Do all Sony camera's require you to use their Memory Stick or do they also
take CF?
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus mail list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:10 AM
Subject: [OM] Sony changes the game
> Here's a camera design I've been expecting.
> <http://www.dpreview.com/news/0509/05090801sonydscr1.asp>
>
> APS-C size sensor with fixed 24-120 (equiv) zoom lens. Given Oly's
> prior experience with the E-10/20 and the IS series film cameras I
> expected them to have produced a similar camera by now.
>
> This Sony is interesting in that it uses an EVF but, unfortunately, both
> the EVF and the screen are relatively low resolution. Surprising since
> I think better EVF's are available now. Great sensor, great lens and
> mediocre viewing apparatus. Oly or someone else still has a chance for
> my money here.
>
> This camera also needs a long lens brother. An identical camera but
> with fixed lens from say, 60 to 300mm equivalent. Pro's could carry one
> each and have excellent focal length coverage plus backup capability.
>
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>
> On a related note concerning low res EVF's. This past weekend I shot
> some group pictures outside with the Minolta A1 under difficult lighting
> conditions (dappled sunlight and bright background). I had plenty of
> flash power to compensate by making my own sunlight but, because of the
> lighting I decided I had best shoot raw mode. What I hadn't stopped to
> consider was that the A1 can't do both raw and JPEG and can't magnify an
> image shot in raw mode. Max resolution is limited to the little EVF and
> screens and so it's not possible to check focus very well when shooting
> raw.
>
> Now the mistake. Since there were lots of small kids in the party I
> decided I needed to be able to shoot quickly to catch the brief moments
> when everyone was looking at the camera. I let the camera focus on the
> group once and then turned the autofocus off to get rid of any autofocus
> delay. I then took the next nine frames with the autofocus off. Little
> did I know that the I or the camera had mis-focused on the first frame.
> Because of the low resolution in the finder and the inability of the
> camera to magnify the raw image I couldn't tell that the camera was
> actually very poorly focused. Consequently, the first 9 frames and some
> of the very best are total garbage.
>
> Fortunately, I eventually turned the autofocus back on and refocused and
> got back on track with the next 12 frames. On reflection, the autofocus
> delay for that stationary group would probably have been hardly
> noticeable. I hope someone else can learn from this experience.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
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