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Rediscovering the A55
- Thread starter jonoslack
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jonoslack
Active member
Indeed Joe - I think you're right - I wasn't seriously considering selling it, the A900 produces great files, and will presumably continue to do so.
douglasf13
New member
I can only imagine how good a 135 EXMOR sensor from Sony in 2012 will be. It should be stunning.
jonoslack
Active member
They seem to be on a roll . . .
I used to remember the days when the Canon guys (I used to be one of them) used to jeer at Sony (and Nikon) for the poor high-ISO performance of their sensors.
A lot of water has flown under the bridge since then !
Ever since the release of the Nikon D3, the Canon guys stopped laughing. And every newer iteration of the Sony Exmors are just driving home the point that Sony no longer has to feel apologetic about the performance of their sensors.
Incidentally, my near-mint 35mm f/2 is on sale. I just acquired a 35/1.4 and decided to let go of the 35/2. At 240gms, the 35/2 is a featherweight and its performance is stunning on the A900/A850. The 35/1.4G has a great rendering but the 35/2 is sharper than the 35/1.4, when both are at f/2.
Perhaps.
As for me personally, I'm working on a few projects that I really need to finally finish this year. I started working on these projects using analog Leica M.
I've sold all my M gear too, to finance an S2.
At the moment I'm on the fence, waiting, thinking... (Jono, you've been there...)
Meanwhile I'm happily shooting these film projects with two like brandnew Minolta Dynax 5 cameras that I bought for €15 (!)
I can use all my Sony and ZA glass on these nice little machines without any problem.
There's another photographer that offered a reasonable price for the a900's that I would not have used this year. He's very happy, the a900 is a fine camera.
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curious80
Guest
But it is also funny to think that the Nikon guys at that time used to downplay the canon high-iso superiority by saying that high-iso performance isn't everything and canon guys are obsessed about high-iso etc
. And even more interestingly for years Nikon guys maintained that DX cameras are the future and Full frame is over-rated and not needed (that was when Nikon had the official stance that they will stick with DX and not go for FF DSLRs, whereas Canon had 5D and 1Ds lineup). And suddenly with the launch of D3, Nikon became the champion of the ultra-high-iso FF sensors. And now the Nikon users take pride in that Its fun to see how things change!I agree with every single bit of what you have written above. That was the exact theme that one used to find, in forum after forum, thread after thread.But it is also funny to think that the Nikon guys at that time used to downplay the canon high-iso superiority by saying that high-iso performance isn't everything and canon guys are obsessed about high-iso etc
The D3, singularly eliminated the "stigma" of both DX and poor-high-ISO performance, from the Nikon lineup, in one fell swoop. For a whole year, all of those Nikon people who were singing hallelujahs about DX, were lining up to buy the D3....and the damn thing was sold out everywhere.
Nikon's Sendai factory was churning out 12,000 D3 models per month and for a whole year, it was in short-supply everywhere.i actually got an a55 exclusively for manual focus, though i buy all my cameras exclusively for manual focus. i did have to remove that pesky mirror from the camera before i was happy with it though. i have the NEX now for most of my shooting with all my small lenses and the a55 for my telephotos and other lenses that negate the NEX's smallness.
douglasf13
New member
That makes sense to me, although I'm becoming pretty spoiled by focus peaking, and it's odd that it isn't included in the A55.
agreed, i figure sony didn't want to entice people to use manual focus lenses on cameras that they make a full lineup of lenses for. maybe, they just weren't thinking though. i think peaking would be extremely helpful for my birding with the a55, but with my low contrast narrow dof lenses it isn't quite accurate enough (rokkor 58/1.2 etc).
douglasf13
New member
Hmm, I don't have any f1.2 lenses, but I find peaking to work fine with my f1.4 lenses.
yeah, i think it's the low contrast that makes the difference.
douglasf13
New member
Have you tried boosting sharpening and contrast jpeg settings?
yeah, that makes the peaking more likely to appear, but then it exceeds the dof. i'll have to try various tweaks to see how close i can get it, but right now i don't feel like i can count peaking at portrait distances and f/1.2.
