Sony Alpha SLT-A77
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14 years ago
Sony Alpha A77 First Impressions Review
Sony's new SLT-A77 shows maturity in design, may be worth the hype
Pros:
- Fantastic grip design that is firm and comfortable
- Pellicle mirror technology allows phase detect AF in live view
- Lightning quick 12fps burst rate blows sub-$2000 market away
Cons:
- No tethered shooting with a computer a letdown for studio photographers
14 years ago
Sony Alpha A77V
I'll lead off by saying that I enjoyed shooting with the Sony Alpha SLT-A77V more than any camera since the Nikon D7000 . It's heavy, especially with the 16-50mm kit lens (which, by the way, has become my favorite Sony lens), but the grip is comfy, it feels well balanced, and with only a few...
Pros:
- A well-designed camera that's enjoyable to shoot
- partly thanks to a great viewfinder
- the fixed-mirror Sony Alpha SLT-A77V bests the competition with features like a cleverly articulated display
- built-in GPS for geotagging
- and very good 1080/60p video
Cons:
- There are some annoying omissions in the A77V's feature set
- including odd limitations for raw and video shooting
- plus battery life is subpar
14 years ago
Sony Alpha SLT-A77V
I'll lead off by saying that I enjoyed shooting with the Sony Alpha SLT-A77V more than any camera since the Nikon D7000 . It's heavy, especially with the 16-50mm kit lens (which, by the way, has become my favorite Sony lens), but the grip is comfy, it feels well balanced, and with only a few...
Pros:
- A well-designed camera that's enjoyable to shoot
- partly thanks to a great viewfinder
- the fixed-mirror Sony Alpha SLT-A77V bests the competition with features like a cleverly articulated display
- built-in GPS for geotagging
- and very good 1080/60p video
Cons:
- There are some annoying omissions in the A77V's feature set
- including odd limitations for raw and video shooting
- plus battery life is subpar
14 years ago
Sony Alpha SLT-A77
The Sony Alpha A77 is a major leap forward for the company in DSLR design, features and image capabilities, finally putting Sony into the competitive mix with Canon and Nikon in the prosumer DSLR marketplace.
Pros:
- 24.3-megapixel APS-C sensor offers great resolution for a prosumer DSLR
- Unique Sony translucent-mirror tech provides full-time phase-detect autofocus
- Full-time live view by default
- 12 frames-per-second capture rate
- Fast autofocus
- burst
- shutter lag
- shot-to-shot and continuous mode speeds
- Full
Cons:
- Somewhat heavy for a prosumer DSLR, Uses an EVF instead of an optical viewfinder
- EVF appears dim when used in bright light, Camera doesn't switch fast enough between the LCD viewfinder and EVF after viewfinder detects you're looking through it, leaving you in the dark for a brief moment, Images
14 years ago
Sony Alpha 77 SLT extended review
The Sony SLT-Alpha 77 is a very serious piece of gear but it took me a while to enjoy it. I had four weeks with the review camera to form an opinion but it wasn't until well into the fourth week that it all started coming together.
Pros:
- Focusing options
- Shutter response
- 10 frames per second
- Articulated viewfinder
- EVF and good looking video
Cons:
- Slow camera response to all inputs except shutter button
- Exposure information is substandard in live-view
- Poor raw file integration and support
- Complicated and unintuitive manual and menu system
14 years ago
Sony Alpha A77 Digital SLT Review
The Sony Alpha A77 is an enjoyable camera to use that is capable of producing some excellent photos, with great colour, detail and extremely solid exposure performance. Reds are extremely vibrant and colourful and the camera produces excellent JPEG output straight from the camera, even on default...
Pros:
- Built in GPS
- Extremely fast continuous shooting (12fps
- Stunning OLED EVF (has to be seen to be believed
- Excellent image quality
- Excellent colour
- Continuous focus during videos
- AF Fine-tuning
- Weather sealed magnesium alloy body
- ISO50 available
- Wide strap and printed manual included
Cons:
- Higher than expected PF/CA
- 16-50mm kit lens increases price by roughly 50
- Non-standard flash hot-shoe
14 years ago
Sony Alpha 77
The flash started to flash 3-4 times before taking picture, it wasn't that way before. The 55-300mm doesn't focus great on its own. The 16-55mm lens is too big. Overall good features but the price is way too high.
Pros:
- Features
Cons:
- Heavy
- the flash
- the 55-300 lens
14 years ago
That said, when weighing these up against a superb level of image quality when shooting in most conditions, great handling, good build quality, industry-leading EVF, quick full-time phase detection AF system and a comprehensive set of exposure modes, we have little trouble with recommending this
14 years ago
Sony Alpha 77 (SLT-A77VQ)
The Alpha 77 ($1,999.99 direct with 16-50mm lens) is the flagship APS-C D-SLR camera in the Sony lineup, coming in only second to the full-frame Alpha 900 ($2,699.99 body only) in price.
Pros:
- Excellent kit lens
- High-resolution sensor
- Fast burst shooting
- Good high ISO performance
- 1080p60 video with autofocus
- Crisp OLED EVF
- GPS
Cons:
- Recovery time needed after burst shooting
- No optical viewfinder
- Proprietary hot shoe
14 years ago
Sony Alpha SLT-A77
The Sony Alpha SLT-A77 is Sony's flagship SLT camera. Announced in August 2011 alongside the simpler A65 it features a 24.3 Megapixel APS-C sensor, 12fps continuous shooting with AF, full 1080p HD video at 50 or 60 frames per second and a 2.4 million pixel ultra high resolution OLED electronic...
Pros:
- Big
- bright ultra high resolution EVF
- 12fps burst mode with AF
- 1080p60/50 movie mode
- Continuous AF in movie modes
- High quality bright 16-50mm kit lens
- 24 Megapixel sensor
Cons:
- Limited exposure control at 12fps
- Limited movie AF with Manual exposure
- Poor menu layout and organisation
- Poor battery life compared to a DSLR
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