No LCD? How will this eye start system work for people who wear glasses? LCD's are a Godsend for us. Also, will it have MPEG4 video compression?
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I have a Minolta Maxxum 5 and a Maxxum 5D - both with eye start - and I wear glasses. No issues. Since Sony acquired Minolta's proprietary technologies when Minolta stopped making cameras, it seems reasonable that there will be no problems with the eye start function of the Alpha A100 and wearers of eyeglasses. Wouldn't be surprised if Minolta lenses mount on the body, either, though I haven't done the research to back that up.
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Thanks for the information from all. I didn't get a Sony 828 when they were available and I was hoping this would be an SLR equivalent. I would like the ability to do short videos for training purposes where I can manually zoom while recording. I paste the videos into Powerpoint to use for self paced and interactive technical training. I also use a lot of stills for training as well as work instructions. I currently use a Sony camera for these features, but it has some limitations due to the lens. I thought this might be the perfect camera, but I guess I'll have to wait.
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According to the data I have (pre)viewed, one of the selling points of the A100 is that it not only will mount all the glass made for the Alpha system it also accepts dozens of lens from the family of Minolta/Konica products.
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I have a Minolta Maxxum 5D and I wear glasses - you don't have to be pressed right up next to the sensor for it to work. I'd say it registers when I'm about 2-3" away. The Sony sensor is in the same place as the Maxxum sensor and works the same way - Sony's sensor focuses and turns off the LCD display while Maxxum's just turns off the LCD display. Hope this helped!
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I wonder how this Eye Start focussing would work if you use a cordless remote or similar?When you use cordless remote for taking a picture, does the shutter stop halfway for focussing, like in normal mode?Thanks.
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Hard to tell from the press release and product information, eh? The Eye-Start looks like it improves focus response time on your first shot by some small amount by starting focusing when you put your eye to the viewfinder. I guess that means if you use the LCD that you just get "normal" focus time, not "improved" focus time.Hey, wait, can you even compose a shot in the LCD? Don't most DSLRs only have menu and playback on the LCD, and viewfinder for viewing through the lens to compose?
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Hi. I also have a MInolta 5D digital. I wear glasses. The eye start works fine. But no, you cannot see the image in the LCD until after the picture is taken, like all DSLRs. MM
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Paulo: Unfortunately, I haven't had the opportunity as of yet to try the 3D glasses. However in the owner's manual it says it is active shutter. Also the glasses require charging so I can only assume they have the electronics to alternate which eye you are viewing from. They most definitely are more than just the standard paper 3d glasses.
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Yup, you are correct...just read the specs on Samsung's website: no flash; no red eye removal; no image stabilization; not MAC compatible; and can't be used as a web cam. Flash and image stabilization are a MUST. Bummer!
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Dear Stan,I just purchased the S10 as a replacement camera and generally love it. However, the lack of an eyelevel viewfinder is a huge drawback. I spent a week in Mexico at the beach and just couldn't for sure see what I was shooting. The good news is that I shot anyway and got some really awesome action shots of sea birds and ocean wildlife. I've learned to view from the side so I don't see a bright reflection of myself in the LCD. I'm sure it does not help that I need reading glasses (the I generally don have on outside) to see close objects so that blurs the LCD too.
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T.C. Thanks so much for a really thorough and helpful post. I'm far from a videophile, given my age (58) and thus waning eyesight, so as long as I see the screen and it has good clarity, that's enough. The additional bells and whistles would constitute decreasing returns to scale for me given my eyes being unable to appreciate the greater sharpness.
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I assume so because my TV and DVD player are both internet enabled so the glasses worked immediately. If I were you, however, I would not get into the current 3D technology because it is not good enough at this point to be worth the cost. It may take a few years to be worth it. I wouldn't have bought the glasses had I known it. Even my 9 and 7 year olds lost interest in 3D after one or two movies.
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PIP feature came into TVs way back in 80s and never got popular due to inconvenience it causes to eyes. I am not sure why people are so concerned about it now on LCD tvs? I would like to understand if there is something NEW that I've n't understood?
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There is no such button on the glasses. 3D to 2D conversion is a feature of BD player.
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I know one thing. It doesn't matter if it works or not.... The big problem I had was everything was "grayish" or "bluish".... The movie "Epic" is one of the best examples I can think of.... No bright greens or outstanding colors at all. Almost as if it somewhat reverted back to black and white... :( BUT, the 3D does work on certain brands. I ordered 6 at once, but when I got them I kept just one because panasonic doesn't make glasses for many older IR (non-Bluetooth) glasses. Only just for that night I knew I most likely would fall asleep while the movie ended. If it works for you model it will give correct 3D. But at severe loss of color quality. I returned the other 5 with NO problem. As cheap as they are, try a pair. If they don't satisfy you, use Ebays return policy for not working as described. Because technically the color doesn't make it fully functional and not really made to,support the colors of your tv. ;) do a compare test....
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Im not familiar with that projector. These glasses are DLP-Link. Is the projector a DLP or LCD? If DLP, should be fine.
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I can tell you it really works VERY LITTLE if any. You get the fisheye view at best. You might have better luck then me with it? I do wear glasses to read.
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I honestly can't remember how I got them to work. I think there is an option in the Optoma menus that state what mode of 3D to use. I happened to find DLP Link was one of the options, but this was after about an hour of messing around with it. To be completely honest I sent these glasses back because of the comfort issue. I ended up going with a model from Quantum. Much more comfortable, and I don't feel like I'm looking under them. Once you get the projector set up properly you won't need to mess with it anymore. 2D movies will play normally and it will automatically go back to DLP Link when it detects a 3D signal. After you get the projector into DLP Link mode, keep in mind there is an 'invert mode' some movies you may need to press the power button once or twice to flip between modes, otherwise the picture looks funny. I can't explain it, but you will probably recognize it when you see it. It's like instead of projecting out towards you it's projecting in away from you. Good luck getting it set up. Again it took me awhile to figure it out, but hopefully you will have better luck.
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I had the same problem. It would take me about five or six tries. I also had a problem editing the video using premiere pro cs4. some videos would not play and all the videos the sound never matched up. they sent me a new pair of glasses and that took care of connecting to my computer. It worked the first time everytime but I still had a problem editing the video. I just sent the glasses back. I would say contact them. they were real easy to work with.
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Have a sl3 slim head, have never seen a sl4? there is a mpeg 4 but it is not at all like the sl3. can't tell you about a sl4?
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I don't wear glasses my self, but I see no reason why you can't use this device with glasses, and Sony says the same thing. You can absolutely hook up any device that uses an HDMI cable.
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Noob question, but does anyone know what glasses will be compatible? I don't want to wait til July, but I also don't want to buy an adapter on the 18th wih no glasses. Thanks!
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I've read elsewhere that it requires a 3D source, the projector, and 3D glasses (the active-shutter type, IIRC). When the projector detects the glasses, the otherwise grayed-out menu choices become selectable. I would guess it also takes twice the bandwidth of 2D high-def, or 20Mbps if you're viewing source over the Internet, but home/work networks should have plenty of bandwidth. And if you're playing through your PC (via HDMI-out), it obviously needs a decoder, but I think it also must be HDCP compliant if accessing content over the Internet (or commercial content). That's less likely if you're using VGA-out.