Peekayoh Loc: UK

Ahh, the posts did cross.

GeneS Loc: Glendale,AZ

I have the Sony A77, love the EVF, always said I wouldn't own a EVF, would never go back to an ovf. I know exactly what the picture is going to be before taking the picture

WAIT,WAIT,WAIT don't buy yet wait till at least Oct. and see what the new line up is. Totally new camera's coming out.

planepics Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs

Nice. I've never seen the Red Arrows, but this is one of my T-Birds shot from last year.

Slightly different crop/treatment of a former avatar of mine. I also have Blue Angels shots, too.

planepics Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs

Can you re-post the Vulcan shot and store original? I'd like to see how good the detail is (looks good as it is).

spphoto Loc: Long Island,N.Y.

You can not go wrong with the A77 (I have two).You can take videos with it if you want.Action pictures are easy.Live view is always available .I love the panorama option.If you use raw the
the file is large so you can crop half and still get a good size image

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Peekayoh Loc: UK

The original is a pst but I've done some 100% crops.

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

If you can hold off for just a few hours. Sony will be announcing a new entry level camera August 27, 2013. More will be announced over the next few months.

Peekayoh Loc: UK

Hi Dave,
I think the new camera is an E-mount camera unfortunately.
Sort of a NEX on steroids.

StephenVL Loc: Los Angeles, USA

I have several Sony camera's and lots of lenses both A mount and E mount. I have the Sony Nex-6 and that is my primary camera. When I want to use an A-mount lens on this camera I use the Sony EA-2 adapter. This adapter gives you full auto-focus and all the auto-exposure modes. The one and only thing that is missing is OSS optical stabilization. This is because in the A mount DSLR's the stabilization is built into the body, but in NEX mirrorless cameras it is built into the E-mount lenses. For those cases when I want to use an A mount lens with OSS I purchased a used Sony A55 on ebay for $265. Now I can travel small and light with my NEX system, but for those areas like long telephoto where I need to use A mount lenses with OSS I go with the A55.
Of the current Sony models consider starting with NEX 3N for E-Mount or if you want A mount consider the A58. Both are reasonably priced entry level models.
To build your lens collection look to Ebay for Minolta lenses. Many great lenses are available at great prices. Minolta lenses work on the Sony A mount cameras without an adapter or on the NEX cameras with the Sony adapter listed above.
As to the person that said to look at Canon or Nikon I would say that both companies make great cameras. But as a former Nikon owner I have completely converted to Sony and am very happy.

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

Hi Pete,

If it includes IBIS, NEX on steroids might not be a bad thing. As Steve points out you can use the adapter and keep a foot in the E mount and alpha worlds.

As for me I'm holding off for FF.

I think the term "IBIS" is kind of comic. A kind of an Ebonics paraphrase of René Descartes "I think, therefor I am."

(It does not take much to amuse me.)

Peekayoh Loc: UK

We will know tomorrow!

Peekayoh Loc: UK

Planepics, here are some a99 pics for good measure.
The a99 is a bit pricey but a stunning piece of kit for all that.

EC135 - a99 * iso100 * f/7.1 * 1/400th [+0.7EV]


a99 * iso100 * f/4 * 1/640th [+1EV]


a380 * a99 * iso100 * f//4 * 1/500th [+0.7EV]

Peekayoh Loc: UK

Some 100% unsharpened crops from the last image ...

planepics Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs

Impressive, but in the States, the A99 is going for around $2,700 new (body only) from one New York superstore where I bought my Tamron lens and still over $2k used...that's more than I paid for a week-long Alaskan cruise. Too much for this part-time school bus driver to consider. I got this pic of Fat Albert in 2010 with my A330 and kit 75-300. I can only imagine what I could get with an A77 and my Tamron.

Davethehiker Loc: South West Pennsylvania

Wow!!!! Sony is going to need to come up with a heck of camera to beat that! I may be easily amused but hard to impress. I'm impressed!