老外觉得像田子坊这种地方有亲切感，是典型的中国味。不仅是我想起一说起中国，不少美国佬只知道“功夫、中餐、长袍和小辫”。

这张也是广饼拍的？不像哦。

看来ghtgg兄、Birds和Sunny都要上A77了，有新片看喽！

蒙蒙老师用的是新软件？喜欢！！！！

James

A77's spec is super attractive.  I discussed with Birds yesterday and he has great interest to A77 too.  He told me that Pegasus will get one very soon.  He will decide whether to jump to SONY again after seeking Pegasus's view.
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Sunny,等徕卡M10吧：有了这台M10，中幅也可以不去想了

Some interesting thoughts on the Leica M10 (29MP sensor, hybrid viewfinder, live view, video recording, MAESTRO processor?)

Read more on LeicaRumors_com: http://leicarumors_com/2011/08/29/some-interesting-thoughts-on-the-leica-m10-29mp-sensor-hybrid-viewfinder-live-view-video-recording-maestro-processor.aspx/#ixzz1Wg6rfl77

Kodak's KAI-29050 29MP sensor
After my yesterday’s post about the rumor that Leica M10 will have live view capabilities, I got some interesting comments from readers about the possibilities of adding new technologies in the next M camera. Here is John’s comment:

It’s quite possible that the next digital  Leica M (M10?) will include “live view”.  IMHO, the hint can be found in the latest top of the line CCD from Kodak: the KAI-29050.  This new 24x36mm 29 megapixel (!) sensor is an “interline transfer” sensor (i.e. not the traditional “full frame” technology used by Leica so far).  A product summary pdf file has recently been added.  See the bottom of the page: http://www_kodak_com/ek/US/en/Image_Sensor_Solutions/Products/Interline_CCD.htm (direct link to the PDF file of the Kodak KAI-29050 sensor).

While I agree that the “video” factor might not be that appealing to most Leica M users (myself included), I believe that there is another key advantage to using this new (to Leica) interline transfer technology: by using the KAI-29050′s built-in electronic shutter (which does not exist in a “full-frame” sensor), Leica would be able to carry out essential calculations to achieve vastly improved (more accurate) exposure and white balance, milliseconds before the actual exposure.

In such case, the use of the Leica S2′s MAESTRO “ASIC” chip would be of considerable help to do the number crinching. There’s another rumor for you: the Leica M10 will use the MAESTRO chip!  ;-)

You raise a good point – how to manually focus with a rangefinder [camera] … without a rangefinder ?

Another important advantage of using an interline transfer sensor (such as the Kodak KAI-29050) is that it would allow for both a traditional optical viewfinder/rangefinder (OVF) and an electronic viewfinder (EVF).  AFAIK, the only currently available digital camera with such a “hybrid” viewfinder (i.e. both OVF and EVF) is the much talked-about Fuji FinePix X100 (http://www_finepix-x100_com).

If Leica is to include such a hybrid viewfinder (as had been strongly suggested in a luminous-landscape_com article, it will have to use an  interline transfer sensor.

So then, how would you focus such an “M10″ without its traditional (optical) rangefinder?  By relying on the contrast-testing ability of the (KAI-29050) sensor to tell you if the picture is in focus or not (whether through the camera’s EVF or on the rear screen ).  And BTW, that is how AF work in all point-and-shoot digital cameras today (including the Leica X1 as mentioned above).

Look at this new way of focusing as a digital version of the (good) old Visoflex.  Currently, if you want to use a 200mm or 280mm Telyt (or even bigger) on a Leica M camera, you still have to use a Visoflex.  A new hybrid viewfinder (or using live view on the rear screen) would essentially do the same thing – but with autofocus confirmation on top of that!

And if Leica is really clever, they might even want to include electronic contacts on the M10′s lens mount to connect to a new series of more advanced M lenses – with full AF capability!   Leica’s partner, Panasonic, as the maker of the G2 and G3, could turn out to be of great help to Leica in achieving these goals.

And no, all of this modern wizardry will not turn our favorite “M” into yet another “sino-japanese gadget”.  I would not want that, and I suspect neither would  Leica’s engineers and designers.  A better, higher resolution OLED (or AMOLED) screen would indeed be great.

In the end, it’s all about taking better pictures without the camera getting in the way …  And that’s why I prefer the Leica M.

Read more on LeicaRumors_com: http://leicarumors_com/2011/08/29/some-interesting-thoughts-on-the-leica-m10-29mp-sensor-hybrid-viewfinder-live-view-video-recording-maestro-processor.aspx/#ixzz1Wg78sIXO

77是否为a700的代替机型？

nex7看起来不错。。nex5n也不差，在nex7和5n之间选一个。老的5c给家人用。。

龙老师想家啦！老实说，上年纪的人在国外还是住不惯的。

2430 萬像 Exmor APS HD CMOS、240 萬像 XGA OLED Tru-Finder、12fps 連拍、19 點對焦：Sony A77

看過早前本站的報導，相信大家對 A77 的規格已有一定的認識，筆者在此便直接切入新機的初步試用感。作為一部 APS-C 的旗艦，A77 於手中感覺紮實可說預期之內，為提高手感，Sony 便有透露相機的手柄經過全新設計，難怪使用之下，相機感覺極為貼手。針對取景的靈活性，A77 機背 3 吋 Xtra Fine LCD 顯示今次特別改用了 3 軸式的設計，除了一般的上下角度取景，亦支援反轉 LCD 進行自拍，唯一是假如將顯示屏向下再進行反轉時，畫面依然會倒轉顯示（向上並沒此問題），算是有點美中不足。而習慣使用傳統單反的用家，相信最關心的一定是A77 電子取景的質素，配以現時規格最高的 240 萬像 XGA OLED Tru-Finder，相機的 EVF 並沒令人失望，即使筆者慣於採用傳統光學取景，仍覺 A77 的 EVF 相當細緻，XGA OLED Tru-Finder 就連以往 EVF 一遇暗位即會出現的雜訊問題亦大為改善，質素令人滿意。

利用半透反光鏡技術的先天優勢，A77 不單擁有極短的快門時滯（50ms），連拍上亦有一定突破。轉至速度優先模式，相機即會在鎖定測光與對焦距離下，提供高達 12fps 的連拍，以拍攝記者會現場的滑板表演為例，便足以捕捉表演者起跳時的動態（可惜現場光線頗暗，效果並不太理想）。對比起同級中階甚至是旗艦級單反，A77 固然於速度方面相當突出，不過比較起 EOS 1D Mark IV 等旗艦，相機仍有一定的提升空間，例如相機連拍一氣便只可拍攝 18 張相片（Jpeg Fine / Standard），比起 EOS 1D Mark IV 可連續拍攝 85 張 Jpeg，這方面便有一定距離。

作為首部突破 2000 萬像的 APS-C 機款，用家另一最關心的一定是擁有 2430 萬素 A77 的質素。從初步的試拍來看，2430 的 Exmor APS HD CMOS 配合新一代的 BIONZ 影像處理器之下，畫質上明顯是交足功課，特別是低感光之下，模特兒的髮絲便充分顯露出相機解像上的優勢。推高感光後，相機的雜訊有一定程度的增加，不過卻比預期要好，相片於 ISO 3200 以上細節才有較明顯的流失，表現其實不在同級對手之下。

Sony A77 淨機身定價為 HK$ 9,990，9 月 6 日起至 9 月 20 日接受預訂。
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切割空气的1802

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在香港，小型交通意外 (像這宗) 若無傷亡，很多時兩方皆能自行理性處理，因知道保險公司會妥為善後各種賠償，警方到場也只是紀錄意外情況和司機資料而已。

回想上次「稻城亞丁」之旅，在四川康定山頭，我們旅遊大巴和一輛藏族人貨車迎頭碰撞，我們下車看完損毀情況後覺得是小意外，以為很快可處理完，誰不知※※見是香港旅遊團，竟然開出兩個條件，要漢人司機選一个：

(1) 賠償他們人民幣 55,000 (※※長篇大論地計算給司機看如何得出此數) ，或者

(2) 叫所有旅客下車，他們把旅遊巴士駕走

真他媽的暴徒 ！
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[sunnycas2 编辑于 2011-08-30 18:05]