Steam Train and Sony DSLR

[Photo-John]

I picked up the new Sony Alpha digital SLR on Friday. Yesterday, some of the family and I went out near Santa Cruz to ride a steam train in the redwoods. My 2 1/2 year-old nephew loves trains so this was a big deal for all of us.

This was also a good test for this camera, since the light was absolutely horrendous. These photos are in no way untouched. They've been heavily edited to get the most out of them. But considering the mixed and spotty light, I'm very happy. And they do represent the potential of the files from the camera. Most of them were shot in Shutter Priority mode. That was a stretch for me, since I usually shoot in manual exposure mode. but this was a good situation to let go and see how the camera's auto exposure metering works. I think it works pretty well. And the sensor-level Super Steady Shot image stabilization works great!

For more samples from the camera, visit my post on the Sony Forum:
Sony Alpha A100 Samples >>