Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Gallery
The following images were taken with a final production Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 running version 2.0 firmware and fitted with a Sony DT 16-80mm zoom lens. The A700 was set to Large Fine JPEG quality, Auto White Balance, Multi-segment metering and Standard Colour mode. High ISO NR and the D-Range Optimiser were set to their default Normal and Standard settings respectively.
The individual exposure mode,
file sizes, shutter speeds, aperture, ISO and lens focal length are listed for
each image.
The crops are taken from the original files, reproduced at 100% and saved in
Adobe Photoshop CS2 as JPEGs with the default Very High quality preset, while
the resized images were made in Photoshop CS2 and saved with the default High
quality preset. The three crops are typically taken from far left, central and
far right portions of each image.
Landscape: 3.84MB, Program, 1/160, f10, ISO 100, 16-80mm at 24mm (equivalent
to 36mm)
Landscape: 4.21MB, Program, 1/320, f9, ISO 100, 16-80mm at 75mm (equivalent
to 113mm)
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This second shot was again taken under bright conditions at 100 ISO, but this time with the 16-80mm zoomed almost all the way in.
Once again there's a great deal of detail and lack of noise, although again a softness compared to many camera's default image processing settings. |
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Landscape: 5.66MB, Program, 1/15, f3.5, ISO 100, 16-80mm at 16mm (equivalent
to 24mm)
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Our final 100 ISO shot was taken with the 16-80mm zoomed all the way out, but under much dimmer conditions.
The crops are again noise-free and detailed, and the ability to handhold at slower shutter speeds thanks to built-in anti-shake allows you to easily blur moving water without the need for a tripod. |
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Portrait: 3.27MB, Aperture Priority, 1/1250, f4.5, ISO 200, 16-80mm at 80mm (equivalent
to 120mm)
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For this portrait shot we increased the sensitivity to 200 ISO, zoomed the 16-80mm all the way in and opened the aperture to its maximum.
As you'd hope there's still no noise and the crops contain plenty of detail - again with latitude for additional sharpening if desired.
The Carl Zeiss 16-80mm also makes it easy to throw backgrounds out of focus. |
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Landscape: 5.45MB, Program, 1/320, f10, ISO 200, 16-80mm at 16mm (equivalent
to 24mm)
Macro: 4.90MB, Program, 1/640, f13, ISO 400, 16-80mm at 80mm (equivalent
to 120mm)
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For this macro shot we increased the sensitivity to 400 ISO and positioned the camera as close at it would focus.
We shot his in Program mode, but a larger depth of field could have been achieved in Aperture Priority.
The increase to 400 ISO hasn't had an adverse effect of the quality, with the crops revealing lots of detail and no noise or noise reduction artefacts to speak of. |
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Indoor: 3.88MB, Program, 1/13, f5, ISO 400, 16-80mm at 16mm (equivalent
to 24mm)
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Our first indoor shot was taken with the A700 at 400 ISO. The camera metered a little dark, so we've applied +0.7EV compensation here.
The Zeiss lens can be demanding on your focusing in lower light, and has a surprisingly small depth of field even when zoomed-out. So we shot this in Aperture Priority and slightly closed the aperture.
The areas which fall into the depth of field are sharp. |
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Indoor: 4.77MB, Aperture Priority, 1/4, f5.6, ISO 800, 16-80mm at 16mm (equivalent
to 24mm)
Indoor: 3.96MB, Program, 1/40, f5, ISO 1600, 16-80mm at 16mm (equivalent
to 24mm)
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