Sony Alpha a77 Mark II

sevencrossing

So what do people think of the Sony Alpha a77 Mark II? 12 fps + the 70–400mm F4–5.6 G SSM II
Is this what Birders have been waiting for ?
Are Nikon likely to introduce a translucent mirror camera?

ano

12 fps is a dream for sport and wildlife shooters.
With NIKON, No hope for a such fps with less than 6 KEuros ...

haroldp

Are Nikon likely to introduce a translucent mirror camera?

i hope not.

PB_PM

Is this what Birders have been waiting for ?

Nope. EVF's don't refresh fast enough.

sevencrossing

quite a good explanation of "translucent mirror" by the man we love to hate

NSXTypeR

If the translucent mirror can be perfected, I can see this as the next progression for Nikon. I've shot the A77 Mk1 briefly, and the viewfinder was very good. I hate that the Alpha mount is reversed to mount lenses in comparison to Nikon- I nearly tried to rip the lens off the mount when I tried to change lenses...

But anyways, it's a decent camera. It's also very, very quick.

Ade

Maybe the rumored Nikon D2300 will feature a semi-transparent mirror.

TaoTeJared

12 fps is a dream for sport and wildlife shooters.
With NIKON, No hope for a such fps with less than 6 KEuros ...

Let's see what the shutter and mirror slap sounds like before saying that one Poor Sony can never get that one right.

FPS also doesn't mean "in focus" either. Sony's AF has always fallen short of Canon and Nikon. From what we have seen from their recent releases, it would be a stretch to believe this model will match them yet. Far improved though.

Is this what Birders have been waiting for ?

Nope. EVF's don't refresh fast enough.

You need to play with the new Olympus Em-10 and Fuji X-T1. I was having a hard time getting them to blur out - they are just about there. Bigger problem is the image review in the viewfinder - have to make sure that is off. That was more annoying than helpful.

Are Nikon likely to introduce a translucent mirror camera?

I personally don't see that one happening. Interesting though that there is a EVF with it. It was originally to do both AF and view the image. Could be something similar for live-view with better AF.



Sony said they wanted to become #1 in the camera market. This is just another release that shows they are serious and are now matching Canon and Nikon in most ways. Competition is good - maybe it will make Canon and Nikon get off the butts and start innovating and actually push them to put better, more advanced, and less unnecessarily handicapped models out. Sony is producing some very good camera's now - and the Zeiss glass is most definitely made them very competitive.

PB_PM

Nope. EVF's don't refresh fast enough.

You need to play with the new Olympus Em-10 and Fuji X-T1. I was having a hard time getting them to blur out - they are just about there. Bigger problem is the image review in the viewfinder - have to make sure that is off. That was more annoying than helpful.

It's not the motion blur that's the issue here, it's the lag introduced by the EVF itself. In any case, I have no reason to "play" with those cameras, since I have no interest in any of the current mirrorless systems.

haroldp

A translucen mirror (read pellicle) loses 1/3 of the light (2/3 EV) from the focal plane. This translates to either needing a larger aperture, slower shutter speed or higher ISO.

It will always be behind technologies that deliver all of the light, EVF or swinging mirror.

... H

TaoTeJared

It's not the motion blur that's the issue here, it's the lag introduced by the EVF itself. In any case, I have no reason to "play" with those cameras, since I have no interest in any of the current mirrorless systems.

I was speaking to the lag as well - I just didn't word it correctly. You really should take a look - I seriously could not see any noticeable lag out of the Fuji X-T1 or the OMD-10. Fuji's is really nice - it blew me away. The Sony a7, just a slight lag but nothing that I could see causing any issue other than being a bit annoying if one is really focused on that quirk - which I would understand. It is just not correct to be so dismissive of (all) EVFs anymore. The higher end ones are almost all the way there and Fuji's I would say is there.