(SR5) This will make you happy: A57, A65, A77 and A99 firmware update coming soon!
It’s always a pleasure when I have good news to share on SAR! That time top sources told me that Sony will announce a new A57, A65, A77 and A99 firmware update next week! The update will be available for download in early February!
I have no details yet about the specific improvements but I may receive them very soon: Stay tuned on SAR and spread the good news!
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aSn
5 months ago |NEX-x ?
Paul
5 months ago |Agree. It would be another NEX-7 update that would make me happy.
Alain
5 months ago |Yeah I hope the nex7 will not be forgiven too fast !
SanderT
5 months ago |I hope the a33, a37 and a55 aren’t forgotten by Sony..
Sky_walker
5 months ago |33 and 55 are long past the history.
Andrej
5 months ago |Any news about apple raw update for rx1??? Can’t open my raw files:-(
Archer66
5 months ago |Probably only new lens profiles.
admin
5 months ago |That is what I am asking right now….
Alphone
5 months ago |I think it’s time to put (at least) SAL70200 in the AF-D compatible lenses of the A99!!
ArtoS
5 months ago |AF-D should come in spring to these lenses:
SAL85f14Z, SAL135f18Z, SAL70300G, SAL70200G, SAL100f28 Makro
Personally waiting it to 70-300 SSM
Armada
5 months ago |I think so……
Neo NiGHTS ®
5 months ago |+1
WTH
5 months ago |I am pretty sure you are correct!!!
ohh and Sony will probably add support to reassign the movie button…
V2.5 for A77
Firmware Notes
Screw you all! Go buy the A99…
Sky_walker
5 months ago |>_> don’t be so pessimistic!
Bibbi
5 months ago |YES !!! can’t wait to hear the improvments !!
Pieter
5 months ago |It would be nice.
For the A77, my wish list is short:
Flash exposure working correctly
Videos not restricted at ISO 1600
Dondony
5 months ago |Please let it be a major update with some new features!!!!
Bruce Bachand
5 months ago |You must be thinking of a Canon update… when Sony updates features it is called the NEW MODEL!
Timmy Fox
5 months ago |My Nex-5 says you’re incorrect.
Rooru S.
5 months ago |Sony made some big big improvements back then when they released NEX-3 and 5
yo
5 months ago |Sony once updated the PS3 to take away booting Linux.
Howie
5 months ago |So, should I feel annoyed that they’ve never released a firmware update for the A580 or be pleased they got it right from the very beginning?
Le Star
5 months ago |+1 for an update for the A580. Great as Sony’s camera’s are, I feel Sony abandons models too quickly (and it’s not just their cameras!).
Doubt that Sony will listen to us though. They already have our $$$.
Lofote
5 months ago |Is there anything faulty in the A580? I know of no faults, so this is a good thing. People often see firmware updates as a good thing. I see it as a thing of “it wasn’t finished”, although of course I love it, if new features are added, that were not planned in the beginning.
Howie
5 months ago |Firmware updates aren’t always about fixing faults – they’re also released to improve functionality. Right now the A580 is the last true DSLR that Sony ever released and I feel it’s a shame that it never seemed to get the attention it deserved.
Scooby Doo
5 months ago |I would love to see them finally tackle that fairly silly impediment on RAW + JPG settings. Specifically if you shoot RAW and wish to use some of the funky software based tricks (HDR, multi frame noise redux, etc) these options are disabled if you have RAW set.
You should simply be able to define a behaviour that says “if I choose one of these options, please generate a JPG and don’t lock me out of the function – disable RAW shooting temporarily for this purpose”. It would be so simple, and yet we are forced to go into Image settings and turn off RAW.
Howie
5 months ago |+1
jrobato
5 months ago |You are very right on this one. They should allow the body to temporarily switch to JPEG automatically when using these functions then automatically back to RAW when you switch out of them. It is really disrupting to switch from RAW to JPEG to use them then switch back to RAW.
oVan
5 months ago |They will never do that, because for most users the outcome is not predictable: you adjust some picture effect setting and suddenly the raw files you really want are not there. Now it’s simple: whenever you try to enable one of those settings, you just can’t.
shamb
5 months ago |I think he means it should gofrom RAW mode to RAW+JPEG and applies the effect to the JPEG only. If you are already in RAW+JPEG, it applies the effect to the JPEG.
You wouldnt lose any information, just maybe fill the SD card a little quicker…. but the user should know that anyway.
WTH
5 months ago |*GASP*
How dare you suggest something so logical… to Sony.
SJ
5 months ago |RAW+JPG isn’t handled consistently and predictably in its current form on my A57.
If I’m shooting RAW and set the camera to certain JPG only modes, like Panorama or Handheld Twilight, my A57 will automatically take a JPG image. It’ll then return to taking RAW automatically when I switch to a RAW compatible mode. There’s no message informing me that this will happen when switching to those modes.
To me it’d make sense to have other settings (like HDR) automatically switch it to JPG too. Of course this could be made a menu option that people could disable if they wanted.
a900andanex5
5 months ago |It already does exactly that for the sweep panorama – you can still shoot them in RAW mode and it just produces a jpeg.
It just seems lacking and inconsistent that it doesn’t do the same for HDR etc
Not holding my breath
5 months ago |+100 Scooby Doo
Better still allow us the Jpeg facilities when using RAW as you so well explained… AND give us a proper Jpeg engine so we can choose whichever we want.
I must admit, I am bursting to get a 500mm lens for my A65 but have been waiting for this update to arrive. If it doesn’t include an improved Jpeg engine, (which Sony know full well needs improving), some kind of better noise reduction/picture quality, or at least implement Scoobies suggestion, then I will know that Sony really don’t give a damn about picture quality and the needs of their customers and will not buy the lens. I will continue with what I have and eventually sell and buy another make of camera knowing that whatever their problems, they at least care about picture quality and the needs of their customers. (please don’t anyone tell me to shoot raw, I’ve heard all that before and given my reasons why I, and many others, need a good Jpeg engine).
John
5 months ago |+1
So simple, yet so helpful.
Raph
5 months ago |Please Sony, don’t make a joke by just updating lens profiles!
Lofote
5 months ago |Why is a lens profile update a joke? Those people who have those lenses and what to use the lens specific JPG-functions (CA etc. correction) are happy about it. It is not a joke just because it doesn’t contain anything useful for YOU…
Ray
5 months ago |It’s not that lens updates aren’t needed, but that there are more important things that need to be addressed. Therefore, it would be a cruel joke to only provide lens updates.
Speaking of lens updates: I’d like to see a few profiles for third party lenses, but I suppose that’s asking a little too much.
WTH
5 months ago |They should just update the Firmware Number…
DenGen
5 months ago |Not excited. The fact that they are updating the SLT’s might impose that the NEXes will also be updated, which would then affect me (I have the NEX7).
But the last firmware updates for A77 and NEX7 (http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/halleluya-sony-a77-and-nex-7-firmware-are-now-here/) were so ridiculous (< 2 hours of work for a skilled programmer + lens profiles) that it made me think that Sony apparently doesn't even pay a single programmer to update the existing cameras.
Seriously, when they added the ability to switch off the movie button in the last update (that's about 2 lines of code), they could have spent 5 minutes more on it to make it a little smarter (hold movie button and then press shutter to start recording movie, for example), which would have made it interesting for me.
Here's what we will get, if we're lucky:
- lens profiles for lenses A, B and C.
- capability to turn on and off release shutter
A major firmware update would really surprise me, but I'd like to be wrong.
The Lotus Eater
5 months ago |Are you a software developer?
http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2012/10/17/lucky-sevens-firmware-updates-for-alpha-77-nex-7/
DenGen
5 months ago |1) yes
2) I don’t believe the faster review function was any trouble to program (at least in the NEX7). The newly implemented fast preview shows an unprocessed image (similar to the output on the viewfinder during liveview), which is later replaced by the processed image, where lens profiles have been applied. I would bet that this processed image shows up after the exact same time at which the old review image showed up. Hence, all that was added was a call like “display.show(liveViewImage(sensoroutput))”. (This is of course pseudo-code.) All the applied functions should have existed before.
3) I haven’t notice any improvements in response speed (though I don’t see any such problems in the NEX7).
4) If your start googling for possible firmware improvements for the NEX7, you’ll find a ton. Also, anyone using the camera for a year could come up with dozens of possible improvements, most of which could be fixed easily. Looking at the total number of fixes in the last firmware update and the amount of thought put into these fixes, there is simply no way that anyone has spent more than a week thinking about and programming this firmware update.
Elaka Farmor ungen
5 months ago |The firmware can be increasing of the burst rate; 80 fps in RAW, maximum 5 seconds (means 400 RAW captures in five seconds), thats impressive indeed!
Cyrus
5 months ago |Any hope for A55 focus peaking ?
Lloyd Grace
5 months ago |Amen & Hallelujah! I hope it’s improvements and not just profiles. If Sony ever hopes to compete head on, they HAVE to support CURRENT users, not just replace models every 15 minutes!
SJ
5 months ago |The one tweak I’d love to see on my A57 is the ability to customise the digital zoom button, like you can on the A65.
As I shoot in RAW, digital zoom is completely useless to me, and the customisable AEL and ISO buttons already perform functions that I regularly use.
Not that I’m hopeful about Sony changing this. I suspect that if they were ever going to add this feature they would have done so already.
chris
5 months ago |I would expect much given the recent updates to other cameras. If the A99 is in the mix, its likely to address functional bugs and little else.
Abit77
5 months ago |Bravo!!!
SONY!!!
Jonathan
5 months ago |Also forgot to say thanks very much to you admin, I admire you for being able to stay so positive all the time and bringing us great rumours… champion effort!
WTH
5 months ago |Maybe if they unlocked all the features of the A77… alas, I am dreaming…
The Lotus Eater
5 months ago |Exactly what features are locked in the A77?
Tom S
5 months ago |They could allow for Clean HDMI for one. There is no way that this is a hardware limitation. They either screwed up or intentionally crippled it to force people to buy A99. Now I don’t have either camera since I cannot afford A99…
WTH
5 months ago |Video
1) ISO limit in video
2) Remove Cropping for Video (allow ppl to stabilize post)
3) Clean HDMI
4) 4k Video (keep dreaming)
5) Higher Bitrate
Photography
1) Reassign movie button (most buttons for that matter)
2) TETHERING FFS!
3) Everything the A99 has that is not limited by Hardware
Zak
5 months ago |+1 Removing the video crop would be a very nice feature for us film makers!
WTH
5 months ago |OHH AND OPTION TO TURN OFF COMPRESSION ON THE RAW FILES….
WTH
5 months ago |Audio Level Adjustment and Display.
Leo
5 months ago |Hopefully it has something to do with improving the jpeg engine.
Renato S.
5 months ago |Why not put touch shutter in the NEX-5n?
Just wished Sony could update firmware in a similar pace to what Fuji does.
tfd
5 months ago |Please fix wireless flash delay!
Terry
5 months ago |Hopefully a firmware that will turn all the whistles and bells on, so the cameras are no longer limited by software. Then the photographic world will see that Sony is a real photographic contender not an also ran. JPEG engine, Tethering, Better Noise Reduction control, Customise the ? button. Please
Alex
5 months ago |Let’s hope they fix the darn Flash sync and wireless delay issue on the A99. Not being able to sync to 1/250th of a second is sometimes a problem.
www.martingamper.com
5 months ago |Big hope for some features to be unlocked for the A99 (my A77 dies lying beyond my couch)… But I’d be satisfied with AF-D for my 70200
And I am very much hoping that soon a WIFI Adaptor will be released.
gamagama
5 months ago |my dream list:
1. release the continuous shooting limit of A99 to 8fps, up to 3 seconds
2. more lens supported in AF-D mode
3. better JPG rendering
4. better EVF performance at night
obican
5 months ago |http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/lenses-are-discounted-new-art-versions-are-coming/
lyle
5 months ago |I would like to see focus peeking work like it does on the nex7 when set to DMF. Lock auto focus on your target, and then when you turn the focus ring it automatically goes into magnification mode. It works so brilliantly on the nex7 that I can’t for the life of me understand why they left it off the a77
Kursad Sezgin
5 months ago |Here’s my wish list from Sony for A99:
- Faster start-up time. 2 seconds is way too long!
- More responsive menu. It is slow!
- AF-D enablement for CZ85 1.4
- Focus can be tuned a little bit in means of speed maybe…
Almazar80
5 months ago |Any news on a NEX-6 or NEX-7 firmware update?
Frank
5 months ago |Nothing but a lens profile update, it’s the common denominator across the range.
If it was a major release I would have thought that they would be released at different times for each model.
Tom S
5 months ago |If the A77 gets Clean HDMI out, I know what I will be buying! (cannot afford the A99 unfortunately…
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stflbn
5 months ago |JPG smearing JPG smearing JPG smearing.
Allow MUCH much lower compression of JPEG’s.
Eugene Stoesser
5 months ago |Thank you Andrea
Been waiting to hear something on update for A77.
Any update is good no matter how much of an update they do,
someone will gripe because it isn’t what they wanted.
every little bit helps someone.
ParityError
5 months ago |I’m still hoping for an a700 update……….
spada
5 months ago |It came out last year. It was called an a77.
What could make the a700 better? It’s an awesome camera, one of the best you can buy for $300
prj
5 months ago |Linux support???????
Almazar80
5 months ago |Micro focus adjust for the A57/A65 would be nice.
donthasslethehoff
5 months ago |Or at least fix the back focusing problem when using longer focal length lenses.
Almazar80
5 months ago |While we are at it:
Audio Level Control
Ability to AF in full manual mode (a dream) while filming. Or at the very least, ability to AF with smaller aperture settings (in A mode) while filming. Basically, film video with AF with smaller aperture settings.
e
5 months ago |SONY – We pray this is not a joke
Tom S
5 months ago |I doubt they will be able to fix the AF aperture setting – I seem to recall some reasonable discussion around why it was that way – can’t remember the details though…
Audio Level Control is in A99 – doubt they will put it in A77 or other cameras unfortunately.
I have a *small* hope they will at least let the a77 get clean HDMI out though.. That would probably mean I could finally buy a Sony Alpha camera.
Michele
5 months ago |I hope for “uncompressed RAW” possibility for the A99.
A900 had RAW, cRAW, RAW+JPG, cRAW+JPG and the 3 levels of JPG: why not the A99??
WTH
5 months ago |UNCOMPRESSED RAW – Ohhh this is a good one.
ALWAYS WONDERED HOW MUCH IS LOST IN THE LOSSY RAW FORMAT…
Michele
5 months ago |Well, “shouting” really doesn’t help, does it?
Quality is excellent already with the “compressed RAW” the A99 delivers and I’m really satisfied with that. I wonder if with an “uncompressed RAW” people can get even more out of the pics: let people decide what they want as output…
WTH
5 months ago |Well, I am not satisfied with the indoor sports performance of this camera at events where flash photography is prohibited. I have tried everything I know possible to reduce the noise. Increasing the ISO above 800 just turns makes their hair into lego figures.
Michele
5 months ago |Well, I’ve been using this camera for something like 3 weeks and I’ve tried up to ISO 6400 and I’ve never seen any “Lego” effects using both RAW and JPG. Sure, noise comes in at 6400 but 3200 is perfectly usable (I would dare to say also at 6400 and above up to 10000ish….). Of course everything’s relative to what you’re gonna do with your pics but I can’t complain about the performances of the A99.
CTPhotographX.com
5 months ago |Fixing wireless flash delay?
klw10
5 months ago |Andrea any chance they will do AF-D for the original Sony 300G? I think it stinks not to have this for that lens. Any chance you could put that bug in the ears of some of your Sony contacts? Thanks
ArtoS
5 months ago |Sony Japan says:
Now AF-D Compatible lenses: Vario-Sonnar T * 24-70mm F2.8 ZA SSM ,28-75mm F2.8 SAM, 50mm F1.4, 300mm F2.8 G SSM II ,70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM, 500mm F4 G SSM
By the spring of 2013, will add six following the firmware upgrade. Planar T * 85mm F1.4 ZA, Sonnar T * 135mm F1.8 ZA ,70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G SSM ,70-200mm F2.8 G, 100mm F2.8 Macro, 300mm F2.8 G SSM. Turn will be supported by the firmware upgrade later
So in this spring list there is also 300mm f2.8 G SSM I!
klw10
5 months ago |Awesome!!! Thanks for the information!!!!
Carl
5 months ago |Having just bought one myself, I fully agree.
But really, all Sony lenses should be supported, there’s only a couple dozen of them.
Jason
5 months ago |Hey Sony, remember all those NEX-5n’s everyone bought in 2011 and 2012? A firmware update could be appreciated there too.
WTH
5 months ago |V1.10 Sony A77
Firmware Notes
- Updated Firmware Number from 1.06 to 1.10
Mike
5 months ago |For my A77, only 50 wishes: tethering, tethering, tethering, tetgering, tethering,tethering, tethering, tethering, tetgering, tethering,tethering, tethering, tethering, tetgering, tethering,tethering, tethering, tethering, tetgering, tethering,tethering, tethering, tethering, tetgering, tethering,tethering, tethering, tethering, tetgering, tethering,tethering, tethering, tethering, tetgering, tethering,tethering, tethering, tethering, tetgering, tethering,tethering, tethering, tethering, tetgering, tethering,tethering, tethering, tethering, tetgering, tethering!
WTH
5 months ago |I counted 51!
Mike
5 months ago |No, no, there are tetherings en tetgerings. Both will do for me. I didn’t read enough by buying the A77 otherwise I did make another choice for a camera with tethering. Mostly i’m in the studio. Without tethering it is almost impossible!
Varn
5 months ago |Thanks Andrea & Sony for the good news!
tak0dmin
5 months ago |tethering? what does it mean?
Olaf
5 months ago |Pretty much that you connect you camera to a computer, so that you see you images directly in for example lightroom. Especially used in Studio photography.
emopunk
5 months ago |Good if they understand they have to be constant in updating and perfecting the already good products. Please no noise reduction in RAW previews on A99! That should be so easy to achieve!
iullian
5 months ago |I just sold my A77 because of the low iso noise. I never shoot higher than 1600 iso, but the 400-800 iso noise simply made me give up to the excellent a77. Anyway, I kept my A mount primes. If the update worth it, I just might buy it back.
Frank
5 months ago |Your viewing audience must be looking at your images under a microscope.
Steve
5 months ago |I do all of the pixel-peeking using LR4 and CS6 for a small team of photographers the use a both Canon 5II and 5III, Nikon D3 and D700’s and me with my a850 and I will say that I’m surprised how much noise can be found at a 100% viewing. The new Canon 5dIII is clearly cleaner (not necessarily sharper) at low ISO’s than the others……………..my a850 normally has the most low ISO noise between 200 -800.
Using LR4 it does cleanup nicely and I’m talking about 100% zoom
I don’t notice this on normal sized prints
Frank
5 months ago |Exactly, real people don’t see noise at normal sizes, they don’t even know how to spot it. It’s mostly geeks that worry so much about low ISO noise.
Mno
5 months ago |Realm people don’t notice OOF or massive noise or even catastrophic motion blur if the timing and moment of the photo is Just Right and Catches the Moment.
It’s just us Serious Photographers that keep striving for super clean super sharp images with perfect bokeh.
fonebone
5 months ago |Bring the quick navi back to the a77!
poke
5 months ago |I am hoping for AF-D inclusion of 70-200G and 135 zeiss. While we are at it bump my fps by a couple to 8 raw. It would be nice if they could take care of flash delay on this update. Even though I have yet to use video, I hope there is a fix for the reported noted moire issue with video. If they could further improve the high iso performance that would be gravy. I am just glad that SOny did not forget we were suppose to get an update in Jan/Feb for the 99.
Andrew
5 months ago |I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for official confirmation on features… The last one officially only have added lens profiles, but I’m more than grateful for the unofficial AF improvements they sneaked in!
Francois
5 months ago |I have a simple request, every time i empty my SD card or format, the video file are name 0000 again, i would like it the same way it is for photos so its not a mess in my hard drive.
Please sony ready this! thank you!
Quobetah
5 months ago |We’ e bought a PAL A99 in hongkong. But since were an ntsc country I switched it to NTSC, but now everytime I turn on the camera there’s a persistent message that pops up saying “Running on NTSC” . How the heck do I remove that?! Its annoying.
CTPhotographX.com
5 months ago |That’s better than saying “Running on Vista”.
RA
5 months ago |Its funny how everyone gets excited for bugfixes, while what most likely to happen is that Sony will just add new lens profiles
eddie
5 months ago |I really hope that sony would release an update for the A55/a35 to address things like the movie record button, and Focus peaking.
The camera is more than capable of doing it hell my nex 3 received it.
Please sony dont just abandon your products give us something as the pioneers of SLT
Mno
5 months ago |Ah, remember a700 v4 update – those were the days. A nice update with extra bracketing options, cancelling raw NR etc… And a900v2 with improved AF. And the a55v2 with new picture effects (and a few lens profiles?)
Hopefully this update can give greater AF-d support for the a99 and many many many updates in many many many areas for the a77 and siblings (auto ISO
In M mode, manual audio control, total lens support for jpg corrections, new jpg engine that gives better hi ISO results, TETHERING!, customise the ? button….
This list could get longer and longer… Come on Sony, surprise us!
Len
5 months ago |Anything is better than ” no update ”
My hopes are :
1) At lease see audio level. ( Control over audio would be nice but )
2) Higher ISO in Video mode like 3200 or more
3) Turn Steady Shot off to stop 1.87x factor
4) address Flash problems
5) tethering through USB
6) Clean HDMI
7) more len’s
8) truly turn off NR ( NR=OFF-LO-MID-HI )
just a few
Juan Diego
5 months ago |PLEASE, tethering and time-lapse settings!
Joe
5 months ago |So I am fairly confident the A99 update will be AF-D on the lenses announced and hopefully it will add some responsiveness to certain features. If you use the A77 fully updated and then the A99, the A99 seems slow and sluggish. Sure the IQ is much better but if Sony makes the gains in performance on the A99 similar to the gains in performance on the A77 from 1.03-1.05, I would be a happy snapper.
Nagendra
5 months ago |I know for Sony the age old NEX-3 is a stone age stuff, the ting from the past. But how much I wish if they could provide an update which allows to set more 0.7EV steps for bracketed shots. NEX-6 already has this feature.
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I know Sony is never going to provide any updated for the original NEX-3 and NEX-5 but since I don’t have to pay any tax for dreaming, I am putting across my wish
Now two serious things:
1. NEX systems available in India are still NEX-3 and NEX-5 (no NEX-C3, NEX-5N, NEX-F3 …). NEX-7 was released on Nov 2012. So we are pretty much still tied up with the older NEX systems.
2. The buyers of NEX-3 and NEX-5 were the guys/gals who showed up courage to buy a new unproven system from Sony. They should at least acknowledge that fact and provide us some updates like the one mentioned above.
Nagendra
5 months ago |What I meant was bracketing options for more than 0.7EV step that is supported by NEX-3 or NEX-5. Missed the “than”in my original post
Mart
5 months ago |+1.
Was such a thing as lower megapixel less noise at the same iso? If that is so nex-3 and nex-5 at 14 megapixels are jems! Anybody did any pixels peeping as compare to those 16 megapixel sets?
Keith Horn
5 months ago |Where on earth is the support for those that have the Alpha 560/580. I am so tired of Sony’s selective support.
chenfei
5 months ago |Yeahh.. I’m tired there no support for my 50D and D90 this year…
fabio
5 months ago |improvement maximum threshold noise in digital photography (from 800 to 1500 … at least as that of A99)
best overall jpeg compression
Jason
5 months ago |Who needs updates…Sony’s take on an update or firmware fix is to simply release a new model!
yo
5 months ago |X-fine on the A65 and a all around decent JPEG engine. Cheaper bodies from Nikon, with 24MP sensors, already provide larger JPEG files with not-as-much detail lost. There is no justification on having A65-no-X-fine , A77-with-X-fine, both-with-poor-jpeg-engine.
dynax
5 months ago |My wishes:
- better JPG engine (like A99)
- tethering
- choose what information to see in EVF/LCD (not just 3 presets)
- better noise reduction algoritm at high ISO
- effects and lens correction in RAW format (why not?)
vlex
5 months ago |Now as much as I’d hoped for something meaningful, somehow I kinda feel it’s gonna be just the silly lens profiles. I’m not saying those are useless, they’re just useless for everyone else but the owners of the particular lenses. I would’ve enjoyed profiles for 80-200/2.8 and 300/2.8, BUT I kinda doubt there’s ever gonna be support for minolta or third party lenses. Man I hope I’m not being a bad prophet..
On the other hand, not to brag or anything, but the bare fact, that there are THAT many comments and wishlists kinda give a hint to Sony – dudes, you released a market immature product and you should fix it no matter what. I know you’re tempted to cripple it even more, so you can force people to buy the a99 and the next camera you’re gonna release in the next X months, but that’s not really cool in the eyes who give their money so you can make profit, i.e. us. So bottom line is: Sony don’t give a damn about their products, their serviceability and the opinion of their market target. All they care is to release the next body (probably immaturely too) and get it sold out as much as possible..
And I’d like to add my wishlist for the a77 in particular:
– better jpeg engine (don’t really care – I shoot in RAW anyways, just the straight-out-of-the-camera jpegs I use to browse and decide what I’ll develop further could’ve looked better)
– remove the silly additional video crop (most likely ain’t gonna see that one coming true either, since I bet either the processor is not powerful enough to handle all the inbound data, or they use the spare pixels for additional digital in-sensor stabilization)
– make it more responsive – it still takes some time to accept your settings. It’s not how it used to be when a77 launched, but still – it’s already a good year into service – that should’ve been taken care of looooong ago.
– tethering – dunno why sony don’t want to implement it in a77. I really have no idea…
– and since today my favorite: the SIMPLEST of all features: add an option to disable the auto EVF-switch-off. I was today in this bird sanctuary (using the opportunity my visit in India gave me) and I made abt 1800 shots (which is pretty much nothing for my standards whenever I go on a wildlife shoot). I missed abt 60% of THE Shots (with capital “S”) just cause by the time I put the viewfinder to my eye and it powers up, I’ve totally lost the bird I was tracking. And with a lens like 300/2.8 with a 1.4x TC it’s REALLY hard to scope out and find the bird again on time for THE Shot.
And I know that’d drain the battery quicker, which is totally fine with me. After all this is an option that just wildlifers and sport photographers will really use, because those are the two biggest targets for that type of photography where you’ve got to be ready in the Right moment. Having said that I kinda doubt somebody has invested n a 70-200 or 300/2.8 or even 500/4, will ever be that cheap to not buy a VG or at least a bunch of additional batteries. Therefore it should be an easy task to disable the EVF-auto-off when all they would have to do is duplicate the outbound on both channels (EVF + screen). Of course that might lead to overheating issues, but it’s worth the try to wish for it.
@Andrea: I sincerely hope someone from Sony DOES read those lines, because that’s the real customer feedback. That’s what their customers want in their sony products and once again – if Sony gave a darn about us as community, they would’ve listened up and started implementing those features long ago.
Cheers,
vlex
fotowolf61
5 months ago |where is the link?