A550 Test shots

[MontoyaSG]

still havent seen any RAW iso comparisons without the in body NR.
can the raw files be processed by lightroom yet?

actually if sony still stick to it's current processing method the RAW files would have being 'cooked' like jpegs

 

[mazda2de03]

does the software now support win vista 64bit?

 

[Ouverture]

After trying out for 2 days, here's my observations:

- It's more responsive than A3xx, probably as quick as A700
- Viewing of pictures after taking was almost instant, even though with normal MS card
- ISO1600 is the max for ISO auto mode
- ISO1600 is very good. I dun mind taking pictures indoor now with 18-55kit or any other zoom lens that max F5.6 at longest focal length at ISO1600. It's really as good as ISO400 of A3xx or ISO800 of A700.
- LCD screen is lovely. Enough said
- size and weight of camera is almost similar to A300/350 while the grip is solid without the creeking sound of A300/350
- Auto HDR mode is quite good
- Face detection is fast and accurate. It even compensate with better exposure on the facial expression while not overexposing the background
- 7FPS is mindblowing!!!

- More to come...

 

[Rashkae]

actually if sony still stick to it's current processing method the RAW files would have being 'cooked' like jpegs

ALL RAW files are cooked, even from the other manufacturers. There really is not such thing as an uncooked RAW.

 

[hmjt]

Wa those test shots are damn good! at least gain 2-3 stops as compared to A300! :O

 

[XkaOnslaught]

say ouver, can post a pic of a 6400ISO shot in normal lighting conditions?

 

[Ouverture]

say ouver, can post a pic of a 6400ISO shot in normal lighting conditions?

Sure bro, i try post a few tonight.

 

[Gadgetman]

Sure bro, i try post a few tonight.

Can I also request for some shots in low light conditions such as indoor shots (at night) under normal room lighting (without flash of course)? Some dawn and evening shots will be great as well. Many thanks!

 

[soken]

can someone show some pics of long exposure noise, such as the noise in the light shot of the camera?

 

[Rashkae]

can someone show some pics of long exposure noise, such as the noise in the light shot of the camera?

What do you mean by "Light shot of the camera"?

 

[snks86]

believe he meant low light, high iso shots / samples possibly during long exposure.
Im more interested in real world samples of auto hdr feature, its going to save time for those who dont post process and with its auto alignment feature is sweet stuff.
Handheld hdr =)
How bout a few samples to see if it really promises to do what it does, and even if handheld, how does it manage 1/8th of a second wide?

 

[maMmoth]

anyone has a picture comparison between A700 and A500 or D90?

 

[lenrek]

believe he meant low light, high iso shots / samples possibly during long exposure...

I thought the purpose of having high ISO is to increase the shutter speed (also means possible to shoot in hand held) so there is no need to have long exposure? :think:

 

[TME]

I thought the purpose of having high ISO is to increase the shutter speed (also means possible to shoot in hand held) so there is no need to have long exposure? :think:

Well there are long exposures and there are longer exposures... I guess he's referring to those where you are trying to take in ambient background lighting and need longer exposures to capture all the light... eg. night skyline.

 

[shadowoflight]

Do you mean to ask whether CMOS is fundamentally or structurally better than CCD in terms of noise control?
Or do you mean for this round the developers of CMOS is one step ahead of CCD developers in noise control? Then we cannot be sure how CCD will perform if all the resources were put to developing better CCD noise control technology.

I don't know which one is fundamentally better in terms of noise to signal ratio but I do know that Sony is making a lot more CMOS sensors for its high end dSLRs. I can already see an A700 replacement with an even better CMOS chip inside to be released soon before the World Cup. Oh shall I wait longer or shall I get the a550 now? This is so tormenting.

When I was pretty active in astronomy, I was researching cameras for astro-photography and the general consensus was that CCD was much more sensitive then CMOS, hence CCD DSLRs were recommended.

CCDs were generally accepted as being pretty noisy as well. During that time (2004?) CCDs were so much more sensitive that most people didn't mind the extra bit of noise that crept into the shots (the idea is to capture as much light as possible, considering that stars are pretty dim)

I guess they fixed this with the Exmor R? lol

I wonder when the Exmor R Alphas are gonna launch

 

[Ouverture]

Here's a pic taken at ISO6400 with dim lighting condition (as you can see only 2 downlights are available for the room)

 

[Ouverture]

100% cropped comparison at different ISO...

ISO1600

ISO3200

ISO6400

 

[Ouverture]

Right side 100% cropped of ISO6400

 

[zuikoku]

The best Alpha body so far for low noise performance on high ISO.

SAL 35 mm f/1.4G, 1/40 sec, f/2.8, ISO 1600, AWB, DRO Auto (not AutoHDR)

this is cropped on center

 

[zuikoku]

Another shoot using ISO 1600 too..

all of them using JPEG Fine .. no PP just resize on photoshop :heart: