phew..just came back from Singapore this morning. Went to the AFA and all. there's a loads of pictures but haven't transfer them all yet. here's 1 for start:

UWA SPAM ..

A550 still no HD video recording?

it means that you do your adjustment before u press the shutter... then the camera will use that exposure setting to capture all 7 shots... it doesnt really apply to M mode as your settings will be the same anyway, it mainly applies to P, A and S modes.. where normally the exposure will change accordingly TTL while shooting. But if in speed priority, the exposure wont change even if the scene shifts from dark to bright in-between the 7 frames capture

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Added on December 10, 2009, 2:23 pmwingster: your gears, Sony HVL-F40AM???? do you mean 42?

just get A850/A900 + CZ or G lens... ultimate combination..

C&C are welcome

hi guys, I'm thinking of gettting a 550 as an upgrade to my 350, one of the main reason I was thinking of getting it was for it's high ISO performance, but as I was reading through the threads, High ISO performance is only good when shooting RAWs? JPG situation still the same as previous?

If it works for you, screw what DPReview or (predictably) DCM Magazine has to say. Most of us here are enthralled with the noise performance.

It is a CMOS versus the A350's CCD. Did you try comparing the A550 and A350 side-by-side? The answer would be obvious.

Thanks albnok .. it just might be DOF. I have to retry .. ..

Here are a few others of Broga Hill outing:

(mmm i dunno albnok with agree with me or not, he seem to disagree with me most of the time )
marauderz: understanding the new sensor. and the hype iso performance of the new sensor.

the A550 sensor is pretty well build, ignoring what-so-ever review there is out there, some are bias, some arent. but to the point, the sharpness and iso performance is also affected by lenses u use, (you will notice review hardly state what lenses they use when they do comparison) so, it's very difficult to justify the sharpness or iso or performance of the camera.

as for the first question on the iso, high iso works well with raw? answer is NOPE - not exactely. u see, especially the DP review, u notice the 500D raw - iso at 3200 are noisier then A550's raw. it proves that, the 500D has better (or heavier) noise reduction in the body when comparing jpeg, 500D seems finer then A550. but the good news is, A500 native (raw) sensor iso level are pretty LOW at iso3200 too (and to any other camera in the market now, except nikon, they going to use our sensor anyway later....) so, for 500D users, it's better for them to shoot jpeg rather then raw and the trouble to post process later.

and passing iso6400, 500D did pretty bad in their raw then A550. this proves A550 sensor are on par or better with (perhaps) canon's sensor.... so... for now, all sony's need is a good team of programmer to recode better coding for noise reduction.

so, shooting raw, infact , gives u space to process the noise, but the trouble to do it, (IMHO) is too troublesome. i rather just shoot jpeg, and learn to love the noise that affect the photo.

but then, i know one thing, when u buy the A550, buy it with the CZ1680!.... ur photo will goes into another level of clarity.

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Added on December 11, 2009, 6:18 pm
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Added on December 11, 2009, 6:22 pmand, wanna ask opinion of ppl here.

A300, warranty till june next year, with 1870 kit lens, +8gb card. 8/10 condition. how much can let go? PM me ur opinion, i dunwan to turn this thread to talk bout price war.

here's a quick edit from me



things i did :-
adjusted the exp on both background n model
smoothen her skin and cover up some flawless
trim some untidy hair
dodge some highlight in the eyes
adjusted 2 curves(highlight n shadow)on the face n mask accordingly
would like to make the skin slightly brighter tho..but saw it after i uploaded..lazy to redo again..lol

p/s:opps..notice the hand there stil have a black mark..LOL..didnt see carefully just now..but i guess it doesnt matter..just for example only =p

wow.... wingster.... the price not bad le.... the teapot is alpha 1?? 

mcline_007: Thanks!

wingster: Let's see pictures of it! The black A500 looks really good; the black A550 must, too!