Alpha street pricelist courtesy of albnok ***updated 1st April 2009***
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Camera --------- Sony A200 + 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 DT = RM15xx Sony A200 + 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 DT + 75-300mm F4.5-5.6 = RM18xx Sony A300 + 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 DT = RM18xx Sony A300 + 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 DT + 55-200mm F4-5.6 DT = RM22xx Sony A350 body only = RM20xx Sony A350 + 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 DT = RM23xx Sony A350 + 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 DT + 55-200mm F4-5.6 DT = RM26xx Sony A700 body only = RM33xx Sony A900 body only = RM85xx
Battery Grip -------------- Sony VG-B30AM for A200/A300/A350 = RM6xx Sony VG-C70AM battery grip for A700 = RM9xx Sony VG-C90AM for A900 = RM9xx
Flash ------ Sony HVL-F36AM = RM8xx - Discontinued Sony HVL-F42AM = RM7xx Sony HVL-F56AM = RM11xx - Discontinued Sony HVL-F58AM = RM11xx
Sony 16-105mm F3.5-5.6 DT = RM16xx Sony 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DT = RM16xx Sony Carl Zeiss 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 DT = RM25xx Sony Carl Zeiss 135mm F1.8 = RM48xx Sony Carl Zeiss 85mm F1.4 = RM50xx Sony Carl Zeiss 16-35mm F2.8 SSM = RM54xx Sony Carl Zeiss 24-70mm F2.8 SSM = RM54xx
Common Kelvin White Balance Settings : 2500K - very strong orange tungsten light 2800K - strong orange tungsten light 3200K - yellowish tungsten light 4500K M6 - flourescent light (most flourescent tubes are green even though our eyes don't see it) 5500K - flash 6500K - daylight (or daylight-balanced flourescent light) 9900K - strong blue stage lighting or evening light
Xenon lighting is rare but that should be between 7000-9000K.
Whenever you enter a new situation that has different WB, just set your Kelvin WB again and test with one shot. You
should be able to do this with practice.
With the Sony A300 and A350, you can use Live View and see the effect of changing Kelvin WB... live!
M = Magenta G = Green 2500K = Blue 9900K = Amber
Take a picture. Supposing the picture is very Green, you need to add the opposite which is Magenta. If the picture is
too Blue you need to go closer to Amber. So if the picture is very blue-green-ish, you will need to go closer to 9900K
M9.
To prevent the built-in flash from appearing in pictures when in wireless flash mode, you can use any of these
methods, or a combination of them:
- use a darker aperture (e.g. F11) - use a lower ISO (e.g. ISO100) - use a shutter speed faster than your flash sync speed so that High Speed Sync is activated (e.g. 1/320th of a
second) - use a piece of exposed, developed negative film in front of your pop-up flash
Here's my Stealth Alpha for those wondering what it's all about. I was supposed to do a write up on how I did it but haven't until now due to unforeseen circumstances. It should be done in a few days. Have to go to my other house n get the stealth materials 1st coz this house don't have the materials I need.
This post has been edited by ianho: Jun 25 2009, 04:13 PM
waiting for ur write-up......looks like photoshop because it seems too clean..hehe
No photoshop ler. I dont even know how to Photoshop. I never bothered to learn Photoshop until now. My camera has been like that since I did the stealth mod. It looks super clean in that pic coz it's dark. It's clean but not imperceptible if u have the camera in ur hands.
This post has been edited by ianho: Jun 25 2009, 04:31 PM
Me 2nd. Will post my Stealth A200 afterwards. Here's my Stealth Alpha for those wondering what it's all about. I was supposed to do a write up on how I did it but haven't until now due to unforeseen circumstances. It should be done in a few days. Have to go to my other house n get the stealth materials 1st coz this house don't have the materials I need.
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ahh.... too clean.... kikis or acid bath or use demn pricy sticky tape? so haf u done it at the lenses too? i wanna do it too... but thinking i might sell it 1 day (if i'm upgrading later) kacau la... devalued the items edi...
@Sp00kY: show la what haf u done.... normal rectangle or fishy ??
This post has been edited by dingenius3: Jun 25 2009, 04:39 PM
I just read in a magazine about this pro who jumped from Canon EOS 1Ds mk3 with every single L lens to A900. Pretty impressive story. He explained about why he jumped. He says it was mainly coz a lot of the L lens cannot keep up with the resolution of the 1Ds mk3 oredi coz those were old lenses made b4 the 1Ds mk3 appeared. In comparison the A900 has an all new array of CZ n G lenses specifically made for it. Mebe u guys can google for it.
Very interesting read and also lotsa superb pictures demonstrating the excellent dynamic range of the A900. I was awed by it actually, many were shot direct into sun n the subjects still can see with nice bright colors!
QUOTE(albnok @ Jun 25 2009, 04:38 PM)
Welcome back guardians of the Sony Alpha thread!
And yes, ianho's A200 was the inspiration for my formerly stealth A900.
Eh the A900 un stealth oredi kar?
This post has been edited by ianho: Jun 25 2009, 05:16 PM
ahh.... too clean.... kikis or acid bath or use demn pricy sticky tape? so haf u done it at the lenses too? i wanna do it too... but thinking i might sell it 1 day (if i'm upgrading later) kacau la... devalued the items edi... @Sp00kY: show la what haf u done.... normal rectangle or fishy ??
u mean fish-eye merge?no la..i mean normal MERGE eheheh
I just read in a magazine about this pro who jumped from Canon EOS 1Ds mk3 with every single L lens to A900. Pretty impressive story. He explained about why he jumped. He says it was mainly coz a lot of the L lens cannot keep up with the resolution of the 1Ds mk3 oredi coz those were old lenses made b4 the 1Ds mk3 appeared. In comparison the A900 has an all new array of CZ n G lenses specifically made for it. Mebe u guys can google for it.
Very interesting read and also lotsa superb pictures demonstrating the excellent dynamic range of the A900. I was awed by it actually, many were shot direct into sun n the subjects still can see with nice bright colors! Eh the A900 un stealth oredi kar?
uncle can give some hints to google? i tried "Canon EOS 1Ds mkiii jump to A900" but not find that guy..
This has something to do with dynamic range also. Yes, the A900 has an amazing amount of latitude to pull shadows and highlights with.
Interesting thing about skintones and greens, is the CFA (Color Filtration Array) used;
QUOTE(douglasf13)
The human eye, which most digital cameras model their color filters after, has much more overlap in color channels than film normally has. The A900 CFA's more closely resemble a film color response.
You can read more about the difference here by using the graphs on page 15. Sony is more similar to the graph on the right, whereas Canon/Nikon are more similar to graph on the left (although Canon and Nikon have different channels that overlap):
Because there is less overlap in greens compared to Nikon, Sony is able to render less mushy grass. Because there is less overlap in the blues compared to Canon, Sony is able to render less mushy skin.
The disadvantage of this is, because the CFAs are denser with Sony, it causes more noise, because there is less light hitting the sensor, which results in needing higher amplification for high ISO values. Medium Format Digital Backs have a similar problem.
Sony could choose the more popular route of sacrificing color for better high ISO performance, in order to appease reviewers, but I'm happy with their decision. The A900 is starting to develop a nice little user base of former Nikon/Canon shooters for this very reason.
This has something to do with dynamic range also. Yes, the A900 has an amazing amount of latitude to pull shadows and highlights with.
Interesting thing about skintones and greens, is the CFA (Color Filtration Array) used; Taken from here.
Now that's interesting. I did knew that Sony HAD to have something in benefit by sacrificing ISO performance. I mean, surely a large corporation with long history would know how to implement such a thing, eh?
Jun 25 2009, 04:06 PM, updated 17y ago
- A200, A300, A350
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...looks like photoshop because it seems too clean..hehe
I never bothered to learn Photoshop until now.
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