contact customer services for one problem which was 3 months ago. i send the camera to the sony centre in cardiff to be serviced and fixed but when i received it back a couple of weeks later one of the problems was still there. So sent it back and after a fairly lengthy wait which meant i was without my camera for christmas and new year and my sons 21 birthday my camera was returned and is now working like new. :-)

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

nivek340 wrote:

All Sony Users please confirm.
I want to know how many of you?
Do you like your Sony?
What you'd like from Sony?
etc.
I don't work for them, but on Sony Rumors I hear a lot of gripes and wanted to get Ugly hedgehogs opinion and if you might want to change brands, etc.
It can dslr, dslt, point shoot, high zoom owners.
Tell me what you like and don't like.
If that's to much? say so by one word decline.

Sony Alpha 55. My only complaint is that internal HDR and bracketing only uses less than 1 f/stop exposure difference which isn't enough. Otherwise, no complaints. I might change brands if going to full-frame but that isn't likely to happen in the near future.

MrBill Loc: Concord NH

Dartmoor Walker wrote:

quote=MrBill quote=heyrob quote=Take 5 Cinema ... (show quote)

I would like to see a photo of Flash. What kind of mix is he. Smidge is a Pit bull Beagle mix.

bullwinkle Loc: New Hartford, Missouri

I started with an a200 in the screen went out within a year. Made it kind of hard to use the camera. I could not find a camera shop that would fix it. They all said I had to send it in. In my experience with other things,sending in for repair meant you'd pay almost the same price to get if fixed as a new one would cost. Since I had purchased a few extra items for the camera, (lens, cable release, etc.)I didn't want to change manufacturer, but I was hesitant to buy another Sony. I gave in and bought an a500 and am very happy with it.

Bill Harris Loc: Fairmont, WV

I have a Sony A100 that I have bought new years ago. Still use it every week. Must have shot 1000's with it. Never had any thing done to it. I have Sony, Minolta and Tamron lens.

Photogdog Loc: New Kensington, PA

nivek340 wrote:

All Sony Users please confirm.
I want to know how many of you?
Do you like your Sony?
What you'd like from Sony?
etc.
I don't work for them, but on Sony Rumors I hear a lot of gripes and wanted to get Ugly hedgehogs opinion and if you might want to change brands, etc.
It can dslr, dslt, point shoot, high zoom owners.
Tell me what you like and don't like.
If that's to much? say so by one word decline.

I have the NEX-5N with the optional EVF viewfinder and the NEX-7 along with most of the available lenses. I find them to be very, very good cameras with excellent IQ.

I also recently purchased the RX-100 and it's an outstanding point & shoot; Carl Zeiss lens and the ability to shoot RAW. I added the Richard Franiec grip to mine since I have somewhat large hands. I went on just as shown in the photos and I'm all thumbs.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/07/19/Sony-RX100-accessory-grip-from-Richard-Franeic

G Brown Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK

I have had a Sony Alpha 230 for three years. First time user and it is a great camera. At the time there were not many 2nd hand lenses about so later bought a 2nd hand EOS 450D so that i could buy cheap lenses to practice with (didn't) and live view (slow). I keep on going back to the Sony cause the images are so much sharper. As for professional use....most mags have a list of cameras that they accept pictures from...usually last two new versions made by canon and nikon, occaisionally last version Sony. it is not camera fault ...simply snobbery.

Swizzle Loc: Shoals, In.

No Kidding! Snobbery is it!

G Brown Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK

Oh forgot. the sigma 70 - 300 dg macro originaly with the kit lost auto focus because the gearing was not up to the strength of the Sony motor. Sigma have upgraded newer lenses so whatch what you buy...

JBTaylor Loc: In hiding again

G Brown wrote:

I have had a Sony Alpha 230 for three years. First... (show quote)

Yep snobbery in more than one way if last year's best camera suddenly isn't good enough.

By the way, there are plenty of used Minolta lenses that fit Sony. That was another reason that went with Sony. As long as they are the auto-focus lenses, you don't have to worry about them not possibly not being compatible, unlike some camera/lens combinations with Canon or Nikon.