Saturday, August 27, 2011

First concert shots with the Sony A77

I shot my first concert with the Sony A77 last night.

I only brought the 70-200G to this outdoor event. The camera is a pre-production model and doesn't meet the final specs for the Production Models. The lighting was stage lighting and I keep the camera on AWB. The bands where Glory Days, A Springsteen Tribute, and Ian Thomas. These are full frame photos right out of the camera. No crop or adjustments, Jpegs.

I tried a couple ISO settings, as indicated with the photos.

AF was fantastic.

ELV was great and very useful when shooting manual exposure.

I didn't have the Vertical Grip.

It's easy to shoot through a 4GB card with these large files.

This shot was at ISO 1600, 1/250, f.2.8, Manual, AWB, AF on the face, leaning on the stage for support.
This shot was at ISO 1600, 1/250, f.2.8, Manual, AWB, AF on the face, leaning on the stage for support.
This shot was at ISO 1600, 1/250, f.2.8, Manual, AWB, AF on the face, leaning on the stage for support.
This shot was at ISO 6400, 1/6400, f.2.8, Manual, AWB, AF on the face.
This shot was at ISO 800, 1/500, f.2.8, Manual, AWB, AF on the face.This shot was at ISO 800, 1/400, f.2.8, Aperture Priority, AWB, AF on the face.

I'll continue to play and shoot before drawing any conclusions.

Rob Skeoch
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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 27, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    Is the high ISO output in JPEG for the A77 as atrocious as what many in the web have shown and said to be?

    Great site. Keep up the good work.

    Thanks.

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  2. Photography as I see itAugust 27, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    I thought it was very nice... and this is pre-production.

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  3. tbcassAugust 28, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    Actually the pre-production samples at high isos I've seen are excellent.

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  4. marcinAugust 29, 2011 at 5:10 AM

    Amazing hi-iso quality!
    Very nice work!

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  5. D28August 29, 2011 at 5:20 AM

    Amazed that at ISO1600 there is little to no noise at all! Even at ISO6400 the photos are still acceptable..

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  6. RaghavAugust 29, 2011 at 5:35 AM

    What was the firmware that your sample A77 was on??? Because the high ISO looks pretty good in your samples. Not so much in others all over the net.

    Can you please upload full sized samples?

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  7. Photography as I see itAugust 29, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    I uploaded the files to flickr.
    I don't think blogger allows a full size file.

    I'm not sure of the software and had to give the camera back.

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  8. AnonymousAugust 29, 2011 at 8:15 AM

    use photome from http://www.photome.de/ to find software revision

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  9. AnonymousAugust 29, 2011 at 8:35 AM

    ISO performance is about the same as Nikon D7000/Sony A580, from what I've seen

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  10. AnonymousAugust 29, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    Did you shoot any video with this? I am really, really curious about aliasing and moire effects. They were atrocious on the VG10 and NEX-5. I'm hoping they have been fixed on the A77

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  11. BrianSeptember 5, 2011 at 3:42 PM

    I saw a post recently where you recommended using an A55 over the A900 for sports photography and used an NHL photo from a Leafs/Sens game as an example. After shooting with the A77, how do you feel it would compare to the A55 for this application?

    Thanks.

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  12. Photography as I see itSeptember 5, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    I haven't had a chance to try it yet at a hockey game. I did shoot rugby and football this weekend and will try and get those posts up.

    -rob

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