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    <p>but a true exposure preview button, which will show depth-of-field AND exposure.</p>

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    <p>The brightness and darkness of over and under exposure are already in the M mode of the A55. Is that not what you wanted, Scott?</p>

    <p>On another note, the EVF is great for over-40 people who do not want to use reading glasses while shooting but still want to review the images in the field.</p>

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    <p>the best we can hope for there by way of future innovations would be truly effective O+EVF hybrid</p>

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    <p>The pellicle mirror is there for the phase detect auto focusing. Apparently they are working at PDAF on the sensor itself and if perfected would render the pelicle mirror obsolete.</p>

  3. <p>I almost always shoot with manual ISO, shutter and aperture control. Here is what I observe with the Sony A55 versus the Panasonic G1, both of which I have.</p>

    <p>The A55 EVF will show what you see is what you get, that is to say, if the settings is at too high EV, the EVF will be dark. If the EV is set too low, the EVF will show the scene as too bright. This is not the same with the Panasonic G1 which has an automatic gain, meaning the EVF will always try to show a "best scene" brightness but of course the capture is based on what settings were made. Meaning, if you don't review the shot, you are more likely to get an incorrect exposure with the Pany but you were pretty forewarned in the Sony. It also means that in the Sony, you may think the EVF is not working (black) but in actual fact your settings were for too high an EV. I hope you get what I am trying to say.</p>

    <p>Both show noise and jagged motion in low light but we are not looking for IQ here, only composition.</p>

    <p>Sony and Pany have years and years of experience in professional video so I trust they have the best technology in making the EVFs useable for still photography.</p>

  4. <p>Hi Lynn,</p>

    <p>Personally, I would prefer the drier and cooler months of November to March. I mean, in Bangkok it is still possible there are some days in October when it rains the whole day and night. Vientiane is even cooler than Bangkok in those months and just as dry.</p>

     

  5. <p>Batu Caves?</p>

    <p>Also, there is an oft-overlooked Chinese temple on the way up to Genting Highlands. There are many interesting subjects there and of course a view of KL from up the mountain. And the cool climate.</p>

    <p>You didn't mention Penang. Hmmm, a great miss if I may say so. Perhaps for your next trip.</p>

  6. <p>SLT, if you want to review the shot in bright sunlight you can do it by viewing it through the EVF. If like me who doesn't like to wear reading glasses, I can review shots anytime with the EVF, 100% big and sharp, no need reading glasses.<br>

    The SLT can do sweeping panoramas on the fly. I am not sure if the current NEX models can do it.</p>

  7. <p>Let me make a wild guess on the control tab on the upper-left of the mounting plate. It is to operate the built-in lens cover which opens and close just like a digital point and shoot. It is designed in such a way you won't accidentally open it while stuffing the camera in a bag. This would also prevent shooting with the lens cap on bungle.</p>
  8. <p>I have recently upgraded from CS2 to CS5 but I am still running a Core 2 Duo E8400 and a normal system built around it. I am quite satisfied with it.</p>

    <p>However, if I have no need to budget, I would go for:<br>

    Core i7 cpu<br>

    D3 triple channel ram<br>

    SSD (solid state drive) for C: drive<br>

    2TB HDD for data<br>

    motherboard with USB 3.0<br>

    a good casing and power supply<br>

    2 good large Dell monitors</p>

    <p>These are the basics I would like to have.</p>

  9. <p>I have not been to Krabi but I have been to Phuket and Koh Samui among other places in Thailand. I can tell you that you can easily find a local tour agency with English speaking staff and they should be able to help you with your request. You can probably bargain for a good price for a guide and transportation. You can do an online search for the agency but if it were me I would get there first and search by foot.</p>
  10. <p >Hi Everyone,</p>

    <p >I have been using the Canon 550D (T2i) with the Canon EF-S 15-85mm lens. I am thinking of switching to the Sony A55 with the Carl Zeiss DT 16-80mm lens.</p>

    <p >Several things I find useful in my Canon setup are:</p>

    <p >1. Highlight tone priority</p>

    <p >2. Peripheral illumination correction</p>

    <p >3. DPP is easy to use</p>

    <p >Are 1 and 2 available in Sony? As for 3, is Sony's raw converter easy to use?</p>

    <p >I gather Highlight tone priority is like Nikon's D lighting. It tries to prevent overblown highlights. Peripheral illumination correction is to correct light falloff in the corners when wide angle is used. It doesn't fully correct but it is better than not having it.</p>

    <p >DPP has a noise removing function which is quite useful as one can immediately thereafter do sharpening before converting the file to tiff.</p>

    <p >I will be enlightened to see some replies.</p>

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