On 5 December 2010 03:48, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello there, great and wise women and men of PDML. I have witnessed Sony
> SLT-A55 and here is the impressions from that encounter:
>
> 1. It is small and light. It is so small that people with bigger hands
> (unlike me) may have difficulty operating it.
>
> 2. A number of operations require that you press buttons on the back of the
> camera and if you want to do so without taking it away from your eye, it may
> be a bit difficult at first. But after two-three times I did it, it did not
> felt awkward at all.
>
> 3. The lack of mirror slap is unusual. It is even more unusual that the
> sound of shutter release /seems/ like it is combined of two distinct sounds.
> It is not loud, though it is hard to tell if K-7 is quieter. And I did not
> have K-7 on me to compare them side by side.
>
> 4. The EVF. Well, EVFs will rule the world. Seriously. Consider this:
>
> a. To perform precision manual focus you simply point you camera where you
> want, press "delete" button twice and you get x7.5 magnified area where you
> can focus as precise as you want. You will also see how shaky your hands,
> but once you depress ever so slightly the shutter release button, the view
> returns back to regular and you can compose the shot. My immediate and first
> impression is that this is /significantly/ more convenient than split
> focusing screen and magnifying eye cap, simply because you get way more
> magnification and hence the precision. I tried it and was impressed by how
> easy the process was and how precise I could focus effectively right out of
> the box.
>
> b. Since this thing is electronic, you can do all kinds of menu related
> operations without taking the camera off your eye. I can hardly imagine how
> often such a thing could be useful, but it is there nonetheless.
>
> c. I did a but of moving of the camera around rapidly - the response of the
> VF was sufficiently smooth. Nothing I could object to.
>
> d. At the end I did feel a bit of strain in my eyes, but it has to be said
> that:
> d1. I couldn't change the diopter correction if there were any.
> d2. I usually have one or two days of felt eye strain if I change monitors.
> Then it subsides. May be something similar would have happened if I had this
> camera for more than 15 minutes.
>
> 5. As a funny or peculiar point, I'd like to point out that this camera also
> has the electronic level that is implemented as a rather odd looking bracket
> around the center of the screen.
>
> 6. And finally, for those of us who like to geotag - this camera has a
> built-in GPS module that automatically geotags your images.
>
> All in all - worthy of any praise and quite excellent camera.
>
> Boris
Welcome to the Dark Side of EVF lovers, Boris. I was also impressed
with the A55, which is saying something because I've never been
impressed by any of Sony's APS-C cameras (though never used the A700).
How did you find AF speed? I thought it was good, with the added
benefit that you can set your AF point to practically any place in the
VF.
—M.
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