Happy New Year Folks [for those on the southside of the world]

Its gonna be a new year for all of us here, and though there are many things brewing that I want to post, I can't post all of them at the same time. Tomorrow [After Midnight]I should be able to follow up on some miscellaneous information regarding the A77, my possible review of the Nex-7! And a lot of useful info :D

AF in manual video movie mode workaround Sony SLT A77

Not so practical when Vari-Filters are pretty much expensive but this is a good option to have more control on your video mode. C'mon Sony, make life easier for us. We know its possible to control at least the shutter speed on the cam while auto-focusing and at least give us the option of going BELOW 3.5, some of us actually have lenses that go down to 1.4 y'know ^_^ [Video is not mine, its from another fellow A77 user]

Samples from before and after the 1.04 update for the A77

Before I updated the camera I decided to take one last full spectrum ISO test on JPEG and RAW. NR is off for High ISO and Low for NR, Standard profile with 0 across the board, DRO Off, no PP noise reduction. I mirrored the RAW for easier comparison. Am gonna start with the highest down to well, till I feel like it [I have down to ISO100]. Generally speaking, the update is MINOR [thats why its only .01 in difference] but the changes are good enough: faster response for EVF/Live View switching, faster start-up time [but still a long shut down time], faster response to moving the dials and the info reflecting, on the top lcd and a tiny improvement on IQ for images at around 3200 up making ISO 3200 as usable as 1600 on 1.03.

ISO 100: V1.03 - 1.04

ISO 200: V1.03 - 1.04

ISO 400: V1.03 - 1.04

ISO 800: V1.03 - 1.04

ISO 1600: V1.03 - 1.04

ISO 3200: V1.03 - 1.04

ISO 6400: V1.03 - 1.04

ISO 12800: V1.03 - 1.04

ISO 16000: V1.03 - 1.04

One thing I noted that's still slow is the changes to the main dial reflecting on the display, like change it from A to S or M or whatever option via dial and the changes don't register till around 1/2 a second and you won't be able to shoot till it registers.

Overall, the update did make it a bit nicer to use but I am left somewhat wishing for 1.03, where the 'cheat' below works to auto focus on video while on shutter priority.