A700 replacement to be launched soon

[Titan10k]

Well... Why would a company introduce those features in a camera where 95% of people who buy it wouldn't understand what you're saying, rather than have you upgrade to the semi-pro model designed for people who do exposure bracketing, HDR, etc etc?

There is an exposure bracketing on the A200/300/350, too bad it's +/-0.7. There is a self timer on those as well, too bad there is no mirror lockup.

Why Sony put up those half-assed efforts is beyond me, probably they've been working with Nikon for too long?

 

[navlem]

There is an exposure bracketing on the A200/300/350, too bad it's +/-0.7. There is a self timer on those as well, too bad there is no mirror lockup.

Why Sony put up those half-assed efforts is beyond me, probably they've been working with Nikon for too long?

Nikon D60 doesn't have AF in the body, so does it mean its half-assed effort too?

Canon 500D doesnt have tiltable LCD, does it mean its half-assed effort too?

 

[Titan10k]

How useful a +/- 0.7 EV HDR bracketing is? How hard is it to implement a MLU when you've already got a timer?

Defense Sony whatever way you like, but it's not gonna make the brand any stronger. When I started this whole photography stuff more than half a year ago, I picked Sony simply because nothing beat the A200 at its price point, nothing was even close. Things have changed lots since then.

 

[navlem]

The bracketing wasn't meant for HDR at the first place. It was just to help you choose the proper exposure shot out of the 3 shots.

It was until HDR was quite a hot thing before Sony starts to think about +/- 2.0ev

Thats why they added it in the new firmware for a700

I expect them to add in the future firmware of a200/a300/a350

 

[pipo999]

Bracketing was already available in the first AF SLR's manufactered by Minolta. That it is now being used for HDR purposes is pretty much a side discussion. I use it regularly without having the urge to merge, just to get indeed the exposure I am looking for since I am not always sure about the metering. Ie. I take one or two bracket shots and based on the outcome I adjust the camera for the entire session to come, provided there are no dramatic changes.

 

[navlem]

Bracketing was already available in the first AF SLR's manufactered by Minolta. That it is now being used for HDR purposes is pretty much a side discussion. I use it regularly without having the urge to merge, just to get indeed the exposure I am looking for since I am not always sure about the metering. Ie. I take one or two bracket shots and based on the outcome I adjust the camera for the entire session to come, provided there are no dramatic changes.

Precisely this is what bracketing is all about.

 

[Rashkae]

How useful a +/- 0.7 EV HDR bracketing is? How hard is it to implement a MLU when you've already got a timer?

Defense Sony whatever way you like, but it's not gonna make the brand any stronger. When I started this whole photography stuff more than half a year ago, I picked Sony simply because nothing beat the A200 at its price point, nothing was even close. Things have changed lots since then.

You obviously have no clua at all about a basic thing called "market segmentation".

If Sony offered those features in a budget cam, why would people get an A700.

Cry a river, but it sounds to me like you're spoiled and whining because you can't have all your high-end features in a budget body.

If you are not willing to pay for the features, don't complain if you don't have them. If anything, your research before purchase was half-assed.

A company that offers the same fatures in a cheap body that they offer in the semi-pro body is going to shoot themselves in the foot.


So stop complaining and shoot more pictures.