Monthly Archives: September 2011

Sony A77 – New King of the APS-C DSLRs?

Posted on September 27, 2011 by DeJay

Pop Photo reviewed the A77 and reckons it’s the new ‘King of the APS-C DSLRs’ i.e. the best SLR-style camera below full-frame alternatives. That’s a pretty big claim. Here’s part of their conclusion: “Sony has, once again, radically changed the … Continue reading →

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A77 User’s Manual

Posted on September 26, 2011 by DeJay

I always like to have a look around in the user’s manual before I get a camera, so it’s good to see the A77 User’s Manual available from the Sony website as a pdf. It’s under ‘Specifications’ then ‘product warranty’. … Continue reading →

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A77 arrives in UK

Posted on September 23, 2011 by DeJay

A few UK stores are starting to receive A77 stock and one or two people have got their cameras. Warehouseexpress has the A77 Body and expect the kit shortly. Shops in Asia also have stock; Digital Rev have both the … Continue reading →

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A77 Alternatives – Sony A65

Posted on September 14, 2011 by DeJay

The Sony A65 was launched alongside the A77 and is expected to be available soon. As it shares a fair bit of technology with the A77 at a lesser price, quite a few people have been wondering whether the A65 … Continue reading →

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When Will We Get The A77?

Posted on September 12, 2011 by DeJay

Those of us that pre-ordered are now wondering when we will actually get our A77. Neither Amazon or Adorama are showing any expected arrival date. I have seen one UK store listing the A77 as ‘stock expected October 3rd’, but … Continue reading →

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Sony A77 UK Pre-order Deal

Posted on September 9, 2011 by DeJay

Warehouseexpress.com are offering a free Kata bag (price £99) with A77 pre-orders – and with the A65 too. There’s an HDMI cable and 8GB SD card with the NEX-7 pre-order. There’s no sign of pre-order yet from Amazon.co.uk even though … Continue reading →

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Sony A77 Reviews And Previews

Posted on September 2, 2011 by DeJay

Plenty of previews have been been published since the Sony A77 was launched on August 24th. Here’s the best I’ve found: dpreview has an in-depth hands-on preview. whatdigitalcamera has a video preview. imaging-resource has a very extensive preview with lots … Continue reading →

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Sony A77 Sample Images

Posted on September 1, 2011 by DeJay

There’s a fair number of sample images now available, albeit from pre-production cameras: ephotozine has samples up to ISO 3200 photographyblog has 60 sample photos and some video. popphoto has 13 images of New York City shot with the A77 … Continue reading →

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