The A55 is an interesting choice. I was a bit surprised to see that
(unlike the Pentax) there is a wide choice of Tamron lenses in Alpha
mount. Both Pentax and Sony offer in-body IS in APS-C format but for
some reason Tamron only appears to be producing for the Alpha mount.
Perhaps that's because they were producing for Minolta before Sony came
on the scene. But Pentax AF has been around a long time too.
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/3/2011 10:40 PM, Willie Wonka wrote:
> I agree with your A200 assessment, AG. It is a fantastic camera, it
> has served me well. Needless to say, despite the high-ISO noise, I
> have no objection of its performance at IS0 50 which I use in 99.999%
> of the situations. As a matter of fact, of all pictures I have ever
> taken with it, only 1% were shot at ISO 100 and this is the first
> time I ever bumped it to 400.
>
> I will be buying the Sony A55 soon. I saw it recently during a
> Bestbuy visit and it felt like I was working with the A2/200 in a
> much more refined and capable DSLR package. No, not trying to bring
> you back in the Minolta(Sony) camp, I know you have your trigger set
> on the Kanonz...:)
>
> Best
>
> Boris
>
> P.S. The WB isnt a problem if you set it on tungsten setting, but it
> becomes if you leave it on auto. The fact that everything was all
> brown, including the reflected light made everything much warmer.
>
> P.P.S. Nah, the priest was "I am gonna mumble sompin under my nose
> until everyone falls asleep" type. My sister told me that she likes
> the picture before the last one where they were yapping through the
> ceremony.
>
> .......................... Subject: Re: [OM] [IMG] My sister's
> wedding From: Ken Norton<ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011
> 14:24:03 -0500
>
> Actually, except for the white-balance issue, those shots are pretty
> good. The A-200 is actually a remarkably good camera and any
> fixation on noise detracts from the fact that the images don't need
> to be ultra-clean, but ultra-there.
>
> Several things make it very good for this application:
>
> 1. Awesome lens! One of the best overall lenses we'll ever find.
> Minolta optics engineers created a masterpiece with that lens.
>
> 2. Sensor-shift image-stabilization. It works extremely well on the
> A1, A2, A200 cameras.
>
> 3. Twist-and-shout monitor.
>
> 4. Lens-shutter. Very quiet and smooth.
>
> 5. Minolta image-processing.
>
> As to the sauna... Well, a lot of churches look like that because
> when the preacher is a fire and brimstone type, you'll sometimes
> sweat like you are in a sauna.
>
> AG
>
>
>
> ................................. =================================
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>
> Check my profile and find me a job.
>
> Now
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