a99 at Adorama

cosmonaut · Sep 12, 2012

Sony SLT-A99V Digital SLR Camera Body SLT-A99V

I see no mention of image stabilization, unless my sleepy eyes are missing it. If I understand there will be a 36 megapixel version next spring. I am not sure how true that is.

Kolia · Sep 12, 2012

Yeah it has Steady Shoot inside according to the BH article.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/indepth...ame-alpha-a99-hdslr?BI=9004&kw=SLTA99VArticle

Can't wait for used a77 to hit the market ! Lol

DiskoJoe · Sep 13, 2012

Kolia said:
Yeah it has Steady Shoot inside according to the BH article.

Sony Introduces the Alpha SLT-A99 Full-Frame HDSLR | BH inDepth

Can't wait for used a77 to hit the market ! Lol

More then likely you would see used a900 or a850 and not a77 which is a crop sensor. I would love to pick up a a900. Really nice motor.

skieur · Sep 13, 2012

No, but I am sure that it has image stabilization. However the bottom line is that the suggested price for the A99 is more than twice the price for the A77. Is it worth double the price?

skieur

mjhoward · Sep 13, 2012

The AF system sounds intersting. I am a bit surprised at the max of 6FPS though, especially since all i've ever heard from skquieiwer was how awesome the FPS on his A77 is from the lack of a moving mirror.

cosmonaut · Sep 13, 2012

I have already seen an increase in a850/900s on EBay. If I pick this up I will sell an a850 to help with the cost. I have a lot invested in Sony lenses an the trusty a850 is getting some age on it.

skieur · Sep 14, 2012

mjhoward said:
The AF system sounds intersting. I am a bit surprised at the max of 6FPS though, especially since all i've ever heard from skquieiwer was how awesome the FPS on his A77 is from the lack of a moving mirror.

When you become more mature, perhaps you will learn to write "I've" correctly and spell skieur,.....but I doubt it.

skieur

cosmonaut · Sep 14, 2012

I never understood why FPS would be such a big issue. If I was a big sports shooter I would understand but anything 5 or above is cool with me.

2WheelPhoto · Sep 14, 2012

cosmonaut said:
I never understood why FPS would be such a big issue. If I was a big sports shooter I would understand but anything 5 or above is cool with me.

spray and pray performance, helps the bestbuy clerks sell it

skieur · Sep 14, 2012

cosmonaut said:
I never understood why FPS would be such a big issue. If I was a big sports shooter I would understand but anything 5 or above is cool with me.

Well, the FPS helps on the A77 for great panoramas and HDRs with no allignment problems. With the added 36 megapixels and possibly buffer size issues they may not be able to go with the same 12 fps.

skieur

DiskoJoe · Sep 14, 2012

cosmonaut said:
I never understood why FPS would be such a big issue. If I was a big sports shooter I would understand but anything 5 or above is cool with me.

Its handy for sports so you get more shots and hopefully get on with really good action poses.

mjhoward · Sep 14, 2012

skieur said:
cosmonaut said:

I never understood why FPS would be such a big issue. If I was a big sports shooter I would understand but anything 5 or above is cool with me.

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Well, the FPS helps on the A77 for great panoramas and HDRs with no allignment problems. With the added 36 megapixels and possibly buffer size issues they may not be able to go with the same 12 fps.

skieur

A99 is 24MP.

rexbobcat · Sep 14, 2012

Dual slots for memory sticks or SD cards...

...memory sticks...lol

skieur · Sep 15, 2012

mjhoward said:
skieur said:

cosmonaut said:

I never understood why FPS would be such a big issue. If I was a big sports shooter I would understand but anything 5 or above is cool with me.

Click to expand...

Well, the FPS helps on the A77 for great panoramas and HDRs with no allignment problems. With the added 36 megapixels and possibly buffer size issues they may not be able to go with the same 12 fps.

skieur

Click to expand...

A99 is 24MP.

Oops! I stand corrected, which still leaves me wondering about the reason for the price difference between the A77 and the A99.

skieur

kassad · Sep 18, 2012

rexbobcat said:
Dual slots for memory sticks or SD cards...

...memory sticks...lol

That kinda threw me also. I think this only the second DSLR/SLR they have released a memory stick slot. Interestingly it looks like the memory card slot is actually a dual purpose slot that can take either a memory stick or an SD card. I was suprised no QXD slot was included. The combination of high files sizes and SD cards baffles me.