On 11/6/2011 2:57 PM, Willie Wonka wrote:
> Don't listen to any of them, Wayne...:)
>
> I would recommend any of the Sony SLT series cameras, because are a lot more
> useful than the HEX.
The SLT series look like excellent cameras. PopPhoto just gave the A77 a rave
review as the best APS sensor camera they
have ever tested. However, I don't see how they are enough smaller and lighter
to meet Wayne's stated needs.
> Once I move, I will be shooting more often, currently the Sony A55 is just a
> steal. Thats what I am getting. Tiny, with articulated LCD (don't
> underestimate the versatility of this tool, once you use it, it becomes
> addictive)
Absolutely! I hope never to buy a camera without one until the wireless ones
show up.
> , but the best feature of all Sony cameras is the "Live View" implementation.
> Set the camera in Manual mode, start playing with the controls and watch in
> real time how the picture would turn out. Perfect exposure 100% of the time,
> not to mention the fact that you nail the high/low key thingie the first time
> around. There is no one else in the industry at present that really knows how
> to do this right.
I have no way to compare the practical results of various implementations.
However, my Canon 60D offers the same thing
in Live View on the LCD. They call it Exposure Simulation and it includes every
setting. When the scene/exposure is too
bright or dark to simulate, it shows on the LCD. One may turn Exposure
Simulation on and off.
Of course, the SLTs offer the same thing through the viewfinder on the EVF.
I've not tried that, but imagine some people
would prefer the EVF and others the traditional type of viewfinder.
The other issue for me, and I imagine many others, is the need to convert to
Sony (& Minolta) lenses. Canon DLSRs, 4/3
and the mirrorless ILCs allow adapters for all the various special/specialized
lenses of other makes that we have.
Moose
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