Yahoo, Welcome join SP90 club.

What you talking? It's a physical button, which means there's no other way to change it without turning the dial beneath the lens release button.

are you sure? (troll mode standby)

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Added on July 7, 2012, 12:34 pmjim, u claim u used alpha before this, then jump to canon, then now back to A77, u should have at least min experience with an Alpha. or a standard AF mode of AF-A, S, C (which is same as canon's Oneshot, Ai-focus, Ai-servo, what a marketing name they uses!) AF-C will not beep, so u never know is the camera ready to take the shot or not, its like SNAP and "PRAY FOR THE BEST" instinct.

and, bout the switch, any screw driven RELY on body motor "AF release hinge". the SP90 AF/MF pushpull switch is just to engange or release the gear in the lens only (which is tamron own design flaw basic screw driven design limitation  )

and Did you know, u can release the AF to MF inside body without switching the AF-mode knob, the AF/MF button beside AEL (i think u are talking bout this button earlier, which is a switching not a "mode setting" which u can set what mode u wan, although its customizable). pressing it release to MF, then just pushpull the lens to go AF/MF directly.

Anyone with A77 has ever experience any problem with their body that Sony would refuse to fix?

Is there any problem that you can get with the body that actually a manufacturer defect/bug but Sony will deny a service even though it's still under warranty?

This one guy told me that there is this software bug for A77 that cause the camera to turn off automatically during shooting. And after it turned off, we need to wait about one hour until it can be turned on. I told him that automatic turn off probably because of overheating. But he said it was not overheating problem. He said that it's a software bug, so I say just send to Sony for repair because the product is still under warranty. Then he said that if send to Sony, Sony would not repair it regardless of the warranty. Sony would say that there is nothing wrong with the camera. He also said that little hardware problem and software bugs are hard to detect so I guess what he wanna say was even though there was a problem, but since Sony can't detect it, so Sony would refuse to fix it. So generally, basically, what he tried to say was that if we have that software bug, there's nothing we could do about it rather than just accept the fact that we are the unlucky ones who got a defect product from Sony. What do you think? Do you think it's fair that Sony refuse to fix it because they can't detect the problem? And we are supposed to live with a defect product that we paid thousands, just like that?

Loving your gear will not make you learn about photography, using them and understanding how they work will.

jimlim007: WOW first time seeing your pictures! *notbad* Yes, the objects look fat and short, because of distance and perspective. When you use a longer lens, you are probably further away, so backgrounds are bigger compared to the foreground.

shutterspeed: Simple enough - show us the source post.

i got similar issue, card choose camera body or camera body chooses cards.

Lifetime Warranty is apply to PRODUCT LIFETIME. not your lifetime. if the Product lifetime(production) has ended, they retract all support for it. like how microsoft do not technical support/updates for window XP and below anymore.

this is where a lot ppl mistaken its "human" lifetime.

JIMLIM: i left out the issue of (your claim) backfocus issue, lazy to reply with mobile. let me remind u 1 thing.

using A77, u get LIVE feed from the MAIN SENSOR (there isnt 2nd feed sensor).
if u see its sharp on LCD, especially using the 'zoom check'. then the image taken, Must be Exactly the same, because its remain the same distance as u see from the LCD (feed from Main Sensor) and captured from the Main sensor. there is No Logical Explanation from what happen, only, except, User Error.

no BUTs.

Weather seal and SSM. Both is enough a reason for Sony to slap an asking price of twice the Tamron's price. Not to mention newer coating technology, solid build and to have a Sony badge on the lens itself.

Ohh.. My budget also very tie .. RM1300-1400 is new one or second hand one ?
Any shop recommenend ?

guys, anyone can shed some light?

i still confused on SP90.. is there any different on version, button etc, how to know that it's the latest?

A-mount too specific.. google almost lost with other brand, pic etc got different... help²

guys, anyone can shed some light?

i still confused on SP90.. is there any different on version, button etc, how to know that it's the latest?

A-mount too specific.. google almost lost with other brand, pic etc got different... help²

No wonder, so power gila. A200 + SP90 cool.

haha, me never try tripod to shoot macro on those bugs haha. I use handheld, and i using both small or big aperture aswell. Why u dun use Flash gun to help? or maybe can try using monopod i think will help

no need shoot with distance. I using 30mm go super closeup  on the bug

dei fansoption.. small aperture meant bigger F la.. coz need to increase the DOF...

For once, newbiee is correct on this. Aperture value or f-number both refers to the numerical value. Large/small aperture refers to the physical size of the hole created by the aperture blades.

Black Beetle.
Macro Photography
使用レンズ： Tamron 90mm
Camera: Sony A550