"Upgrade" my A850 to the new A77?

[ylloh]

Hi guys,

I have a tough decision to make here. I find my a850 very heavy, esp when used with heavy lens like 24-70mm,
What do you think if I "upgrade" it to the new A77 with 16-50mm? I'm sure it will be much lighter, but what about
the IQ? Do you think is it worth to upgrade? Or should I stick with my A850?

 

[Ouverture]

Hi guys,

I have a tough decision to make here. I find my a850 very heavy, esp when used with heavy lens like 24-70mm,
What do you think if I "upgrade" it to the new A77 with 16-50mm? I'm sure it will be much lighter, but what about
the IQ? Do you think is it worth to upgrade? Or should I stick with my A850?

Bro Rashkae should be the best person to advise.

I had the A850 before as well.

What i can say if you normally shoot jpegs most of the time and dun need to view a picture at 100% of 24mp, i would say A77 is good, esp the AF and bursting speed is faster. Now i just shoot at 12mp as its enough for me.

As you mentioned, its smaller and lighter in weight. If u need video and tilting screen an liveview, these are a few more advantage of A77.

In terms of iso, for jpegs, A77 is cleaner unless raw then A850 will have advantage.

 

[robinlimkp]

my opinion: I dun think weight is the problem. I will still use mine a850, just less lens and VG out to shoot.
However A77 technology is very attractive to get everyone to switch over.

 

[Agetan]

To be honest, the weight saving is not significant.

I would still keep the 24-70 and a850 rather then the upgrade as far as weight goes.

In terms of image quality, there isn't a huge different between the two but the a850 has slight advantage on the depth of the image.

If u need the higher fps, a77 is the way to go but EVF is interesting if you shoot a lot in manual mode.

Regards,

Hart

 

[BBTM]

Get both. See which 1 is better for u and then see which to sell off. Rather than give up for it's FF power, in the end, you need it, too late

Anyway, I carry my A850 with 4 lenses, a video cam, a netbook to USA. With extra battery and flash too. I also just dont bother about the weight. 10kg , i weight it at the airport, heh heh! ;p

 

[rasdeep]

I think A77 will compliment more to your FF body.

Similar to my case, I have the D700 and D90 (but sold D90 and upgrade to D7k), when i hit the zoo or bird park, i will have the full frame with wide angle and crop body with 70-200 or whatever tele to take advantage of the crop. Now i have the 5n which made me switch between the use of nikon bodies, when i want to travel lighter, i will carry the 5n (wide angle) and d7k with a tele.