Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair, Not bad if you don't mind no AV. Manual metering is pretty intuitive with the a900. I think with the right adapter that would trick the camera into thinking a lens is attached AV would be possible a la Canon. Jim Laird On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 8:01 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > Thanks, I'll check them out on the screen at home later. How are you > finding the camera's operation with the R glass? cumbersome? > > Cheers > > Alastair > >> As requested I am posting some test shots taken with my a900. All were >> taken using a 50 Summicron at f8. I varied shutter speed only to keep >> exposure constant. IS, noise reduction and Sony's DR feature were >> turned off. All were taken at the full resolution of 24 megapixels >> which naturally results in the highest noise quotient, IMHO. I >> included the full size shot at ASA 800 as well as 100% crops for ASA >> 100, 200, 400 and 800 and I threw in 1600 just for comparison. All >> photos were processed with Adobe Camera RAW in CS5 with no retouching. >> Sharpness was set to 50 for all shots. Hope this helps some of you to >> decide whether or not the a900 is worth a try when you DMR dies (I >> hope not soon!) >> >> ASA 800 crop: >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00182.jpg.html> >> >> ASA 100 crop: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00185.jpg.html> >> >> Full size image at ASA 800: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/AlphaTest.jpg.html> >> >> ASA 200 crop: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00184.jpg.html> >> >> ASA 400 crop: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00183.jpg.html> >> >> And finally ASA 1600 crop: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/Friday/Flowers/Sony/DSC00181.jpg.html> >> >> Jim Laird >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >