Camera Labs

"However, there seems to be a serious negative to his SLT cameras:
While the camera is shooting at 10fps, the viewfinder seems to remain blank."

Not true. Here is a demonstration of 10 fps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8b7isSlnhQ

Yes it's slide show but the previous shot is only 1/10 sec behind

It's a myth that more megapixels necessarily means worse noise performance

Time magazine called the Alpha 55 one of the best inventions of 2010…

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packa ... 99,00.html

Hey Gordon, did you get A55?

No, not the A55, believe it or not, it's not around here in NZ yet, but I have had the A33 as you know, and hope to return to it soon to complete my review.

As OneGuy noted above, and just to confirm - the camera does indeed display a series of the last image taken, so you get a series of flickered shots that are roughly 1 frame off - I couldn't tell you whether or not it would be sufficient to replace OVF during burst shooting as I haven't tried it - but it doesn't go blank.



Apparently it varies extremely widely from card to card - using the Sony Memorystick Pro Duo HG, it apparently takes roughly 14 seconds to clear the buffer, according to current users of the camera in 10fps mode. That's a massive difference from 50 seconds. So apparently the card is crucial.[/quote]

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Sony DSLR-A580 / Sony 18-250mm / Minolta 50mm F1.7 / Sigma 30mm F1.4 / Tamron 10-24mm / Tamron 200-500mm / Tamron 90mm F2.8 macro / Minolta 300mm F4 APO
Sony NEX5N / 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 / 55-210mm F4-6.3 / Pentax K adapter / Konica K/AR adapter / bunches o' Konica & Pentax lenses!

Galleries:
http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg

Was waiting for a55 review, no more interested in sony now.

POP Photo just named the Alpha 55 Camera of the Year !!
http://www.popphoto.com/

It's long but worth it.

http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2010/12/1 ... -and-cons/

Very informative

Thanks for the photoclubalpha review. I guess I am sold.
(Well, I won't get it for Christmas this year, spent bit too much on Apple gears.)

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Another "Best of 2010" award...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/techn ... wanted=all

Hello Gordon,

how is the review of the A 33 coming along, i cant wait to read or see it.

Sorry everyone, my A33 report might not be completed now as it's proving hard to get hold of another sample at the moment.

National Geographic photographer’s take on the A55

http://photocinenews.com/2011/01/06/3734/