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garyinhere · Aug 27, 2011

The new Sony A65 or A77 has great vid and picture quality too. Plus still uses Minolta alpha mount so you can save money using the legacy *better IQ lenses! I'm a BIG fan of minolta!

It was/is highly anticipated and announced this last week. Here is a preview: http://forums.dpreview.com/previews/sonyslta77/ The main point is that it is so cheap compared to the rest of the Nikcannons. 24mp, 1080p video, 12fps... I'm saving for this... the a77 is $1399 w/out kit lens $2000 with it. The A65 is under $1000!!!! and a hell of a buy!!!!!

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burtram · Aug 28, 2011

A77 looks really nice for that price. Hopefully I can land a new job soon and I'll definitely pick one up.

(FIH) The Don · Aug 28, 2011

(FIH) The Don · Sep 2, 2011

t_ski · Sep 2, 2011

Did you sleeve those yourself or did they come that way? I'm guessing you did after seeing that huge bundle of sleeving you had a while back...

(FIH) The Don · Sep 2, 2011

yep i did

also

t_ski · Sep 2, 2011

garyinhere · Sep 2, 2011

t_ski · Sep 2, 2011

I like the first one. I take it you left the exposure open a little longer to smooth out the look of the water?

garyinhere · Sep 2, 2011

t_ski said:
I like the first one. I take it you left the exposure open a little longer to smooth out the look of the water?

yea stopped the aperature all the way down to make the shutter slow down. This is my first attempt at the flowing water effect. I need a filter though and I could make it look more "foamy" :toast:

t_ski · Sep 2, 2011

I think it looks very cool. I have seen another picture before like it, but I didn't figure out how they did it until I saw yours.

Anyway, with it being about 100F degrees outside, I thought I'd tempt some of you with these:

casual swift · Sep 7, 2011

Oh what the heck throw my name down. This is an E620 straight outta the box. :respect:

DanishDevil · Sep 7, 2011

Added

Welcome!

repman244 · Sep 7, 2011

DanishDevil · Sep 7, 2011

Great shots, added :toast:

casual swift · Sep 9, 2011

Anybody have any tips for shooting indoor sports like basketball/volleyball games? Any other Olympus users in the house for glass recommendations?

freaksavior · Sep 9, 2011

can someone do post processing for
http://freaksavior.com/downloads/ _MG_1498

It is a bit blurry because of the dark but I think it's a great picture.

casual swift · Sep 9, 2011

Do yall use LightRoom for editing or what? I'll give that one a whirl as soon as I get LR re-installed. (just did a reformat a few days ago)

freaksavior · Sep 9, 2011

I used it, I kind of like it, but it's not installed right now.

DanishDevil · Sep 9, 2011

casual swift said:
Anybody have any tips for shooting indoor sports like basketball/volleyball games? Any other Olympus users in the house for glass recommendations?

If they're indoor, but they're very brightly lit, it would be the same suggestion for any other sport shooting, indoors or out. A wicked fast shutter speed with the appropriate aperture to make the picture bright enough, and probably stick to ISO 100 or if you need it a bit brighter, 200.

burtram · Sep 9, 2011

freaksavior said:
can someone do post processing for
http://freaksavior.com/downloads/ _MG_1498

It is a bit blurry because of the dark but I think it's a great picture.

http://freaksavior.com/downloads/_MG_1498.JPG

I would fiddle with it more, but I am just too tired right now.

freaksavior · Sep 9, 2011

I think it looks better so thank you. I really like the picture and I think it turned out great. I know it's a bit blurry but like I said, because it was dark

burtram · Sep 9, 2011

freaksavior said:
I think it looks better so thank you. I really like the picture and I think it turned out great. I know it's a bit blurry but like I said, because it was dark

It is a nice picture; It's nice to look at too, lots of things that grab the eye.

Completely Bonkers · Sep 9, 2011

I think it is a nice shot, and very nearly a great shot

1./ It could use a little more of the foreground to balance the infinity skyscrapers. Currently it is clipped and looks like a bad crop
2./ The barrel distortion is horrible IMO. There are two parts to fixing this: a) fix the barral (must) and b) fix the perspective convergence (optional). I personally would give both a go and see how it comes out

Great thread!

burtram · Sep 9, 2011

Lens distortion fixed:

Does look better. Heck, I didn't even notice the distortion first time around until you pointed it out, haha. Fatigue for the loss.

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