Sony/Minolta Shooters 1/day [I Repeat 1 per Day]

On the extended Australia Day weekend I took my new a77 into the bush. On the first night I wanted to see how it well it would capture a night-time time lapse. / The sequence below depicts the first…

Almost a year ago I attended a workshop with the very talented Richard White. Richard shoots mostly in medium format monochrome film. The meticulous planning, preparation and thoughtful execution r…

The new a77 can shoot at 3fps, 8fps and, in a special, limited control mode, 12fps. All good. However, we also know that the numbers frames you can record in a burst is determined by the size of th…

I have spent a bit more time with my new a77 now and we are getting along just fine. I am particularly pleased with the focussing control the camera gives me. / Firstly, the micro-focus adjustment f…

So just over a month ago I got myself a Sony a77 Body only. I didn’t bother with the 16-50mm Kit Lens as I already had the SAL1680Z lens and didn’t feel the need for the overlap. / Well I now have ha…

Very First Impressions of the a77 / So I have been watching the development of the a77/a65 for some time now and decided I wanted it. So when I saw it at an Australian online shop at $AU650 cheaper t…

I was at the amazing Shambala festival this weekend, and unfortunately my camera broke…..I was taking a macro of a shield beetle and the lens made the most horrible noise. I asked a few profess…

In light of the multiple recent thefts of artwork from Redbubble which were found on PIXDAUS, and to be honest I am sure they are on many other websites out there, Harry Purves and I have requested t…

So after a year of owning the Sony A900 a new firmware has been released courtesy of Sony UK. / The feature list as follows; / 1. Autofocus is quicker and more responsive than ever, thanks to improve…

Jessops have gone bananas! They’ve reduced the lens by virtually 50%. Great news if you can find one in the UK. Get in now whilst they’re available. / http://www.jessops.com/online.sto…

Ahoy! / First real use of this beast of a lens on my Sony A700. I wanted to field test it as I’ve never had or used a tele/prime before.. The images are from RAW to JPG with no sharpening etc (…

A lot of you may have seen my fisheye shots. All of these were taken with a Sony SAL16F28 16mm F2.8 Fisheye lens. This lens is 110° on APS-C (1.5 crop) or 180° on a Full Frame 35mm body. This lens is…

So I have now had my Sony A900 since mid November 2009. I now feel that I have enough experience to give a more thorough review. / This review is basically my own experience and may differ from other…

Sony DSLR-A900 First Impressions / I have wanted the A900 since when I first saw it, but really could not justify the $AU4000 they wanted for it. But the price has been steadily going down. / So I ha…