Comments on: Sony Alpha A380 DSLR Review

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:19:02 +0000

My camera gives me camera error on my screen when I try to take a picture..but it only happens sometimes…but it is gettting to be more often and annoying to turn on and off the camera.
Anyone knows what can be the problem?

Thank you

By: Anders

Anders — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:28:56 +0000

Sophie, your camera cannot control a studio flash wirelessly this way – that is not how it works.

The Aurora will fire when it sees a flash of light so you need to set your on-camera flash to work manually and on its lowest setting to prevent the light from the on-camera flash to be visible in the picture.

Running your on-camera flash in auto mode will cause it to do some pre-flashes to evaluate the need for light and that will trigger (and deplete) the Aurora, meaning that it will not fire when the picture is actually taken. Some studio flashes can be told to ignore the preflashes but the problem with having the light from the on-camera flash present in the picture is the same.

Alternatively you could (and probably should) look into e.g. Elinchrome Skyports, Pocket Wizards or a similar product if you want to fire your studio flash wirelessly. There are several eBay-triggers on the market (cheaper alternatives to the two above) but not all are reliable – make sure you do your research.

WBR,
Anders

By: Sophie

Sophie — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:12:36 +0000

Hi, I need help…. I have a sony alpha 330 and just got a flash unit aurora orion 400 and I can’t get them to work together, the camera is set to wireless flash but when I take the picture, it’s very dark even if the flash unit flashed.
If anyone can tell me what I’m doing wrong I would appreciate it.

Thank you
Sophie

By: Sophie

Sophie — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:08:16 +0000

I need some info if anyone can help, I have a sony alpha 330 and just got a flash unit aurora orion 400 but I can’t seem to have the camera and the flash working together, and I even put the camera on wireless flash.

Please if any of you have the information or can tell me what I’m doing wrong I would appreciate it a lot

Thanks
Sophie

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:40:23 +0000

For Eshwin, could it be ur shutter speed is too fast that not enuf light is being passed through into ur sensor? u might be underexpose too much tat it is very dark or black. if ur shutter speed is too slow, u might get an overexpose picture or a bright or white picture.
Try to adjust ur shutter, iso, aperture until the exposure meter is +/- 0.

Correct me if i’m wrong, as i’m only 6 months into this DSLR thingy…

By: Eshwin

Eshwin — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:26:03 +0000

HELP ME PLEASE! I am very new to the camera profession/hobby, and I recently got an A380. I found out how to adjust the shutter speed so I could take action/sports photographs, but when I did, my viewfinder went black, as did my photos. I upped the ISO to the max, but I could still not get a very bright image. I am shooting indoors.

What am I doing wrong? How can I take photos indoors with a high shutter speed?

By: Pravin

Pravin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:13:20 +0000

I have just acquired a Sony alpha 330 and would like to know if you have ever reviewed this particular model and I’m planning tp purchase a 70 -200m lens, do you think its worth it?

By: Heather Hawkins

Heather Hawkins — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:38 +0000

@DOM

According to Popular Photography magazine, Sony does, in fact, produce Nikon sensors.

By: Joseph Rey Alcala

Joseph Rey Alcala — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:35:31 +0000

@barryl. To change the shutter speed while in shutter priority mode, you need to turn the wheel that’s placed near your right index finger, you’ll not see much difference in the brightness of the photo since the camera would automatically adjust the aperture.

By: BarryL

BarryL — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:55:30 +0000

I have the Sony 330 and am pretty new to digital. Finding it easy to navigate. One thing I don’t understand is how does one cahnge the shutter speed, or is the camera doing it automatically? I was using shutter priority.