Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
:ROTFL::ROTFL::ROTFL:
Man does that sound so bad. Hey i was in Vegas thought I get in the mood. LOL
Anyway I was a good boy rest assured. I did get to play with the A900 for actually quite awhile and tried some of the lenses . The 16-35,24-70 , 135 1.8 and 70-200. I was afraid to try the 300 2.8 for budget reasons. LOL
I loved all the lenses and they all looked really nice but that darn 135 1.8 really got me. Man was that lens SWEET. It was a little noisy in AF mode and maybe just a worn out demo lens , not sure. But the images on the LCD just sang and so did the 24-70. Some things did bother me. The menu and trying to get around was kind of funky and something I really would have to get used too. Tough to get to format card and I know this was all me but hey I have been around a lot of dig cams and it is taking me some time to figure this one out. I really need to sit down with it and get it in my head or read the freaking manual. LOL The grip is nice but a touch uncomfortable for my small hands. Not a deal breaker though and the AF center point setup is something to get used too. Not sure what points of focus area was going on. Now these are setup at the shows so I really can' t go by what they setup as there shooting mode. We all like different things going on. But overall it was very nice and i went immediately afterward to the Nikon and picked up the D3x and still liked the A900 better and once agin maybe the 3rd time now I get the real *** in the Nikon booth that could care less about me than him going home. This has been 3 shows this has happened to me when I come across the indifference attitude. Tell you what tell Nikon they just lost 15 k sale and all my friends too. Seriously that really mad me made and same for the Canon booth they treated Terry like a piece of dog meat. First impressions and you know that story .BTW the Sony folks would have polished my shoes that is how nice they where and at the very end of a show too. That made a impression. The lady could not pull enough lenses out for me to try and talk about the system and than be real honest with me and say no A700 get the A900 trust me. I like honest people. I obviously told her my needs and such and directed me correctly. More later just wanted to touch in
Man does that sound so bad. Hey i was in Vegas thought I get in the mood. LOL
Anyway I was a good boy rest assured. I did get to play with the A900 for actually quite awhile and tried some of the lenses . The 16-35,24-70 , 135 1.8 and 70-200. I was afraid to try the 300 2.8 for budget reasons. LOL
I loved all the lenses and they all looked really nice but that darn 135 1.8 really got me. Man was that lens SWEET. It was a little noisy in AF mode and maybe just a worn out demo lens , not sure. But the images on the LCD just sang and so did the 24-70. Some things did bother me. The menu and trying to get around was kind of funky and something I really would have to get used too. Tough to get to format card and I know this was all me but hey I have been around a lot of dig cams and it is taking me some time to figure this one out. I really need to sit down with it and get it in my head or read the freaking manual. LOL The grip is nice but a touch uncomfortable for my small hands. Not a deal breaker though and the AF center point setup is something to get used too. Not sure what points of focus area was going on. Now these are setup at the shows so I really can' t go by what they setup as there shooting mode. We all like different things going on. But overall it was very nice and i went immediately afterward to the Nikon and picked up the D3x and still liked the A900 better and once agin maybe the 3rd time now I get the real *** in the Nikon booth that could care less about me than him going home. This has been 3 shows this has happened to me when I come across the indifference attitude. Tell you what tell Nikon they just lost 15 k sale and all my friends too. Seriously that really mad me made and same for the Canon booth they treated Terry like a piece of dog meat. First impressions and you know that story .BTW the Sony folks would have polished my shoes that is how nice they where and at the very end of a show too. That made a impression. The lady could not pull enough lenses out for me to try and talk about the system and than be real honest with me and say no A700 get the A900 trust me. I like honest people. I obviously told her my needs and such and directed me correctly. More later just wanted to touch in