{"id":965,"date":"2007-10-14T02:49:55","date_gmt":"2007-10-14T02:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=965"},"modified":"2014-01-15T05:54:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T05:54:13","slug":"the-sony-a700-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=965","title":{"rendered":"The Sony A700 Launch!"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAnd so, on the 2nd of October 2007, I went to the Sony Alpha 700 launch in Renaissance Hotel Kuala Lumpur. One of my works also made it to a 20×30″ print! My portrait was taken by Azrul K. Abdullah<\/a>. This picture however was taken by KJ<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nI love it when people go, “How’d he do that?<\/i>”<\/p>\n

The shot was from the Incubus Tribute<\/a> gig at Jamasia.<\/p>\n


\nOne of the many displays; I did not get a good look at them…<\/p>\n


\n…until it was pointed out that there was the unreleased Sony 70-300mm F4.5-5.6G SSM lens! Note the focus hold button, distance window and focus limiter (with, oddly, a Manual Focus option.)<\/p>\n

This is meant to be the faster, high-quality optics version of the Sony 75-300mm F4.5-5.6. The G designation<\/b> specifies a Minolta\/Sony lens of high grade, quite like the L lenses<\/b> of Canon.<\/p>\n


\nShot from one of the Sony PhotoTVs. My Sony A100 was too contrasty to capture the tonality that the TV showed!<\/p>\n


\nRegretfully, I did not pixel peep at the HDMI-ready TV. I should’ve! It would supposedly allow you to view a photo like a large print up close.<\/p>\n


\nAnd then it was revealed what was powering the TVs; a single A700! George the Sony Alpha product manager then used his (supplied) Sony A700 remote control to go through the menus. It was on slideshow mode all this while!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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