Do not worry about the review of the a65 because 7 years later it no longer exists. Right now Sony continues betting on his SLTs (mount A) with two full frames (a99v and a99II) and three aps-c (a58, a68 and a77II) Covering the entire entry-pro spectrum. It is a pity that none of these have a decent review on your website because they are excellent cameras in relation to quality / price, internally stabilized, with a lot of lenses to choose and with the great addition of being fully compatible with legendary lenses of the Konica / Minolta era.
Mike K
September 21, 2013 7:22 am
Hi Nasim, Thank you for this review! I have a simple (hopefully not too simple) question. When you say “down sample” when referring to improving ISO performance are your talking about reducing the resolution in the camera’s settings or reduce the image size in software? I apologize for this basic question.
Mike, it means reducing the resolution of the image in post using software like Photoshop and Lightroom.
Ujwal B.
September 17, 2013 10:57 pm
I think the most important feature SLTs and mirrorless offer is Face Detect Autofocus. Isnt that cool and so handy? camera looking for a face and locking focus on the eyes? and photographer only having to concentrate on exposure and composition.
On the other hand I dont think EVF is best option after dark.Nasim, how does the EVF perform when the time comes to shoot the first dance? does the EVF still work?
Can a wedding photographer who shoots in your style use an A77 or A99 professionally?
Brett
April 16, 2013 7:05 am
hi Nasim, Thanks For 2 Great Reviews On The A77 And The Nex 6, I Can’t Decide Which To Buy Between These Two And Hope You Can Offer Some Advice Please? I’m Wanting To Get A Little More Creative In My Photography Rather Than Point And Shoot! Great Site, Many Thanks, Brett
Gerald Peake
March 21, 2013 1:34 pm
Thanks for your review Nasim, as usual, very helpful. I’m ‘tempted’ over to the A77 from Nikon D7000, main reason is, I intend to go full frame soon and need to decide now, Nikon or Sony. In most reviews, the D7000 just edges in front for different reasons. My main concerns about a Sony system, would be the availability and price of the best lenses (Carl Zeiss) and much more relevant, the lack of choice of conversion options for ARW files. Image Data Converter is pretty basic to say the least, other converters may open ARW files but don’t support lens corrections for Sony lenses. Sony’s attitude seems to be ‘we produce great hardware which in turn gives you great jpegs, why would you want to mess with that?’ I haven’t checked but if the A99 comes bundles with IDC, well that would just be a joke in my opinion, they need to team up with Phase One or similar (for credibility) and pretty quick too.
Brian Smith
February 6, 2013 1:43 pm
I just got my a77 today, and upgraded to the firmware released 1/29/13, version 1.7.
I believe it switched the dials so that they are now the same as with Nikon or Canon. That is to say, turning the dial right decreases the aperture (raises the f/ number) and turning it left increases it (lowers the f/ number).
I noticed in the review this was a complaint, and thought it was worth mentioning they fixed it (because I would have found it annoying as well).
Harry Kemball
January 11, 2013 3:52 pm
Ordered my A99. Really looking forward to FF format.
A BETTER DJ AND PHOTOGRAPHER
August 5, 2012 9:24 am
Updated from May 2 response:
Our photo business is very successful so we can spend all the money we want on cameras and lenses. That being said and after testing almost every camera/lens combo that makes any sense we are still sticking with Sony. Can’t wait until the new full frame comes out!
We now have our 3rd Sony A77! We are also back on board with the Sony 16-50 lens on 1 of them. I guess we had a bad copy with the 1st one as this one is extremely sharper.
Our arsenal now includes: 3 Sony SLT-A77s Sony 16-50 2.8 Sony 18-135 (you’ll be pleasantly surprised by this one) Sony 35 1.8 (awesome low light lens) Minolta 80-200 2.8 (fantastic zoom lens) Minolta 500 1:8 AF (awesomely sharp long distance shots) 2 Sony grips 3 Sony flashes 2 Gary Fong lightspheres (ya’ gott get 1 of these!) and a Fuji x1-10 2.0-2.8 for places that won’t let us bring our big cameras (best rated low light PnS)
With the latest 1.05 firmware update Sony has fixed most of the minor bugs. Dial lag time is almost non-existent, on-off time is 20% of what it was, and the in camera lens adjustments are phenomenal. It is amazing watching the camera fix distortions on the LCD, especially with the new 18-135. check out some of our concert shots!
Is A77 controllable via a software? As in we have the camera control pro for Nikon..
Thanks Ragav.K
A BETTER DJ AND PHOTOGRAPHER
May 2, 2012 9:09 am
Update to previous response: We have now taken over 50,000 excellent photos with our 2 Sony A77s and continue to be impressed by the results of this camera. We recently shot 2 complete concerts on video and are equally impressed with not only the quality of the video but the sound as well.
We’ve also changed lenses. As much as we loved the Sony 16-50MM 2.8 lens our Minolta 28-135MM lens was consistently beating it with sharper photos at weddings. We re-sold the 16-50 and bought another 28-135 and a Minolta 20MM 2.8 (our 3rd one) to handle our wide angle and extreme close-up work. If you can get by without the 16-19MM and 21-27MM ranges I highly recommend this combo. The 16-50 was a great lens for us and I’ll miss the silent motor but in our business the best photos possible is mandatory.
For photo and video samples and in depth reviews of the camera and lens visit our site at www.abetterdj.net
can you please review the new Sony Alpha 7/7r camera?
Do not worry about the review of the a65 because 7 years later it no longer exists. Right now Sony continues betting on his SLTs (mount A) with two full frames (a99v and a99II) and three aps-c (a58, a68 and a77II) Covering the entire entry-pro spectrum. It is a pity that none of these have a decent review on your website because they are excellent cameras in relation to quality / price, internally stabilized, with a lot of lenses to choose and with the great addition of being fully compatible with legendary lenses of the Konica / Minolta era.
Hi Nasim,
Thank you for this review! I have a simple (hopefully not too simple) question. When you say “down sample” when referring to improving ISO performance are your talking about reducing the resolution in the camera’s settings or reduce the image size in software? I apologize for this basic question.
Mike, it means reducing the resolution of the image in post using software like Photoshop and Lightroom.
I think the most important feature SLTs and mirrorless offer is Face Detect Autofocus.
Isnt that cool and so handy? camera looking for a face and locking focus on the eyes? and photographer only having to concentrate on exposure and composition.
On the other hand I dont think EVF is best option after dark.Nasim, how does the EVF perform when the time comes to shoot the first dance? does the EVF still work?
Can a wedding photographer who shoots in your style use an A77 or A99 professionally?
hi Nasim,
Thanks For 2 Great Reviews On The A77 And The Nex 6, I Can’t Decide Which To Buy Between These Two And Hope You Can Offer Some Advice Please?
I’m Wanting To Get A Little More Creative In My Photography Rather Than Point And Shoot!
Great Site, Many Thanks,
Brett
Thanks for your review Nasim, as usual, very helpful.
I’m ‘tempted’ over to the A77 from Nikon D7000, main reason is, I intend to go full frame soon and need to decide now, Nikon or Sony. In most reviews, the D7000 just edges in front for different reasons. My main concerns about a Sony system, would be the availability and price of the best lenses (Carl Zeiss) and much more relevant, the lack of choice of conversion options for ARW files. Image Data Converter is pretty basic to say the least, other converters may open ARW files but don’t support lens corrections for Sony lenses. Sony’s attitude seems to be ‘we produce great hardware which in turn gives you great jpegs, why would you want to mess with that?’ I haven’t checked but if the A99 comes bundles with IDC, well that would just be a joke in my opinion, they need to team up with Phase One or similar (for credibility) and pretty quick too.
I just got my a77 today, and upgraded to the firmware released 1/29/13, version 1.7.
I believe it switched the dials so that they are now the same as with Nikon or Canon. That is to say, turning the dial right decreases the aperture (raises the f/ number) and turning it left increases it (lowers the f/ number).
I noticed in the review this was a complaint, and thought it was worth mentioning they fixed it (because I would have found it annoying as well).
Ordered my A99. Really looking forward to FF format.
Updated from May 2 response:
Our photo business is very successful so we can spend all the money we want on cameras and lenses. That being said and after testing almost every camera/lens combo that makes any sense we are still sticking with Sony. Can’t wait until the new full frame comes out!
We now have our 3rd Sony A77! We are also back on board with the Sony 16-50 lens on 1 of them. I guess we had a bad copy with the 1st one as this one is extremely sharper.
Our arsenal now includes:
3 Sony SLT-A77s
Sony 16-50 2.8
Sony 18-135 (you’ll be pleasantly surprised by this one)
Sony 35 1.8 (awesome low light lens)
Minolta 80-200 2.8 (fantastic zoom lens)
Minolta 500 1:8 AF (awesomely sharp long distance shots)
2 Sony grips
3 Sony flashes
2 Gary Fong lightspheres (ya’ gott get 1 of these!)
and a Fuji x1-10 2.0-2.8 for places that won’t let us bring our big cameras (best rated low light PnS)
With the latest 1.05 firmware update Sony has fixed most of the minor bugs. Dial lag time is almost non-existent, on-off time is 20% of what it was, and the in camera lens adjustments are phenomenal. It is amazing watching the camera fix distortions on the LCD, especially with the new 18-135.
check out some of our concert shots!
rocklegendsphotographers.smugmug.com/ forgot the D
Hi Nasim,
Is A77 controllable via a software?
As in we have the camera control pro for Nikon..
Thanks
Ragav.K
Update to previous response:
We have now taken over 50,000 excellent photos with our 2 Sony A77s and continue to be impressed by the results of this camera. We recently shot 2 complete concerts on video and are equally impressed with not only the quality of the video but the sound as well.
We’ve also changed lenses. As much as we loved the Sony 16-50MM 2.8 lens our Minolta 28-135MM lens was consistently beating it with sharper photos at weddings. We re-sold the 16-50 and bought another 28-135 and a Minolta 20MM 2.8 (our 3rd one) to handle our wide angle and extreme close-up work. If you can get by without the 16-19MM and 21-27MM ranges I highly recommend this combo. The 16-50 was a great lens for us and I’ll miss the silent motor but in our business the best photos possible is mandatory.
For photo and video samples and in depth reviews of the camera and lens visit our site at www.abetterdj.net