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A New Full-frame Version Of The A77 Is Coming Soon – The Sony A99

Posted on September 3, 2012 by DeJay

In a little over a week’s time, a new Sony camera will arrive that is essentially a full-frame version of the A77. It’s to be called the A99 and will have all the advantages of the A77 plus a bigger … Continue reading →

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Sony A77 Books

Posted on May 2, 2012 by DeJay

Three new photography books aim to help people with the finer detail and the more obscure features of using their A77. Firstly, David Busch’s Sony Alpha SLT-A77 Guide to Digital Photography promises to tell you:  How to select the best autofocus mode, … Continue reading →

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A77 Supplies May Be Limited?

Posted on November 4, 2011 by DeJay

Just before I got my A77 I had am interesting conversation with a Sony employee. He said that once the first batch of A77s – which were made before the recent flooding in Thailand – are sold, it might be … Continue reading →

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A77 Does Well In Sensor Test

Posted on November 3, 2011 by DeJay

DXOmark published a technical test and review of the Sony A77 sensor and compared it to other Sony cameras and some competitors. Heres’s some quotes: As we can see in the comparison, this Lowlight Score is very similar to the … Continue reading →

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Two New A77 Reviews

Posted on October 29, 2011 by DeJay

Proper and full reviews of the A77 – as opposed to previews – are starting to be posted. Pocket lint have this to say: …there’s little not to like about Sony’s latest. It’s an SLT that could genuinely strangle the … Continue reading →

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A77 Unboxing

Posted on October 28, 2011 by DeJay

My A77 arrived yesterday. Here’s the unboxing: I hope to get out this weekend to shoot some autumn leaves – weather forecast looks good.

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Some New A77 Videos

Posted on October 27, 2011 by DeJay

A77 owner Liam has added another couple of videos. First, unboxing the vertical grip: and a video sample: and Videoacademy.ch have an interesting feature on using the A77 for video: (German with English subtitles)

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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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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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