A550 REVIEW at DPreview


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I have been using A350, I find it is good enough. Though, maybe in the future, Sony may improve it. However, that is not a show stopper for me.

As you said, fast AF even in LV, is something I really like.

Another thing I like about the new body would be the 5fps (7fps for A550), built in HDR and better high ISO. Very incline to change to this new body. Haha...

Wah....you always fire like machine gun ar bro? :bsmilie:
 

Would you want something that can articulate but does not AF well or rather get the shot with a good AF but non-articulate LCD? I believe photographers in the past do not have the luxury of a LCD for preview but can do the job too right?


Actually I want both. I mean the fast AF is the "hard" part right? I mean u add in the extra sensor, mirror, etc. Why not get the articulation right?

It is impossible to use the live view in portrait mode. So unless u want to limit all your composition to landscape..... It is a pretty big limitation if you are going to use live view.
 

So a550 is just an upgrade from the old model of a200, a300 and a300....interesting...can be my backup body if i like the review...:bsmilie:
 

Actually I want both. I mean the fast AF is the "hard" part right? I mean u add in the extra sensor, mirror, etc. Why not get the articulation right?

It is impossible to use the live view in portrait mode. So unless u want to limit all your composition to landscape..... It is a pretty big limitation if you are going to use live view.

That's the reason why you dump your SD14 for the D5000?
 

So a550 is just an upgrade from the old model of a200, a300 and a300....interesting...can be my backup body if i like the review...:bsmilie:

Hehe... I like it a lot already... Had put up my name for the MO thread... Haha...
 

Hmm... seems like its lowest ISO is 200, with a max shutter spd at 1/4000, iso 100 would be useful though, arrgh....
 

Actually I want both. I mean the fast AF is the "hard" part right? I mean u add in the extra sensor, mirror, etc. Why not get the articulation right?

It is impossible to use the live view in portrait mode. So unless u want to limit all your composition to landscape..... It is a pretty big limitation if you are going to use live view.

Given the bulk, size, position of the shutter button and lens zoom, I would be very amazed if you can take good self-portraits using DSLR even with full articulated LCD screen.

I am also puzzled why Nikon placed the wierd bottom mount for the articulated screen for D5000....which is a bad design.

I would say Olympus and Lumix have better articulated screen.

In any case, I would prefer to have USABLE QUICK AF in Liveview than anything else!!!
 

Given the bulk, size, position of the shutter button and lens zoom, I would be very amazed if you can take good self-portraits using DSLR even with full articulated LCD screen.

I am also puzzled why Nikon placed the wierd bottom mount for the articulated screen for D5000....which is a bad design.

I would say Olympus and Lumix have better articulated screen.

In any case, I would prefer to have USABLE QUICK AF in Liveview than anything else!!!

I agree with you bro, but I guess different people will have different needs & wants. Whatever it is, as long as we are happy with the camera and can live with the shortcomings, just enjoy shooting and think less about the equipment. Afterall, there is no perfect cam/system. :)
 

any hi iso sample image yet?
 

any hi iso sample image yet?

How when the camera is not released yet? But if you know how to click on the links posted or know how to use google, you can find sample images...
 

Given the bulk, size, position of the shutter button and lens zoom, I would be very amazed if you can take good self-portraits using DSLR even with full articulated LCD screen.
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That is true. Maybe Sony would release a new DSLR with smaller form factor and able to control the zooming via button on body. That should make the full articulating LCD screen more usable. For now, I think is good enough.
 

The exmor sensor performs best @ it's native iso200. So why is there the need for iso100

hmm... may need to shoot in very bright conditions and 1/4000s may not be fast enough? the way i see it options include stoping down (dof affected) or slap on some filters. Anyway really do hope they include 100 c'mon Sony...
 

hmm... may need to shoot in very bright conditions and 1/4000s may not be fast enough? the way i see it options include stoping down (dof affected) or slap on some filters. Anyway really do hope they include 100 c'mon Sony...

Under such situation even ISO 100 is not low enough. Been in such situation, I try set F higher (but lose the bokeh)... In the end, I just mount a ND filter. Problem Solved.
 

all this is making me very tempted on the A550..... i haven't even had my 350 for a year... must resist and just practice more... >.<
 

Given the bulk, size, position of the shutter button and lens zoom, I would be very amazed if you can take good self-portraits using DSLR even with full articulated LCD screen.

I am also puzzled why Nikon placed the wierd bottom mount for the articulated screen for D5000....which is a bad design.

I would say Olympus and Lumix have better articulated screen.

In any case, I would prefer to have USABLE QUICK AF in Liveview than anything else!!!

Canon owns the patent for the implementation used by Olympus & lumix.
 

D7D vs A700 vs A900 vs A500 JPEG high ISO performance shoot-out

http://www.artaphot.ch/dslrs/201-jpg-noise-a500-a700-a900-and-dynax-7d

Good to see here, A500 easily bests all previous alphas.

I've seen these too, jpeg results that is.

Funny, recently I challenged whether the new 380 could potentially deliver better quality then the 700 looking at the aging of technology and someone here held it for 'impossible'.

Now with the 500 coming out it seems that it IS possible, even while comparing it to a very recent 900. I guess the truth is hold in sensors being used. At the time where I was wondering what the quality of the 380 would be, no information was present about its sensor but once released it was clear there was no new technology involved, merely a cosmetic upgrade. Hence, no better performance.

With the release of the 500 however it is about technology. And proves my assumption is correct, slowly making me wonder what the value of nowadays camera's is. Today's performance (high-end) is like 'almost' (degrades) gone tomorrow.
 

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