Whoa.... had not been inside lyn orange thread for so long liao..... spam a bit first....




Model name: Kiwi
Location: Shah Alam
Shot with: A850 + 24-70CZ
Exif: 1/200s, f8.0, ISO200, 24mm, AWB.
Strobist info: 2 units HVL-F58AM fired remotely. Triggered by HVL-F20AM attached to camera body.

Not sifoo lar... share2 experience can lah.

flash "mounted" on VAL (Voice Activated Lightstand). Hahaha.....

Direct, but zoom was set manually to 24mm (I think). No umbrella coz *malas*

It is not difficult to get these shots. Don't worry, with enough experience, you will know how to do these kind of shots.

Yes, the F20AM was mounted on the A850 and fired to trigger the two units of F58AM. The Sony's wireless flash triggering system requires a flash (either a built-in flash or a F20AM / F58AM mounted on camera) in order for it to work. It will not work any other ways.

congratz on kena poison.... hahaha.....

Yes! Wireless Flash had been retained!

..... but OMG... I don't like the protruding EVF.... that is going to be a nightmare....

This post has been edited by kysham: Aug 24 2010, 12:28 PM

I am so waiting for a full frame translucent Sony camera now.... hahaha..... imagine that thing coupled to the 24-70 Zeiss or the 85 Zeiss..... fuh! Stim wei... STIM!!!!

Imagine a FF pellicle camera with 24mp and double BIONZ processor capable of firing at 10 fps in full resolution + shoot HD video, BOTH with fully operation phase detect AF mechanism..... STIM wei.....!!!

Only thing I hope that they sort out by the time they come out with the FF version is the accuracy and speed of the AF mechanism. If it proofs to be as good or better than the Nikon's 51 AF point 3D tracking system, that will pawn everything.....

p/s: price it cheaper than the A850, please..... since no more ultra bright pentaprism and no more expensive motorized mirror box required.

tonight go home sure cannot sleep lah!

According to the information on the internet, the mirror will remain stationary during operation. It will only be flipped up for cleaning purposes (when you want to clean the sensor). Actually this is one part of the design which I don't quite understand. Why do you need to design the mirror to flip up? If Sony can design the camera such that the mirror remains stationary during operation, might as well completely seal off the sensor so that no dust will reach it (hence no dust cleaning required!). Wouldn't that be more practical?

For sure C & N will not stand still and if they see this technology taking off big time, they will want to develop their own versions of this technology. Remember that Canon had used the pellicle mirror camera concept before (long time ago, during film days), so it is not something new to them. Just a matter of bringing the technology up to date, like what Sony had done.

We really do not know how they design the mirror box. Maybe they are making it possible to change the translucent mirror in the future (mirror accessories)? I don't know.

Argument is that if you can seal it well enough (in design), then there are less chances of dust going to the sensor, and there will be less need to clean the sensor. Maybe you only need to clean the sensor once a year instead of once after every outing, and you only need to send it in to Sony service centre to have it cleaned up (or Sony providing a mirror removing kit for cleaning purposes).

Somehow, somewhere..... I heard a "rumor" that Malaysia is getting the A55v version.... (don't ask me where I got that information, and I cannot confirm the information).

hohoho..... imagine the FF pellicle camera I lusted is weather-sealed too!

STIM wei..... S-T-I-M ~~!!!!

no, most importantly, A55 is a true blood ALPHA! it has got the wireless flash capability that is missing in the NEX system! Hahaha......

Good point.

convert a300 to an IR camera..... hahaha.... I was just incepted with this idea in my facebook....

Holy smoke.... did you guys watch the video on the AF speed of the video mode in the A55....?

No comment.....

The speed of AF on screw drive lenses depends on the body, not the lens (well, to some extent, it also depends on the gearing of the lens itself). Sony's screw drive AF speed is quite good (depending on which model of alpha, of course) so I think the AF speed should be OK. It is the noise generated by the screw drive mechanism which we should be worried about. Even the SAM lenses are not known to be quiet.....

SSM will of course be silky smooth and quiet. *hehehe*