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Preview: Sony Alpha SLT-A77

By Ng Chong Seng - 24 Aug 2011

Other Noteworthy Features

Other Noteworthy Features

 

Need help in your composition? You can choose one of three grid displays to show on the EVF and LCD monitor: a 3-by-3 grid, a 4-by-4 grid (with two 45-degree lines through the center), or a 6-by-4 grid.

During manual focusing, you can turn on the Peaking function to help you verify focus; the sharpest, in-focus areas of the image can be highlighted in either red, yellow or white.

Many of the buttons on the A77 are customizable. In particular, the AEL, ISO and AF/MF buttons can have their original functions reassigned to any of 24 functions, including drive mode, focus area, metering mode, ISO, Creative Style and DRO/Auto HDR.

The A77 is able to perform some in-camera lens corrections, such as correcting edge darkening, color registration errors and distortion.

The A77 features Face Detection that detects up to eight faces, as well as a Smile Shutter function. You can register up to eight faces so that the camera would prioritize them when detecting faces.
If you're facing front or rear-focusing issues with your camera and lens combination, there's an AF micro adjustment function for fine-tuning AF accuracy. Up to 30 lens adjustments can be registered.
In addition to white balance presets and Kelvin adjustments, the A77 sports a two-axis white balance mode for finer tweaking: adjustments can be made in the amber-blue and green-magenta directions.
The Multi Frame Noise Reduction mode captures six frames to create a single image that's sharper and has lower noise. This mode resides in the ISO menu; you can have the camera choose the ISO, or you can specify it yourself. With this mode, Sony claims that you can achieve a maximum sensitivity equivalent of ISO 25,600.
ISO sensitivity of the A77 ranges from ISO 100 to 16,000. This is expandable down to ISO 50. For ISO Auto mode, the minimum you can set is ISO 100 and the maximum is ISO 12,800.
You can apply effects to your photos and videos. There are 11 modes (with 15 effects) to choose from. New effects include HDR Painting, Rich Tone Monochrome, Soft Focus and Miniature.
You can use the Memory Recall function to save up to three sets of camera settings for future recall. To get to the saved settings, just turn the mode dial at the top of the camera to the position marked 'MR', then use the joystick to navigate and pick the set to use.
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