Software Reviews - Cameracraft

Apple Aperture 2.0 processes A700 raw

Posted on February 12, 2008 By David Kilpatrick

Apple’s Aperture 2.0 is a tedious program to test, with all its creation of ‘projects’ and ‘libraries’, ‘albums’, ‘vaults’ and nonstandard GUI, and it isn’t fast in processing files or passing them to Photoshop (which it does in 16-bit form, just another step to reverse before saving as far as I’m concerned). However, it’s handling Alpha 700 raw quite well. And it does things differently, with non-destructive raw editing, stacks of image versions, and so on. Continue reading »

Cameras (DSLR), Software Reviews

Capture One v4 cures A700 high ISO confetti

Posted on February 8, 2008 By David Kilpatrick

The latest full release – no longer Beta, and accepting previous C1 Pro activation keys for unlimited access but otherwise now on 30-day trial – of Capture One v4 now handles Sony Alpha 700 raw files and transforms high ISO rendering in comparison to the industry standard Adobe Camera Raw. Continue reading »

Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Software Reviews

Free photos-to-movies trial for readers

Posted on February 4, 2008 By David Kilpatrick

New photo website Myelephantbites.com offers the chance to turn digital photographs into animated movies by combining digital images with sound, words and special effects. The site would like to reward Photoworld readers with complimentary trials forthe first 1,000 readers. We have now extended that offer to Photoclubalpha website visitors, as we said we would do so early in February. Continue reading »

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ACR 4.3.1 hasn’t solved A700 high ISO mush problems

Posted on December 23, 2007 By David Kilpatrick

After reading Andrea Nivini’s article in Italian Tutti Fotografi, December 2007, which launches an attack on Adobe’s Camera Raw plug-in and its handling of many camera types – but specifically, the Sony Alpha 700 – I decided to check out whether the December 5th release, ACR 4.3.1, fixed the problems. Continue reading »

Cameras (DSLR), Software Reviews, Troubleshooting, Uncategorized

DRO, IDC and ACR

Posted on November 1, 2007 By David Kilpatrick

LET’S not get too acronymical about all this… or indeed moanious! After posting today’s earlier piece on DRO Advanced, I’ve been asked for some further examples of the potential for processing the raw file using Sony Image Data Converter, which includes DRO. Or so it says on the box. Continue reading »

Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Software Reviews

Alpha 700 – well up to the job!

Posted on October 11, 2007 By David Kilpatrick

ON OCTOBER 10th I left the UK London press launch complete with an Alpha 700 review camera. I’ll be covering the many aspects of the Alpha 700 performance in later reviews, but this camera is so good I wanted to get just something out to you right the next day. Continue reading »

Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, Photo Techniques, Software Reviews

Alpha 700 ACR 4.2 quality revealed

Posted on September 15, 2007 By David Kilpatrick

THE ALPHA 700 cameras tried in Italy by press representatives, including Paul Olsen of Dinside Data in Norway who sent us the raw and JPEG files for the image used here, may or may not have been pre-production samples. Some cameras which were felt to be poor had over 1,000 exposures recorded before the event. Olsen’s camera appears to have been new, recording frame counts in the 40s during his shoot, and may be a final production sample rather than one of the much-used demo bodies. Continue reading »

Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Software Reviews

Sony Alpha 700 Adobe Lightroom and ACR updates

Posted on September 14, 2007 By David Kilpatrick

Adobe has posted updates to Photoshop, Lightroom, and the Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in, both available immediately for download on Adobe.com. The updates provide raw file support for 14 additional camera models and camera backs within Lightroom and Camera Raw, including the Sony Alpha 700. Links here. Continue reading »

Cameras (DSLR), News, Software Reviews

Alpha 700 JPEG quality revealed

Posted on September 11, 2007 By David Kilpatrick

IT IS very difficult to find a good JPEG from the Alpha 700 pre-production model tests shot in Italy, because too few cameras were available for too short a time – and many of the journalists present were not photographers. But we have found one image you will love. Continue reading »

Cameras (DSLR), Equipment Reviews, Lenses - Alpha Mount, Photo Techniques, Software Reviews

KM’s unique 7D/5D colour vs. the rest

Posted on September 10, 2007 By David Kilpatrick

THE question is being asked, will the Alpha 700 match the rich colour rendering of the Konica Minolta 7D and 5D? These cameras had identical colour profiles, and were in turn very similar to the Dimage A1 and A2. The Sony Alpha 100 proved very different. Here’s my best attempt to explain why. Continue reading »

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