{"id":942,"date":"2007-09-06T05:29:54","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T05:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=942"},"modified":"2007-09-06T05:29:54","modified_gmt":"2007-09-06T05:29:54","slug":"the-new-sony-alpha-700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=942","title":{"rendered":"The New Sony Alpha 700!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Sony Alpha, called the A700, was just sneaked out through certain Sony sites, and promptly taken down. However, I managed to watch the intro flash, and grab a screenshot!<\/p>\n<p>It feels like Sony is hitting on the trend done by Michael Bay with Transformers. Release little, bit by bit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/nbb1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>I absolutely love:<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211; AF\/MF switch on the back! <b>No other brand has this.<\/b> They may have an AF On button, but not a toggle to go into MF when in AF, for <b>all<\/b> lenses, whether they support full-time manual focusing (called Direct Manual Focus on Minolta\/Sony systems.)<br \/>\n&#8211; 12.24 megapixel ExMor CMOS sensor with ISO3200 and extra ISO6400, much cleaner than their noisy ol&#8217; CCD.<br \/>\n&#8211; <b>Sony Ericsson-style AF-point selector joystick<\/b>. You can also navigate menus and shooting settings with this (note the screenshot at ISO400? I reckon it will allow you to jump from panel to panel.)<br \/>\n&#8211; <b>vertical grip has everything<\/b>, including the AF-point selector joystick!<br \/>\n&#8211; front and rear dials.<br \/>\n&#8211; changeable focusing screens. I might get a split-prism manual focus screen!<br \/>\n&#8211; separate AF illuminator.<br \/>\n&#8211; PC Sync terminal for studio light compatibility. This also means I can hook it to an adapter to bring it into a regular ISO hotshoe!<br \/>\n&#8211; kit lens is a <b>16-105mm F3.5-5.6 DT<\/b>. After the APS-C crop, I <b>love<\/b> 24mm. I also felt that 70mm on APS-C wasn&#8217;t far enough, but 105mm was just nice. This would have all my favorite focal lengths!<\/p>\n<p><b>This deserves special mention:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <b>double cross-type sensors<\/b> in the middle, and a stronger AF motor. Honestly, this means a greater deal than 9 or more cross-type sensors because you get so much more accuracy and <b>speed<\/b> in <b>one AF point<\/b>. My Minolta Dynax 7 had double cross-type sensors and it was claimed to be the fastest AF film body of its time. The Sony A100 tended to hunt; it would overshoot the subject, focus back to close focus and then focus on the subject. The Dynax 7 didn&#8217;t hesitate; it went straight onto the subject and stayed there.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/nbb2.jpg\"><br \/>\nRear view, not a screenshot, but stolen from another site.<\/p>\n<p><b>Stuff that is worth mentioning, though I&#8217;m not rancid about it:<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211; 921<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Sony Alpha, called the A700, was just sneaked out through certain Sony sites, and promptly taken down. However, I managed to watch the intro flash, and grab a screenshot! It feels like Sony is hitting on the trend done by Michael Bay with Transformers. Release little, bit by bit. I absolutely love: &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geek","category-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}